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JAMDA
February 13, 2022
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JAMDA
February 13, 2022
Discharge Destinations of Delirious Patients: Findings From a Prospective Cohort Study of 27,026 Patients From a Large Health Care System
Delirium is known to contribute to increased rates of institutionalization and mortality. The full extent of adverse outcomes, however, remains understudied. We aimed to systematically assess the discharge destinations and mortality risk in delirious patients in a large sample across all hospital services....
JAMDA
February 11, 2022
Integrity in Guardianship Decision Making: Applying the Will and Preferences Paradigm
Guardianship laws have changed significantly over the 20th and 21st centuries to shift from the “best interests” model to the “supported decision-making” model. Such changes reflect the importance of supporting the dignity of risk of persons who lack decision-making capacity for some decisions. Recent chan...
JAMDA
February 10, 2022
Reference Ranges for Gait Speed and Sit-to-Stand Performance in a Cohort of Mobility-Intact Community-Dwelling Older Adults From Singapore
Slow gait speed and sit-to-stand performance are associated with adverse clinical outcomes in older adults. Identifying older adults with functional performance “below norms” is the first step toward prevention. We aimed to (1) examine the associations of age, body height, and gender with gait speed and si...
JAMDA
February 9, 2022
Reasons for Hospitalization while Receiving Dementia Care Coordination through Maximizing Independence at Home
Persons living with dementia (PLWD), particularly those with higher levels of functional impairment, are at increased risk of hospitalization and higher hospital-associated health care costs. Our objective was to provide a nuanced description of reasons for hospitalizations over a 12-month period among com...
JAMDA
February 6, 2022
Potential Unintended Consequences of Antipsychotic Reduction in Ontario Nursing Homes
Antipsychotic reduction in nursing homes has been a focus of research and policy attention for several decades; however, there is evidence that these initiatives may have had unintended consequences, such as medication substitution and changes in diagnosis coding. Our objectives were to describe temporal c...
JAMDA
February 6, 2022
Medical and Mental Health Care Challenges in Nursing Homes, Assisted Living, and Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) During COVID-19
JAMDA
February 6, 2022
Anticholinergic Burden and Increased Excessive Daytime Sleepiness in Older Women
JAMDA
February 4, 2022
Short Daily-Life Walking Bouts and Poor Self-Reported Health Predict the Onset of Depression in Community-Dwelling Older People: A 2-Year Longitudinal Cohort Study
This study aimed to assess whether the amount and quality of daily-life walking obtained using wearable technology can predict depression onset over a 2-year period, independently of self-reported health status.
JAMDA
February 2, 2022