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JAMDA
May 14, 2014
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May 13, 2014
Advanced Technology Care Innovation for Older People in Italy: Necessity and Opportunity to Promote Health and Wellbeing
Even though there is a constant and accelerating growth of the aging population worldwide, such a rapid rise is negatively impacting available home and community services not able to encompass the necessities associated with the increased number of older people. In particular, there are increasing demands ...
JAMDA
May 10, 2014
Predictors of Serious Consequences of Falls in Residential Aged Care: Analysis of More Than 70,000 Falls From Residents of Bavarian Nursing Homes
Falls are common in nursing homes and cause a high burden of injuries. The objective of this study was to analyze factors associated with serious consequences of falls in nursing home residents.
JAMDA
May 9, 2014
Determining the Incidence of Drug-Associated Acute Kidney Injury in Nursing Home Residents
Although acute kidney injury (AKI) is well studied in the acute care setting, investigation of AKI in the nursing home (NH) setting is virtually nonexistent. The goal of this study was to determine the incidence of drug-associated AKI using the RIFLE (Risk, Injury, Failure, Loss of kidney function, or End-...
JAMDA
May 9, 2014
Education to Reduce Potentially Harmful Medication Use Among Residents of Assisted Living Facilities: A Randomized Controlled Trial
The objectives of this study were (1) to investigate the effect of nurse training on the use of potentially harmful medications; and (2) to explore the effect of nurse training on residents' health-related quality of life (HRQoL), health service utilization, and mortality.
JAMDA
May 8, 2014
The Effects of Humor Therapy on Nursing Home Residents Measured Using Observational Methods: The SMILE Cluster Randomized Trial
To evaluate the effects of humor therapy assessed using observational methods on agitation, engagement, positive behaviors, affect, and contentment.
JAMDA
May 8, 2014
Are the New Guidelines for Cholesterol and Hypertension Age Friendly?
JAMDA
May 1, 2014
Nursing Home Research: The First International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics (IAGG) Research Conference
The International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics held its first conference on nursing home research in St Louis, MO, in November 2013. This article provides a summary of the presentations.
JAMDA
May 1, 2014
Attributing the Benefits of Individual Components in a Multicomponent Intervention: A Familiar Challenge in Comprehensive Geriatric Care
JAMDA
April 30, 2014