Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

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February 2013

Volume 61, Issue 2

Pages 177–317

  1. Clinical Investigations

    1. Top of page
    2. Clinical Investigations
    3. Brief Reports
    4. Dental and Oral Health
    5. Ethnogeriatrics and Special Populations
    6. Controversies in Geriatrics and Gerontology
    7. Old Lives Tales
    8. Letters to the Editor
    9. Erratum
    10. Official Notices
    1. Adverse Oral Health and Cognitive Decline: The Health, Aging and Body Composition Study (pages 177–184)

      Robert Stewart, Robert J. Weyant, Melissa E. Garcia, Tamara Harris, Lenore J. Launer, Suzanne Satterfield, Eleanor M. Simonsick, Kristine Yaffe and Anne B. Newman

      Article first published online: 13 FEB 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/jgs.12094

    2. Flexible-Dose Fesoterodine in Elderly Adults with Overactive Bladder: Results of the Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study of Fesoterodine in an Aging Population Trial (pages 185–193)

      Adrian Wagg, Vik Khullar, Daniela Marschall-Kehrel, Martin C. Michel, Matthias Oelke, Amanda Darekar, Caty E. Bitoun, David Weinstein and Ian Osterloh

      Article first published online: 25 JAN 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/jgs.12088

    3. Antihypertensive Therapy and Cerebral Hemodynamics in Executive Mild Cognitive Impairment: Results of a Pilot Randomized Clinical Trial (pages 194–201)

      Ihab Hajjar, Meaghan Hart, Yu-Ling Chen, Wendy Mack, Vera Novak, Helena C. Chui and Lewis Lipsitz

      Article first published online: 25 JAN 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/jgs.12100

    4. Discriminative Ability and Predictive Validity of the Timed Up and Go Test in Identifying Older People Who Fall: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis (pages 202–208)

      Daniel Schoene, Sandy M.-S. Wu, A. Stefanie Mikolaizak, Jasmine C. Menant, Stuart T. Smith, Kim Delbaere and Stephen R. Lord

      Article first published online: 25 JAN 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/jgs.12106

    5. Advance Care Planning and the Quality of End-of-Life Care in Older Adults (pages 209–214)

      Kara E. Bischoff, Rebecca Sudore, Yinghui Miao, Walter John Boscardin and Alexander K. Smith

      Article first published online: 25 JAN 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/jgs.12105

    6. Psychotropic Medications and the Transition Into Care: A National Data Linkage Study (pages 215–221)

      Aideen Maguire, Carmel Hughes, Chris Cardwell and Dermot O'Reilly

      Article first published online: 15 JAN 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/jgs.12101

    7. Effect of Age on Treatment Outcomes in Clostridium difficile Infection (pages 222–230)

      Thomas J. Louie, Mark A. Miller, Derrick W. Crook, Arnold Lentnek, Louis Bernard, Kevin P. High, Youe-Kong Shue and Sherwood L. Gorbach

      Article first published online: 4 FEB 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/jgs.12090

  2. Brief Reports

    1. Top of page
    2. Clinical Investigations
    3. Brief Reports
    4. Dental and Oral Health
    5. Ethnogeriatrics and Special Populations
    6. Controversies in Geriatrics and Gerontology
    7. Old Lives Tales
    8. Letters to the Editor
    9. Erratum
    10. Official Notices
    1. Clinician Roles and Responsibilities During Care Transitions of Older Adults (pages 231–236)

      Nancy L. Schoenborn, Alicia I. Arbaje, Kathryn J. Eubank, Kenric Maynor and Joseph A. Carrese

      Article first published online: 15 JAN 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/jgs.12084

    2. Midlife Physical Activity Preserves Lower Extremity Function in Older Adults: Age Gene/Environment Susceptibility–Reykjavik Study (pages 237–242)

      Milan Chang, Jane S. Saczynski, Jon Snaedal, Sigurbjorn Bjornsson, Bjorn Einarsson, Melissa Garcia, Thor Aspelund, Kristine Siggeirsdottir, Vilmundur Gudnason, Lenore J. Launer, Tamara B. Harris and Palmi V. Jonsson

