Many adults are discharged to skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) prior to returning home from the hospital. Patient characteristics and factors that can help to prevent postdischarge adverse outcomes are poorly understood.
Specific mechanisms underlying frailty syndrome are not well known. Frailty can be viewed as a loss of functional reserve resulting in increased vulnerability to stressors. We hypothesize that pathways regulating cellular response to stress are...
Screening for sarcopenia in daily practice can be challenging. Our objective was to explore whether the SARC-F questionnaire is a valid screening tool for sarcopenia (defined by the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health [FNIH] criteria)...
Worldwide the prevalence of diabetes mellitus is expected to increase by 134% in persons 65 years of age and older between 2000 and 2030.1 At present, in developed countries more than half of those with type 2 diabetes are older than 65 years. This...
Longitudinal studies suggest that nutrition plays an important role in healthy aging.1 As people age, eventually they become less active, their metabolism slows, and energy requirement and dietary intake decrease.2 At the same time, nutrient...
In this issue of JAMDA, a scholarly literature review concerning disaster management for long-term care residents is presented. Willoughby, Kipsaina, Ferrah, et al1 provide credible evidence that all-cause mortality of long-term care residents is...
Institutionalized adults are at increased risk of morbidity and mortality from influenza and pneumococcal infection. Influenza and pneumococcal vaccination have been shown to be effective in reducing hospitalization and deaths due to pneumonia and...
Osteosarcopenic obesity (OSO) syndrome is a newly identified condition characterized by concurrent occurrence of impaired bone health (osteopenia/osteoporosis), reduced muscle mass or strength (sarcopenia or dynapenia), and increased adiposity (...
To better align treatment desired with treatment received, and to codify this in law, the Patient Self-Determination Act of 1990 gave patients the right to decide what they were willing to have done to their bodies by creating an advance directive (...
Describe the cognitive status on admission to a skilled nursing facility (SNF) according to a hospital discharge diagnosis of dementia in a national sample of Medicare beneficiaries.
