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JAMDA
October 22, 2016
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JAMDA
October 22, 2016
The mTOR Conundrum: Essential for Muscle Function, but Dangerous for Survival
JAMDA
October 22, 2016
Determining Nurse Aide Staffing Requirements to Provide Care Based on Resident Workload: A Discrete Event Simulation Model
Nursing aides provide most of the labor-intensive activities of daily living (ADL) care to nursing home (NH) residents. Currently, most NHs do not determine nurse aide staffing requirements based on the time to provide ADL care for their unique resident population. The lack of an objective method to determ...
JAMDA
October 22, 2016
Clinical Update on Nursing Home Medicine: 2016
This is the tenth clinical update. It covers chronic kidney disease, dementia, hypotension, polypharmacy, rapid geriatric assessment, and transitional care.
JAMDA
October 21, 2016
Endocrinology of Aging From a Muscle Function Point of View: Results From the Toledo Study for Healthy Aging
Aging is a process that involves a reduction in muscle strength and anabolic hormone concentrations, which impacts significantly on health.
JAMDA
October 21, 2016
Depression Among Nonfrail Old Men Is Associated With Reduced Physical Function and Functional Capacity After 9 Years Follow-up: The Health in Men Cohort Study
Older adults with depression have increased risk of frailty and death.
JAMDA
October 21, 2016
Understanding Mortality of Femoral Fractures Following Low-Impact Trauma in Persons With and Without Care Need
Persons with osteoporotic fracture history are subject to an increased risk for subsequent fractures and mortality. The aim of this retrospective study was to investigate the impact of a previous osteoporotic low-impact (fragility) index fracture (eg, forearm, lower leg) on mortality of a subsequent femora...
JAMDA
October 21, 2016
Reliability and Validity of the Resistiveness to Care Scale Among Cognitively Impaired Older Adults
Resistiveness to care is behavior that prevents or interferes with caregivers’ performing or assisting with activities of daily living and puts residents at risk for inappropriate use of antipsychotic drugs, other restraining interventions, social isolation, and physical abuse. The purpose of this study wa...
JAMDA
October 15, 2016
Older People, a Plethora of Drugs, and Drug List Approaches: Useful, Efficacious, or a Waste of Time?
JAMDA
October 14, 2016