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May 27, 2017
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JAMDA
March 16, 2023
Online Customer Reviews of Assisted Living Communities: Association with Community, County, and State Factors
Online reviews provided by users of assisted living communities may offer a unique source of heretofore unexamined data. We explored online reviews as a possible source of information about these communities and examined the association between the reviews and aspects of state regulations, while controllin...
JAMDA
June 16, 2015
Validity and Responsiveness of the FRAIL Scale in a Longitudinal Cohort Study of Older Australian Women
To assess the validity and responsiveness of the FRAIL scale and investigate whether validity is related to the number of points used on the scale.
JAMDA
April 9, 2015
Malnutrition According to Mini Nutritional Assessment Is Associated With Severe Functional Impairment in Geriatric Patients Before and up to 6 Months After Hip Fracture
Hip fractures (HFs) in old age frequently cause severe functional impairment and deteriorating autonomy in everyday life. Many older patients with HFs are malnourished or at risk of malnutrition. In this study, we examined the relationship between nutritional status of geriatric patients before HF and thei...
JAMDA
April 24, 2015
Preventable Iatrogenic Disability in Elderly Patients During Hospitalization
In older patients, hospitalization is often associated with new or worsening disability. This hospitalization-associated disability may be explained in part by the cumulative effect of aging, frailty, comorbidities, and illnesses that led to hospitalization but may also result from health care management i...
JAMDA
June 26, 2015
Does Low Dose Angiotensin Converting Enzyme Inhibitor Prevent Pneumonia in Older People With Neurologic Dysphagia–A Randomized Placebo-Controlled Trial
To examine if angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor reduces the risk of pneumonia in older patients on tube-feeding because of dysphagia from cerebrovascular diseases.
JAMDA
May 24, 2023
Long-Term Survival After Aspiration Pneumonia in Older Inpatients: A Comparative Study
Aspiration pneumonia (AsP), a leading cause of death in older people, remains poorly studied. We aimed to evaluate short- and long-term prognosis after AsP in older inpatients.
JAMDA
June 12, 2023
Clinicians’ Perceptions of a Modified Hospital Elder Life Program for Delirium Prevention During COVID-19
The Hospital Elder Life Program (HELP) is a multicomponent delirium prevention program targeting delirium risk factors of cognitive impairment, vision and hearing impairment, malnutrition and dehydration, immobility, sleep deprivation, and medications. We created a odified and xtended version of the progra...
JAMDA
June 7, 2023
Sleep Duration and Sarcopenia: An Updated Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
In adults, short and long sleep duration has been associated with sarcopenia risk. Studies have shown that various factors, including biological and psychological factors, could be the underlying cause of the association between aberrant sleep duration and sarcopenia risk. In this study, we have qualitativ...
JAMDA
December 17, 2014