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JAMDA
October 7, 2025
This study evaluates and compares the predictive performance of 4 widely used fall risk assessment tools—Morse Fall Scale (MFS), St. Thomas's Risk Assessment Tool in Falling Elderly Inpatients (STRATIFY), Hendrich II Fall Risk Model (Hendrich II), and Timed Up and Go Test (TUGT)—in Chinese nursing hom...
JAMDA
December 30, 2016
The nature and commonality of late-life risk factors for mild cognitive impairment (MCI), dementia, and mortality remain unclear. Our aim was to investigate potential risk factors, simultaneously in a single cohort including many individuals initially with normal cognition and followed for 6 years.
JAMDA
November 1, 2022
Pet robots are technology-based substitutes for live animals that have demonstrated psychosocial benefits for people living with dementia in long-term care. However, little research has been conducted to understand how pet robots should be implemented in routine care. This study aims to identify, contextua...
JAMDA
February 26, 2016
Despite the growing importance of slow gait as a universal screen of health, systematic investigation of risk factors for incident slow gait is lacking. Our objective was to identify potentially modifiable risk factors for incident slow gait.
JAMDA
July 5, 2015
Legionellosis is an important public health problem in the United States and other countries, and residents of long-term care facilities (LTCFs) are at higher risk for Legionnaires' disease than the general population. In this study, we reviewed published US and international guidelines for the primar...
JAMDA
October 29, 2020
To evaluate a machine learning model designed to predict mortality for Medicare beneficiaries aged >65 years treated for hip fracture in Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities (IRFs).
JAMDA
October 27, 2025
The Minimum Data Set (MDS 3.0) for nursing home (NH) residents contains data collected at regular intervals that are vital to pragmatic research studies. However, there is evidence of discrepancies between MDS 3.0 data and staff perceptions of mood and behavioral symptoms. We examined the comparative endor...
JAMDA
September 30, 2020
The purpose of our study was to identify factors that predict 1-year incident hip and major osteoporotic non-hip fractures (ie, wrist, spine, pelvis, humerus) for home care recipients while accounting for the competing risk of death.
JAMDA
November 25, 2022
Approximately 2% of older adults currently live in nursing homes. It is important that the risks for vision loss be characterized to ensure appropriate vision care is provided for nursing home patients. Our objective was to evaluate the association of age-related eye diseases (AREDs) and multimorbidities w...
JAMDA
June 11, 2019
Motoric cognitive risk syndrome (MCR) is a predementia stage associated with increased risk for falls. There are conflicting results regarding its association with recurrent falls and no information about its association with postfall fractures. The aim of the study was to examine the association of MCR an...