      Article first published online: 15 JAN 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/jgs.12077

    3. Collaborative Care Management Reduces Disparities in Dementia Care Quality for Caregivers with Less Education (pages 243–251)

      Arleen F. Brown, Stefanie D. Vassar, Karen I. Connor and Barbara G. Vickrey

      Article first published online: 15 JAN 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/jgs.12079

    4. Associations Between Visual, Hearing, and Dual Sensory Impairments and History of Motor Vehicle Collision Involvement of Older Drivers (pages 252–257)

      Kimberly A. Green, Gerald McGwin Jr. and Cynthia Owsley

      Article first published online: 25 JAN 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/jgs.12091

    5. Ten-Year Trajectory of Potentially Inappropriate Medications in Very Old Women: Importance of Cognitive Status (pages 258–263)

      Alain Koyama, Michael Steinman, Kristine Ensrud, Teresa A. Hillier and Kristine Yaffe

      Article first published online: 15 JAN 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/jgs.12093

    6. Every Patient Is an Individual: Clinicians Balance Individual Factors When Discussing Prognosis with Diverse Frail Elderly Adults (pages 264–269)

      Julie N. Thai, Louise C. Walter, Catherine Eng and Alexander K. Smith

      Article first published online: 15 JAN 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/jgs.12098

  3. Dental and Oral Health

    1. Top of page
    2. Clinical Investigations
    3. Brief Reports
    4. Dental and Oral Health
    5. Ethnogeriatrics and Special Populations
    6. Controversies in Geriatrics and Gerontology
    7. Old Lives Tales
    8. Letters to the Editor
    9. Erratum
    10. Official Notices
    1. A Community-Based Culturally Competent Oral Health Promotion for Migrant Older Adults Living in Melbourne, Australia (pages 270–275)

      Rodrigo Mariño, Hanny Calache and Mike Morgan

      Article first published online: 15 JAN 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/jgs.12078

  4. Ethnogeriatrics and Special Populations

    1. Top of page
    2. Clinical Investigations
    3. Brief Reports
    4. Dental and Oral Health
    5. Ethnogeriatrics and Special Populations
    6. Controversies in Geriatrics and Gerontology
    7. Old Lives Tales
    8. Letters to the Editor
    9. Erratum
    10. Official Notices
    1. Racial Differences in the Incidence of and Risk Factors for Atrial Fibrillation in Older Adults: The Cardiovascular Health Study (pages 276–280)

      Paul N. Jensen, Evan L. Thacker, Sascha Dublin, Bruce M. Psaty and Susan R. Heckbert

      Article first published online: 15 JAN 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/jgs.12085

  5. Controversies in Geriatrics and Gerontology

    1. Top of page
    2. Clinical Investigations
    3. Brief Reports
    4. Dental and Oral Health
    5. Ethnogeriatrics and Special Populations
    6. Controversies in Geriatrics and Gerontology
    7. Old Lives Tales
    8. Letters to the Editor
    9. Erratum
    10. Official Notices
    1. Fall Prevention: Single or Multiple Interventions? (page 281)

      Robert L. Kane and David A. Ganz

      Article first published online: 13 FEB 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/jgs.12095_1

      Corrected by:

      Erratum: Erratum

      Vol. 61, Issue 5, 853, Article first published online: 14 MAY 2013

    2. Fall Prevention: Single or Multiple Interventions? Single Interventions for Fall Prevention (pages 281–284)

      A. John Campbell and M. Clare Robertson

      Article first published online: 13 FEB 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/jgs.12095_2

      Corrected by:

      Erratum: Erratum

      Vol. 61, Issue 5, 853, Article first published online: 14 MAY 2013

    3. Fall Prevention Programs for Community-Dwelling Older People Should Primarily Target a Multifactorial Intervention Rather Than Exercise as a Single Intervention (pages 284–285)

      Lesley M. Day

      Article first published online: 13 FEB 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/jgs.12095_3

      Corrected by:

