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February 1, 2025

Shared Decision-Making on Tobacco Smoking by Older Adults Living in Residential Care Facilities: Care Professionals’ Perspectives

Older adults with physical or cognitive disabilities may need to move to residential care facilities (RCFs). Some older adults smoke tobacco and become dependent on their care professionals to continue smoking. Care professionals need to balance an individual resident’s quality of life and well-being with ...

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February 1, 2025

Interventions to Reduce Loneliness among Community-dwelling Older Adults: A Network Meta-analysis and Systematic Review

This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of interventions in reducing loneliness among community-dwelling older adults.

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February 1, 2025

Comparative Study of Frailty Assessment Measures in Predicting All-Cause Mortality: Insights From NHANES

The 3 most frequently utilized frailty assessment measures are the Fried criteria, FRAIL scale, and Frailty Index (FI). This study aimed to compare predictive capabilities of these 3 measures regarding all-cause mortality in the United States and to identify the key predictive variables.

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January 28, 2025

Moderate-to-Vigorous Physical Activity at any Dose Reduces All-Cause Dementia Risk Regardless of Frailty Status

Reaching the moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) recommendations of 150 min/wk is difficult for older adults, particularly among those living with frailty and its associated risk of dementia. We examined the dose-response relationship between MVPA and dementia risk among at-risk persons living wi...

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January 27, 2025

Medication Use in People Aged 90 Years and Older: A Nationwide Study

We aimed to describe the medications prescribed to people aged ≥90 years.

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January 22, 2025

Factors Influencing Medical Prescribers' Acceptance of Pharmacists’ Recommendations in Non-hospitalized Older Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

To investigate the rate of, and factors affecting, acceptance of pharmacists’ recommendations by medical prescribers following medication reviews conducted in non-hospitalized older adults.

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January 22, 2025

Quality and Safety Indicators for Care Transitions by Older Adults: A Scoping Review

To identify quality and safety indicators routinely used to monitor, evaluate, and improve care transitions for older adults globally.

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January 22, 2025

Experiences of Care Aides Caring for Residents with a History of Psychological Trauma in Long-Term Care Homes (Nursing Homes)—Early Findings

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January 21, 2025

Association between Multimorbidity and End-of-Life Outcomes among Middle-Aged and Older Adults: Evidence from 28 Countries

Multimorbidity poses significant challenges to the well-being of middle-aged and older adults, but its impact on end-of-life experiences remains relatively underexplored and inconsistent. This study aims to investigate the association between the number of chronic conditions and 6 end-of-life outcomes acro...

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January 21, 2025

Two Decades of the Walking While Talking Test: A Narrative Review

Early research reported that older adults who stopped walking when they began a conversation were more likely to fall in the future. As a systematic measure of dual-task performance, Verghese and colleagues developed the Walking While Talking (WWT) test, in which a person walks at a normal pace while recit...

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Shared Decision-Making on Tobacco Smoking by Older Adults Living in Residential Care Facilities: Care Professionals’ Perspectives

Interventions to Reduce Loneliness among Community-dwelling Older Adults: A Network Meta-analysis and Systematic Review

Comparative Study of Frailty Assessment Measures in Predicting All-Cause Mortality: Insights From NHANES

Moderate-to-Vigorous Physical Activity at any Dose Reduces All-Cause Dementia Risk Regardless of Frailty Status

Medication Use in People Aged 90 Years and Older: A Nationwide Study

Factors Influencing Medical Prescribers' Acceptance of Pharmacists’ Recommendations in Non-hospitalized Older Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Quality and Safety Indicators for Care Transitions by Older Adults: A Scoping Review

Experiences of Care Aides Caring for Residents with a History of Psychological Trauma in Long-Term Care Homes (Nursing Homes)—Early Findings

Association between Multimorbidity and End-of-Life Outcomes among Middle-Aged and Older Adults: Evidence from 28 Countries

Two Decades of the Walking While Talking Test: A Narrative Review

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