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JAMDA
July 25, 2016
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JAMDA
July 25, 2016
Active Vaccines for Alzheimer Disease Treatment
Vaccination against peptides specific to Alzheimer disease may generate an immune response that could help inhibit disease and symptom progression.
JAMDA
July 20, 2016
Changing Patterns of Patient Characteristics in a Memory Clinic in Singapore
Promoting public awareness about dementia has been part of global initiatives in recent years; however, the impact on patterns of patient visits in memory clinics has not been investigated in Asian countries. Hence, the present study sought to investigate longitudinal patterns of patient characteristics am...
JAMDA
July 20, 2016
Validation of the HOSPITAL Score for 30-Day All-Cause Readmissions of Patients Discharged to Skilled Nursing Facilities
To validate the HOSPITAL score for predicting 30-day all-cause readmission rates in a cohort of medical patients discharged to skilled nursing facilities (SNFs).
JAMDA
July 19, 2016
Muscle Weakness Is Associated With Diabetes in Older Mexicans: The Mexican Health and Aging Study
The risk of cardiovascular problems due to diabetes mellitus is highest among older Mexicans, and yet what remains to be determined is the association between muscle weakness and diabetes in this population. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to determine the association between muscle strength and d...
JAMDA
July 15, 2016
Aging and Outcome in Patients With Peripheral Artery Disease and Critical Limb Ischemia
Aging of the population is one of the major challenges facing public health systems. The impact of aging on acute and long-term outcome of patients with peripheral artery disease (PAD) and critical limb ischemia (CLI) is currently not sufficiently clarified. This analysis consists of comprehensive, anonymi...
JAMDA
July 14, 2016
Functional Status Outperforms Comorbidities as a Predictor of 30-Day Acute Care Readmissions in the Inpatient Rehabilitation Population
Functional status is associated with patient outcomes, but is rarely included in hospital readmission risk models. The objective of this study was to determine whether functional status is a better predictor of 30-day acute care readmission than traditionally investigated variables including demographics a...
JAMDA
July 7, 2016
Arousal, Attention, and an Abundance of Opportunity to Advance Delirium Care
JAMDA
July 5, 2016
Sleep Duration and Excessive Daytime Sleepiness Are Associated With Incidence of Disability in Community-Dwelling Older Adults
Although sleep disturbances are associated with disability among older adults, no longitudinal study has examined the impact of sleep assessed based on both sleep quality and quantity on incident disability. This study examined whether sleep duration and excessive daytime sleepiness were associated with in...
JAMDA
July 2, 2016