Caring for the Ages
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Caring for the Ages
July 31, 2015
Amyloid PET Imaging Helps Distinguish Dementias
JAMDA
February 19, 2015
Amyloid-Beta Related Angiitis: A Difficult Diagnosis
JAMDA
February 25, 2016
An Adapted Hospital Elder Life Program to Prevent Delirium and Reduce Complications of Acute Illness in Long-Term Care (HELP-LTC)
JAMDA
October 1, 2015
An Administrator's Perspective on the Organization of Physical Activity for Older Adults in Long-Term Care Facilities
The positive influence of physical activity (PA) on health is well documented. Even at old age, PA remains useful but participation in PA decreases with age. In long-term care facilities (LTCFs), PA appears to be reduced to a bare minimum. Because administrators have a key role in developing the care polic...
Caring for the Ages
March 3, 2018
An Alarming Trend
Caring for the Ages
March 2, 2015
An All-Hands-on-Deck Approach to Mealtime
JAMDA
August 11, 2018
An Analysis of Falls and Those who Fall in a Chronic Care Facility
Falls in hospitals lead to adverse patient outcomes and prevention of falls is of upmost importance. Little is known about fall and injury rates in chronic care facilities, which are similar to skilled nursing facilities in the United States. Current fall risk tools in this setting are not well studied. En...
JAMDA
September 18, 2014
An Anthropometric Prediction Equation for Appendicular Skeletal Muscle Mass in Combination With a Measure of Muscle Function to Screen for Sarcopenia in Primary and Aged Care
Sarcopenia is the presence of low muscle mass and poor physical function. We have developed an anthropometric prediction equation (PE). We compared the accuracy of our previously developed anthropometric prediction equation (PE) to dual absorptiometry x-ray (DXA) in predicting low muscle mass and sarcopeni...
Caring for the Ages
October 27, 2017