Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

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  Año 2008, Vol. 56, Número 1

  • Transitioning Residents from Nursing Facilities to Community Living: Who Wants to Leave?. (See editorial comments by Dr. Rosalie Kane, pp 163-165).

    Christy M. Nishita, PhD, Kathleen H. Wilber, PhD, Saki Matsumoto, BA,, John F. Schnelle

    págs. 1-7

    

  • Vulnerable Older People in the Community: Relationship Between the Vulnerable Elders Survey and Health Service Use

    Ann O'Hanlon, Desmond O'Neill, McGee Hannah M., Anne Hickey, Anthony Montgomery, Ronán Conroy, Maja Barker

    págs. 8-15

    

  • Discussion of Depression in Follow-Up Medical Visits with Older Patients

    Erika Friedmann, PhD, Mary Ann Cook, PhD, Ronald D. Adelman, MD, Michele G. Greene

    págs. 16-22

    

  • Effect of Arthritis in Middle Age on Older-Age Functioning

    Thomas M. Gill, Edward Yelin, Dorothy D. Dunlop, Kenneth E. Covinsky, Karla Lindquist

    págs. 23-28

    

  • Interventions for Preventing Falls in Acute- and Chronic-Care Hospitals: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

    Koen Milisen, Joke Coussement, René Schwendimann, Kris Denhaerynck, Eddy Dejaeger, Leen De Paepe

    págs. 29-36

    

  • Natural History of Decline in Instrumental Activities of Daily Living Performance over the 10 Years Preceding the Clinical Diagnosis of Dementia: A Prospective Population-Based Study

    Pascale Barberger-Gateau, Karine Pérès, Catherine Helmer, Jean François Dartigues, Hélène Amieva, Jean-Marc Orgogozo, Isabelle Rouch

    págs. 37-44

    

  • Sleep-Disordered Breathing and Cognition in Older Women

    Adam P. Spira, Kristine Yaffe, Sonia Ancoli Israel, Katie L. Stone, Jane A. Cauley, Susan Redline, Terri Blackwell

    págs. 45-50

    

  • Mild Cognitive Impairment: Epidemiology and Dementia Risk in an Elderly Italian Population

    Marisa Bianchin, Patrizia Mecocci, Paola Forti, Giovanni Ravaglia, Fausta Montesi, Anna Lucicesare, Nicoletta Pisacane, Elisa Rietti, Edoardo Dalmonte

    págs. 51-58

    

  • Caries Prevalence in Older Persons with and without Dementia

    Birgitte Bo Andersen, Gunhild Waldemar, Poul Holm Pedersen, Douglas E. Morse, Birita Ellefsen, Marianne Schroll

    págs. 59-67

    

  • Prediction of Mortality in Community-Living Frail Elderly People with Long-Term Care Needs

    Elise C. Carey, Louise C. Walter, Li-Yung Lui-, Kenneth E. Covinsky, Catherine Eng, Laura P. Sands

    págs. 68-75

    

  • Weight, Mortality, Years of Healthy Life, and Active Life Expectancy in Older Adults

    Ellen S. O'Meara, Gregory Burke, MD, MS, Anne B. Newman, Lewis H. Kuller, Paula Diehr, Annette Fitzpatrick

    págs. 76-83

    

  • Diet and Its Relationship with Grip Strength in Community-Dwelling Older Men and Women: The Hertfordshire Cohort Study

    Siân M. Robinson, Karen A. Jameson, Sue F. Batelaan, Helen J. Martin, Holly E. Syddall, Elaine M. Dennison, Cyrus Cooper, Avan Aihie Sayer, The Hertfordshire Cohort Study Group

    págs. 84-90

    

  • Symptom Experience of Dying Long-Term Care Residents

    J. Kevin Eckert, Sheryl Zimmerman, Christianna S. Williams, Philip D. Sloane, Laura C. Hanson, Debra Dobbs, Anthony J. Caprio

    págs. 91-98

    

