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JAMDA
December 2, 2015
Slow Stream Rehabilitation: A New Model of Post-Acute Care
To identify characteristics and outcomes of elderly patients admitted to a slow stream, low-intensity, and long-duration inpatient rehabilitation (SSR) program after an acute hospitalization because they were unable to tolerate traditional inpatient rehabilitation.
JAMDA
January 21, 2016
Burden of Potentially Harmful Medications and the Association With Quality of Life and Mortality Among Institutionalized Older People
This study investigated the overlap among 3 different definitions of potentially harmful medication (PHM) use and the corresponding associations with resident quality of life and mortality.
JAMDA
January 23, 2014
Clinical Uncertainties in the Approach to Long Term Care Residents With Possible Urinary Tract Infection
Urinary tract infection (UTI) is arguably the most common infection in the long term care (LTC) setting. Making the diagnosis of UTI and deciding when to initiate treatment with antimicrobial therapy is a challenge to all LTC providers. Widespread prevalence of asymptomatic bacteriuria, lack of an accepted...
JAMDA
December 1, 2013
Disability Associated With Obesity, Dynapenia and Dynapenic-Obesity in Chinese Older Adults
Whether the combination of obesity and low muscle strength (dynapenic-obesity) would cause greater impairment of the activities of daily living (ADL)/instrumental activities of daily living (IADL) than obesity alone and low muscle strength alone (dynapenia) remains unclear. The aim of this study was to rev...
JAMDA
January 23, 2014
Sarcopenia in Asia: Consensus Report of the Asian Working Group for Sarcopenia
Sarcopenia, a newly recognized geriatric syndrome, is characterized by age-related decline of skeletal muscle plus low muscle strength and/or physical performance. Previous studies have confirmed the association of sarcopenia and adverse health outcomes, such as falls, disability, hospital admission, long ...
JAMDA
October 22, 2014
Blood Pressure, Gait Speed, and Mortality in Very Old Individuals: A Population-Based Cohort Study
Clinical trials and observational studies have produced contradictory results regarding the association of blood pressure (BP) and mortality in people aged 80 years or older. Gait speed at usual pace has been shown to moderate this association in a population of noninstitutionalized people aged 65 years or...
JAMDA
October 22, 2014
Is This Elderly Patient Dehydrated? Diagnostic Accuracy of Hydration Assessment Using Physical Signs, Urine, and Saliva Markers
Dehydration in older adults contributes to increased morbidity and mortality during hospitalization. As such, early diagnosis of dehydration may improve patient outcome and reduce the burden on healthcare. This prospective study investigated the diagnostic accuracy of routinely used physical signs, and non...
JAMDA
November 26, 2014
Sedative Load and Frailty Among Community-Dwelling Population Aged ≥65 Years
To explore the association between use of sedative drugs and frailty.
JAMDA
December 12, 2014