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Psychomotor slowing is a core feature of depression in late life, but its prognostic value with respect to course and chronicity is unclear. We investigated whether gait speed can predict chronicity of depressive symptoms. Furthermore, we tested...
Dementia is a syndrome associated with stigma and social isolation. Forty-two percent of people with dementia in the United States and almost 40% in the United Kingdom live in assisted living and residential care facilities. Up to 90% of residents...
To explore antipsychotic (AP) medications and physical restraint use and their effects on physical function and cognition in older nursing home residents.
Antimicrobial resistance is a global public health crisis and a national security threat to the United States, as stated in an executive order signed by the president in September 2014. This crisis is a result of indiscriminant antimicrobial use,...
With the lack of a cure for Alzheimer disease (AD), the identification of comorbidity is important to reduce the possibility of excess disability. Although comorbidity in patients with late-onset AD (LO-AD) is common, for people with young-onset AD...
People of all types visit family members and friends in residential continuing care facilities (nursing homes, auxiliary hospitals, and/or assisted living facilities). Issues over visitors arise periodically, as illustrated by media stories of...
