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Prevalence of Preventive Cardiovascular Medication Use In Nursing Home Residents. Room for Deprescribing? The SHELTER Study

JAMDA
September 1, 2017
In nursing home (NH) residents with a very short life expectancy, the benefits of preventive cardiovascular medication maintenance are questionable.

Drug Use and Mortality in Parkinson Disease

JAMDA
August 30, 2017
We read with great interest the letter from Scorza et al1 on our work discussing antipsychotic drug use and mortality in elderly patients with Parkinson disease (PD) in nursing homes. In this study investigating the potential harm of antipsychotic...

Use of the Spanish Version of the Rapid Geriatric Assessment in Mexican Patients in Long-Term Care

JAMDA
August 30, 2017
We report our experience with the use of a Spanish version of the rapid geriatric assessment of 30 patients in 2 long-term care institutions in Mexico City by a group of healthcare students without prior experience in geriatric medicine. The Spanish...

Beyond the Neuropsychiatric Horizon: Assessing the Risk of Sudden Unexpected Death in Parkinson Disease

JAMDA
August 30, 2017
We read with interest the elegant research article written by Trang et al1 who evaluated the mortality rate in elderly and very elderly (>85 years of age) patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) in nursing homes with and without antipsychotic...

Basis for Sarcopenia Screening With the SARC-CalF in Nursing Homes

JAMDA
August 30, 2017
Sarcopenia is a major health problem of the older population. The European Working Group on Sarcopenia in Older People (EWGSOP) developed diagnostic criteria for diagnosis of sarcopenia that require assessing muscle mass and strength or physical...

FRAIL Questionnaire Screening Tool and Short-Term Outcomes in Geriatric Fracture Patients

JAMDA
August 30, 2017
There are limited screening tools to predict adverse postoperative outcomes for the geriatric surgical fracture population. Frailty is increasingly recognized as a risk assessment to capture complexity. The goal of this study was to use a short...

Associations of Neuropsychiatric Symptoms and Antidepressant Prescription with Survival in Alzheimer’s Disease

JAMDA
August 30, 2017
Depression is associated with increased mortality in community samples. The use of antidepressant medication may also increase mortality, however, it is still unclear whether taking antidepressants before or after a diagnosis of dementia influences...

Homocysteine Biochemistry and Cognitive Decline in the Elderly

JAMDA
August 26, 2017
Mendonça et al1 present data obtained from the large prospective longitudinal Newcastle 85+ study. In this very old study population, a possible association was investigated between 1-carbon metabolism biomarkers (vitamins folate and B12, and...

From Pot and Pods to Poster: Program Brings Accolades and Opportunities

Spotlight
August 25, 2017
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join It's not uncommon to worry about what our children put in their mouths. Parents everywhere lock up household products, cleaning supplies, and other items that children might eat or swallow thinking it is a treat or...

Homocysteine, Tryptophan, and Cognition in the Very Old

JAMDA
August 23, 2017
We thank Gostner et al for their comments on our article “One-Carbon Metabolism Biomarkers and Cognitive Decline in the Very Old: The Newcastle 85+ Study.”1 In their letter to the Editor, Gostner et al highlight the complexity of the underlying...