Caring for the Ages
February 1, 2026
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Caring for the Ages
February 1, 2026
The Horse and Buggy Doctor
“Protect us, O God, From Diphtheria!” So begins the book, The Horse and Buggy Doctor (Harper & Brothers, New York), written by the rural Kansas family physician, Dr. Arthur E. Hertzler, and published in 1938. These words, this prayer, had been uttered daily by Dr. Hertzler’s father because, in the 1870...
JAMDA
March 26, 2015
Sarcopenia Is Associated With Incident Disability, Institutionalization, and Mortality in Community-Dwelling Older Men: The Concord Health and Ageing in Men Project
Sarcopenia is associated with an increased risk of adverse outcomes. The aim of this study was to explore the relationship between severity of sarcopenia and incident activities of daily living (ADL) disability, institutionalization, and all-cause mortality among community-dwelling older men participating ...
JAMDA
February 14, 2015
The Course of Neuropsychiatric Symptoms in Dementia: A 3-Year Longitudinal Study
Patients with dementia experience a wide range of neuropsychiatric symptoms. These symptoms often cause considerable distress to patients and caregivers, and often contribute to institutionalization. The current study examined the prevalence and course of neuropsychiatric symptoms in a large sample of pati...
JAMDA
March 19, 2015
Association Between Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Insertion/Deletion Polymorphisms and Frailty Among Chinese Older People
Frailty involves complex mechanisms of cumulative decline in several physiological systems and is associated with adverse events that are determined by genetic and environmental factors. It has been reported that angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) gene insertion/deletion (I/D) polymorphisms are associated...
JAMDA
December 26, 2017
Protocol for the Assessment of Patient Capacity to Make End-of-Life Treatment Decisions
Patients' right to decide what happens to their bodies, especially around the end of life, is enshrined in legislation across the world, but questions often arise about whether a patient is capable of meaningfully participating in such decisions. Because of uncertainties about capacity, care providers...
JAMDA
March 26, 2025
Kinematic Insights Into Older Adult Fall-Related Head Impacts: Boundary Conditions and Injury Risk
To quantify real-world impact conditions of falls, which cause 50% to 90% of older adult traumatic brain injuries, and reconstruct them using dummy headforms to analyze kinematics and injury outcomes.
Policy Snapshot
January 5, 2026
New CMS LEAD Model Aims to Expand Access to ACOs
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently announced the Long-term Enhanced ACO Design (LEAD) Model as the Innovation Center’s next Accountable Care Organization (ACO) model, which will focus on reaching more health-care providers who have not joined ACOs, while providing care for pati...
JAMDA
March 8, 2024
Evaluating the Association between the Implementation of the PoET (Prevention of Error-Based Transfers) Southwest Spread Project and Palliative Care Provision: A Quasi-Experimental Matched Cohort Study Using Population-Level Health Administrative Data
The PoET (Prevention of Error-based Transfers) project seeks to align long-term care (LTC) home informed consent practices to existing legislation, thereby reducing consent-related error-based transfers to acute care. We sought to measure changes in resident-level palliative care provision after participat...
JAMDA
August 20, 2025