Critical Workforce Gaps in Dementia Education and Training.

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To estimate the prevalence of prefrailty, frailty, comorbidity, and disability in the youngest old and to identify chronic diseases associated with individual frailty criteria. DESIGN:Population-based cohort study of noninstitutionalized elderly adults at baseline; cross-sectional analysis. SETTING:Lausann...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Danon-Hersch N,Rodondi N,Spagnoli J,Santos-Eggimann B

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether low serum B12 levels are associated with an increased incidence of dementing illness. DESIGN:Longitudinal cohort study, 5-year follow-up. PARTICIPANTS:Volunteer cohort of 410 nondemented ambulatory subjects aged 75 to 85 years. MEASUREMENTS:Annual serum B12 determinations and neuropsyc...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Crystal HA,Ortof E,Frishman WH,Gruber A,Hershman D,Aronson M

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine, in healthy older adults, the relationship between postural steadiness, stability limits, and the ability to recover balance from three postural disturbances requiring anteriorly directed stepping responses. DESIGN:Analysis of multiple motor tasks in a cross-sectional sample of healthy older ad...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Owings TM,Pavol MJ,Foley KT,Grabiner MD

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine the prevalence and predictors of adverse postoperative outcomes in older surgical patients undergoing noncardiac surgery. DESIGN:Prospective cohort study of consecutive patients undergoing noncardiac surgery in 1997. SETTING:A medical school-affiliated teaching community hospital. PARTICIPANT...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Leung JM,Dzankic S

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES:Elevated low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) in early adulthood is associated with increased risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD). The strength of the association between LDL-C and ASCVD among older adults, however, is less understood. DESIGN:We examined individual-level...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Nanna MG,Navar AM,Wojdyla D,Peterson ED

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To characterize the nature of telephone communication in the care of patients in skilled nursing facilities, noting numbers of calls, reasons for communication, and the outcomes of the interactions, and to implement a voice mail system to manage the burden of communication more effectively and describe the im...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Fowkes W,Christenson D,McKay D

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To examine the combined influence of alcohol use and comorbidity on 20-year mortality in older adults (average age 66 at the time of the baseline survey). DESIGN:Longitudinal analysis of a national probability sample-based cohort study. SETTING:Data sources were the National Health and Nutrition Examinatio...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Moore AA,Giuli L,Gould R,Hu P,Zhou K,Reuben D,Greendale G,Karlamangla A

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To test the efficacy of an individualized social activity intervention (ISAI) on decreasing daytime sleep, improving nighttime sleep, and lowering the day/night sleep ratio and to determine its cost. DESIGN:Pretest/posttest randomized with an experimental and control group. SETTING:Seven nursing homes. PA...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Richards KC,Beck C,O'Sullivan PS,Shue VM

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES:To optimize health and well-being for all older people, we must collectively develop leaders to pioneer models of care, educate the healthcare workforce, advance research, and engage the community. METHODS:The Emerging Leaders in Aging (ELIA) program was created to train a multiprofessional cadre...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Chang A,Lundebjerg NE,Abrams J,Barnes DE,Fain MJ,Hall WJ,Johnson TM 2nd,Michael Harper G,Williams B,Ritchie CS

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Frailty is a common and central problem of old age. Recent research has defined frailty as an accumulation of deficits or as a distinct clinical syndrome involving specific comorbid physical disorders and functional impairment, but the psychological aspects of frailty have received little attention. It is proposed tha...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Fillit H,Butler RN

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the satisfaction of surrogate decision-makers with the decision to place feeding tubes in elderly patients with impaired decision-making capacity. DESIGN:Inception cohort followed for 5 weeks. SETTING:Four hospitals in the greater Los Angeles area. PARTICIPANTS:Fifty-eight surrogate decision-make...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： McNabney MK,Beers MH,Siebens H

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The Health Care Surrogate Act (HCSA) in Illinois has been proposed as a model for state laws naming surrogate medical decision-makers for those without advance directives (ADs). Our objective was to determine if the HCSA identifies the same surrogate as older persons would choose for themselves. If not, is th...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Hayley DC,Stern R,Stocking C,Sachs GA

更新日期：1996-02-01 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 explore associations between serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) levels and a wide range of health conditions, physical performance measures, disability, and mortality in a large epidemiological study to identify an optimum range for 25(OH)D concentrations. DESIGN:Cross-sectional study, with additional p...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Hirani V,Cumming RG,Naganathan V,Blyth F,Le Couteur DG,Handelsman DJ,Waite LM,Seibel MJ

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To explore the associations between self-reported hearing problems and physical performance and self-reported difficulties in mobility and activities of daily living (ADLs) in community-dwelling older adults. DESIGN:Cross-sectional cohort study. SETTING:Community. PARTICIPANTS:Men and women aged 75 to 90 ...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Mikkola TM,Polku H,Portegijs E,Rantakokko M,Rantanen T,Viljanen A

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To investigate the association between different types of physical activity behavior and incident mobility limitation in older men and women and to examine whether muscle parameters mediate these associations. DESIGN:Cohort study with 4.5-year follow-up. SETTING:Metropolitan areas surrounding Pittsburgh, P...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Visser M,Simonsick EM,Colbert LH,Brach J,Rubin SM,Kritchevsky SB,Newman AB,Harris TB,Health ABC Study.

