Use of International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification, codes to identify inpatient fall-related injuries.

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine the perspectives of seriously ill individuals on reasons for 30-day hospital readmission. DESIGN:A prospective qualitative study was conducted employing individual interviews conducted at bedside. SETTING:Department of Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System. PARTICIPANTS:Serio...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Enguidanos S,Coulourides Kogan AM,Schreibeis-Baum H,Lendon J,Lorenz K

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Effective factors that have made it possible for an increasing proportion of the population to reach old age have nevertheless presented society with new problems and ethical dilemmas. Several questions that arise include:1) What are the responsibilities of the medical profession in providing medical care or supervisi...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Goldman R

更新日期：1981-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Capitated or salaried managed care systems offer an important opportunity to provide high quality, cost-effective end-of-life care. However, capitated healthcare delivery systems have strong incentives to avoid patient populations in need of such care. Care currently provided at the end of life in fee-for-service prac...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Lynn J,Wilkinson A,Cohn F,Jones SB

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To examine the long-term effects of aerobic exercise on the occurrence and time to onset of cardiovascular diagnoses, 184 initially healthy older subjects were randomized into either a long-term exercise group (Group A, n = 80), a short-term exercise group (Group B, n = 42), or a contract control group (Group C, n = 6...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Posner JD,Gorman KM,Gitlin LN,Sands LP,Kleban M,Windsor L,Shaw C

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To identify the prevalence of hypertension and factors associated with nontreatment and poor control of hypertension in Mexican Americans aged 65 years and older. DESIGN:A population-based survey of older Mexican Americans conducted in 1993-1994. SETTING:Subjects residing in five Southwestern states: Texas,...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Satish S,Stroup-Benham CA,Espino DV,Markides KS,Goodwin JS

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To assess use of urinary collection devices (external, intermittent, and indwelling catheters; pads or briefs) and examine predictors of indwelling catheters in skilled nursing facilities (SNFs). DESIGN:Retrospective cohort study. SETTING:SNFs in California, Florida, Michigan, New York, and Texas. PARTICI...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Rogers MA,Mody L,Kaufman SR,Fries BE,McMahon LF Jr,Saint S

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES:Examining handgrip strength (HGS) asymmetry and weakness together may extend the predictive capacity of HGS for capturing possible health problems such as cognitive impairment. The purpose of this study was to determine the associations of HGS asymmetry and weakness on lower cognitive functioning ...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： McGrath R,Cawthon PM,Cesari M,Al Snih S,Clark BC

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To explore whether models of health behavior change can help to inform interventions for advance care planning (ACP). DESIGN:Qualitative cross-sectional study. SETTING:Community. PARTICIPANTS:Sixty-three community-dwelling persons aged 65 and older and 30 caregivers with experience as surrogate decision-m...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Fried TR,Bullock K,Iannone L,O'Leary JR

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To describe the effect of age on psychotropic coprescribing, psychiatric diagnoses, and other clinical characteristics. DESIGN:Analysis of the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey. SETTING:A national sample of outpatient visits to physicians (N = 2,406) in office-based practice in 2010. PARTICIPANTS:Ad...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Maust DT,Oslin DW,Marcus SC

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has long been thought that demographic aging and its attendant implications for health and social services is primarily a problem for industrialized wealthy countries. Nothing could be further from the truth since most older persons (and an increasingly higher number) reside in low-income countries. Through a descr...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Clarfield AM

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess how dietary change affects gain in strength and muscle mass during heavy resistance training of elderly men. DESIGN:Randomized controlled trial. INTERVENTION:During 12 weeks of resistance training of knee extensors and flexors, a daily supplement of 560 +/- 16 kcal/day (17% energy from protein, 43...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Meredith CN,Frontera WR,O'Reilly KP,Evans WJ

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To examine differences in a proxy measure of muscle quality across the adult life span and explore potential mechanisms of muscle quality change through identification of cross-sectional correlates of muscle quality. DESIGN:Cross-sectional study. SETTING:Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging. PARTICIPANTS...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Moore AZ,Caturegli G,Metter EJ,Makrogiannis S,Resnick SM,Harris TB,Ferrucci L

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Traditional mental status and psychometric assessments bottom out in the late stages of Alzheimer disease (AD). A method adapted from cognitive testing in infants, the Ordinal Scales of Psychological Development was modified (M-OSPD) and applied to a severely demented population. The concurrent validity of th...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Auer SR,Sclan SG,Yaffee RA,Reisberg B

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is a need to assess longitudinal trends in physical function and to understand the prevalence of physical function status in the older population using objectively measured physical function. Therefore, the primary purpose of this study was to examine longitudinal sex-specific physical function trends ...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Xu F,Cohen SA,Greaney ML,Earp JE,Delmonico MJ

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine the effect of four vitamin D supplement doses on falls risk in elderly nursing home residents. DESIGN:Secondary data analysis of a previously conducted randomized clinical trial. SETTING:Seven hundred twenty-five-bed long-term care facility. PARTICIPANTS:One hundred twenty-four nursing home r...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Broe KE,Chen TC,Weinberg J,Bischoff-Ferrari HA,Holick MF,Kiel DP

