JAMDA
August 8, 2022
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JAMDA
July 27, 2023
Challenges in Completing a Death Certificate after Voluntary Stopping of Eating and Drinking (VSED)
In recent years, health care providers and the general public in the United States have gained a greater awareness of Voluntary Stopping of Eating and Drinking (VSED) as a last resort option to escape from unbearable suffering, thanks to a growing number of publications, books, and documentaries. However, ...
JAMDA
May 12, 2023
Balance and Strength Measures are Associated With Mortality in Older Men
As people age, rates of morbidity and mortality are heterogenous. Balance and strength performance may contribute to this, offering modifiable risk factors for mortality. We aimed to compare relationships of balance and strength performance with all-cause and cause-specific mortality.
JAMDA
July 5, 2023
Rapid Detection of Influenza Outbreaks in Long-Term Care Facilities Reduces Emergency Room Visits and Hospitalization: A Randomized Trial
To assess whether the use of rapid influenza diagnostic tests (RIDTs) for long-term care facility (LTCF) residents with acute respiratory infection is associated with increased antiviral use and decreased health care utilization.
JAMDA
May 30, 2023
Validation of the ADICE_IT Models for Predicting Falls and Recurrent Falls in Geriatric OutpatientsFValidation of the ADICE_IT Models for Predicting Falls and Recurrent Falls in Geriatric Outpatients
Before being used in clinical practice, a prediction model should be tested in patients whose data were not used in model development. Previously, we developed the ADICE_IT models for predicting any fall and recurrent falls, referred as Any_fall and Recur_fall. In this study, we externally validated the mo...
JAMDA
April 7, 2022
Tolerance of Fentanyl Pectin Nasal Spray for Procedural Pain in Geriatric Patients
We aimed to assess the tolerance of fentanyl pectin nasal spray (FPNS) when used to treat procedural pain caused by wound dressing or physiotherapy in patients older than 75 years with or without opioid background treatment.
JAMDA
November 8, 2021
Melatonin Prescribing in Assisted Living
Aging is associated with sleep problems, which are common among assisted living (AL) residents. More than 40% of residents have insomnia, and almost 70% have a sleep disturbance of some kind. Melatonin to treat sleep disorders has become common among older adults, but its use in AL is unknown, which is con...
JAMDA
September 18, 2017
Consensus Approaches to Identify Incident Dementia in Cohort Studies: Systematic Review and Approach in the Successful Aging after Elective Surgery Study
To survey the current methods used to ascertain dementia and mild cognitive impairment (MCI) in longitudinal cohort studies, to categorize differences in approaches and to identify key components of expert panel methodology in current use.
JAMDA
November 20, 2017
Utilization of Antibiotics in Long-Term Care Facilities in British Columbia, Canada
Antibiotic use is highly prevalent in long-term care facilities (LTCFs); a resident's annual exposure to at least 1 course of antibiotic is approximately 50% to 80%. The objective of this study was to understand the extent of antibiotic use in the population of residents in British Columbia's (BC...
JAMDA
May 11, 2022
Conversion Between the Mini-Mental State Examination and the Montreal Cognitive Assessment for Patients With Different Forms of Dementia
The Mini-Mental Status Examination (MMSE) and the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) are 2 frequently used brief cognitive screening tasks. Here, we provide a conversion method from MMSE to MoCA for patients with Alzheimer's dementia, frontotemporal dementia, and Parkinson dementia/Lewy body dementi...
