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Caring for the Ages
Selected Articles from
December 2002;
Vol. 3, No. 12
LTC Staff Sensitized to Needs of Gay Elders
Time to Put Survey Reform into Action
OIG Cautions Drug Industry on Relationships with Physicians
Curbing Restraint-Related Litigation
2002 Research Roundup Incorporating Clinical Study Results into Daily Practice
Focusing in on the Critical Role of Nursing Home Owners & Administrators
A Daughter's Journal: Loneliness of the Long-Distance Caregiver
Power of the Pen in Long-Term Care
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2002 Research Roundup Incorporating Clinical Study Results into Daily Practice

by Barbara Resnick, PhD, CNRP

This Special Report presents a roundup of studies published in the past year or so that are particularly relevant to long-term care providers. The studies were culled from the geriatrics literature based on their relevance to everyday practice across the continuum of care.

Exercise and depressive symptoms: a comparison of aerobic and resistance exercise effects on emotional and physical function in older persons with high and low depressive symptomatology

Efficacy, safety, and tolerability of extended-release once-daily tolterodine treatment for overactive bladder in older versus younger patients

The eden alternative findings after 1 year of implementation

Oral care reduces pneumonia in older patients in nursing homes

Does advanced age affect the immediate and long-term results of direct-current external cardioversion of atrial fibrillation?

Resistance exercise and bone turnover in elderly men and women

Inappropriate medication prescribing in residential care/assisted living facilities

Risks and benefits of estrogen plus progestin in healthy postmenopausal women

The effects of animal-assisted therapy on loneliness in an elderly population in long-term care facilities

The impact of the use of statins on the prevalence of dementia and the progression of cognitive impairment

Effects of behavioral interventions on disruptive behavior and affect in demented nursing home residents

This article originally appeared in Caring for the Ages, December 2002; Vol. 3, No. 12, p. 18-22. Caring for the Ages is an official publication of the American Medical Directors Association, published by Elsevier. This article may not be reproduced in any form, print or electronic, without permission.

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