Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

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March 2009

Volume 57, Issue 3

Pages 375–584

  1. Special Article

    1. Top of page
    2. Special Article
    3. Clinical Investigations
    4. Brief Reports
    5. Brief Methodological Reports
    6. Education and Training
    7. Drugs and Pharmacology
    8. Models of Geriatric Care, Quality Improvement, and Program Dissemination
    9. Editorial
    10. Letters to the Editor
    11. Referee Acknowledgment List
    12. Erratum
    13. Notices
    1. Clinical Practice Guideline for the Evaluation of Fever and Infection in Older Adult Residents of Long-Term Care Facilities: 2008 Update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America (pages 375–394)

      Kevin P. High, Suzanne F. Bradley, Stefan Gravenstein, David R. Mehr, Vincent J. Quagliarello, Chesley Richards and Thomas T. Yoshikawa

      Article first published online: 3 MAR 2009 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2009.02175.x

  2. Clinical Investigations

    1. Top of page
    2. Special Article
    3. Clinical Investigations
    4. Brief Reports
    5. Brief Methodological Reports
    6. Education and Training
    7. Drugs and Pharmacology
    8. Models of Geriatric Care, Quality Improvement, and Program Dissemination
    9. Editorial
    10. Letters to the Editor
    11. Referee Acknowledgment List
    12. Erratum
    13. Notices
    1. Fewer Emergency Readmissions and Better Quality of Life for Older Adults at Risk of Hospital Readmission: A Randomized Controlled Trial to Determine the Effectiveness of a 24-Week Exercise and Telephone Follow-Up Program (pages 395–402)

      Mary Courtney, Helen Edwards, Anne Chang, Anthony Parker, Kathleen Finlayson and Kyra Hamilton

      Article first published online: 24 FEB 2009 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2009.02138.x

    2. Risk of Dementia in Older Breast Cancer Survivors: A Population-Based Cohort Study of the Association with Adjuvant Chemotherapy (pages 403–411)

      Nancy N. Baxter, Sara B. Durham, Kelly-Anne Phillips, Elizabeth B. Habermann and Beth A. Virning

      Article first published online: 6 JAN 2009 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2008.02130.x

    3. Persistent Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Up-to-Date Colorectal Cancer Testing in Medicare Enrollees (pages 412–418)

      Joshua J. Fenton, Daniel J. Tancredi, Pamela Green, Peter Franks and Laura-Mae Baldwin

      Article first published online: 21 JAN 2009 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2008.02143.x

    4. Body Mass Index and Risk of Adverse Cardiac Events in Elderly Patients with Hip Fracture: A Population-Based Study (pages 419–426)

      John A. Batsis, Jeanne M. Huddleston, L. Joseph Melton, IIII, Paul M. Huddleston, Francisco Lopez-Jimenez, Dirk R. Larson, Rachel E. Gullerud and M. Molly McMahon

      Article first published online: 21 JAN 2009 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2008.02141.x

    5. Association Between Anticholinergic Drugs and Apolipoprotein E ɛ4 Allele and Poorer Cognitive Function in Older Cardiovascular Patients: A Cross-Sectional Study (pages 427–431)

      Juho Uusvaara, Kaisu H. Pitkala, Pentti J. Tienari, Hannu Kautiainen, Reijo S. Tilvis and Timo E. Strandberg

      Article first published online: 6 JAN 2009 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2008.02129.x

    6. Long-Term Function in an Older Cohort—The Cardiovascular Health Study All Stars Study (pages 432–440)

      Anne B. Newman, Alice M. Arnold, Michael C. Sachs, Diane G. Ives, Mary Cushman, Elsa S. Strotmeyer, Jingzhong Ding, Stephen B. Kritchevsky, Paulo H. M. Chaves, Linda P. Fried and John Robbins

      Article first published online: 29 JAN 2009 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2008.02152.x

