JAMDA
June 16, 2015
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JAMDA
April 9, 2015
Malnutrition According to Mini Nutritional Assessment Is Associated With Severe Functional Impairment in Geriatric Patients Before and up to 6 Months After Hip Fracture
Hip fractures (HFs) in old age frequently cause severe functional impairment and deteriorating autonomy in everyday life. Many older patients with HFs are malnourished or at risk of malnutrition. In this study, we examined the relationship between nutritional status of geriatric patients before HF and thei...
JAMDA
April 24, 2015
Preventable Iatrogenic Disability in Elderly Patients During Hospitalization
In older patients, hospitalization is often associated with new or worsening disability. This hospitalization-associated disability may be explained in part by the cumulative effect of aging, frailty, comorbidities, and illnesses that led to hospitalization but may also result from health care management i...
JAMDA
June 26, 2015
Does Low Dose Angiotensin Converting Enzyme Inhibitor Prevent Pneumonia in Older People With Neurologic Dysphagia–A Randomized Placebo-Controlled Trial
To examine if angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor reduces the risk of pneumonia in older patients on tube-feeding because of dysphagia from cerebrovascular diseases.
JAMDA
May 24, 2018
Using PROMIS Pain Interference Items to Improve Quality Measurement in Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities
To evaluate the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) pain interference items for use in a quality measure and to compare the resulting quality score, along with internal reliability and validity, to a similar item set in the Minimum Data Set Version 3.0 (MDS).
JAMDA
February 21, 2015
Elevated Hospitalization Risk of Assisted Living Residents With Dementia in Alberta, Canada
Assisted living (AL) is an increasingly used residential option for older adults with dementia; however, lower staffing rates and service availability raise concerns that such residents may be at increased risk for adverse outcomes. Our objectives were to determine the incidence of hospitalization over 1 y...
JAMDA
March 26, 2015
Sarcopenia Is Associated With Incident Disability, Institutionalization, and Mortality in Community-Dwelling Older Men: The Concord Health and Ageing in Men Project
Sarcopenia is associated with an increased risk of adverse outcomes. The aim of this study was to explore the relationship between severity of sarcopenia and incident activities of daily living (ADL) disability, institutionalization, and all-cause mortality among community-dwelling older men participating ...
JAMDA
February 14, 2015
The Course of Neuropsychiatric Symptoms in Dementia: A 3-Year Longitudinal Study
Patients with dementia experience a wide range of neuropsychiatric symptoms. These symptoms often cause considerable distress to patients and caregivers, and often contribute to institutionalization. The current study examined the prevalence and course of neuropsychiatric symptoms in a large sample of pati...
JAMDA
March 19, 2015
Association Between Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Insertion/Deletion Polymorphisms and Frailty Among Chinese Older People
Frailty involves complex mechanisms of cumulative decline in several physiological systems and is associated with adverse events that are determined by genetic and environmental factors. It has been reported that angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) gene insertion/deletion (I/D) polymorphisms are associated...
JAMDA
December 26, 2017