Although frailty can increase the risk of premature death, whether reversal of frailty reduces the risk of premature death and what factors contribute to the reversal of frailty have not been thoroughly investigated. This study aimed to investigate...
To evaluate the response of skeletal muscle architecture (fascicle length and pennation angle) and composition (echo intensity) markers assessed by ultrasonography to intervention in older adults.
This study aims to explore the relationship among household air pollution, physical activity (PA), and the risk of frailty among middle-aged and older adults.
Clinical decisions to continue or discontinue long-term opioid therapy (LTOT; ≥3 months) for older cancer survivors remain challenging due to limited evidence on the risks and benefits of this treatment practice. This study aims to examine the...
Nursing home (NH) residents are high-cost, high-need Medicare beneficiaries. Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) have the potential to improve quality of care and reduce potentially unnecessary health care utilization. This study aimed to assess...
To use quantitative and qualitative data to assess nursing home administrators’ perceptions of a program using personal care attendants (PCAs) to ease staffing challenges, and to better understand factors concerning perceptions of success of lack...
This meta-analysis aimed to assess the effect of exercise interventions on functional mobility among older adults with cognitive impairments such as dementia or mild cognitive impairment, followed by further investigation on the possible moderators...
We read with great interest the article by Yang et al. published in this journal.1 The authors used latent class analysis to classify the frailty subgroups and evaluated their predictive validity for mortality in older adults. The results identified...