    7. Scheduled Bright Light for Treatment of Insomnia in Older Adults (pages 441–452)

      Leah Friedman, Jamie M. Zeitzer, Clete Kushida, Irina Zhdanova, Art Noda, Tina Lee, Bret Schneider, Christian Guilleminault, Javaid Sheikh and Jerome A. Yesavage

      Article first published online: 29 JAN 2009 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2008.02164.x

    8. Cognitive Impairment Improves the Predictive Validity of the Phenotype of Frailty for Adverse Health Outcomes: The Three-City Study (pages 453–461)

      José Alberto Ávila-Funes, Hélène Amieva, Pascale Barberger-Gateau, Mélanie Le Goff, Nadine Raoux, Karen Ritchie, Isabelle Carrière, Béatrice Tavernier, Christophe Tzourio, Luis Miguel Gutiérrez-Robledo and Jean-François Dartigues

      Article first published online: 24 FEB 2009 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2008.02136.x

    9. Which Providers Should Communicate Which Critical Information About a New Medication? Patient, Pharmacist, and Physician Perspectives (pages 462–469)

      Derjung M. Tarn, Debora A. Paterniti, Bradley R. Williams, Camille S. Cipri and Neil S. Wenger

      Article first published online: 21 JAN 2009 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2008.02133.x

    10. Responsiveness and Clinical Utility of the Geriatric Self-Efficacy Index for Urinary Incontinence (pages 470–475)

      Cara Tannenbaum, Judith Brouillette, Julie Michaud, Nicol Korner-Bitensky, Chantale Dumoulin, Jacques Corcos, Le Mai Tu, Marie-Claude Lemieux, Stephane Ouellet and Luc Valiquette

      Article first published online: 23 JAN 2009 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2008.02146.x

  3. Brief Reports

    1. Top of page
    2. Special Article
    3. Clinical Investigations
    4. Brief Reports
    5. Brief Methodological Reports
    6. Education and Training
    7. Drugs and Pharmacology
    8. Models of Geriatric Care, Quality Improvement, and Program Dissemination
    9. Editorial
    10. Letters to the Editor
    11. Referee Acknowledgment List
    12. Erratum
    13. Notices
    1. Long-Term Effect on Mortality of a Home Intervention that Reduces Functional Difficulties in Older Adults: Results from a Randomized Trial (pages 476–481)

      Laura N. Gitlin, Walter W. Hauck, Marie P. Dennis, Laraine Winter, Nancy Hodgson and Sandy Schinfeld

      Article first published online: 23 JAN 2009 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2008.02147.x

    2. Respiratory Syncytial Virus Outbreak in a Long-Term Care Facility Detected Using Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction: An Argument for Real-Time Detection Methods (pages 482–485)

      L. Brett Caram, Jodi Chen, E. William Taggart, David R. Hillyard, Rosemary She, Christopher R. Polage, Jack Twersky, Kenneth Schmader, Cathy A. Petti and Christopher W. Woods

      Article first published online: 23 JAN 2009 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2008.02153.x

    3. The Nursing Home Minimum Data Set for Vision and Its Association with Visual Acuity and Contrast Sensitivity (pages 486–491)

      Mark W. Swanson, Gerald McGwin, Jr., Amanda F. Elliott and Cynthia Owsley

      Article first published online: 23 JAN 2009 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2008.02144.x

    4. A Comparison of Frailty Indexes for the Prediction of Falls, Disability, Fractures, and Mortality in Older Men (pages 492–498)

      Kristine E. Ensrud, Susan K. Ewing, Peggy M. Cawthon, Howard A. Fink, Brent C. Taylor, Jane A. Cauley, Thuy-Tien Dam, Lynn M. Marshall, Eric S. Orwoll and Steven R. Cummings, for the Osteoporotic Fractures in Men Research Group

      Article first published online: 24 FEB 2009 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2009.02137.x

    5. Level and Change in Cognitive Test Scores Predict Risk of First Stroke (pages 499–505)

      Triveni DeFries, Mauricio Avendaño and M. Maria Glymour

      Article first published online: 21 JAN 2009 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2008.02132.x

    6. Healthcare Costs Associated with Depression in Medically Ill Fee-for-Service Medicare Participants (pages 506–510)

      Jürgen Unützer, Michael Schoenbaum, Wayne J. Katon, Ming-Yu Fan, Harold A. Pincus, Diane Hogan and Jennifer Taylor

      Article first published online: 21 JAN 2009 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2008.02134.x

    7. The Co-Occurrence of Chronic Diseases and Geriatric Syndromes: The Health and Retirement Study (pages 511–516)

      Pearl G. Lee, Christine Cigolle and Caroline Blaum

      Article first published online: 23 JAN 2009 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2008.02150.x

  4. Brief Methodological Reports

    1. Top of page
    2. Special Article
    3. Clinical Investigations
    4. Brief Reports
    5. Brief Methodological Reports
    6. Education and Training
    7. Drugs and Pharmacology
    8. Models of Geriatric Care, Quality Improvement, and Program Dissemination
    9. Editorial
    10. Letters to the Editor
    11. Referee Acknowledgment List
    12. Erratum
    13. Notices
    1. Inconsistency in Classification and Reporting of In-Hospital Falls (pages 517–523)

      Terry P. Haines, Bernadette Massey, Paul Varghese, Jennifer Fleming and Len Gray

      Article first published online: 29 JAN 2009 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2008.02142.x

  5. Education and Training

    1. Top of page
    2. Special Article
    3. Clinical Investigations
    4. Brief Reports
    5. Brief Methodological Reports
    6. Education and Training
    7. Drugs and Pharmacology
    8. Models of Geriatric Care, Quality Improvement, and Program Dissemination
    9. Editorial
    10. Letters to the Editor
    11. Referee Acknowledgment List
    12. Erratum
    13. Notices
    1. A Brief, Intensive, Clinically Focused Geriatrics Course During the Third Year of Medical School (pages 524–529)

      Alfred L. Fisher, Elizabeth A. O'Keefe, Joseph T. Hanlon, Stephanie A. Studenski, John G. Hennon and Neil M. Resnick

      Article first published online: 21 JAN 2009 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2008.02135.x

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      Emergency Medical Service Attitudes Toward Geriatric Prehospital Care and Continuing Medical Education in Geriatrics (pages 530–535)

      Lars-Kristofer N. Peterson, Rollin J. Fairbanks, Aaron Z. Hettinger and Manish N. Shah

      Article first published online: 11 DEC 2008 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2008.02108.x

  6. Drugs and Pharmacology

    1. Top of page
    2. Special Article
    3. Clinical Investigations
    4. Brief Reports
    5. Brief Methodological Reports
    6. Education and Training
    7. Drugs and Pharmacology
    8. Models of Geriatric Care, Quality Improvement, and Program Dissemination
    9. Editorial
    10. Letters to the Editor
    11. Referee Acknowledgment List
    12. Erratum
    13. Notices
    1. Systematic Review of Measures of Clinical Significance Employed in Randomized Controlled Trials of Drugs for Dementia (pages 536–546)

      Frank J. Molnar, Malcolm Man-Son-Hing and Dean Fergusson

      Article first published online: 29 JAN 2009 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2008.02122.x

  7. Models of Geriatric Care, Quality Improvement, and Program Dissemination

    1. Top of page
    2. Special Article
    3. Clinical Investigations
    4. Brief Reports
    5. Brief Methodological Reports
    6. Education and Training
    7. Drugs and Pharmacology
    8. Models of Geriatric Care, Quality Improvement, and Program Dissemination
    9. Editorial
    10. Letters to the Editor
    11. Referee Acknowledgment List
    12. Erratum
    13. Notices
    1. A Practice-Based Intervention to Improve Primary Care for Falls, Urinary Incontinence, and Dementia : (See editorial comments by C. Seth Landefeld, pp 000–000) (pages 547–555)

      Neil S. Wenger, Carol P. Roth, Paul G. Shekelle, Roy T. Young, David H. Solomon, Caren J. Kamberg, John T. Chang, Rachel Louie, Takahiro Higashi, Catherine H. MacLean, John Adams, Lillian C. Min, Kurt Ransohoff, Marc Hoffing and David B. Reuben

      Article first published online: 21 JAN 2009 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2008.02128.x

  8. Editorial

    1. Top of page
    2. Special Article
    3. Clinical Investigations
    4. Brief Reports
    5. Brief Methodological Reports
    6. Education and Training
    7. Drugs and Pharmacology
    8. Models of Geriatric Care, Quality Improvement, and Program Dissemination
    9. Editorial
    10. Letters to the Editor
    11. Referee Acknowledgment List
    12. Erratum
    13. Notices
    1. Pragmatic Approaches that Improve Care for Geriatric Conditions: Balancing the Promise and the Peril of Quality Indicators (pages 556–558)

      C. Seth Landefeld

      Article first published online: 3 MAR 2009 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2008.02140.x

  9. Letters to the Editor

    1. Top of page
    2. Special Article
    3. Clinical Investigations
    4. Brief Reports
    5. Brief Methodological Reports
    6. Education and Training
    7. Drugs and Pharmacology
    8. Models of Geriatric Care, Quality Improvement, and Program Dissemination
    9. Editorial
    10. Letters to the Editor
    11. Referee Acknowledgment List
    12. Erratum
    13. Notices
    1. OBTURATOR HERNIA: AN UNUSUAL CAUSE OF INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION (pages 559–560)

      Hui-Wen Pai, Chia-Ming Chang, I-Chien Wu and Chia-Ming Chang

      Article first published online: 3 MAR 2009 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2009.02139.x

    2. MULTIMORBIDITY AND POLYPHARMACY: HOW TO REDUCE THE HARMFUL DRUG LOAD AND YET ADD NEEDED DRUGS IN THE ELDERLY? PROPOSAL OF A NEW DRUG CLASSIFICATION: FIT FOR THE AGED (pages 560–561)

      Martin Wehling

      Article first published online: 3 MAR 2009 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2009.02131.x

    3. ORAL MIDAZOLAM FOR DEMENTIA-RELATED RESPONSE AGITATION (pages 561–562)

      Michael J. Passmore, Les Sheldon, Stuart Lax, Michael Wilkins-Ho and Martin Illing

      Article first published online: 3 MAR 2009 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2009.02162.x

    4. TREATMENT WITH METFORMIN IS PROTECTIVE AGAINST LIMITATIONS IN INSTRUMENTAL ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING IN OLDER SUBJECTS WITH TYPE 2 DIABETES MELLITUS (pages 562–564)

      Gherardo Mazziotti, Simonetta Bossoni, Stefania Orini, Petronilla Salimbeni, Carmine Gazzaruso, Bruno S. Solerte, Pierpaolo Vescovi, Giuseppe Romanelli and Andrea Giustina

      Article first published online: 3 MAR 2009 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2009.02156.x

    5. AN UNUSUAL CASE OF NIGHTMARES WITH GALANTAMINE (page 565)

      Abid Iraqi and Terry Lynn Hughes

      Article first published online: 3 MAR 2009 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2009.02157.x

    6. NOT A RETREAT, BUT ADVANCING ON NUMEROUS FRONTS (pages 565–566)

      A. John Campbell and M. Clare Robertson

      Article first published online: 3 MAR 2009 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2009.02154.x

    7. RESPONSE LETTER TO DRS. CAMPBELL AND ROBERTSON (pages 566–567)

      Mary E. Tinetti

      Article first published online: 3 MAR 2009 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2009.02158.x

    8. GLUCOSE AND LIPID PROFILE OF A LONG-LIVED RURAL HAN CHINESE POPULATION AND THEIR FAMILIES IN SOUTHWEST CHINA (pages 567–568)

      Yuan-Ying Gong, Liang Xie, Wei-Ping Zhou, Ya-Ping Zhang, Yuan-Ying Gong, Liang Xie, Shi-Gang Lian, Juan Yang, Xue-Yi Wang, Zhao Yang, Shou-Jun Gao, Liang-You Xu and Wei-Ping Zhou