      Erratum: Erratum

      Vol. 61, Issue 5, 853, Article first published online: 14 MAY 2013

    4. Response to Day (pages 285–286)

      A. John Campbell and M. Clare Robertson

      Article first published online: 13 FEB 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/jgs.12095_4

      Corrected by:

      Erratum: Erratum

      Vol. 61, Issue 5, 853, Article first published online: 14 MAY 2013

    5. Response to Campbell and Robertson (pages 286–287)

      Lesley M. Day

      Article first published online: 13 FEB 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/jgs.12095_5

      Corrected by:

      Erratum: Erratum

      Vol. 61, Issue 5, 853, Article first published online: 14 MAY 2013

  6. Old Lives Tales

    1. Top of page
    2. Clinical Investigations
    3. Brief Reports
    4. Dental and Oral Health
    5. Ethnogeriatrics and Special Populations
    6. Controversies in Geriatrics and Gerontology
    7. Old Lives Tales
    8. Letters to the Editor
    9. Erratum
    10. Official Notices
    1. How We Die (page 288)

      Aroonsiri Sangarlangkarn

      Article first published online: 13 FEB 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/jgs.12097

  7. Letters to the Editor

    1. Top of page
    2. Clinical Investigations
    3. Brief Reports
    4. Dental and Oral Health
    5. Ethnogeriatrics and Special Populations
    6. Controversies in Geriatrics and Gerontology
    7. Old Lives Tales
    8. Letters to the Editor
    9. Erratum
    10. Official Notices

    1. Research

      Another Setting for Stewardship: High Rate of Unnecessary Antimicrobial Use in a Veterans Affairs Long-Term Care Facility (pages 289–290)

      Emily P. Peron, Amy A. Hirsch, Lucy A. Jury, Robin L. P. Jump and Curtis J. Donskey

      Article first published online: 13 FEB 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/jgs.12099

    2. The Moderating Effect of Medication Review on Polypharmacy and Loneliness in Older Chinese Adults in Primary Care (pages 290–292)

      Ben Chi-pun Liu and Iris Chi

      Article first published online: 13 FEB 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/jgs.12102

    3. Frailty and Its Associated Factors in an Elderly Taiwanese Metropolitan Population (pages 292–294)

      Cheng-Chieh Lin, Chia-Ing Li, Nai-Hsin Meng, Wen-Yuan Lin, Chiu-Shong Liu, Chih-Hsueh Lin, Chiu-Kai Chang, Yih-Dar Lee, Cheng-Chun Lee and Tsai-Chung Li

      Article first published online: 13 FEB 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/jgs.12103

    4. Frailty in the Oldest Old: Prevalence and Associated Factors (pages 294–296)

      Assumpta Ferrer, Teresa Badia, Francesc Formiga, Héctor Sanz, Maria J. Megido and Ramón Pujol, Octabaiz Study Group

      Article first published online: 13 FEB 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/jgs.12154

    5. Economic Costs to Businesses Attributable to Caregiving in Los Angeles County (pages 296–298)

      Mirna Ponce, Ricardo Basurto-Dávila and Tony Kuo

      Article first published online: 13 FEB 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/jgs.12112

    6. Determinants of Discharge to Long-Term Care After a Lower Limb Amputation (pages 298–299)

      Lauren V. Fortington, Pieter U. Dijkstra and Jan H. B. Geertzen

      Article first published online: 13 FEB 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/jgs.12114

    7. Risk of Hospital Readmission for Older Adults Discharged on Friday (pages 300–301)

      Lauren E. Graham, Bruce Leff and Alicia I. Arbaje

      Article first published online: 13 FEB 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/jgs.12107

    8. Case Reports

      Acute Epiglottitis in a 79-Year-Old Man (pages 301–303)

      Min-Po Ho, An-Hsun Chou, Szu-Fen Huang and Wing-Keung Cheung

      Article first published online: 13 FEB 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/jgs.12111

    9. Intravascular Large B-Cell Lymphoma with Symptoms Resembling Progressive Dementia: A Clinical Case Report (pages 303–304)

      Masaki Ishii, Yasuhiro Yamaguchi, Mitsutaka Yakabe, Yumiko Ohike, Masato Eto, Koji Izutsu, Akira Hangaishi, Masahiro Akishita, Mineo Kurokawa and Yasuyoshi Ouchi

