JAMDA
November 30, 2021
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JAMDA
November 30, 2021
Standardized, Coordinated Care in Nursing Homes Lowers Rehospitalization After Hip Fracture
To assess the effect of enhanced standardized interdisciplinary cooperation between the orthogeriatric ward, municipality, and nursing home facility (NHF) on readmission rates in patients with hip fracture.
JAMDA
November 30, 2021
Preoperative Deprescribing for Medical Optimization of Older Adults Undergoing Surgery: A Systematic Review
To summarize the evidence for preoperative deprescribing and its effect on postoperative outcomes in older adults undergoing surgery.
JAMDA
November 30, 2021
Effectiveness of Comanagement Model: Geriatric Medicine and Vascular Surgery
Older surgical patients frequently develop postoperative complications due to their frailty and multiple comorbidities. Geriatric medicine consultation helps to optimize risk factors and improve outcomes in patients with hip fracture. This study aimed to evaluate patient outcomes before and after comanagem...
JAMDA
November 29, 2021
Effectiveness and Tolerance of Renin-Angiotensin System Inhibitors With Aging in Chronic Kidney Disease
Renin-angiotensin system inhibitors (RASi) are recommended for slowing chronic kidney disease (CKD) progression to kidney failure. Their effectiveness and tolerance as patients age remain uncertain because older patients have often been excluded from clinical trials.
Podcast
November 29, 2021
FMDA | Nursing Home Staffing Perils
JAMDA
November 29, 2021
Alzheimer's Disease THErapy With NEuroaid (ATHENE): A Randomized Double-Blind Delayed-Start Trial
Preclinical and clinical studies indicate a role for MLC901 (NeuroAiD II) in Alzheimer's disease (AD). The primary aim was to investigate its safety as add-on therapy to standard treatment and the secondary aims its effect on cognition and slowing disease progression.
JAMDA
November 27, 2021
Health Services Use and Functional Recovery Following Blunt Trauma in Older Persons – A National Multicentre Prospective Cohort Study
Frailty is associated with morbidity and mortality in older injured patients. However, for older blunt-trauma patients, increased frailty may not manifest in longer length of stay at index admission. We hypothesized that owing to time spent in hospital from readmissions, frailty would be associated with le...
JAMDA
November 27, 2021
Prediction of Reduced Gait Speed Using 5-Time Sit-to-Stand Test in Healthy Older Adults
To determine the accuracy of the 5-time stand-to-sit (5TSTS) test for the identification of older adults with reduced gait speed.
JAMDA
November 24, 2021
A Novel Collaborative Care Program to Augment Nursing Home Care During and After the COVID-19 Pandemic
The 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic created an immediate need to enhance current efforts to reduce transfers of nursing home (NH) residents to acute care. Long-Term Care Plus (LTC+), a collaborative care program developed and implemented during the COVID-19 pandemic, aimed to enhance care in the...
