Caring for the Ages
September 28, 2015
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JAMDA
September 26, 2015
Factors Associated With Changes in Perceived Quality of Life Among Elderly Recipients of Long-Term Services and Supports
Advance knowledge about changes in multiple dimensions of health related quality of life (HRQoL) among older adults receiving long-term services and supports (LTSS) over time and across settings.
JAMDA
September 26, 2015
Reply to the Letter to the Editor by O'Caoimh et al
JAMDA
September 26, 2015
Pioneering a Nursing Home Quality Improvement Learning Collaborative: A Case Study of Method and Lessons Learned
To describe the development of a nursing home (NH) quality improvement learning collaborative (QILC) that provides Lean Six Sigma (LSS) training and infrastructure support for quality assurance performance improvement change efforts.
JAMDA
September 26, 2015
Combined Effect of Slow Gait Speed and Depressive Symptoms on Incident Disability in Older Adults
To elucidate whether a combination of slow gait speed and depressive symptoms result in higher risk of incident disability in older adults than either symptom individually.
JAMDA
September 26, 2015
Caregiver Well-Being: Is it On Your Radar?
JAMDA
September 26, 2015
Filling the Geriatric Education Gap Around the World
JAMDA
September 26, 2015
Is Trunk Posture in Walking a Better Marker than Gait Speed in Predicting Decline in Function and Subsequent Frailty?
Many recent guidelines and consensus on sarcopenia have incorporated gait speed and grip strength as diagnostic criteria without addressing early posture changes adopted to maintain gait speed before weakness is clinically evident.
JAMDA
September 26, 2015
Prospective Observations of Discomfort, Pain, and Dyspnea in Nursing Home Residents With Dementia and Pneumonia
To describe observations of suffering in patients with dementia from the diagnosis of pneumonia until cure or death.
JAMDA
September 26, 2015
Time to Treatment Initiation in People With Alzheimer Disease: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials
Alzheimer disease (AD) is a global health problem which afflicts millions of old age population worldwide. Acetylcholinesterase inhibitors and memantine are recognized drug treatments with limited clinical efficacy. It is uncertain if earlier initiation of these drugs will result in better outcomes in the ...
