Caring for the Ages
June 1, 2017
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Caring for the Ages
June 1, 2017
House of Delegates Moves Key Issues Forward
JAMDA
May 31, 2017
Quality of Care In Nursing Homes In Brazil
There is an increased demand for nursing homes (NHs) in middle-income countries such as Brazil. To monitor the quality of NHs, there is a need for reliable instruments to assess the extent to which the care provided meets the expectations and rights of residents and their families.
JAMDA
May 31, 2017
Increased Myogenic and Protein Turnover Signaling in Skeletal Muscle of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Patients With Sarcopenia
Sarcopenia was recently recognized as an independent condition by an code, and is a frequently observed comorbidity in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Muscle mass is primarily dictated by the balance between protein degradation and synthesis, but their relative contribution to sarcopenia is ...
JAMDA
May 31, 2017
Exercise for Disease Prevention and Management: A Precision Medicine Approach
JAMDA
May 31, 2017
Hospital-at-home Integrated Care Program for Older Patients With Orthopedic Processes: An Efficient Alternative to Usual Hospital-Based Care
To compare outcomes and costs for patients with orthogeriatric conditions in a home-based integrated care program versus conventional hospital-based care.
JAMDA
May 27, 2017
Advanced Glycation End-Products Are Associated With the Presence and Severity of Paratonia in Early Stage Alzheimer Disease
Paratonia, a distinctive form of hypertonia in patients with dementia, causes loss of functional mobility in early stage dementia to severe contractures and pain in the late stages. The pathogenesis of paratonia is not well understood. Patients in early stage dementia with diabetes mellitus showed a signif...
JAMDA
May 25, 2017
Infection Trends in US Nursing Homes, 2006-2013
The objectives of this study were to estimate trends in the prevalence of infections in nursing home (NH) residents using 2006-2013 Minimum Data Set (MDS) data, estimate the number of all infections in 2013, and evaluate differences in trends between MDS versions 2.0 and 3.0.
JAMDA
May 23, 2017
Patient-Centered (P4) Medicine and the Older Person
JAMDA
May 23, 2017
IAGG/IAGG GARN International Survey of End-of-Life Care in Nursing Homes
This article reports the findings of a survey on end-of-life (EOL) care in nursing homes of 18 long-term care experts across 15 countries. The experts were chosen as a convenience-based sample of known experts in each country. The survey was administered in 2016 and included both open-ended responses for d...
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