JAMDA
November 21, 2015
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JAMDA
October 1, 2015
An Administrator's Perspective on the Organization of Physical Activity for Older Adults in Long-Term Care Facilities
The positive influence of physical activity (PA) on health is well documented. Even at old age, PA remains useful but participation in PA decreases with age. In long-term care facilities (LTCFs), PA appears to be reduced to a bare minimum. Because administrators have a key role in developing the care polic...
JAMDA
November 9, 2022
Transitions in Frailty and 4-Year Mortality Risk in Taiwan Longitudinal Study on Aging
To explore the associations of (1) the frailty phenotype or frailty index transition with cause-specific mortality, and (2) different combinations of transition in frailty phenotype and frailty index with all-cause mortality.
JAMDA
April 21, 2023
Identifying Quality Indicators for the Care of Hospitalized Injured Older Adults: A Scoping Review of the Literature
Older adults represent more than 50% of trauma admissions in many high-income countries. Furthermore, they are at increased risk for complications, resulting in worse health outcomes than younger adults and a significant health care utilization burden. Quality indicators (QIs) are used to assess the qualit...
JAMDA
September 18, 2017
Consensus Approaches to Identify Incident Dementia in Cohort Studies: Systematic Review and Approach in the Successful Aging after Elective Surgery Study
To survey the current methods used to ascertain dementia and mild cognitive impairment (MCI) in longitudinal cohort studies, to categorize differences in approaches and to identify key components of expert panel methodology in current use.
JAMDA
November 20, 2017
Utilization of Antibiotics in Long-Term Care Facilities in British Columbia, Canada
Antibiotic use is highly prevalent in long-term care facilities (LTCFs); a resident's annual exposure to at least 1 course of antibiotic is approximately 50% to 80%. The objective of this study was to understand the extent of antibiotic use in the population of residents in British Columbia's (BC...
JAMDA
May 11, 2022
Conversion Between the Mini-Mental State Examination and the Montreal Cognitive Assessment for Patients With Different Forms of Dementia
The Mini-Mental Status Examination (MMSE) and the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) are 2 frequently used brief cognitive screening tasks. Here, we provide a conversion method from MMSE to MoCA for patients with Alzheimer's dementia, frontotemporal dementia, and Parkinson dementia/Lewy body dementi...
JAMDA
February 27, 2019
Conditional Permission to Not Resuscitate: A Middle Ground for Resuscitation
Every decision to perform or withhold cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) has ethical implications that are not always well understood. Value-based decisions with far-reaching consequences are made rapidly, based on incomplete or possibly inaccurate information. For some patients, skilled, timely CPR can r...
JAMDA
July 27, 2023
Challenges in Completing a Death Certificate after Voluntary Stopping of Eating and Drinking (VSED)
In recent years, health care providers and the general public in the United States have gained a greater awareness of Voluntary Stopping of Eating and Drinking (VSED) as a last resort option to escape from unbearable suffering, thanks to a growing number of publications, books, and documentaries. However, ...
JAMDA
May 12, 2023
Balance and Strength Measures are Associated With Mortality in Older Men
As people age, rates of morbidity and mortality are heterogenous. Balance and strength performance may contribute to this, offering modifiable risk factors for mortality. We aimed to compare relationships of balance and strength performance with all-cause and cause-specific mortality.
