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Poor Gait Performance and Prediction of Dementia: Results From a Meta-Analysis

JAMDA
February 4, 2016
Poor gait performance predicts risk of developing dementia. No structured critical evaluation has been conducted to study this association yet. The aim of this meta-analysis was to systematically examine the association of poor gait performance with...

Muscle Quality is More Impaired in Sarcopenic Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

JAMDA
February 2, 2016
Quadriceps muscle fiber atrophy and a loss of oxidative type I muscle fibers and mitochondrial content often occur in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), which adversely affects exercise performance. Sarcopenia is an age-related syndrome...

The Saint Louis University Mental Status Examination Is Better than the Mini-Mental State Examination to Determine the Cognitive Impairment in Turkish Elderly People

JAMDA
February 2, 2016
Presence of detailed screening instruments to detect cognitive impairment in the older adults' culture and language is very essential. The Saint Louis University Mental Status Examination (SLUMS) is one of cognitive screening scales used. The aim of...

Telephone Survey of Infection-Control and Antibiotic Stewardship Practices in Long-Term Care Facilities in Maryland

JAMDA
February 2, 2016
Multidrug-resistant organisms are an emerging and serious threat to the care of patients. Long-term care facilities are considered a reservoir of these organisms partly because of the over-prescribing of antibiotics. Antibiotic use is common in long...

Directions & Connections

JAMDA
February 1, 2016

General Information

JAMDA
February 1, 2016

Table of Contents

JAMDA
February 1, 2016

Editorial Board

JAMDA
February 1, 2016

Improving the Quality of End-of-Life Care

JAMDA
February 1, 2016
“Let it be a great day to die.”∼Sioux Warrior Greeting

The Burden of Overmedication: What Are the Real Issues?

JAMDA
February 1, 2016
In the specialties of geriatric medicine and long-term care, medication reduction is a large focus of daily clinical work and research due to the significant morbidity and mortality burden of polypharmacy on older adults.1–6 Many drug-specific tools...