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JAMDA
February 1, 2018

The Role of Physicians Practicing in Assisted Living: What Changes Do We Really Need?

JAMDA
February 1, 2018
We strongly concur with the editorial written by Katz, Kronhaus, and Fuller1 with regard to the recommendation that there be involvement of physicians in the care of residents living in assisted living (AL) communities, regardless of the state and...

Polypharmacy, An Unfinished Term

JAMDA
February 1, 2018
It is known that the worldwide population is aging, and the number of elderly people is at an all-time high. Elderly people have a high burden of chronic diseases associated with increased risk of hospitalization and death.1 This situation results...

Administrative Data for Research: An Increasingly Powerful Tool, but Still With Caveats

JAMDA
February 1, 2018
Recent decades have seen an explosion of administrative and clinical databases. Most developed countries now maintain a variety of aging and long-term care-related data sets at the national level; in the United States they include the Minimum Data...

The Broken Lens of BPSD: Why We Need to Rethink the Way We Label the Behavior of People Who Live With Alzheimer Disease

JAMDA
February 1, 2018
For the past 20 years, the behaviors of people who live with dementia (PLWD) that others find challenging or problematic have primarily been ascribed to Alzheimer disease and related dementias and have been assessed through the biomedical lens of...

Muscle Strength and Functional Limitations: Preserving Function in Older Mexican Americans

JAMDA
January 19, 2018
Understanding the role of muscle strength as a preventive factor for shorter-term declines in function may provide further insights into the disabling process. This study examined if muscle strength was associated with 2-year preservation of...

Muscle Power Training: A Hallmark for Muscle Function Retaining in Frail Clinical Setting

JAMDA
January 19, 2018
Functional ability, and retaining autonomy and independence, as people age is the cornerstone of healthy aging, a term established by World Health Organization in its first world report on aging and health.1 Physical function parameters, therefore,...

Functional Status Is Associated With 30-Day Potentially Preventable Readmissions Following Skilled Nursing Facility Discharge Among Medicare Beneficiaries

JAMDA
January 19, 2018
The objectives of this study were to determine the association between patients’ functional status at discharge from skilled nursing facility (SNF) care and 30-day potentially preventable hospital readmissions, and to examine common reasons for...

Muscle Strength and Functional Limitations: Preserving Function in Older Mexican Americans

JAMDA
January 19, 2018
Understanding the role of muscle strength as a preventive factor for shorter-term declines in function may provide further insights into the disabling process. This study examined if muscle strength was associated with 2-year preservation of...

Research Priorities for Optimizing Geriatric Pharmacotherapy: An International Consensus

JAMDA
January 18, 2018
Medication management is becoming increasingly challenging for older people, and there is limited evidence to guide medication prescribing and administration for people with multimorbidity, frailty, or at the end of life. Currently, there is a lack...