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July 2, 2015
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June 30, 2015
A Pilot Study of the FRAIL Scale on Predicting Outcomes in Chinese Elderly People With Type 2 Diabetes
To determine the prevalence of frailty in older diabetic inpatients using the FRAIL scale and to evaluate the association of frailty with physical function and diabetic vascular complications, as well as its relationship to hospitalization and mortality.
JAMDA
June 26, 2015
Education and Executive Function Mediate Engagement in Advance Care Planning in Early Cognitive Impairment
Advance care planning (ACP) is an important component to holistic care for people with early cognitive impairment (ECI) who are generally still mentally capable of making rational decisions. This study explores the willingness of people with ECI to engage in ACP and how clinical and behavioral variables sh...
JAMDA
June 26, 2015
Treatment of Nonagenarians With Atrial Fibrillation: Insights From the Berlin Atrial Fibrillation (BAF) Registry
The objective of this study was to determine course and treatment of atrial fibrillation (AF) in nonagenarians. Incidence of AF increases with age. Due to the demographic change in the industrialized world, an increase of AF in the group of elderly and very elderly is expected in the next decades. However,...
JAMDA
June 26, 2015
Does Low Dose Angiotensin Converting Enzyme Inhibitor Prevent Pneumonia in Older People With Neurologic Dysphagia–A Randomized Placebo-Controlled Trial
To examine if angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor reduces the risk of pneumonia in older patients on tube-feeding because of dysphagia from cerebrovascular diseases.
JAMDA
June 26, 2015
Frailty in China
JAMDA
June 26, 2015
Physician Treatment Orders in Dutch Nursing Homes
Physician treatment orders (PTOs) prevent burdensome unnecessary medical treatment of frail nursing home patients. The aim was to determine the prevalence of PTOs and time duration between nursing home admittance and PTO completion.
JAMDA
June 23, 2015
Effectiveness of Robot Paro in Intramural Psychogeriatric Care: A Multicenter Quasi-Experimental Study
Together with care professionals, specific psychogeriatric care applications were developed for the seal robot Paro.
JAMDA
June 23, 2015
Response to the Letter to the Editor by Aaron Spital, “Is This Elderly Patient Dehydrated? Diagnostic Accuracy of Hydration Assessment Using Physical Signs, Urine, and Saliva Markers”
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June 23, 2015