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To test for simvastatin-induced changes in affect and affective processes in elderly volunteers. DESIGN:Randomized, clinical trial. SETTING:The Geriatric Behavioral Psychopharmacology Laboratory at the University of Pennsylvania. PARTICIPANTS:Eighty older volunteers, average age 70, with high normal/mildl...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Morales K,Wittink M,Datto C,DiFilippo S,Cary M,TenHave T,Katz IR

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To compare the cost-effectiveness of four influenza vaccines available in the United States for persons aged 65 and older: trivalent inactivated influenza vaccine (IIV3), quadrivalent inactivated influenza vaccine (IIV4), a more-expensive high-dose IIV3, and a newly approved adjuvanted IIV3. DESIGN:Cost-eff...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Raviotta JM,Smith KJ,DePasse J,Brown ST,Shim E,Nowalk MP,Zimmerman RK

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the association between selected chronic medical conditions (CMCs) and fall injury events at home among community-dwelling older persons. DESIGN:Population-based case-control study. SETTING:The general community. PARTICIPANTS:Persons aged 65 and older living at home, excluding those using a whe...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Herndon JG,Helmick CG,Sattin RW,Stevens JA,DeVito C,Wingo PA

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine how often neuroimaging confirms, clarifies, or contradicts initial diagnoses of late-life cognitive disorders. DESIGN:Retrospective case review. SETTING:Outpatient clinic specializing in memory disorders. PARTICIPANTS:One hundred ninety-three consecutively referred cognitively impaired patien...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Borghesani PR,DeMers SM,Manchanda V,Pruthi S,Lewis DH,Borson S

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Coffee and tea are two of the most widely consumed beverages worldwide and have been associated with reduced risk of mortality in some studies. However, it is unknown whether consumption of these beverages is associated with survival to an advanced age. OBJECTIVE:To examine associations of coffee and tea co...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Shadyab AH,Manson JE,Luo J,Haring B,Saquib N,Snetselaar LG,Chen JC,Groessl EJ,Wassertheil-Smoller S,Sun Y,Hale L,LeBoff MS,LaCroix AZ

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine the relationship between apolipoprotein E (APOE) epsilon4 and Alzheimer's disease (AD) in the Mexican Mestizo population, as well as its effects on the cognitive profile of AD and elderly Mestizos without dementia. DESIGN:Cross-sectional analysis of a cohort study. SETTING:Evaluations were con...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Villalpando-Berumen JM,Mejia-Arango S,Aguilar-Salinas CA,Ordonez-Sanchez ML,Gutierrez-Robledo LM

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although increased numbers of psychogeriatric patients have been placed in proprietary nursing homes in recent years, many facilities have not been able to accommodate the behavioral problems involved. This study summarizes the results of a behavior management program for improving the social functioning and social be...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Nigl AJ,Jackson B

更新日期：1981-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare the sensitivity to atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) in young and elderly subjects. DESIGN:Double-blind, random-order, placebo-controlled study using two different rates of ANP infusion. SUBJECTS:Eight healthy young (23 +/- 3 years, mean +/- SD) and eight healthy elderly (76 +/- 4 years) subjects ...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Tan AC,Jansen TL,Thien T,Kloppenborg PW,Benraad TJ

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To assess how individual socioeconomic status and neighborhood deprivation affect frailty. DESIGN:Nationally representative population-based study, the English Longitudinal Study of Aging (ELSA), analyzed cross-sectionally. PARTICIPANTS:Four thousand eight hundred eighteen individuals aged 65 and older. M...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Lang IA,Hubbard RE,Andrew MK,Llewellyn DJ,Melzer D,Rockwood K

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To examine the association between hospitalization, critical illness, and infection occurring during middle- and late-life and structural brain abnormalities in older adults. DESIGN:Prospective cohort study. SETTING:Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study. PARTICIPANTS:A community sample of adult...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Walker KA,Gottesman RF,Wu A,Knopman DS,Mosley TH Jr,Alonso A,Kucharska-Newton A,Brown CH 4th

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine the effect of cataract surgery on the occurrence of falls and mobility and balance problems in older adults with cataract. DESIGN:Longitudinal follow-up study. SETTING:Clinical Research Unit, University of Alabama at Birmingham. PARTICIPANTS:Persons aged 55 and older with a cataract were recr...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： McGwin G Jr,Gewant HD,Modjarrad K,Hall TA,Owsley C

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To explore and deepen understanding of factors influencing driving exposure for older drivers. DESIGN:Cross-sectional. SETTING:Baseline data on function and driving exposure from 1 week of driving were evaluated. PARTICIPANTS:A convenience sample of 380 drivers aged 75 and older, residing in northwest Syd...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Coxon K,Chevalier A,Lo S,Ivers R,Brown J,Keay L

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the excess mortality associated with obesity (defined by body mass index (BMI)) in older people, with and without adjustment for other risk factors associated with mortality and for demographic factors. DESIGN:Retrospective cohort analysis of the Longitudinal Study of Aging (LSOA). SETTING:Nati...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Grabowski DC,Ellis JE

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tardive dyskinesia has emerged as a considerable public health hazard. In view of the overwhelming evidence that the elderly are particularly susceptible to this complication of neuroleptic use and the fact that there is no really effective treatment, neuroleptics should be avoided whenever possible in elderly patient...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Jenike MA

更新日期：1983-02-01 00:00:00