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Fall Prevention in Nursing Homes: The Impact of Exercise

Caring for the Ages
October 1, 2020
Clinical Quandary: Falls are a significant cause of injury, functional decline, and permanent transfer to a higher level of care across the long-term care continuum. Providers often field calls related to resident falls yet often feel that...

Promoting Physical Activity During COVID-19

Caring for the Ages
October 1, 2020
If exercise could be packed in a pill, it would be the single most widely prescribed and beneficial medicine in the nation.—Robert N. Butler, MD, founding director of the National Institute on Aging

Journal Highlights From the September and October Issues of JAMDA

Caring for the Ages
October 1, 2020
A higher number of pregnancies may lead women to become frailer later in life and may explain why women tend to become more frail than men, according to a prospective study published in the September 2020 issue of JAMDA.

LGBT Patients Seek Open Arms in Long-Term Care

Caring for the Ages
October 1, 2020
“LGBT people experience real discrimination in nursing homes and long-term care settings,” said Jamison Green, PhD, a transgender author and activist in Vancouver, WA. Dr. Green will turn 72 this year, and the expensive prospect of long-term care is...

Prescribing and Deprescribing for Heart Failure

Caring for the Ages
October 1, 2020
Optimizing heart failure therapies, including the newer angiotensin-receptor neprilysin inhibitors (ARNIs), is critically important for older residents who have symptomatic heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF), said Meenakshi Patel,...

Transitions: The London Bridge of Health Care

Caring for the Ages
October 1, 2020
Where is the London Bridge located? Do you know?

How to Increase Immunization Rates Among Residents and Staff

Spotlight
October 1, 2020
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join Data shows that health care workers in long-term care (LTC) settings have the lowest vaccination rate of all care settings. This is of particular concern during the current pandemic, when the dual challenges of...

Relationship of Frailty Markers and Socioeconomic Status to Incidence of Depressive Symptoms in a Community Cohort

JAMDA
September 30, 2020
This study aimed to examine the relationship between frailty markers and socioeconomic status (SES) to incidence of depressive symptoms using a nationally representative sample of middle-age and older adults.

Cognitive Function Improvements Mediate Exercise Intervention Effects on Physical Performance in Acutely Hospitalized Older Adults

JAMDA
September 30, 2020
An individualized, multicomponent exercise program is effective to reverse the functional and cognitive decline that frequently occur during acute care hospitalization in older patients. The aim was to determine whether improvements in cognition...

Estimates of Geriatric Delirium Frequency in Noncardiac Surgeries and Its Evaluation Across the Years: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

JAMDA
September 30, 2020
Delirium is an acute neuropsychiatric syndrome associated with poor outcomes. Older adults undergoing surgery have a higher risk of manifesting perioperative delirium, particularly those having associated comorbidities. It remains unclear whether...