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November 19, 2020
Depressive Symptoms and Frailty Among the Oldest Old: Evidence From a Multicenter Prospective Study
There is a lack of studies disentangling whether changes in frailty are associated with subsequent changes in depressive symptoms or vice versa among the oldest old. Consequently, we aimed to disentangle this link.
JAMDA
April 24, 2015
Derivation and Validation of a Clinical Diagnostic Tool for the Identification of Older Community-Dwellers With Hypovitaminosis D
Hypovitaminosis D is highly prevalent among seniors. Although evidence is insufficient to recommend routine vitamin D screening in seniors, universal vitamin D supplementation is not desirable either. To rationalize vitamin D determination, our objective was to elaborate and test a clinical diagnostic tool...
JAMDA
June 5, 2019
Derivation and Validation of a Model to Predict 30-Day Readmission in Surgical Patients Discharged to Skilled Nursing Facility
To identify factors associated with 30-day all-cause readmission rates in surgical patients discharged to skilled nursing facilities (SNFs), and derive and validate a risk score.
JAMDA
May 11, 2021
Derivation and Validation of a Predictive Algorithm for Long-Term Care Admission or Death
Older veterans prefer to remain in their homes and communities as long as possible. Although targeted delivery of home- and community-based services for veterans might delay long-term care placement, often, access to these services is inconsistently organized or delayed. To aid in early recognition of vete...
JAMDA
February 23, 2021
Dermatitis Caused by Nutritional Deficiency in Older Adults: Not a Myth
JAMDA
February 8, 2025
Describing Dementia Specialty Care Units in US Nursing Homes: Leveraging National Survey Data From HARBORS and LTCfocus
Nursing home dementia specialty care units are highly publicized as beneficial for residents with dementia, but we know little about these units and what makes them “special.” Leveraging primary data from a national survey of nursing home representatives and the LTCfocus data, this study aims to describe c...
JAMDA
September 21, 2020
Describing Differences Among Recent Immigrants and Long-Standing Residents Waiting for Long-Term Care: A Population-Based Retrospective Cohort Study
Immigrants often face many unique cultural and logistical challenges in their health care that differ from nonimmigrants. We sought to describe and compare characteristics and the time to placement between recent immigrants and long-standing residents waiting for long-term care (LTC).
JAMDA
June 25, 2021
Describing Transfers Originating Out-of-Facility for Nursing Home Residents
Potentially avoidable hospitalizations are harmful to nursing home residents. Despite extensive care transitions research, no studies have described transfers originating outside the nursing home (eg, visiting family members or at a dialysis center). This article describes 82 out-of-facility (community) tr...
JAMDA
February 6, 2021