Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

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  Año 2008, Vol. 56, Número 10

  • Leading on Behalf of an Aging Society

    William J. Hall, Linda P. Fried

    págs. 1791-1795

    

  • Which Patients Benefit the Most from a Geriatrician's Care? Consensus Among Directors of Geriatrics Academic Programs

    Gregg A. Warshaw, William J. Hall, Linda P. Fried, Elizabeth J. Bragg

    págs. 1796-1801

    

  • Defining the Domain of Geriatric Medicine in an Urban Public Health System Affiliated with an Academic Medical Center

    Steven R. Counsell, Michael W. Weiner, Christopher M. Callahan

    págs. 1802-1806

    

  • A Comparison of How Generalists and Fellowship-Trained Geriatricians Provide "Geriatric" Care

    Scott Genshaft, Elizabeth A. Phelan, Barbara Williams , James P. LoGerfo, Edward H Wagner

    págs. 1807-1811

    

  • Defining Geriatrics to Forge Coalitions and Gain Leverage

    William R. Hazzard

    págs. 1812-1815

    

  • Orthostatic Hypotension and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease in Elderly People: The Rotterdam Study

    Bruno H. C. Stricker, Albert Hofman, Germaine C. Verwoert, Francesco Mattace Raso, Jan Heeringa, Monique M. B. Breteler, Jacqueline C. M. Witteman

    págs. 1816-1820

    

  • Otago Home-Based Strength and Balance Retraining Improves Executive Functioning in Older Fallers: A Randomized Controlled Trial

    Peter Graf, Stephen R. Lord, Teresa Liu Ambrose, Meghan G. Donaldson, Yasmin Ahamed, Wendy L. Cook, Jacqueline C.T. Close, Karim M. Khan

    págs. 1821-1830

    

  • A Comprehensive Hip Fracture Program Reduces Complication Rates and Mortality

    Susanne J. Pedersen, Finn M. Borgbjerg, Birgitte Schousboe, Bente D. Pedersen, Henrik L. Jørgensen, Benn R. Duus, Jes B. Lauritzen

    págs. 1831-1838

    

  • Views of Older Persons with Multiple Morbidities on Competing Outcomes and Clinical Decision-Making

    Sarah McGraw, Mary E. Tinetti, Joseph V. Agostini, Terri R. Fried

    págs. 1839-1844

    

  • Relationship Between Frailty and Cognitive Decline in Older Mexican Americans

    Kyriakos S. Markides, Kenneth J. Ottenbacher, Rafael Samper Ternent, Soham Al Snih, Mukaila A. Raji

    págs. 1845-1852

    

  • Lower Systolic Blood Pressure Is Associated with Greater Mortality in People Aged 85 and Older

    Lena Molander, Yngve Gustafson, Peter Nordström, Hugo Lövheim, Tove Norman

    págs. 1853-1859

    

  • A Senior Center-Based Pilot Trial of the Effect of Lifestyle Intervention on Blood Pressure in Minority Elderly People with Hypertension

    Senaida Fernandez, Kasandra L. Scales, Johanna M. Pineiro, Antoinette M. Schoenthaler, Gbenga Ogedegbe

    págs. 1860-1866

    

  • Anemia Is Associated with the Progression of White Matter Disease in Older Adults with High Blood Pressure: The Cardiovascular Health Study

    Mary Cushman, Stephanie A. Studenski, Anne B. Newman, Caterina Rosano, Marco Inzitari, Neil A. Zakai, William T. Longstreth

    págs. 1867-1872

    

  • Effect of Physical Activity Guidelines on Physical Function in Older Adults

    Gail M. Crowley, Richard J. Sloane, Wendy Demark-Wahnefried, Miriam C. Morey, Carl F. Pieper, Matthew J. Peterson, Megan P. Pearson, Carola C. Ekelund

    págs. 1873-1878

    

  • Prescription Drug Benefits and Use of Guideline Recommended Medications by Elderly Medicare Beneficiaries with Diabetes Mellitus

    Jennifer Tjia, Becky A. Briesacher

    págs. 1879-1886

    