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine patterns of dementia diagnosis seen after chemotherapy treatment. DESIGN:Using the linked Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER)-Medicare database, International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision (ICD-9) diagnoses of dementia occurring in the years after breast cancer diagn...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Heck JE,Albert SM,Franco R,Gorin SS

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As part of an interview survey of a defined population of 3,097 rural persons 65 years and older (the Iowa 65 + Rural Health Study), the prevalence and functional correlates of specifically defined low back pain were studied. Low back pain was reported by 23.6 per cent of the women and 18.4 per cent of the men in the ...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Lavsky-Shulan M,Wallace RB,Kohout FJ,Lemke JH,Morris MC,Smith IM

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To examine current utilization patterns of cholinesterase inhibitor (ChEI) therapy for dementia to determine treatment duration, use in long-term care, how often patients receive these drugs until death, and frequency of switching between the available ChEIs. DESIGN:A population-based healthcare administrat...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Herrmann N,Gill SS,Bell CM,Anderson GM,Bronskill SE,Shulman KI,Fischer HD,Sykora K,Shi HS,Rochon PA

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES:Recently revised vaccination recommendations for US adults, aged 65 years and older, include both 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine (PPSV23) and 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV13), with PCV13 now recommended for immunocompetent older people based on shared decision making...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Wateska AR,Nowalk MP,Lin CJ,Harrison LH,Schaffner W,Zimmerman RK,Smith KJ

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To examine transitions that individuals with dementia experience longitudinally and to identify points of care when transitions are highest and the factors that contribute to those transitions. DESIGN:Population-based 10-year retrospective cohort study from 2000 to 2011. SETTING:General community. PARTICI...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Sivananthan SN,McGrail KM

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As nursing homes become increasingly important sites for biomedical and behavioral research, researchers must address the ethical problems of increased vulnerability and the high prevalence of mental and physical disorders in the nursing home population. Obtaining valid informed consent is but one of the many difficul...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Sachs GA,Rhymes J,Cassel CK

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Older emergency department (ED) patients have complex medical, social, and physical problems. We established a program at four ED sites to improve case finding of at-risk older adults and provide comprehensive assessment in the ED setting with formal linkage to community agencies. The objectives of the program are to ...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Mion LC,Palmer RM,Anetzberger GJ,Meldon SW

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Attention has recently been drawn to the potential dangers of firearm use among patients with dementia. However, little is known about the actual prevalence of firearms in households with demented family members. This study seeks to determine the prevalence and loaded status of firearms in households with a d...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Spangenberg KB,Wagner MT,Hendrix S,Bachman DL

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To provide a critical evaluation of studies examining the contribution of changes in language-specific cognitive abilities to the speech perception difficulties of older adults. DESIGN:A review of the literature on aging and speech perception. CONCLUSIONS:The research considered in the present review sugges...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Sommers MS

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To compare outcomes and the use of multimodality therapy in young and elderly people with pancreatic cancer undergoing surgical resection. DESIGN:Retrospective, single-institution study. SETTING:National Cancer Institute/National Comprehensive Cancer Network cancer center. PARTICIPANTS:Two hundred three i...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Barbas AS,Turley RS,Ceppa EP,Reddy SK,Blazer DG 3rd,Clary BM,Pappas TN,Tyler DS,White RR,Lagoo SA

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To assess the association between change in motor function and mortality. DESIGN:Prospective, observational cohort study. SETTING:Approximately 40 retirement communities across the Chicago metropolitan area participating in the Rush Memory and Aging Project. PARTICIPANTS:Eight hundred thirty-seven communi...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Buchman AS,Wilson RS,Boyle PA,Bienias JL,Bennett DA

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To describe the association between frailty and health status, the progression of frailty, and the relationship between frailty and mortality in older men. DESIGN:Cross-sectional and prospective cohort study. SETTING:Six U.S. clinical centers. PARTICIPANTS:Five thousand nine hundred ninety-three community...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Cawthon PM,Marshall LM,Michael Y,Dam TT,Ensrud KE,Barrett-Connor E,Orwoll ES,Osteoporotic Fractures in Men Research Group.

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To characterize assessments of a patient's ability to report elder abuse within the context of an emergency department (ED)-based screen for elder abuse. DESIGN:Cross-sectional study in which participants were screened for elder abuse and neglect. SETTING:Academic ED in the United States. PARTICIPANTS:Pat...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Richmond NL,Zimmerman S,Reeve BB,Dayaa JA,Davis ME,Bowen SB,Iasiello JA,Stemerman R,Shams RB,Haukoos JS,Sloane PD,Travers D,Mosqueda LA,McLean SA,Platts-Mills TF

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To investigate factors associated with lower likelihood of discharge to home from geriatric intermediate care facilities in Japan. DESIGN:Retrospective cohort study. SETTING:We used data from the nationwide long-term care (LTC) insurance claims database (April 2012-March 2014). PARTICIPANTS:Study particip...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Morita K,Ono S,Ishimaru M,Matsui H,Naruse T,Yasunaga H

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To investigate whether proton pump inhibitor (PPI) therapy reduces the frequency of common colds and exacerbations in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). DESIGN:Twelve-month, randomized, observer-blind, controlled trial. SETTING:A university hospital and three city hospitals in Miya...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Sasaki T,Nakayama K,Yasuda H,Yoshida M,Asamura T,Ohrui T,Arai H,Araya J,Kuwano K,Yamaya M

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00