Caring for the Ages
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JAMDA
April 9, 2016
Treatment of Acute Myeloid Leukemia in Elderly Patients—A Therapeutic Dilemma
Older adults represent the majority of approximately 20,000 new patients diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) in the United States each year. While the treatment goal for younger patients is to achieve a cure with intensive therapeutic protocols, including standard chemotherapy and hematopoietic ste...
JAMDA
November 20, 2014
Treatment of Cachexia: An Overview of Recent Developments
Body wasting in the context of chronic illness is associated with reduced quality of life and impaired survival. Recent clinical trials have investigated different approaches to improve patients’ skeletal muscle mass and strength, exercise capacity, and survival in the context of cachexia and body wasting,...
JAMDA
April 25, 2018
Treatment of Cardiovascular Diseases Among Elderly Residents of Long-term Care Facilities
The prevalence of cardiovascular diseases among nursing home residents is high but little is known whether pharmacologic therapy recommended by actual medication guidelines is followed by facility's staff.
JAMDA
May 17, 2019
Treatment of Hypertension in People With Dementia: A Multicenter Prospective Observational Cohort Study
To describe the treatment of hypertension in people with dementia and collate evidence on adverse health events whilst on treatment.
JAMDA
November 20, 2015
Treatment of Muscle Wasting: An Overview of Promising Treatment Targets
JAMDA
June 26, 2015
Treatment of Nonagenarians With Atrial Fibrillation: Insights From the Berlin Atrial Fibrillation (BAF) Registry
The objective of this study was to determine course and treatment of atrial fibrillation (AF) in nonagenarians. Incidence of AF increases with age. Due to the demographic change in the industrialized world, an increase of AF in the group of elderly and very elderly is expected in the next decades. However,...
JAMDA
June 24, 2016
Treatment of Osteoporosis in Australian Residential Aged Care Facilities: Update on Consensus Recommendations for Fracture Prevention
Older people living in residential aged care facilities (RACFs) are at a higher risk of suffering fractures than the community-dwelling older population. The first Consensus Conference on Treatment of Osteoporosis in RACFs in Australia, held in Sydney in July 2009, aimed to address some of the issues relat...
JAMDA
July 18, 2020
Trends in Antipsychotic and Mood Stabilizer Prescribing in Long-Term Care in the U.S.: 2011–2014
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ National Partnership to Improve Dementia Care in Nursing Homes focuses on but is not limited to long-term care (LTC) residents with dementia; the potential impact on residents with other diagnoses is unclear. We sought to determine whether resident subpopulat...
JAMDA
August 26, 2019