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April 19, 2014
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April 16, 2014
Frailty in Older Persons: Multisystem Risk Factors and the Frailty Risk Index (FRI)
Currently there is no risk factor scale that identifies older persons at risk of frailty.
JAMDA
April 12, 2014
Adverse Events in Post-Acute Care: The Office of the Inspector General's Report
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April 12, 2014
Response to the Letter by Drs. Van der Steen and Arcand
JAMDA
April 7, 2014
New Toolkit to Measure Quality of Person-Centered Care: Development and Pilot Evaluation With Nursing Home Communities
Increasingly, nursing home (NH) providers are adopting a person-centered care (PCC) philosophy; yet, they currently lack methods to measure their progress toward this goal. Few PCC tools meet criteria for ease of use and feasibility in NHs. The purpose of this article is to report on the development of the...
JAMDA
April 7, 2014
Letter Referring to the Article “Development and Testing of a Decision Aid on Goals of Care for Advanced Dementia” by Einterz et al
JAMDA
April 7, 2014
Body-Mass Index and Mortality in Incident Dementia: A Cohort Study on 11,398 Patients From SveDem, the Swedish Dementia Registry
Body mass index (BMI) is used worldwide as an indirect measure of nutritional status and has been shown to be associated with mortality. Controversy exists over the cut points associated with lowest mortality, particularly in older populations. In patients suffering from dementia, information on BMI and mo...
JAMDA
April 2, 2014
Incremental Predictive Value of Sarcopenia for Incident Fracture in an Elderly Chinese Cohort: Results From the Osteoporotic Fractures in Men (MrOs) Study
We examined whether sarcopenia is predictive of incident fractures among older men, whether the inclusion of sarcopenia in models adds any incremental value to bone mineral density (BMD), and whether sarcopenia is associated with a higher risk of fractures in elderly with osteoporosis.
JAMDA
April 2, 2014
International Survey of Nursing Home Research Priorities
This article reports the findings of a policy survey designed to establish research priorities to inform future research strategy and advance nursing home practice. The survey was administered in 2 rounds during 2013, and involved a combination of open questions and ranking exercises to move toward consens...
JAMDA
April 2, 2014