Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, EarlyView. from Wiley: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society: Table of Contents https://ift.tt/3euKVk7

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, EarlyView. from Wiley: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society: Table of Contents https://ift.tt/2PHUmD7

OBJECTIVES To determine whether depression and anxiety are associated with advance care planning (ACP) engagement or values concerning future medical care. DESIGN Cross‐sectional. PARTICIPANTS English‐ and Spanish‐speaking patients, aged 55 years…

BACKGROUND Inappropriate prescribing is a highly important problem, given the growing aging multimorbid population with associated polypharmacy. An increasing number of studies have recently developed and tested interventions to withdraw…

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, EarlyView. from Wiley: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society: Table of Contents https://ift.tt/3ea7wTd

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) is now an epidemic of global proportion, with major adverse impacts on older adults, persons with chronic diseases, and especially residents of long‐term care facilities. This…

BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES Oral anticoagulation (OAC) is challenging in older patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (NVAF) who are often frail and have cognitive impairment. We examined the characteristics of older NVAF patients…