Journal of Applied Gerontology, Ahead of Print. Nonoperative treatment is used at varying rates among older adults with hip fractures despite the high mortality. This retrospective analysis of 7803 patients 65 and older admitted with hip fractures is t…
Journal of Applied Gerontology, Ahead of Print. Objective. This study investigates changes in clinical encounters due to falls before and after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods. De-identified health record data from a large mid-western healt…
Journal of Applied Gerontology, Ahead of Print. Family members are involved in the lives of older adults with dementia in complex ways. This scoping review synthesizes existing research on family involvement in the care of nursing home residents with a…
Journal of Applied Gerontology, Ahead of Print. Older adults with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (ADRD) had a high risk of COVID-19-related mortality. Racial and ethnic minorities were disproportionally impacted by the pandemic. The variatio…
Journal of Applied Gerontology, Ahead of Print. This study investigated the benefits and challenges of intergenerational tutoring in a post-pandemic context. We explored how the benefits of intergenerational tutoring vary among subgroups of volunteers—…
Journal of Applied Gerontology, Ahead of Print. This study pinpoints the areas in gerontological research that have commanded the most public attention as scored by Altmetric. We collected 12,740 outputs published in gerontological journals over 5 year…
Journal of Applied Gerontology, Ahead of Print. We evaluated the relationship between neighborhood disadvantage (measured by the Area Deprivation Index [ADI]) and frailty. We performed a secondary analysis, pooling cross-sectional data collected from 2…
Journal of Applied Gerontology, Ahead of Print. Effective disease management in older adults relies on medication adherence to prevent adverse outcomes like hospitalization, particularly among those with cognitive impairment. In this study, we examined…
Journal of Applied Gerontology, Ahead of Print. Housing solutions for older adults aim at providing a safe environment to live in. The construction is heavily based on aspects of physical safety, often disregarding the social aspects of feeling safe. T…
Journal of Applied Gerontology, Ahead of Print. Home and community-based physical activity (HCBPA) has been extensively utilized among older adults. Nevertheless, the varying types of HCBPA, including different duration, intensity, and frequency, have …