… Beck is a senior research fellow at Accenture, a visiting professor at the Anderson School
of Management at the University of California, and an adjunct professor at the Ivey School at …

To lay the groundwork for devising, improving and implementing strategies to prevent or
delay the onset of disability in the elderly, we conducted a systematic literature review of …

Increasing attention is being paid to inappropriate medication use in nursing homes. However,
criteria defining the appropriate or inappropriate use of medication in this setting are not …

Purpose: There is a need for valid and reliable short scales that can be used to assess social
networks and social supports and to screen for social isolation in older persons. Design …

Pendred syndrome is a recessively inherited disorder with the hallmark features of congenital
deafness and thyroid goitre. By some estimates, the disorder may account for upwards of …

This study was designed to demonstrate the feasibility of forecasting functional health for the
elderly. Using life-table techniques, we analyzed the expected remaining years of functional …

ContextThe effects of home visitation programs to prevent functional decline in elderly
persons have been inconsistent, and the value of these programs is controversial.ObjectiveTo …

Estimates of the prevalence of Parkinson’s disease in North America have varied widely
and many estimates are based on small numbers of cases and from small regional …

Normal human diploid fibroblasts have a finite replicative lifespan in vitro, which has been
postulated to be a cellular manifestation of aging in vivo. Several studies have shown an …

Background and Methods The prevention of disability in elderly people poses a challenge for
health care and social services. We conducted a three-year, randomized, controlled trial of …