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Caring for the Ages
June 28, 2017
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Caring for the Ages
June 28, 2017
Organizational Dysfunction Implicated in Antipsychotic Prescription Rates
JAMDA
June 28, 2017
A Pilot Randomized Trial of a Companion Robot for People With Dementia Living in the Community
To investigate the affective, social, behavioral, and physiological effects of the companion robot Paro for people with dementia in both a day care center and a home setting.
JAMDA
June 28, 2017
The Quality of POLST Completion to Guide Treatment: A 2-State Study
Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST) need to be complete and consistent to allow health care personnel to honor patient preferences in a time of emergency. The purpose of our study was to evaluate the quality of POLST completion to guide treatment for level of medical intervention. ...
JAMDA
June 28, 2017
The Dutch Move Beyond the Concept of Nursing Home Physician Specialists
JAMDA
June 28, 2017
Prevalence and Determinants of Poor Food Intake of Residents Living in Long-Term Care
Poor food intake is known to lead to malnutrition in long-term care homes (LTCH), yet multilevel determinants of food intake are not fully understood, hampering development of interventions that can maintain the nutritional status of residents. This study measures energy and protein intake of LTCH resident...
JAMDA
June 23, 2017
The Asia-Pacific Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Management of Frailty
To develop Clinical Practice Guidelines for the screening, assessment and management of the geriatric condition of frailty.
JAMDA
June 23, 2017
Self-Reported Unsteadiness Predicts Fear of Falling, Activity Restriction, Falls, and Disability
To determine if self-reported unsteadiness during walking is associated with fear of falling (FOF), fear-related activity restriction, falls, and disability over 2 years in community-dwelling adults.
JAMDA
June 23, 2017
Social Frailty and Functional Disability: Findings From the Singapore Longitudinal Ageing Studies
To examine the association between the social frailty (SF) phenotype and functional disability, independently of the physical frailty (PF) phenotype, and compare the abilities of the PF, SF, and combined social and physical (PSF) indexes for predicting functional disability.
JAMDA
June 21, 2017