JAMDA
August 8, 2023
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JAMDA
July 18, 2020
Instability in Preference for Place of Death Among Patients With Symptoms of Advanced Heart Failure
Patient preference for place of death is an important component of advance care planning (ACP). If patients’ preference for place of death changes over time, this questions the value of their documented preference. We aimed to assess the extent and correlates of change in preference for place of death over...
JAMDA
July 21, 2015
Institutional Bereavement Care for Fictive Kin: Staff Grief in CCRCs
The purpose of this study was to explore approaches used by administrators to respond to grief and bereavement among staff after the death of a resident.
JAMDA
March 17, 2023
Institutional Factors Associated with Residents’ Malnutrition in Nursing Homes: A Cross-Sectional Study
Malnutrition is frequent in older adults, associated with increased morbidity, mortality, and higher costs. Nursing home residents are especially affected, and evidence on institutional factors associated with malnutrition is limited. We calculated the prevalence of malnutrition in Swiss nursing home resid...
Caring for the Ages
April 27, 2021
Institutional Placebo Effect: Tapping Into the Mind-Body Connection for Better Outcomes
JAMDA
October 14, 2020
Instrumental Swallowing Assessment in Adults in Residential Aged Care Homes: A Scoping Review
To systematically describe evidence on the use of instrumental swallowing assessment for residents of aged care homes.
JAMDA
December 16, 2014
Instruments to Assess Sarcopenia and Physical Frailty in Older People Living in a Community (Care) Setting: Similarities and Discrepancies
Both sarcopenia and physical frailty are geriatric syndromes causing loss of functionality and independence. This study explored the association between sarcopenia and physical frailty and the overlap of their criteria in older people living in different community (care) settings. Moreover, it investigated...
Caring for the Ages
August 29, 2015
Insulin Resistance Linked to Decreased Brain Metabolism
Caring for the Ages
March 2, 2023
Insulin Resistance Linked to Loss of Muscle Mass
JAMDA
December 23, 2014