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Successful Aging and Frailty: Opposite Sides of the Same Coin?

JAMDA
May 25, 2016
Operational definitions of successful aging place a strong emphasis on functional capacity, and strategies for successful aging include many factors common to frailty research. We explore the hypothesis that frailty and successful aging are two...

Antimicrobial Stewardship in Long-Term Care: Metrics and Risk Adjustment

JAMDA
May 24, 2016
An antimicrobial stewardship program (ASP) has been recommended for long-term care facilities because of the increasing problem of antibiotic resistance in this setting to improve prescribing and decrease adverse events. Recommendations have been...

Pain Management in the Elderly

JAMDA
May 24, 2016
“Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional…”∼Haruki Murakami

Skin Failure: A Practical Concept when Properly Applied

JAMDA
May 24, 2016
The concepts of skin failure and similar entities (e.g., Kennedy Terminal Ulcer) are not new to postacute and long-term care clinicians.1,2 As Dr. Levine points out in this issue of the Journal,3 we are seeing skin failure invoked more frequently...

The Effects of Blood Transfusion on Delirium Incidence

JAMDA
May 24, 2016
Both anemia and blood transfusion could be precipitating factors for delirium; hence in postoperative patients with anemia at high risk for delirium, it is controversial whether transfusion is the best option. The aim of this study is to investigate...

Functional Decline in Residents Living in Nursing Homes: A Systematic Review of the Literature

JAMDA
May 24, 2016
To describe the functional dependence progression over time in older people living in nursing homes (NHs).

Pain Management in the Elderly

JAMDA
May 24, 2016
“Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional…”∼Haruki Murakami

The Effects of Blood Transfusion on Delirium Incidence

JAMDA
May 24, 2016
Both anemia and blood transfusion could be precipitating factors for delirium; hence in postoperative patients with anemia at high risk for delirium, it is controversial whether transfusion is the best option. The aim of this study is to investigate...

Functional Decline in Residents Living in Nursing Homes: A Systematic Review of the Literature

JAMDA
May 24, 2016
To describe the functional dependence progression over time in older people living in nursing homes (NHs).

Lifetime Membership Honor Evokes Powerful Memories

Spotlight
May 20, 2016
“I knew right away that these were my people,” recalls David Brechtelsbauer, MD, CMD about attending his first Society Annual Conference. Dr. B, as he is called by many, was recently recognized with a lifetime membership for his countless hours of...