Treatment approaches with the psychiatric elderly.

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to compare attitudes toward the use of long-term care between older Japanese Americans (n = 1,244) and older Caucasian Americans (n = 1,354). When presented with a hypothetical situation in which they have dementia, 39% of older Japanese Americans and 42% of older Caucasians intended to b...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： McCormick WC,Ohata CY,Uomoto J,Young HM,Graves AB,Kukull W,Teri L,Vitaliano P,Mortimer JA,McCurry SM,Bowen JD,Larson EB

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The purpose of this study was to test whether an intervention combining increased daytime physical activity with improvement in the nighttime environment improves sleep and decreases agitation in nursing home residents. DESIGN:A randomized trial. SETTING:One community nursing home in the Los Angeles, Calif...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Alessi CA,Yoon EJ,Schnelle JF,Al-Samarrai NR,Cruise PA

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Little is known about the unmet mental health needs of minority older adults. Racial and ethnic differences in the prevalence rates of psychological distress and reported need and use of mental health services were examined in a population-based sample of older adults using the 2005 California Health Interview Survey....

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Sorkin DH,Pham E,Ngo-Metzger Q

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

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：:Circadian changes of the blood pressure and heart rate in elderly normotensive bedridden patients with severe dementia of the Alzheimer type (group D) were compared with those in elderly normotensive bedridden patients without dementia (group R), normotensive subjects with normal daily activity (group N), and hyperten...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Otsuka A,Mikami H,Katahira K,Nakamoto Y,Minamitani K,Imaoka M,Nishide M,Ogihara T

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Described is the development of a self-rating geriatric behavioral scale modeled after the Sandoz Clinical Assessment-Geriatric (SCAG). This new Self-Assessment Scale-Geriatric (SASG) provides a valid and reliable measure of behavioral pathologic changes for the selective screening of elderly patients who manifest mil...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Yesavage JA,Adey M,Werner PD

更新日期：1981-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Delirium is a common postoperative complication in geriatric patients, especially in those with underlying risk factors. Multicomponent nonpharmacologic interventions are effective in preventing delirium, however, implementation of these measures is variable in perioperative care. The aim of our study was to...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Pernik MN,Deme PR,Nguyen ML,Aoun SG,Adogwa O,Hall K,Stewart NA,Dosselman LJ,El Tecle NE,McDonald SR,Bagley CA,Wingfield SA

更新日期：2020-12-31 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The study describes the prevalence of medical nursing home practice. Further, it examines the extent to which physician characteristics and local county health care resources predict nursing home involvement. This information is relevant to evaluating and devising strategies that address the future provision ...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Katz PR,Karuza J,Kolassa J,Hutson A

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:As a person's age increases and his/her health status declines, new challenges arise that may lead physicians to consider deprescribing statins. We aimed to provide insight into recommendations available in international cardiovascular disease prevention guidelines regarding discontinuation of statin treatme...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： van der Ploeg MA,Floriani C,Achterberg WP,Bogaerts JMK,Gussekloo J,Mooijaart SP,Streit S,Poortvliet RKE,Drewes YM

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To describe the relationship between symptom scores and mobility function measures, assess whether symptom scores and disease scores are similarly associated with mobility function, and identify clusters of symptoms that are most strongly associated with functional status in older adults. DESIGN:Secondary a...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Whitson HE,Sanders LL,Pieper CF,Morey MC,Oddone EZ,Gold DT,Cohen HJ

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Geriatric assessment units have improved pharmacotherapy for their patients by decreasing the number of medications prescribed. The Senior Care Study, a randomized controlled trial, compared a multidisciplinary-team approach to patient care to the standard medical practice of the institution. As a part of th...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Owens NJ,Sherburne NJ,Silliman RA,Fretwell MD

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A cohort of 3,595 white women aged 40-77 years was followed for an average of 10 years during which 84 new cases of hip fracture were identified. Triceps skinfold thickness and arm muscle area measured at baseline were examined as possible risk factors for hip fracture controlling for physical activity, height, menopa...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Farmer ME,Harris T,Madans JH,Wallace RB,Cornoni-Huntley J,White LR

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The immune status of 17 healthy individuals 100-103 years of age (centenarians) was investigated. Qualitative values for immunoglobulins IgG, IgM, IgA, and IgE were within normal ranges for subjects more than 60 years of age with the exception of elevated IgM in one individual. Cell marker studies employing a panel of...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Thompson JS,Wekstein DR,Rhoades JL,Kirkpatrick C,Brown SA,Roszman T,Straus R,Tietz N

