Femoral fractures are frequently consequences of falls in nursing homes and are associated with considerable costs and unfavorable outcomes such as immobility and mortality. The purpose of this study was to examine the long-term effectiveness of a...
Grip strength has been linked to risk of adverse health outcomes. This study aimed to quantitatively assess the associations between grip strength and risk of all-cause mortality, cardiovascular diseases, and cancer in community-dwelling populations.
Demographic trends show absolute and relative increases of older persons worldwide. It has been estimated that 7.7% and 1.6% of the world population are today older than 65 and 80 years, respectively.1 High-income countries will need to adapt their...
The Society Membership Committee and its chair, Rajeev Kumar, MD, CMD, had an epiphany about how to bring new people into the organization. “Our members are our biggest advocates,” said Dr. Kumar. “So who is better than them to recruit their...
For patients who have experienced a hip fracture, use of a bisphosphonate can decrease the risk of a subsequent one, according to a nationwide retrospective cohort study in Sweden.
Nursing home residents — especially those with dementia — who had do-not-hospitalize orders had significantly fewer hospital admissions, a cross-sectional analysis of nursing home residents has shown.
After a review of the epidemiology and pathophysiology of the connections between atrial fibrillation (AF) and type 2 diabetes, a team of researchers led by Anna Plitt, MD, of Mount Sinai Hospital, has concluded that many high-risk patients with...
A goals of care (GOC) intervention designed to improve the quality of communication and palliative care for long-stay nursing home residents with advanced dementia proved effective in a randomized clinical trial of 302 dyads of residents and their...
In 2014, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services published a booklet, intended for institutions across the continuum, called “Discharge Planning” ( http://go.cms.gov/1k6GvDN ). The booklet proposed that one of the “musts” for implementation...
