Midlife dyslipidemia is associated with higher risk of dementia in late-life dementia, but the impact of late-life dyslipidemia on dementia risk is uncertain. This may be due to the large heterogeneity in cholesterol measures and study designs...
There is currently no reliable tool for classifying dementia severity level based on administrative claims data. We aimed to develop a claims-based model to identify patients with severe dementia among a cohort of patients with dementia.
Reliable identification of high-risk older adults who are likely to develop sarcopenia is essential to implement targeted preventive measures and follow-up. However, no sarcopenia prediction model is currently available for community use. Our...
Hip fractures cause severe global disease burden among older adults, leading to impairments in functional ability, quality of life, and excess mortality of more than 20%.1,2 Geriatric patients are vulnerable to perioperative problems, among which...
Nearly all older patients transitioning from hospital to post-acute home health care (HHC) use 5 or more medications (polypharmacy) that include at least 1 potentially inappropriate medication (PIM).1 PIM use worsens geriatric syndromes (eg, falls)...