更新日期：1984-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe a broad range of physical disability by examining the association between a four-level measure of disability, based on self-report of difficulty in performing functional activities, and previously identified risk factors for disability. DESIGN:Cross-sectional. SETTING:Community-based. PARTICIPA...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Langlois JA,Maggi S,Harris T,Simonsick EM,Ferrucci L,Pavan M,Sartori L,Enzi G

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the prevalence of dental problems in Paget's patients and in a control population without Paget's disease. The relationship of localization of bony involvement of Paget's disease with the prevalence of dental, auditory, visual, and smell changes is examined. DESIGN:Cross-sectional national surve...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Wheeler TT,Alberts MA,Dolan TA,McGorray SP

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To estimate in a community-dwelling elderly population the magnitude of renal function misclassification, occurring when persons with normal serum creatinine have reduced glomerular filtration rate (GFR), and to describe the participant characteristics related to misclassification. DESIGN:Cross-sectional. ...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Giannelli SV,Patel KV,Windham BG,Pizzarelli F,Ferrucci L,Guralnik JM

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thyroid disease in the aged, both hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism, may be subtle or may be present with no clinical symptoms and signs, and is therefore difficult to diagnose on the basis of clinical evaluation. The help of the laboratory is essential in making the diagnosis of disease of the thyroid. Therapeutic s...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Mokshagundam S,Barzel US

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To examine associations between inflammation and physical function and potential mediation by white matter hyperintensities (WMHs) in African Americans (AAs) and European Americans (EAs). DESIGN:Cross-sectional analysis using linear and logistic models with generalized estimating equations to account for fa...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Windham BG,Wilkening SR,Lirette ST,Kullo IJ,Turner ST,Griswold ME,Mosley TH Jr

更新日期：2016-07-01 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：BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES:Behavioral problems in individuals with Alzheimer's disease (AD) impose major management challenges. Current prevention strategies are anchored to cognitive outcomes, but behavioral outcomes may provide another, clinically relevant opportunity for preemptive therapy. We sought to determine whether...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Caselli RJ,Langlais BT,Dueck AC,Henslin BR,Johnson TA,Woodruff BK,Hoffman-Snyder C,Locke DEC

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Strong feelings about patient autonomy as expressed in living wills, polls, and legislative referenda have been challenging the medical establishment to increase nontreatment, defined as foregoing a life-prolonging treatment, and even to provide treatments having life-shortening potential to selected patient...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Brown NK,Thompson DJ,Prentice RL

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the use of a vacuum tumescence device in the treatment of impotence in couples wishing to restore coital function, whose male partners had unsatisfactory results from penile implants or in whom the man was impotent following treatment for prostate or colon carcinoma. SUBJECTS:Convenience sample of ...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Korenman SG,Viosca SP

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To examine whether chronic kidney disease (CKD) at any stage is associated with fracture risk after adjusting for competing mortality and to determine whether age or race modify the relationship between CKD and fracture risk. DESIGN:Prospective cohort study. SETTING:Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) nati...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Hall RK,Sloane R,Pieper C,Van Houtven C,LaFleur J,Adler R,Colón-Emeric C

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An analysis is presented of one long-term care facility's attempt to develop a comprehensive geriatric program including care of the patient in a hospital, a skilled nursing home, a day hospital, or a clinic for care of the ambulatory aged. The goal was to raise issues for debate and discussion, especially in terms of...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Ingman SR,McDonald CA,Lusky R

更新日期：1979-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To verify the change in health variables and parameters of health service utilization in a group of active caregivers for older persons with dementia in comparison with former caregivers who had ceased to provide home care for at least 6 months (death of the patient or institutionalized care). DESIGN:A pros...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Gräsel E

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:At the American Geriatrics Society 2008 Annual Meeting, representatives of two geriatric societies, the European Union Geriatric Medicine Societies and the American Geriatrics Society, and two regulatory agencies, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the European Medicine Agency, conducted a roundtable discussion...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Cherubini A,Del Signore S,Ouslander J,Semla T,Michel JP

更新日期：2010-09-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the prevalence of hypoalbuminemia and hypoprealbuminemia in hospitalized, elderly, skilled nursing facility residents and to correlate these findings with clinical outcomes. DESIGN:Prospective cohort study. SETTING:A 300-bed community hospital. PARTICIPANTS:Eighty-one hospitalized, skilled n...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Ferguson RP,O'Connor P,Crabtree B,Batchelor A,Mitchell J,Coppola D

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To create a program to identify preventive needs for community-dwelling older persons and incorporate intervention strategies to improve implementation of these services. DESIGN:Program development and case-series. SETTING:Community-based meal sites, academically administered program. PARTICIPANTS:Persons ...

journal_title：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors： Reuben DB,Hirsch SH,Frank JC,Maly RC,Schlesinger MS,Weintraub N,Yancey S

更新日期：1996-11-01 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