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December 21, 2016
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JAMDA
December 21, 2016
Green Care Farms as Innovative Nursing Homes, Promoting Activities and Social Interaction for People With Dementia
Innovative care environments are developed for people with dementia to encourage person-centered care. This study aims to investigate whether residents of green care farms that provide 24-hour nursing care participate more in (physical) activities and social interaction compared with residents of other nur...
JAMDA
December 21, 2016
Response to the Letter From Abid Iraqi, MD, CMD and Terry Hughes, RN, CS
JAMDA
December 21, 2016
Reversible Cognitive Frailty, Dementia, and All-Cause Mortality. The Italian Longitudinal Study on Aging
Cognitive frailty, a condition describing the simultaneous presence of physical frailty and mild cognitive impairment, has been recently defined by an international consensus group. We estimated the predictive role of a “reversible” cognitive frailty model on incident dementia, its subtypes, and all-cause ...
JAMDA
December 9, 2016
Older Citizens' Opinions on Long-Term Care Options: A Vignette Survey
Older citizens are directly concerned, as potential beneficiaries and informal caregivers, by access to long-term care (LTC) services matching their expectations. The aim of this research was to collect their opinions regarding LTC arrangements for a diversity of disability profiles.
JAMDA
December 9, 2016
AIDE–Acute Illness and Depression in Elderly Patients. Cognitive Behavioral Group Psychotherapy in Geriatric Patients With Comorbid Depression: A Randomized, Controlled Trial
Comorbid depression is highly prevalent in geriatric patients and associated with functional loss, frequent hospital re-admissions, and a higher mortality rate. Cognitive behavioral psychotherapy (CBT) has shown to be effective in older depressive patients living in the community. To date, CBT has not been...
JAMDA
December 9, 2016
An Unintended Consequence of Culture Change in VA Community Living Centers
Although a growing body of evidence suggests that culture change and its corollary, person-centered care improves resident outcomes in the nursing home setting, little is known about the effect of culture change in a postacute setting in which patients receive skilled nursing and rehabilitation services fo...
JAMDA
December 5, 2016
Successful Geriatric Rehabilitation: Effects on Patients’ Outcome of a National Program to Improve Quality of Care, the SINGER Study
To determine whether the implementation of a national program to improve quality of care in geriatric rehabilitation (GR) in the Netherlands improves successful GR in terms of independence in activities of daily living (ADL), discharge destination, and length of stay.
JAMDA
November 30, 2016
Dynapenia and Metabolic Health in Obese and Nonobese Adults Aged 70 Years and Older: The LIFE Study
The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between dynapenia and metabolic risk factors in obese and nonobese older adults.
JAMDA
November 30, 2016
Age-Related Variations of Muscle Mass, Strength, and Physical Performance in Community-Dwellers: Results From the Milan EXPO Survey
Declining muscle mass and function are hallmarks of the aging process. The preservation of muscle trophism may protect against various negative health outcomes. Age- and sex-specific curves of muscle mass, strength, and function, using data from a large sample of community-dwelling people, are necessary. ...
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