"Alzheimer Disease as a Clinical-Biological Construct—An International Working Group Recommendation" (JAMA Neuro 2024) - "The approach of diagnosing AD without a clinical and biological construct would be unwarranted" - jamanetwork.com/journals/jaman…

Last night, Division members had a blast at The Bay Club for after-work pickleball! 🎾 After a fun intro lesson, teams battled it out, and Team James Deardorff/Louise Walter clinched 1st place, winning pickleball sets! 🏆

Dementia (Annals In the Clinic 2024) - "Treatment requires a broad approach that addresses comfort and quality of life, cognitive enhancement, stabilization of psychiatric symptoms, and caregiver well-being" - acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/AN…

"Enabling osteoporosis treatment in post-acute care: An algorithm for providers" (2024) - "A fracture is like a heart attack of the bones; unless medication changes are made quickly, the patient is likely to experience another injury." - sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

"As-Needed Blood Pressure Medication and Adverse Outcomes in VA Hospitals" (JAMA IM 2024) - "The results of this retrospective cohort study showed that as-needed BP medication use among veterans is associated with increased AKI risk" - jamanetwork.com/journals/jamai…

"Deprescribing considerations for central nervous system-active polypharmacy in patients with dementia" (JAGS 2024) - "Solutions for how to deprescribe central nervous system-active polypharmacy among older adults with dementia are urgently needed" - agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jg…

"Optimizing Care Planning for Older Adults in Primary Care" (JAMA IM 2024) - "Dying is hard; preventing goals-divergent care amid a culture of medicine that defaults to death-defying efforts is even harder." - jamanetwork.com/journals/jamai…

"A Framework for Considering the Value of Race and Ethnicity in Estimating Disease Risk" (Annals 2024) - "Given that the race-unaware models are starkly miscalibrated, it is perhaps surprising that the race-aware models do not yield larger utility gains" - acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/M2…

"Diagnosing Alzheimer Disease" (Continuum 2024) - A pragmatic approach is needed to recognize patients with symptomatic AD, stage the level of impairment, confirm the clinical diagnosis, and apply this information to advance therapeutic decision making. - journals.lww.com/continuum/full…

"Management of Hyperglycemia in Hospitalized Patients" (Annals 2024) - "Key considerations of inpatient diabetes management include initiation of appropriate insulin or medication regimens and frequent dose adjustments based on patient-specific factors" - acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/AN…

"Neighborhood Disadvantage in a Nationally Representative Sample of Community-Living Older US Adults" (JAMA NO 2024) - "the prevalence of neighborhood disadvantage was 15.8% but differed greatly across multiple subgroups" - jamanetwork.com/journals/jaman…

"Can We Improve Geriatrics Recruitment? An Analysis of U.S. Geriatrics Fellowship Programs on X" (JAGS 2024) - agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jg…

"Alzheimer's Association clinical practice guideline for the Diagnostic Evaluation, Testing, Counseling, and Disclosure of Suspected Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders (DETeCD-ADRD): Executive summary of recommendations for primary care" - alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/al…

"The Alzheimer's Association clinical practice guideline for the diagnostic evaluation, testing, counseling, and disclosure of suspected Alzheimer's disease and related disorders (DETeCD-ADRD): Validated clinical assessment instruments" - alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/al…

"Time to nursing home admission and death in people with dementia" (BMJ 2025) - Avg. life expectancy of 5.7y at age 65 to 2.2y at age 85 in men and 8.0y at 65 to 4.5y at 85 in women. ~1/3 of remaining LE was lived in NH, with >1/2 moving to NH within 5y - bmj.com/content/388/bm…

"“I Aim to Fulfill My Promise”: Dementia Caregiving from the Perspective of Spouses & Partners" - Deeper understanding of positive & negative aspects of the caregiving experience may help clinicians better support spouses/partners providing dementia care - journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/07…

"Mortality and Function After Hip Fracture or Pneumonia in People With and Without Dementia" (JAGS 2025) - People with dementia had higher 1-year mortality (35.4%) vs. people without dementia (24%), with similar patterns for pneumonia (49.6% vs. 39.7%) - agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jg…

"External Validation of the Walter Index for Posthospitalization Mortality Prediction in Older Adults" (JAMA NO 2025) - "the Walter Index demonstrated strong transportability and generalizability in predicting mortality in a contemporary non-US setting" - jamanetwork.com/journals/jaman…

Congrats to Drs. @alexleephd.bsky.social, James Deardorff, & sei on being named the inaugural SFCJL Research Scholars! Dr. Lee will also serve as interim director for research at SFCJL. 🎉 #Geriatrics

I'm proud to announce our new paper! Moving to a long-term care facility is a major late life decision. I know I've often benefitted from others' advice for my major life decisions. So I wondered: what advice is there for moving into an LTCF? agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.11…