Falls in the institutionalized elderly.

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：OBJECTIVES:To determine the association between self-reported sleep and nap habits and mortality in a large cohort of older women. DESIGN:Study of Osteoporotic Fractures prospective cohort study. SETTING:Four communities within the United States. PARTICIPANTS:Eight thousand one hundred one Caucasian women aged 69 an...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Stone KL,Ewing SK,Ancoli-Israel S,Ensrud KE,Redline S,Bauer DC,Cauley JA,Hillier TA,Cummings SR

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the effectiveness of pelvic floor muscle (PFM) and fitness exercises in reducing urine leakage in elderly women with stress urinary incontinence (UI). DESIGN:Randomized, crossover, follow-up trial. SETTING:Urban community in Japan. PARTICIPANTS:Seventy women aged 70 and older who reported urin...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Kim H,Suzuki T,Yoshida Y,Yoshida H

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The implications for society of increasing life span to 120 years can only be guessed, but comparing the diversity of responses to aging in different countries may give insights into the possible effect. A European Union-funded study of the recipients of community care services in 11 European countries illustrates how...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Carpenter GI

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relation of serum albumin concentration to age was assessed in a series of hospitalized medical patients. Those with disease states (e.g., dysproteinemia, renal insufficiency, hepatic dysfunction, malnutrition) potentially associated with abnormal serum albumin levels were excluded, leaving a study population of 1...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Greenblatt DJ

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To test whether a decision aid improves quality of decision-making about feeding options in advanced dementia. DESIGN:Cluster randomized controlled trial. SETTING:Twenty-four nursing homes in North Carolina. PARTICIPANTS:Residents with advanced dementia and feeding problems and their surrogates. INTERVEN...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Hanson LC,Carey TS,Caprio AJ,Lee TJ,Ersek M,Garrett J,Jackman A,Gilliam R,Wessell K,Mitchell SL

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To identify differences in cognitive function between elderly adults with sleep apnea syndrome (SAS) and healthy controls. DESIGN:Cross-sectional. SETTING:Sleep laboratory at Seoul National University Bundang Hospital. PARTICIPANTS:Sixty-three elderly adults (26 female; mean age 68.2 ± 4.8) without cognit...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Ju G,Yoon IY,Lee SD,Kim TH,Choe JY,Kim KW

更新日期：2012-06-01 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：:The course of untreated mild hypothyroidism was followed in 67 nursing home residents (mean age 78 years). The diagnosis was based on a normal free thyroxine index (FTI) and elevated thyrotropin concentration (TSH 4.6 to 15.0 microIU/mL, nl less than or equal to 4.5 microIU/mL. FTI and FSH were measured in follow-up 4...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Drinka PJ,Nolten WE,Voeks SK,Langer EH

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the association between pressure-redistributing support surface (PRSS) use and incident pressure ulcers in older adults with hip fracture. DESIGN:Secondary analysis of data from prospective cohort with assessments performed as soon as possible after hospital admission and on alternating days for...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Rich SE,Shardell M,Hawkes WG,Margolis DJ,Amr S,Miller R,Baumgarten M

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To investigate whether changes in death certificate coding and reporting practices explain part or all of the recent increase in the rate of fatal falls in adults aged 65 and older in the United States. DESIGN:Trends in coding and reporting practices of fatal falls were evaluated under mortality coding sche...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Kharrazi RJ,Nash D,Mielenz TJ

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To assess the association between kidney function and change in body composition in older individuals. DESIGN:Prospective cohort study. SETTING:Two sites, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and Memphis, Tennessee. PARTICIPANTS:Three thousand twenty-six well-functioning, participants aged 70 to 79 in the Health, Ag...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Fried LF,Boudreau R,Lee JS,Chertow G,Kurella-Tamura M,Shlipak MG,Ding J,Sellmeyer D,Tylavsky FA,Simsonick E,Kritchevsky SB,Harris TB,Newman AB,Health, Aging and Body Composition Study.

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To estimate medical expenditures attributable to older adult falls using a methodology that can be updated annually to track these expenditures over time. DESIGN:Population data from the National Vital Statistics System (NVSS) and cost estimates from the Web-based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting Syste...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Florence CS,Bergen G,Atherly A,Burns E,Stevens J,Drake C

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine predictors of 2-year post-hospitalization mortality in a cohort of elderly hospitalized patients originally assembled to assess the impact of a Geriatric Consultation Team (GCT). DESIGN:Two-year follow-up of an inception cohort. SETTING:University-affiliated tertiary care VA Medical Center. PA...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Cohen HJ,Saltz CC,Samsa G,McVey L,Davis D,Feussner JR

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The incidence, ecology, and mortality of gram-negative bacillary bacteremia in elderly patients were studied in an analysis of 334 episodes over a four-year-period in a 489-bed North Carolina community teaching hospital, 135 (40.4%) of which occurred in patients 70 years of age or older. The bacteremia rate per 1000 h...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： McCue JD