  • The Effect of Oral Health on Quality of Life in an Underprivileged Homebound and Non-Homebound Elderly Population in Jerusalem

    Avraham Zini, DMD, MPH,, Harold D. Sgan-Cohen

    págs. 99-104

    

  • Body Mass Index and Nine-Year Mortality in Disabled and Nondisabled Older U.S. Individuals

    Kenneth Land, Anatoliy I. Yashin, Alexander M. Kulminski, Svetlana Ukraintseva, Konstantin G. Arbeev, Igor Akushevich, Irina V. Kulminskaya

    págs. 105-110

    

  • Late-Life Body Mass Index and Dementia Incidence: Nine-Year Follow-Up Data from the Kungsholmen Project

    Anna Rita Atti, Laura Fratiglioni, Stefano Volpato, Katie Palmer, Bengt Winblad, Diana De Ronchi

    págs. 111-116

    

  • Comparison of Stress Experienced by Family Members of Patients Treated in Hospital at Home with That of Those Receiving Traditional Acute Hospital Care

    Rebecca Clark, John R. Burton, Bruce Leff, Bruce J. Naughton, Debbie Koehn, Scott L. Mader, Jeffrey Burl, Lynda Burton, William B. Greenough III

    págs. 117-123

    

  • A Systematic Review of Satisfaction with Care at the End of Life. (See editorial comments by Dr. Jean S. Kutner, 160-162)

    Sydney Morss Dy, Joanne Lynn, Lisa R Shugarman, Karl A. Lorenz, Richard A. Mularski

    págs. 124-129

    

  • GeriaSims: Falls Module

    Jorge G. Ruiz, MD,, Rosanne M. Leipzig

    págs. 130-131

    

  • Does It Stick? Effects of an Integrated Vertical Undergraduate Aging Curriculum on Medical and Surgical Residents

    David L. Bachman, J.T. Thornhill, MD, Darryl Wieland, G. Paul Eleazer, Thomas J. Stewart, Deronda Corbin, Robert Oldendick, Rebecca Boland

    págs. 132-138

    

  • Ethnic Disparities in Hospice Use Among Asian-American and Pacific Islander Patients Dying with Cancer

    Russell S. Phillips, Ellen P. McCarthy, Quyen Ngo Metzger

    págs. 139-144

    

  • Toward Healthy Aging: The Preservation of Health

    Jeremiah A. Barondess, MD

    págs. 145-148

    

  • Health Care for Older Americans with Multiple Chronic Conditions: A Research Agenda

    Susan L. Norris, C. Seth Landefeld, Thomas M. Gill, Kevin P. High, Sean Hennessy, Jean S. Kutner, David B. Reuben, Jürgen Unützer

    págs. 149-159

    

  • Assuring Quality End-of-Life Care: Imperative to Expand the Evidence Base in Concert with Growth of the Field

    Jean S. Kutner

    págs. 160-162

    

  • Providing Structured Opportunities for Nursing Home Residents to Choose Community Care

    Rosalie A. Kane

    págs. 163-165

    

  • A Place in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society for Educational Resources

    Jorge G. Ruiz, Kenneth Shay, Rosanne M. Leipzig

    págs. 166-167

    

  • Association between advance directives and quality of end-of-life care: A national study

    Julie Starr, RN, BSN

    págs. 168-168

    

  • Blood transfusions in elderly trauma patients: Is there a role for restrictive use?

    Kayla Keuter, Suzanne R. Hawley, Ruth Wetta-Hall, Donald Vasquez, Elizabeth Ablah

    págs. 168-170

    

  • Might "Streptococcus pneumoniae" urinary antigen test be positive because of pneumococcal vaccine?

    Simon Valero, Marc Paccalin, Mathieu Priner, Catherine Cornillon, David Forestier

    págs. 170-171

    

  • Folstein's mini-mental state examination: Fat chance or slim hope?

    Raffaella M. Crinelli, BSc,, Per Östberg, BSc

    págs. 171-172