  • Subsequent Fracture in Nursing Home Residents with a Hip Fracture: A Competing Risks Approach

    Sarah D. Berry, Elizabeth J. Samelson, Douglas P. Kiel, Malynda Bordes , Kerry E. Broe , Long Nigo

    págs. 1887-1892

    

  • Variable Judgments of Decisional Capacity in Cognitively Impaired Research Subjects

    Marion B. Patterson, Greg A. Sachs, Gavin W. Hougham, Deborah D. Danner, Carol B. Stocking, Peter J. Whitehouse

    págs. 1893-1897

    

  • Elevated C-Reactive Protein Is Related to Cognitive Decline in Older Adults with Cardiovascular Disease

    Karin F. Hoth, Andreana P. Haley, John Gunstad, Robert H. Paul, Beth A. Jerskey, Angela L. Jefferson, Makoto Ono, Ronald, David F. Tate, Athena Poppas

    págs. 1898-1903

    

  • End-of-Life Decision-Making, Decisional Conflict, and Enhanced Information: Race Effects

    Michelle M Hilgeman, DeCoster Jamie, Rebecca S. Allen, Jessica Y. Allen

    págs. 1904-1909

    

  • Fatigue Predicts Mortality in Older Adults

    Susan E. Hardy, Stephanie A. Studenski

    págs. 1910-1914

    

  • Comparison of Fatigue Levels in Patients with Stroke and Patients with End-Stage Heart Failure: Application of the Fatigue Assessment Scale

    Otto R. F. Smith, Krista C. van den Broek, Mariëlle Renkens, Johan Denollet

    págs. 1915-1919

    

  • Observation-Based Nocturnal Sleep Inventory: Screening Tool for Sleep Apnea in Elderly People

    S. Hakki Onen, Claude Dubray, Evelyne Decullier, Thierry Moreau, François Chapuis, Fannie Onen

    págs. 1920-1925

    

  • A Manual of Guidelines to Score the Modified Cumulative Illness Rating Scale and Its Validation in Acute Hospitalized Elderly Patients

    Adele L. Towers, Fabio Salvi, Mark D. Miller, Annalisa Grilli , Raffaella Giorgi , Valeria Morichi , Liana Spazzafumo , Lucia Mancinelli, Emma Espinosa, Alessandro Rappelli , Paolo Dessì-Fulgheri

    págs. 1926-1931

    

  • A Short Functional Survey Is Responsive to Changes in Functional Status in Vulnerable Older People

    Neil S. Wenger, Debra Saliba, David B. Reuben, Lillian C. Min

    págs. 1932-1936

    

  • Can Pay-for-Performance Take Nursing Home Care to the Next Level?

    Terry S. Field, Jerry H. Gurwitz, Becky A. Briesacher, Joann Baril

    págs. 1937-1939

    

  • Short-Stay Nursing Home Rehabilitation Patients: Transitional Care Problems Pose Research Challenges

    Barbara Yody, Jay Magaziner, Charlene C. Quinn, Ann L. Gruber-Baldini, Judith D. Kasper, John Loome, Irene Fleshner, Cynthia L. Port

    págs. 1940-1945

    

  • Discontinuing Medications: A Novel Approach for Revising the Prescribing Stage of the Medication-Use Process

    Mark H. Beers, Holly M. Holmes, Steven M. Handler, Kevin T. Bain, Vittorio Maio, Stephen G. Pauker

    págs. 1946-1952

    

  • What Explains Racial Differences in the Use of Advance Directives and Attitudes Toward Hospice Care?

    James A. Tulsky, Kimberly S. Johnson, Maragatha Kuchibhatla

    págs. 1953-1958

    

  • Paying for Performance in Nursing Homes: Don't Throw the Baby Out with the Bathwater

    Joseph G. Ouslander

    págs. 1959-1962

    

  • Low-dose Haloperidol-associated QTC prolongation

    Khatuna Stepkovitch, Christine Heagle Bahn, Reeta Gupta

    págs. 1963-1964