There is wide variation in receipt of care from a high-quality home health agency for people with dementia across the United States. #geriatrics https://agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jgs.70345
Significant variation in prescribing exists for both psychotropic and non-psychotropic medications across nursing home (NH) units and homes. #geriatrics https://agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jgs.70357
The Importance of Age in Selecting a Testing Strategy for Stable Symptomatic Patients With Suspected Coronary Artery Disease. #geriatrics https://agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jgs.70348
The Palliative Care Paradox: Investigating Unexpected Outcomes in Dementia Care. #geriatrics https://agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jgs.70347
Implementing Age-Friendly Health System (AFHS) interventions was associated with improved process measures across all 4Ms (What Matters, Medications, Mentation, Mobility). #geriatrics https://agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jgs.70346
Predictors of Readiness to Engage in Advance Care Planning Among Older Adults With Serious Illness. #geriatrics https://agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jgs.70331
Long-Term Outcomes Associated With Peripheral Nerve Blocks for Hip Fracture Surgery. #geriatrics https://agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jgs.70340
Long Toenail Sign as a sign of unmet care needs in the setting of declining functional independence. #geriatrics https://agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jgs.70332
Practice Variability in the SHARING Choices Pragmatic Trial of Primary Care Advance Care Planning. #geriatrics https://agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jgs.70341
What's in a Number: Do Transfer Rates Reflect Nursing Home Quality? #geriatrics https://agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jgs.70349
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Cognitive Function and Neurodegenerative Blood Biomarkers in an Aging Indian Population. #geriatrics https://agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jgs.70339
Effect of Physical Exercise on Frailty in Older Nursing Home Residents. #geriatrics https://agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jgs.70330
How to Analyze Longitudinal Patient-Reported Outcomes in Populations With High Mortality Rates. #geriatrics https://agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jgs.70327
Primary Care Providers' Perspectives on Telehealth Medicare Annual Wellness Visits for Older Adults. #geriatrics https://agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jgs.70303
A paramedic-led mobile integrated health (MIH) transitional care intervention was associated with lower 30-day hospital readmissions among frail older adults after hospital discharge. #geriatrics https://agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jgs.70338
Assessing Older Adults' Adherence to Appropriate Polypharmacy: Selection of Outcome Measures for Intervention Trials. #geriatrics https://agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jgs.70313
Health Care Use of Frail Older People: Follow-Up Outcome Evaluation of an Intensive Primary Care Programme at 24 and 36 Months. #geriatrics https://agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jgs.70294
European Working Group on Sarcopenia in Older People Algorithm: Step-by-Step Relation With Length of Hospitalization. #geriatrics https://agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jgs.70312
Difference-Makers for Robust Implementation of a Nursing Home Advance Care Planning Embedded Pragmatic Clinical Trial. #geriatrics https://agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jgs.70289
Early surgical stabilization of rib fractures (< 72 h from admission) was associated with improved outcomes in older adult trauma patients. #geriatrics https://agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jgs.70297
Positive Aspects of Caregiving: A Qualitative Analysis of Reddit Posts. #geriatrics https://agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jgs.70358
How Adult Day Services Support Informal Caregivers to Reduce Nursing Home Admissions Among Dementia Patients. #geriatrics https://agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jgs.70333
Reaching the Unreachable: Marketing a Virtual Memory Clinic for Older Adults With Dementia in Rural and Underserved Areas. #geriatrics https://agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jgs.70337
Digital Self-Assessment of Physical Performance to Promote Independence in Older Adults: Development, Usability, and Validity. #geriatrics https://agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jgs.70263
The Detection of Elder abuse Through Emergency Care Technicians (DETECT) tool in Home Based Primary Care (HBPC). #geriatrics https://agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jgs.70296
Agreement between discharge summary, discharge instructions, and patient provided reasoning for chronic medication changes made during hospitalization. #geriatrics https://agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jgs.70329
A Retrospective National Cohort Study of Trends in Mechanical Ventilation Among Veterans Living With Dementia. #geriatrics https://agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jgs.70316
The Role of Geriatric Syndromes in Kidney Transplant Decision-Making: A Domain-Based Analysis of Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment in Older Adults. #geriatrics https://agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jgs.70324
Geriatric patients awaiting medical admission frequently receive care in emergency department (ED) hallways.
This study assesses whether prolonged ED hallway exposure is associated with incident delirium and severe agitation in older adults and older persons living with dementia. Read it here:
