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Caring for the Ages
December 28, 2020
Foundation Leaps Over Barriers to Boost Practitioners Moving Forward
JAMDA
February 26, 2019
Four Potentially Practice-Changing Articles From 2018
Four key articles published in 2018 have been selected to represent clinical situations where recent evidence may prompt changes in practice relevant to the nursing home population. There is no evidence of benefit for levothyroxine replacement in mild subclinical hypothyroidism. Duloxetine may be considere...
JAMDA
October 23, 2014
Four-Month Course of Soluble Milk Proteins Interacts With Exercise to Improve Muscle Strength and Delay Fatigue in Elderly Participants
The benefit of protein supplementation on the adaptive response of muscle to exercise training in older people is controversial.
JAMDA
February 26, 2019
Fourteen-Year Trends in the Use of Psychotropic Medications, Opioids, and Other Sedatives Among Institutionalized Older People in Helsinki, Finland
The use of psychotropic drugs in long-term care (LTC) is very common, despite their known adverse effects. The prevalence of opioid use is growing among older adults. This study aimed to investigate trends in the prevalence of psychotropics, opioids, and sedative load in a LTC setting over a 14-year period...
Caring for the Ages
April 26, 2023
Fracture Care Pathway Allows Patients to Remain in Facilities
JAMDA
May 25, 2018
Frail Elderly, Inconspicuous Finance System, Complex Healthcare: Are We Realists or Optimists?
Caring for the Ages
November 23, 2015
Frail Elders at High Mortality Risk in the Year Following Surgery
JAMDA
January 3, 2025
Frail Older Adults with High Anticholinergic Burden are at Risk of Orthostatic Hypotension
Frailty has been shown to be linked with orthostatic hypotension (OH) in older adults, but the role of anticholinergic drugs in this relationship never has been explored. The purpose of this was to examine the relationship between anticholinergic burden (ACB) and OH in frail older adults living in the comm...
JAMDA
August 31, 2017
FRAIL Questionnaire Screening Tool and Short-Term Outcomes in Geriatric Fracture Patients
There are limited screening tools to predict adverse postoperative outcomes for the geriatric surgical fracture population. Frailty is increasingly recognized as a risk assessment to capture complexity. The goal of this study was to use a short screening tool, the FRAIL scale, to categorize the level of fr...
