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October 3, 2022
Wish to Die Among Residents of Swiss Long-Term Care Facilities: A Multisite Cross-Sectional Study
The wish to die (WTD) in persons near the end of life is a clinically important, ethically and practically complex phenomenon as demonstrated by the intense debates on assisted dying legislation around the world. Despite global aging and increasing institutionalization in old age, WTD among residents of lo...
JAMDA
October 25, 2019
Trajectories of Long-Term Residential Care Needs Among Older Australian Women: A Cohort Study Using Linked Data
Older women are more likely than men to enter residential aged care (RAC) and generally stay longer. We aimed to identify and examine their trajectories of care needs over time in RAC across 3 fundamental care needs domains, including activities of daily living (ADL), behavior, and complex health care. ...
JAMDA
February 1, 2019
The Role of Dietary Patterns in the Contribution of Cardiorespiratory Fitness in Community-Dwelling Older Chinese Adults in Hong Kong
We examined the influence of various dietary patterns on cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) expressed as peak oxygen uptake (VOpeak), taking into account demographics and lifestyle risk factors.
JAMDA
August 13, 2021
Front-Line Hospice Staff Perceptions of Barriers and Opportunities to Discussing Advance Care Planning With Hospice Patients and Their Families
To understand the facilitators and barriers to hospice staff engagement of patients and surrogates in advance care planning (ACP) conversations.
JAMDA
January 11, 2022
Factors and Outcomes Associated With Dysphagia in Hospitalized Persons With Dementia
Dysphagia is prevalent in older adults with dementia, particularly in the acute care setting. The objective of this study was to use an innovative approach to extract a more representative sample of patients with dysphagia from the electronic health record (EHR) to determine patient characteristics, hospit...
JAMDA
January 24, 2022
Relationships Between Community Virus Activity and Cardiorespiratory Rehospitalizations From Post-Acute Care
Quantify the relationship between increasing influenza and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) community viral activity and cardiorespiratory rehospitalizations among older adults discharged to skilled nursing facilities (SNFs).
JAMDA
July 21, 2023
Predictors of In-Hospital Mortality in Older Inpatients with Suspected Infection
To determine the rate and predictors of death in older individuals with suspected infection at any time during hospital stay in a geriatric acute ward and the prognostic ability of different tools [quick Sequential (Sepsis-related) Organ Failure Assessment (qSOFA), Modified and National Early Warning Score...
JAMDA
October 29, 2015
Lessons to Exchange: A Comparison of Long-Term Care Between Two Cultures: Uganda and Singapore
Today, both the developed and developing world are facing fast-aging populations. Projections show that by 2050, 80% of the world's older persons will live in low and middle-income countries. As developed countries look to institutionalization as one of the means to cope with the challenges of long-te...
JAMDA
March 7, 2019