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Estimating Prognosis and Frailty in Persons Aged ≥75 Years in the Emergency Department: Further Validation of Dynamic Silver Code

JAMDA
June 15, 2021
To assess concurrent validity of the Dynamic Silver Code (DSC), a tool based on administrative data that predicts prognosis in older adults accessing the emergency department (ED), in terms of association with markers of poor functional and...

Reliability and Concurrent Validity of the SARC-F and Its Modified Versions: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

JAMDA
June 15, 2021
Sarcopenia, being prevalent in up to 40% of older adults, is associated with adverse health outcomes. The international sarcopenia guidelines recommend screening for sarcopenia using the SARC-F. A previous meta-analysis (2017) reported poor validity...

Texture-Modified Diets are Associated with Poor Appetite in Older Adults who are Admitted to a Post-Acute Rehabilitation Hospital

JAMDA
June 14, 2021
This study aimed to clarify the association between texture-modified diets and poor appetite in older adults, as it is not fully understood.

Effects of Staff Training on Nursing Home Residents’ End-Of-Life Care: A Randomized Controlled Trial

JAMDA
June 13, 2021
This trial examines the effects of end-of-life training on long-term care facility (LTCF) residents' health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and use and costs of hospital services.

June 13, 2021

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June 13, 2021
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Antibody Responses After mRNA-Based COVID-19 Vaccination in Residential Older Adults: Implications for Reopening

JAMDA
June 12, 2021
COVID-19 disproportionately impacts residents in long-term care facilities. Our objective was to quantify the presence and magnitude of antibody response in vaccinated, older adult residents at assisted living, personal care, and independent living...

Decreased Mortality Over Time During the First Wave in Patients With COVID-19 in Geriatric Care: Data From the Stockholm GeroCovid Study

JAMDA
June 12, 2021
To describe temporal changes in treatment, care, and short-term mortality outcomes of geriatric patients during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Development and Validation of a Nomogram to Predict Frailty Progression in Nonfrail Chinese Community-Living Older Adults

JAMDA
June 12, 2021
Frailty state progression is common among older adults, so it is necessary to identify predictors to implement individualized interventions. We aimed to develop and validate a nomogram to predict frailty progression in community-living older adults.

Spectrum of Hemodynamic Responses in the First 60 Seconds after Active Standing Up: Importance of Time Course of Blood Pressure Changes and Definitions

JAMDA
June 11, 2021
The study by Doyle et al1 corroborates earlier findings in The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA) cohort2 that a delayed recovery of blood pressure (BP) in the first 60 seconds after active standing up is associated with injurious falls in...

Take a Road Trip to Quality with Drive to Deprescribe

Spotlight
June 10, 2021
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join Arif Nazir, MD, CMD, doesn’t just want to work. He doesn’t even just want to make a contribution. He wants to move the needle on key challenges facing post-acute and long-term care (PALTC). He’s long suspected...