Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

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  Año 2009, Vol. 57, Número 9

  • Allostatic Load and Frailty in Older Adults

    Tara L. Gruenewald, Teresa Seeman, Arun S. Karlamangla, Catherine A. Sarkisian

    págs. 1525-1531

    

  • Validation and Comparison of Two Frailty Indexes: The MOBILIZE Boston Study

    Lewis A. Lipsitz, Dan K. Kiely, L. Adrienne Cupples

    págs. 1532-1539

    

  • A Quality Improvement Intervention to Facilitate the Transition of Older Adults from Three Hospitals Back to Their Homes

    Dedhia Param

    págs. 1540-1546

    

  • Understanding Advance Care Planning as a Process of Health Behavior Change

    Karen Bullock, Terri R. Fried, Lynne Iannone, John R. O'Leary

    págs. 1547-1555

    

  • Pain, Functional Limitations, and Aging

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

    págs. 1556-1561

    

  • Black and White Adult Family Members' Attitudes Toward a Dementia Diagnosis

    Sara J. McLaughlin, Cathleen M. Connell, J. Scott Roberts, Brian D. Carpenter

    págs. 1562-1568

    

  • Yoga Decreases Kyphosis in Senior Women and Men with Adult-Onset Hyperkyphosis: Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial

    Gail A. Greendale, Mei-Hua Huang, Arun S. Karlamangla, Leanne Seeger, Sybil Crawford

    págs. 1569-1579

    

  • Effect of Influenza Vaccination of Nursing Home Staff on Mortality of Residents: A Cluster-Randomized Trial

    Lemaitre Magali, et. al.

    págs. 1580-1586

    

  • Clinical Features, Treatment Practices, and Hospital and Long-Term Outcomes of Older Patients Hospitalized with Decompensated Heart Failure: The Worcester Heart Failure Study

    Chad E. Darling, Jane S. Saczynski, Frederick A. Spencer, Darleen M. Lessard, Joel M. Gore, Robert J. Goldberg

    págs. 1587-1594

    

  • Prospective Study of Serum 25-Hydroxyvitamin D Level, Cardiovascular Disease Mortality, and All-Cause Mortality in Older U.S. Adults

    Robert Scragg, Adit A. Ginde, Robert Schwartz, Carlos A. Camargo Jr.

    págs. 1595-1603

    

  • Anemia and 9-Year Domain-Specific Cognitive Decline in Community-Dwelling Older Women: The Women's Health and Aging Study II

    Linda P. Fried, Jennifer A. Deal, Paulo H.M. Chaves, Michelle C. Carlson, Qian-Li Xue

    págs. 1604-1611

    

  • Use of the Late-Life Function and Disability Instrument to Assess Disability in Major Depression

    Karp Jordan F., et. al., Jordan F. Karp

    págs. 1612-1619

    

  • The Epidemiology of Dependence in Older People in Nigeria: Prevalence, Determinants, Informal Care, and Health Service Utilization. A 10/66 Dementia Research Group Cross-Sectional Survey

    Richard Uwakwe, Christian C. Ibeh, Anne Ifeoma Modebe, Emeka Bo, Nkiru Ezeama, Ifeoma Njelita, Cleusa P. Ferri, Martin Prince

    págs. 1620-1627

    

  • The Role of Nursing Home Admission and Dementia Status on Care for Diabetes Mellitus

    Charlene C. Quinn

    págs. 1628-1633

    

  • Nonagenarian Siblings and Their Offspring Display Lower Risk of Mortality and Morbidity than Sporadic Nonagenarians: The Leiden Longevity Study

    Westendorp Rudi G.J., et. al.

    págs. 1634-1637

    

  • Renal Function in Older Hospital Patients Is More Accurately Estimated Using the Cockcroft-Gault Formula Than the Modification Diet in Renal Disease Formula (

    Péquignot Renaud, et. al., Renaud Péquignot

    págs. 1638-1643

    

  • Development and Pilot Testing of Computerized Order Entry Algorithms for Geriatric Problems in Nursing Homes

    Colón-Emeric Cathleen S., et. al., Cathleen S. Colón Emeric

    págs. 1644-1653

    

  • Estimating the Quantity and Economic Value of Family Caregiving for Community-Dwelling Older Persons in the Last Year of Life

    YongJoo Rhee, Howard B. Degenholtz, Linda L. Emanuel, Anthony T. Lo Sasso

    págs. 1654-1659

    

  • The Underrecognized Epidemic of Low Mobility During Hospitalization of Older Adults

    Kellie L. Flood, Richard M. Allman, Cynthia J. Brown, David T. Redden

    págs. 1660-1665

    

  • High Oxidative Stress Is Correlated with Frailty in Elderly Chinese

    I-Chien Wu

    págs. 1666-1671

    

  • Predictors of Interleukin-6 Elevation in Older Adults

    Shuhan Zhu , Kushang V. Patel, Jack M. Guralnik, Luigi Ferrucci, Stefania Bandinelli

    págs. 1672-1677

    

  • Targeting Nursing Homes Under the Quality Improvement Organization Program's 9th Statement of Work

    David G. Stevenson, Vincent Mor

    págs. 1678-1684

    

  • Description and Students' Perceptions of a Required Geriatric Clerkship in Postacute Rehabilitative Care

    Miho K. Bautista , Rebecca J. Beyth , Ronald I. Shorr, John R. Meuleman

    págs. 1685-1691

    

  • Health Care for Older Persons in Colombia: A Country Profile

    Fernando Gómez, Carmen Lucía Curcio, Gustavo Duque

    págs. 1692-1696

    

  • The Memory Screening Outreach Program: Findings from a Large Community-Based Sample of Middle-Aged and Older Adults

    W. David Crews Jr., David W. Harrison, Alison M. Keiser, Culvette M. Kunze

    págs. 1697-1703

    

  • Frailty, Allostatic Load, and the Future of Predictive Gerontology

    George A. Kuchel

    págs. 1704-1706

    

  • Flaws in the Serum Anticholinergic Activity Assay: Implications for the Study of Delirium

    Elizabeth A. Cox, Shawn G. Kwatra, Shaanan Shetty, Madan M. Kwatra

    págs. 1707-1708

    

  • A Comment on the Debate Surrounding Single- and Multifactorial Falls Prevention Interventions

    Terry P. Haines, Melissa A. Russell, Keith D. Hill

    págs. 1708-1709

    

  • Seizure and Pneumonia in an Elderly Patient with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

    Yamaya Mutsuo, et. al., Mutsuo Yamaya, MD, PhD

    págs. 1709-1711

    

  • Co-Infection with Respiratory Syncytial Virus Subgroup A and Streptococcus Pneumoniae Detected by a Comprehensive Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction Assay in an Elderly Patient with Community-Acquired Pneumonia

    Takahashi Takashi, et. al., Takashi Takahashi

    págs. 1711-1713