      Article first published online: 13 FEB 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/jgs.12110

    10. Giant Ovarian Cystadenofibroma Mimicking Ascites in an Elderly Adult (pages 304–306)

      Rafael Denadai, Andréia Padilha Toledo, Fernanda Brandão Eid, Natalia Mariana Germani, Wilson Chubassi de Aveiro and Wilson Sergio Cassim

      Article first published online: 13 FEB 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/jgs.12081

    11. Systemic Sarcoidosis with Subcutaneous Lesions in an 85-Year-Old Female (pages 306–307)

      Satoshi Yamaguchi, Koichiro Shinoda, Hirofumi Taki, Hiroyuki Hounoki, Maiko Okumura and Kazuyuki Tobe

      Article first published online: 13 FEB 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/jgs.12109

    12. Comments/Responses

      Do-Not-Resuscitate, the Next Generation: VF-Only (pages 307–308)

      Sonja E. van Roeden and Johannes J. M. van Delden

      Article first published online: 13 FEB 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/jgs.12104

    13. Geriatric Issues After Recent Twin Earthquakes in Northwest Iran (pages 308–309)

      Samad E.J. Golzari and Kamyar Ghabili

      Article first published online: 13 FEB 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/jgs.12113

    14. Medicare Part D Enrollees' Use of Out-of-Plan Discounted Generic Drugs, Revisited (pages 309–310)

      Jonathan Harding

      Article first published online: 13 FEB 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/jgs.12076

    15. Response Letter to Jonathan Harding (page 310)

      Bruce Stuart and F. Ellen Loh

      Article first published online: 13 FEB 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/jgs.12080

    16. Vitamin B12 and Peripheral Nerve Function in Elderly Adults: “Functional” B12 Deficiency As a Confounding Variable (pages 310–311)

      Lawrence R. Solomon

      Article first published online: 13 FEB 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/jgs.12092

    17. Response Letter to Lawrence Solomon (pages 312–313)

      Kira Leishear, Stephanie A. Studenski, Luigi Ferrucci, Nathalie de Rekeneire, Stephen B. Kritchevsky, Aaron I. Vinik, Eva Hogervorst, Tamara B. Harris, Anne B. Newman and Elsa S. Strotmeyer

      Article first published online: 13 FEB 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/jgs.12089

    18. Something Just Doesn't Smell Quite Right (page 313)

      Joshua R. Lakin and Eric Widera Doe

      Article first published online: 13 FEB 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/jgs.12096

      Corrected by:

      Erratum: Erratum

      Vol. 61, Issue 4, 673, Article first published online: 14 APR 2013

    19. Response Letter to Lakin and Doe (pages 313–314)

      Satoru Ebihara, Freeman Shannon, Yuko Sakamoto, Takae Ebihara and Masahiro Kohzuki

      Article first published online: 13 FEB 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/jgs.12108

  8. Erratum

    1. Top of page
    2. Clinical Investigations
    3. Brief Reports
    4. Dental and Oral Health
    5. Ethnogeriatrics and Special Populations
    6. Controversies in Geriatrics and Gerontology
    7. Old Lives Tales
    8. Letters to the Editor
    9. Erratum
    10. Official Notices
    1. You have free access to this content
      Erratum (page 315)

      Article first published online: 13 FEB 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/jgs.12201

      This article corrects:

      High Blood Pressure and Resilience to Physical and Cognitive Decline in the Oldest Old: The Leiden 85-Plus Study

      Vol. 60, Issue 11, 2014–2019, Article first published online: 5 NOV 2012

  9. Official Notices

    1. Top of page
    2. Clinical Investigations
    3. Brief Reports
    4. Dental and Oral Health
    5. Ethnogeriatrics and Special Populations
    6. Controversies in Geriatrics and Gerontology
    7. Old Lives Tales
    8. Letters to the Editor
    9. Erratum
    10. Official Notices
    1. Notices (pages 316–317)

      Article first published online: 13 FEB 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/jgs.12202

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