JAMDA
March 8, 2016
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JAMDA
March 8, 2016
Lack of Energy and Negative Health-Related Outcomes in Nursing Home Residents: Results From the INCUR Study
“Lack of energy” or anergia is a common complaint associated with adverse outcomes in older people. There is a lack of knowledge on this symptom in the nursing home (NH) setting. The aim of this study was to investigate whether lack of energy was associated with hospitalization and mortality in NH resident...
JAMDA
March 4, 2016
Advance Directives: The Key to a Good Death?
JAMDA
March 3, 2016
A Multicomponent Exercise Intervention that Reverses Frailty and Improves Cognition, Emotion, and Social Networking in the Community-Dwelling Frail Elderly: A Randomized Clinical Trial
Frailty can be an important clinical target to reduce rates of disability.
JAMDA
March 2, 2016
Prevalence and Correlates of Neuropsychiatric Symptoms in Nursing Home Patients With Young-Onset Dementia: The BEYOnD Study
Young-onset dementia (YOD) is defined as dementia that develops before the age of 65. Neuropsychiatric symptoms (NPS) have important clinical consequences for patients and their family members. To date, knowledge about the prevalence and correlates of NPS in YOD is limited, but essential to establish speci...
JAMDA
February 27, 2016
Changes in Prescribed Drugs Between Admission and the End of Life in Patients Admitted to Palliative Care Facilities
The aim of prescribing medication in palliative end-of-life care should be symptom control. Data are lacking regarding the prescription of medication at the end of life.
JAMDA
February 27, 2016
Antipsychotic Drug Use Is Not Associated With Long-Term Mortality Risk in Norwegian Nursing Home Patients
To assess the long-term mortality risk associated with antipsychotic drug (AP) use in nursing homes.
JAMDA
February 26, 2016
Modifiable Risk Factors for New-Onset Slow Gait in Older Adults
Despite the growing importance of slow gait as a universal screen of health, systematic investigation of risk factors for incident slow gait is lacking. Our objective was to identify potentially modifiable risk factors for incident slow gait.
JAMDA
February 26, 2016
Advance (Meta-) Directives for Patients with Dementia who Appear Content: Learning from a Nationwide Survey
Whether health care professionals should respect a properly executed advance directive (AD) refusing life support in late-stage dementia even if the patient seems contented, is an ethically contested issue. We undertook a nationwide survey to assess this problem and to test a practical solution.
JAMDA
February 25, 2016
