JAMDA
April 28, 2015
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JAMDA
April 28, 2015
Unplanned Transfer to Emergency Departments for Frail Elderly Residents of Aged Care Facilities: A Review of Patient and Organizational Factors
With an aging population, a growing number of older adults experience physical or cognitive decline that necessitates admission to residential aged care facilities (RACF). Each year a considerable proportion of these residents has at least 1 emergency transfer to hospital, which may result in a number of a...
JAMDA
April 28, 2015
White Matter Lesions (Leukoaraiosis): A Major Cause of Falls
JAMDA
April 24, 2015
Pharmacologic Treatment of Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia in Nursing Homes: Update of the 2008 JAMDA Recommendations
JAMDA
April 24, 2015
Preventable Iatrogenic Disability in Elderly Patients During Hospitalization
In older patients, hospitalization is often associated with new or worsening disability. This hospitalization-associated disability may be explained in part by the cumulative effect of aging, frailty, comorbidities, and illnesses that led to hospitalization but may also result from health care management i...
JAMDA
April 24, 2015
Incidence of Disability in Frail Older Persons With or Without Slow Walking Speed
To identify the differences of incidence of disability between frail older persons with and without slow walking speed.
JAMDA
April 24, 2015
Sarcopenia Should Reflect the Contribution of Age-Associated Changes in Skeletal Muscle to Risk of Morbidity and Mortality in Elderly People
JAMDA
April 24, 2015
Derivation and Validation of a Clinical Diagnostic Tool for the Identification of Older Community-Dwellers With Hypovitaminosis D
Hypovitaminosis D is highly prevalent among seniors. Although evidence is insufficient to recommend routine vitamin D screening in seniors, universal vitamin D supplementation is not desirable either. To rationalize vitamin D determination, our objective was to elaborate and test a clinical diagnostic tool...
JAMDA
April 22, 2015
Response to the Letter from Robert A. Zorowitz, “Intravenous and Subcutaneous Infusions in Nursing Homes”
JAMDA
April 17, 2015
The Influence of Organizational Context on Best Practice Use by Care Aides in Residential Long-Term Care Settings
This study assessed individual and organizational context (work environment) factors that influence use of best practices by care aides (nursing assistants) in nursing homes. Little scientific attention has been focused on understanding best practice use in nursing homes and almost none on care aides. ...
