JAMDA
October 3, 2022
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JAMDA
October 3, 2022
Removing the Financial Barriers to Home-Based Medical Care for Frail Older Persons
JAMDA
October 3, 2022
Growth of Fee-for-Service Medicare Home-Based Medical Care Within Private Residences and Domiciliary Care Settings in the U.S., 2012–2019
Home-based medical care (HBMC) delivers physician or advanced practice provider–led medical services for patients in private residences and domiciliary settings (eg, assisted living facilities, group/boarding homes). We aimed to examine the time trends in HBMC utilization by care settings.
JAMDA
September 30, 2022
Public Quality Reporting and Nursing Home Admission Decisions
JAMDA
September 27, 2022
Fat-Free Mass Index as a Surrogate Marker of Appendicular Skeletal Muscle Mass Index for Low Muscle Mass Screening in Sarcopenia
We aimed to examine the relationship between the fat-free mass index (FFMI; FFM/height) and appendicular skeletal muscle mass index (ASMI; ASM/height), measured using both bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) and dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA), and investigate the effects of age and obesity. We a...
JAMDA
September 26, 2022
Point-of-Care Saliva Osmolarity Testing for the Screening of Hydration in Older Adults With Hypertension
Older adults have an elevated risk of dehydration, a state with proven detrimental cognitive and physical effects. Furthermore, the use of diuretics by hypertensive patients further compounds this risk. This prospective study investigated the diagnostic accuracy of point-of-care (POC) salivary osmolarity (...
JAMDA
September 23, 2022
Prevalence and Factors Associated with Pain in Nursing Home Residents: A Systematic Review of the Literature
To describe the pain prevalence in nursing home (NH) residents and the factors associated with the experience of pain.
JAMDA
September 21, 2022
Development of a 30-Day Readmission Risk Calculator for the Inpatient Rehabilitation Setting
Readmission to acute care from the inpatient rehabilitation facility (IRF) setting is potentially preventable and an important target of quality improvement and cost savings. The objective of this study was to develop a risk calculator to predict 30-day all-cause readmissions from the IRF setting.
JAMDA
September 21, 2022
Decision Aid Interventions for Family Caregivers of Persons With Advanced Dementia in Decision-Making About Feeding Options: A Scoping Review
We provided an overview of the literature on decision aid interventions for family caregivers of older adults with advanced dementia regarding decision making about tube feeding. We synthesized (1) the use of theory during the development, implementation, and evaluation of decision aids; (2) the developmen...
JAMDA
September 19, 2022
A Description of Interventions Prompted by Preoperative Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment and Optimization in Older Elective Noncardiac Surgical Patients
Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA), a multicomponent, complex intervention, can be used to improve perioperative outcomes. This study aimed to describe the actions and interventions prompted by preoperative CGA and optimization in elective noncardiac, older, surgical patients.
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