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December 18, 2013
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December 18, 2013
Scabies in the Nursing Home, Misdiagnosis Means Costs, and Embarrassment: Story of a Centenarian Smitten by Scabies!
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December 18, 2013
Mild Cognitive Impairment—A Treatable Condition
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December 18, 2013
Low Testosterone Levels, Depressive Symptoms, and Falls in Older Men: A Cross-Sectional Study
While several studies have cited a potential association between testosterone deficiency and risk of falls among community-dwelling older men, evidence for such an association is conflicting. Depressive symptoms, which occasionally accompany testosterone deficiency but which are often neglected as associat...
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December 16, 2013
The Association Between Quality of Care and Quality of Life in Long-Stay Nursing Home Residents With Preserved Cognition
To assess the overall quality of life of long-stay nursing home residents with preserved cognition, to examine whether the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Service's Nursing Home Compare 5-star quality rating system reflects the overall quality of life of such residents, and to examine whether reside...
JAMDA
December 7, 2013
Effectiveness of Influenza Vaccination in Institutionalized Older Adults: A Systematic Review
Influenza infection is common among institutionalized older adults. Many nonrandomized observational studies on influenza vaccination suggested that it could reduce influenza-related hospitalizations and mortality in institutionalized older adults. Criticism regarding the effectiveness of influenza vaccine...
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December 7, 2013
The Costs of Dementia From the Societal Perspective: Is Care Provided in the Community Really Cheaper than Nursing Home Care?
To compare the costs of care for community-dwelling dementia patients with the costs of care for dementia patients living in nursing homes from the societal perspective.
JAMDA
December 3, 2013
Cardiac and Inflammatory Biomarkers and In-hospital Mortality in Older Medical Patients
Increasing evidence has mounted in recent years on the potential prognostic role of biomarkers out of cardiac-specific medical settings. We aimed to test whether cardiac and inflammatory biomarkers are independently associated with in-hospital mortality in older unselected medical inpatients undergoing sta...
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December 3, 2013
Frailty Predicts New and Persistent Depressive Symptoms Among Community-Dwelling Older Adults: Findings From Singapore Longitudinal Aging Study
This study aimed to examine the cross-sectional and longitudinal relationships between physical frailty at baseline and depressive symptoms at baseline and at follow-up.
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December 3, 2013