JAMDA
July 10, 2015
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JAMDA
July 10, 2015
Community-Dwelling Patients With Dementia and Their Informal Caregivers With and Without Case Management: 2-Year Outcomes of a Pragmatic Trial
To evaluate outcomes for persons with dementia and primary informal caregivers of 2 types of implemented case management (intensive case management [ICMM] and linkage [LM] models) with no case management (control group).
JAMDA
July 9, 2015
The Association Between Methicillin Resistant Colonization and Mortality in Chinese Nursing Home Older Adults: A 2-Year Prospective CohortStaphylococcus aureusThe Association Between Methicillin Resistant Colonization and Mortality in Chinese Nursing Ho
JAMDA
July 5, 2015
A Review of Guidelines for the Primary Prevention of Legionellosis in Long-Term Care Facilities
Legionellosis is an important public health problem in the United States and other countries, and residents of long-term care facilities (LTCFs) are at higher risk for Legionnaires' disease than the general population. In this study, we reviewed published US and international guidelines for the primar...
JAMDA
July 5, 2015
Daily (In)Activities of Nursing Home Residents in Their Wards: An Observation Study
Research shows that nursing home residents are largely inactive. This inactivity negatively influences physical fitness, and participation in daily activities is known to have a positive influence on physical function and quality of life. Existing research does not provide sufficient insight into the daily...
JAMDA
July 5, 2015
A Need for More Palliative Focused Care: A Survey of Colorado Skilled Care Facilities
JAMDA
July 2, 2015
Risk of Nursing Home Admission After Femoral Fracture Compared With Stroke, Myocardial Infarction, and Pneumonia
To analyze the burden of institutionalizations after femoral fracture and compare it with other “catastrophic” disease entities like stroke, myocardial infarction, or pneumonia.
JAMDA
June 30, 2015
A Pilot Study of the FRAIL Scale on Predicting Outcomes in Chinese Elderly People With Type 2 Diabetes
To determine the prevalence of frailty in older diabetic inpatients using the FRAIL scale and to evaluate the association of frailty with physical function and diabetic vascular complications, as well as its relationship to hospitalization and mortality.
JAMDA
June 26, 2015
Education and Executive Function Mediate Engagement in Advance Care Planning in Early Cognitive Impairment
Advance care planning (ACP) is an important component to holistic care for people with early cognitive impairment (ECI) who are generally still mentally capable of making rational decisions. This study explores the willingness of people with ECI to engage in ACP and how clinical and behavioral variables sh...
JAMDA
June 26, 2015
Treatment of Nonagenarians With Atrial Fibrillation: Insights From the Berlin Atrial Fibrillation (BAF) Registry
The objective of this study was to determine course and treatment of atrial fibrillation (AF) in nonagenarians. Incidence of AF increases with age. Due to the demographic change in the industrialized world, an increase of AF in the group of elderly and very elderly is expected in the next decades. However,...