      Article first published online: 3 MAR 2009 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2009.02155.x

    9. PROMPT RECOGNITION AND TREATMENT IN TRAUMATIC RETRO-ORBITAL HEMATOMA IN ANTICOAGULATED ELDERLY PEOPLE CAN SAVE SIGHT (pages 568–569)

      Mark Scott and Alexander Thomson

      Article first published online: 3 MAR 2009 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2009.02159.x

    10. INFECTION CONTROL IN LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES: THE NEED FOR ENGAGEMENT (pages 569–570)

      Denise R. Flinn and Preeti N. Malani

      Article first published online: 3 MAR 2009 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2009.02160.x

    11. CONTROVERSY IN TREATING THE OLDEST OLD WITH HYPERTENSION: IS THE HYPERTENSION IN THE VERY ELDERLY TRIAL THE FINAL ANSWER? (pages 570–571)

      Dmitry Abramov and Huai Cheng

      Article first published online: 3 MAR 2009 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2009.02148.x

    12. EFFECT OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY COUNSELING ON HOME CARE USE IN OLDER PEOPLE (pages 571–573)

      Mikaela B. Von Bonsdorff, Raija Leinonen, Urho M. Kujala, Eino Heikkinen, Timo Törmäkangas, Mirja Hirvensalo, Minna Rasinaho, Sirkka Karhula, Minna Mänty and Taina Rantanen

      Article first published online: 3 MAR 2009 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2009.02163.x

    13. OLDER PATIENTS HAVE HIGHER CONVERSION RATES FOR LAPAROSCOPIC CHOLECYSTECTOMY THAN YOUNGER PATIENTS (pages 573–574)

      Suzanne Timmons, Ashfaq Chandio, Aongus Twomey and Fuad Aftab

      Article first published online: 3 MAR 2009 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2009.02151.x

    14. RESPONSE LETTER TO DR. TIMMONS ET AL.: ADVANCED AGE DOES NOT CARRY ANY RISK OF CONVERSION (page 574)

      I. Oskay Kaya and M. Mahir Ozmen

      Article first published online: 3 MAR 2009 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2009.02161.x

  10. Referee Acknowledgment List

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    2. Special Article
    3. Clinical Investigations
    4. Brief Reports
    5. Brief Methodological Reports
    6. Education and Training
    7. Drugs and Pharmacology
    8. Models of Geriatric Care, Quality Improvement, and Program Dissemination
    9. Editorial
    10. Letters to the Editor
    11. Referee Acknowledgment List
    12. Erratum
    13. Notices
    1. List of Referees/Reviewers for the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society from July to December 2008 (pages 575–578)

      Article first published online: 3 MAR 2009 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2009.02222.x

  11. Erratum

    1. Top of page
    2. Special Article
    3. Clinical Investigations
    4. Brief Reports
    5. Brief Methodological Reports
    6. Education and Training
    7. Drugs and Pharmacology
    8. Models of Geriatric Care, Quality Improvement, and Program Dissemination
    9. Editorial
    10. Letters to the Editor
    11. Referee Acknowledgment List
    12. Erratum
    13. Notices
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      ERRATUM (page 579)

      Article first published online: 3 MAR 2009 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2009.02255.x

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      Omega-3 Fatty Acid Supplementation Effects on Weight and Appetite in Patients with Alzheimer's Disease: The Omega-3 Alzheimer's Disease Study

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  12. Notices

    1. Top of page
    2. Special Article
    3. Clinical Investigations
    4. Brief Reports
    5. Brief Methodological Reports
    6. Education and Training
    7. Drugs and Pharmacology
    8. Models of Geriatric Care, Quality Improvement, and Program Dissemination
    9. Editorial
    10. Letters to the Editor
    11. Referee Acknowledgment List
    12. Erratum
    13. Notices
    1. Conferences and Courses (pages 580–584)

      Article first published online: 3 MAR 2009 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2009.02254.x

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