更新日期：1987-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine the effect of milk and dairy intake on the development of all-cause dementia and its subtypes in an elderly Japanese population. DESIGN:Prospective cohort study. SETTING:The Hisayama Study, Japan. PARTICIPANTS:Individuals aged 60 and older without dementia (N = 1,081). MEASUREMENTS:Milk and ...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Ozawa M,Ohara T,Ninomiya T,Hata J,Yoshida D,Mukai N,Nagata M,Uchida K,Shirota T,Kitazono T,Kiyohara Y

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:What ethical concerns regarding the application of new antidementia compounds are pertinent to the best interests of patients with Alzheimer's disease and their caregivers? Based on collected preliminary anecdotal accounts, these concerns are important and should be considered carefully by clinicians, researchers, and...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Post SG,Whitehouse PJ

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The case report presented is clinically compatible with late onset HD. The diagnosis was initially obscured by a lack of family history due to the early death of both parents and siblings. The presence of symptoms at the age of 59 in one offspring is consistent with the intrafamilial transmission of late onset HD dise...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Moss RJ,Mastri AR,Schut LJ

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To test the hypothesis that mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is associated with poorer financial and healthcare decision-making. DESIGN:Community-based epidemiological cohort study. SETTING:Communities throughout northeastern Illinois. PARTICIPANTS:Older persons without dementia from the Rush Memory and Agi...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Han SD,Boyle PA,James BD,Yu L,Bennett DA

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A prospective study was carried out to determine which social, functional, or medical factors influenced the decision to admit or not to admit aged people to a general hospital in Israel. The study also focused on characteristics of patients admitted to the geriatric ward of the medical division as distinct from those...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Greenberg NS,Rosin AJ

更新日期：1982-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the use of influenza vaccine, rapid influenza testing, and influenza antiviral medication in nursing homes in the US to prevent and control outbreaks. METHODS:Survey questionnaires were sent to 1017 randomly selected nursing homes in nine states. Information was collected on influenza prevention,...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Zadeh MM,Buxton Bridges C,Thompson WW,Arden NH,Fukuda K

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The long-held belief that outcome data from intervention trials in men are generalizable to women has created the framework in which the primary prevention of coronary heart disease (CHD) in women is viewed, but over the past decade, data have accumulated to refute such a supposition of generalizability. These lines o...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Hodis HN,Mack WJ

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To examine prevalence and resident- and site-level factors associated with potential underuse, overuse, and inappropriate use of antidepressants in older Veterans Affairs (VA) Community Living Center (CLC) residents. DESIGN:Longitudinal study. SETTING:One hundred thirty-three VA CLCs. PARTICIPANTS:Three t...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Hanlon JT,Wang X,Castle NG,Stone RA,Handler SM,Semla TP,Pugh MJ,Berlowitz DR,Dysken MW

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A survey of 977 community subjects aged 65 or older identified 719 of them as not impaired in physical health. Of these, 104 (14 percent) perceived their physical status to be poor, whereas 615 (86 percent) accurately perceived it to be unimpaired. There were no significant differences between the two groups with rega...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Blazer DG 2nd,Houpt JL

更新日期：1979-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although computerized physician order entry (CPOE) has been successfully implemented in many acute care hospitals, few descriptions of its use in the long-term care (LTC) setting are available. This report describes the experiences of one LTC facility in developing and implementing a CPOE system with clinical decision...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Rochon PA,Field TS,Bates DW,Lee M,Gavendo L,Erramuspe-Mainard J,Judge J,Gurwitz JH

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To examine the associations between typology of family relationship and risk of elder mistreatment (EM). DESIGN:Population-based epidemiological cross-sectional study. SETTING:Community-dwelling older adults in the greater Chicago area. PARTICIPANTS:A total of 3157 US older Chinese immigrants. MEASUREMEN...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Li M,Guo M,Stensland M,Silverstein M,Dong X

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The primary purpose of this preliminary study was to investigate the associations between certified nursing assistant (CNA) report of pain, Minimum Data Set (MDS) report of pain, and analgesic medication use in cognitively impaired nursing home residents. DESIGN:Correlational study. SETTING:Three nursing h...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Fisher SE,Burgio LD,Thorn BE,Allen-Burge R,Gerstle J,Roth DL,Allen SJ

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Senile dementia is one of the important medical-social-economic problems facing our society, estimated to affect some 60% of nursing home patients and of persons residing in the community. The course of dementia in these patients is affected not only by their age, medical complications, and the disease itself, but als...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Aronson MK,Lipkowitz R

更新日期：1981-12-01 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：OBJECTIVES:To examine the associations between amyloid-β brain deposition and physical activity (PA) in elderly adults without dementia and to investigate whether the association has a dose-response relationship. DESIGN:Cross-sectional study. SETTING:French community-dwelling people. PARTICIPANTS:Elderly adults with...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： de Souto Barreto P,Andrieu S,Payoux P,Demougeot L,Rolland Y,Vellas B,Multidomain Alzheimer Preventive Trial\/Data Sharing Alzheimer Study Group.

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00