JAMDA
May 8, 2015
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JAMDA
May 8, 2015
Walking Speed: A Summary Indicator of Frailty?
JAMDA
May 7, 2015
Aging and Multimorbidity: New Tasks, Priorities, and Frontiers for Integrated Gerontological and Clinical Research
Aging is characterized by rising susceptibility to development of multiple chronic diseases and, therefore, represents the major risk factor for multimorbidity. From a gerontological perspective, the progressive accumulation of multiple diseases, which significantly accelerates at older ages, is a mileston...
JAMDA
May 4, 2015
A Frailty Index Based on Common Laboratory Tests in Comparison With a Clinical Frailty Index for Older Adults in Long-Term Care Facilities
Easily employed measures of frailty are needed in the evaluation of elderly people. Recently, a frailty index (FI) based on deficits in commonly used laboratory tests (the FI-LAB) has been proposed. To address the usefulness of the FI-LAB in long-term care (LTC) settings, we studied institutionalized parti...
JAMDA
May 2, 2015
What Happens to Patients When They Fracture Their Hip During a Skilled Nursing Facility Stay?
To characterize outcomes of patients experiencing a fall and subsequent hip fracture while in a nursing home receiving skilled nursing facility (SNF) services.
JAMDA
May 1, 2015
Nursing Homes and Their Contracted Doctors: Korean Experience
JAMDA
May 1, 2015
Development and Psychometric Properties of the Family Distress in Advanced Dementia Scale
The majority of scales to measure family member distress in dementia are designed for community settings and do not capture the unique burdens of the nursing home (NH) environment. We report the psychometric properties of a new Family Distress in Advanced Dementia Scale for use in the NH setting.
JAMDA
May 1, 2015
Regarding the Study by Fortes et al About the Assessment of Hydration in the Elderly
JAMDA
April 28, 2015
Unplanned Transfer to Emergency Departments for Frail Elderly Residents of Aged Care Facilities: A Review of Patient and Organizational Factors
With an aging population, a growing number of older adults experience physical or cognitive decline that necessitates admission to residential aged care facilities (RACF). Each year a considerable proportion of these residents has at least 1 emergency transfer to hospital, which may result in a number of a...
JAMDA
April 28, 2015
White Matter Lesions (Leukoaraiosis): A Major Cause of Falls
Tools, knowledge, and recognition to improve vaccination rates and protect residents and staff.
