JAMDA
September 3, 2016
Tools, knowledge, and recognition to improve vaccination rates and protect residents and staff.
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JAMDA
September 3, 2016
A New Prognosis Score to Predict Mortality After Acute Pneumonia in Very Elderly Patients
Acute pneumonia (AP) induces an excess of mortality among the elderly. We evaluated the value of a new predictive biomarker index compared to usual prognosis scores for predicting in-hospital and 1-year mortalities in elderly inpatients with AP.
JAMDA
September 1, 2016
Use of Frailty in Deciding Clinical Treatment Goals for Chronic Disease in Elderly Patients in the Community
JAMDA
September 1, 2016
A Multidimensional Risk Score to Predict All-Cause Hospitalization in Community-Dwelling Older Individuals With Obstructive Lung Disease
JAMDA
September 1, 2016
Predictive Performance of a Fall Risk Assessment Tool for Community-Dwelling Older People (FRAT-up) in 4 European Cohorts
The fall risk assessment tool (FRAT-up) is a tool for predicting falls in community-dwelling older people based on a meta-analysis of fall risk factors. Based on the fall risk factor profile, this tool calculates the individual risk of falling over the next year. The objective of this study is to evaluate ...
JAMDA
August 31, 2016
Sitting Time and Mortality in Older Adults With Disability: A National Cohort Study
The progressive aging of the population has increased the number of older adults with disabilities. Regular physical activity has shown to improve health among these individuals, but the effects of sedentary behavior are mostly unknown. Thus, this study examined the association between sitting time and mor...
JAMDA
August 31, 2016
Differences in Nursing Home Quality Between Medicare Advantage and Traditional Medicare Patients
Medicare Advantage (MA) enrollment is steadily growing, but little is known about the quality of nursing home (NH) care provided to MA enrollees compared to enrollees in traditional fee-for-service (FFS) Medicare.
JAMDA
August 31, 2016
Clinical Efficacy of Acupuncture Treatment in Combination With RehaCom Cognitive Training for Improving Cognitive Function in Stroke: A 2 × 2 Factorial Design Randomized Controlled Trial
The aim of this study was to identify the clinical efficacy of acupuncture in combination with RehaCom cognitive training in poststroke patients with cognitive dysfunction.
JAMDA
August 30, 2016
Tsoi KK et al: Combination Therapy Showed Limited Superiority Over Monotherapy for Alzheimer Disease: A Meta-analysis of 14 Randomized Trials
JAMDA
August 30, 2016
