JAMDA
April 14, 2020
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JAMDA
April 9, 2020
The Role of Cognitive Impairment, Physical Disability, and Chronic Conditions in the Association of Sleep Duration With All-Cause Mortality Among Very Old Adults
This study aimed to examine the relationship between sleep duration and all-cause mortality, and to assess the role of cognitive impairment, physical disability, and chronic conditions on this association among very old adults.
Spotlight
March 31, 2023
Optimizing the Use of Gabapentin: A Special Drive to Deprescribe Podcast
Medication optimization is a hot topic in post-acute and long-term care and a focus of AMDA’s very popular Drive to Deprescribe (D2D) initiative. Now practitioners have yet another opportunity to address their deprescribing challenges with a new quarterly D2D podcast. The first program addresses Optimizing...
JAMDA
October 31, 2020
Testing the Implementation of Function-focused Care in Assisted Living Settings
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the Function-Focused Care for Assisted Living Using the Evidence Integration Triangle (FFC-AL-EIT) intervention.
JAMDA
December 15, 2014
Self-Reported Walking Speed: A Useful Marker of Physical Performance Among Community-Dwelling Older People?
Walking speed is central to emerging consensus definitions of sarcopenia and frailty as well as being a major predictor of future health outcomes in its own right. However, measurement is not always feasible in clinical settings. We hypothesized that self-reported walking speed might be a good marker of ob...
JAMDA
November 15, 2020
Health Profiles, Health Services Use, and Transition to Dementia in Inpatients With Late-Life Depression and Other Mental Illnesses
Depression has been reported as a risk factor for dementia. We compared health and health service use profiles in older people hospitalized with late-life depression and older people hospitalized with other mental illnesses and examined the transition to dementia.
JAMDA
July 18, 2020
Association between Excessive Daytime Sleepiness and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease and All-Cause Mortality: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Longitudinal Cohort Studies
Excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) is a prevalent phenomenon in adults, and although cohort studies have reported an association between EDS and adverse health outcomes, the results are inconclusive. This meta-analysis summarizes the evidence from longitudinal cohort studies on the relationship between EDS...
JAMDA
November 17, 2015
Antihypertensive and Statin Medication Use and Motor Function in Community-Dwelling Older Adults
To investigate whether the use of antihypertensive and statin medication in very old adults is associated with the level of motor performance.
JAMDA
October 17, 2025
Association of Body Weight Changes Over 1 Year With the Incidence of Functional Disability and All-Cause Mortality in Older Adults: The Shizuoka Kokuho Database Study
Body weight changes have been reported to increase mortality risk in older adults. However, the prognostic significance of short-term weight changes (during 1 year), particularly for functional disability, is unclear. We aimed to clarify the association between 1-year changes in body weight and the inciden...
Podcast
October 12, 2021