JAMDA
September 26, 2018
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JAMDA
September 26, 2018
Readmission Patterns Over 90-Day Episodes of Care Among Medicare Fee-for-Service Beneficiaries Discharged to Post-acute Care
Examine readmission patterns over 90-day episodes of care in persons discharged from hospitals to post-acute settings.
JAMDA
September 26, 2018
The Never-Ending Quest for Quality in Post-acute and Long-term Care: A Cup Half-Empty, or Half-Full?
JAMDA
September 26, 2018
Twelve-Month Incidence of Depressive Symptoms in Suburb-Dwelling Chinese Older Adults: Role of Sarcopenia
The objective of this study was to examine the incidence of new onset depressive symptoms and associated factors over a 1-year period in an older Chinese suburban population.
JAMDA
September 24, 2018
Validity of the Mini-Nutritional Assessment Scale for Evaluating Frailty Status in Older Adults
Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA) may not be performed in clinical practice as it takes too much time and requires special training. The Mini-Nutritional Assessment (MNA) is widely used to assess nutritional status in older adults. We aimed to determine whether or not the MNA can estimate frailty st...
JAMDA
September 24, 2018
Predictors of Cholinesterase Discontinuation during the First Year after Nursing Home Admission
For persons with dementia, the appropriate duration of cholinesterase inhibitor (ChEI) use remains unclear. We examined patterns of ChEI use during nursing home (NH) transition and the factors associated with discontinuation following admission.
JAMDA
September 21, 2018
Dysphagia in Nursing Home Residents: Management and Outcomes
To define the prevalence of dysphagia and its associated factors and to investigate the influence of dysphagia and nutritional therapies performed in dysphagic subjects on clinical outcomes, including nutritional status, pressure ulcers, hospitalization, and mortality.
JAMDA
September 18, 2018
Exploring Antipsychotic Prescribing Behaviors for Nursing Home Residents With Dementia: A Qualitative Study
Caution is advised when prescribing antipsychotics to people with dementia. This study explored the determinants of appropriate, evidence-based antipsychotic prescribing behaviors for nursing home residents with dementia, with a view to informing future quality improvement efforts and behavior change inter...
JAMDA
September 15, 2018
Signs of Dehydration in Nursing Home Residents
Although dehydration can affect mental and physical health, there is no clear, consistent, and reproducible diagnostic tool for this condition in older people. We applied multiple methods to detect dehydration with the aim of assessing the value of using urine analysis for this purpose.
JAMDA
September 8, 2018
Quick and Simple FRAIL Scale Predicts Incident Activities of Daily Living (ADL) and Instrumental ADL (IADL) Disabilities: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
To quantitatively examine frailty defined by FRAIL scale as a predictor of incident disability risks by conducting a systematic review and meta-analysis.
