JAMDA
September 20, 2019
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JAMDA
September 20, 2019
Nursing Home Social Services and Post-Acute Care: Does More Qualified Staff Improve Behavioral Symptoms and Reduce Antipsychotic Drug Use?
An increasing number of post-acute care patients are admitted to skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) with behavioral symptoms such as wandering and rejecting care, which can interfere with care and place a patient at risk of social isolation or injury. This study examines whether increasing the qualification...
JAMDA
September 18, 2019
The U.S.-FORTA (Fit fOR The Aged) List: Consensus Validation of a Clinical Tool to Improve Drug Therapy in Older Adults
Polypharmacy and multimorbidity is a threat to older people; hence, listing approaches should support physicians to optimize medication. The FORTA (Fit fOR The Aged) classification of drug appropriateness for older people provides positive or negative labels: A (A-bsolutely), B (B-eneficial), C (C-areful),...
JAMDA
September 16, 2019
Acute Infection in Hospitalized Persons Aged 75 and Older: 30-Day Prognosis and Risk Factors for MortalityClostridioides difficileAcute Infection in Hospitalized Persons Aged 75 and Older: 30-Day Prognosis and Risk Factors for Mortality
To assess the 30-day mortality predictive markers in the oldest patients with infection (CDI) and to analyze the accuracy of the European severity risk markers in this population.
JAMDA
September 16, 2019
What is the Role of Nursing Homes in the Surviving Sepsis Campaign?
Recently, there have been several publications advocating for an expansive role for nursing homes (NHs) in the Surviving Sepsis Campaign (SSC). The rationale for this effort is the problem of high rates of 30-day readmissions from NHs and a disproportionate percentage of residents with a diagnosis of sepsi...
JAMDA
September 16, 2019
Health Care Providers' Advice on Lifestyle Modification for Older Adults
To describe the pattern of health care providers' advice on lifestyle modification to older adults, and identify correlates of receiving such advice.
JAMDA
September 16, 2019
Antibiograms Cannot Be Used Interchangeably Between Acute Care Medical Centers and Affiliated Nursing Homes
To determine whether antibiograms for Veterans Affairs (VA) nursing homes (NHs), termed Community Living Centers, are similar to those from their affiliated acute care medical centers.
JAMDA
September 12, 2019
Development of a Fried Frailty Phenotype Questionnaire for Use in Screening Community-Dwelling Older Adults
The aim of this study was to develop a Fried Frailty Phenotype Questionnaire (FFPQ) and a Japanese FRAIL (fatigue, resistance, ambulation, illnesses, and loss of weight) scale (FRAIL-J) and to evaluate the reliability and validity of both questionnaires in Japanese community-dwelling older adults.
JAMDA
September 12, 2019
The Association Between Psychological Resilience and Physical Function Among Older Adults With Hip Fracture Surgery
To examine the associations of prefracture psychological resilience and prefracture general mental health with physical function among older adults with hip fracture surgery.
JAMDA
September 11, 2019
Factors Associated with Perception of the Quality of Physicians' End-of-life Communication in Long-Term Care Facilities: PACE Cross-Sectional Study
To examine factors associated with perceived quality of communication with physicians by relatives of dying residents of long-term care facilities (LTCFs).
