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The impact of health and financial literacy on decision making in community-based older adultsBryan D James
Rush Alzheimer s Disease Center, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
Gerontology 58:531-9. 2012....
Total daily activity measured with actigraphy and motor function in community-dwelling older persons with and without dementiaBryan D James
Rush Alzheimer s Disease Center, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
Alzheimer Dis Assoc Disord 26:238-45. 2012..These associations did not vary by dementia status. Actigraphy may provide a means to more fully explicate the nature and course of motor impairment in old age...
Late-life social activity and cognitive decline in old ageBryan D James
Rush Alzheimer s Disease Center, Chicago, Illinois 60612, USA
J Int Neuropsychol Soc 17:998-1005. 2011..These results confirm that more socially active older adults experience less cognitive decline in old age...
Life space and risk of Alzheimer disease, mild cognitive impairment, and cognitive decline in old ageBryan D James
Department of Internal Medicine, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 19:961-9. 2011....
Relation of late-life social activity with incident disability among community-dwelling older adultsBryan D James
Rush University Medical Center, Room 1038, 600 South Paulina Street, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 66:467-73. 2011..We tested the hypothesis that a higher level of social activity was associated with decreased risk of incident disability in older adults...
Increasing incidence of dementia in the oldest old: evidence and implicationsBryan D James
Rush Alzheimer s Disease Center, 600 South Paulina Street, Room 1038, Chicago, IL 60612, USA, Department of Medicine, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA
Alzheimers Res Ther 2:9. 2010..Strategies for prevention and treatment will require more information regarding risk factors and the etiopathogenesis of dementia in the oldest old...
Interpreting the clinical significance of capacity scores for informed consent in Alzheimer disease clinical trialsJason Karlawish
Department of Medicine, Alzheimer s Disease Center, Leonard Davis Institute for Health Economics, Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Pennsylvania, School of Medicine, PA, USA
Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 16:568-74. 2008..Among Alzheimer disease (AD) patients enrolled in a clinical trial, the authors assessed the ability of a standardized capacity assessment procedure to identify persons who are capable of giving their own informed consent...
Loneliness and the rate of motor decline in old age: the Rush Memory and Aging Project, a community-based cohort studyAron S Buchman
Department of Neurological Sciences, Rush Alzheimer s Disease Center, Rush University Medical Center, 600 S, Paulina, Chicago, Illinois 60612, USA
BMC Geriatr 10:77. 2010..We tested the hypothesis that feeling alone is associated with the rate of motor decline in community-dwelling older persons...
Why would caregivers not want to treat their relative's Alzheimer's disease?Jason H T Karlawish
Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 51:1391-7. 2003..To determine family caregivers' willingness to use Alzheimer's disease (AD)-slowing medicines and to examine the relationships between this willingness, dementia severity, and caregiver characteristics...
Association between life space and risk of mortality in advanced agePatricia A Boyle
Rush Alzheimer s Disease Center, Chicago, Illinois 60612, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 58:1925-30. 2010..To examine the association between life space, a measure of functional status that describes the range of movement through the environment covered during daily functioning, and the risk of mortality in older community-based persons...
How do patients with Alzheimer disease rate their overall quality of life?Bryan D James
Department of Medicine, Institute on Aging, 3615 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 13:484-90. 2005..The authors asked how Alzheimer disease (AD) patients assess their overall quality of life (QOL) and sought to determine the characteristics associated with this assessment...
Correlates of health and financial literacy in older adults without dementiaJarred S Bennett
Rush Alzheimer s Disease Center, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA
BMC Geriatr 12:30. 2012..Our study examines the relation of health and financial literacy with health promoting behaviors and health status among community-based older persons...
Relation of driving status to incident life space constriction in community-dwelling older persons: a prospective cohort studyRaj C Shah
Rush Alzheimer s Disease Center, Rush University Medical Center, 600 South Paulina, Suite 1022, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 67:984-9. 2012..We examined whether being licensed to drive is associated with maintaining spatial movement in older persons initially reporting maximum spatial mobility...
The views of Alzheimer disease patients and their study partners on proxy consent for clinical trial enrollmentJason Karlawish
Department of Medicine, Alzheimer s Disease Center, Leonard Davis Institute for Health Economics, University of Pennsylvania, School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 16:240-7. 2008..To examine the views of Alzheimer disease (AD) patients and their study partners on the ethics of proxy consent for clinical research...
Alzheimer's disease patients' and caregivers' capacity, competency, and reasons to enroll in an early-phase Alzheimer's disease clinical trialJason H T Karlawish
Department of Medicine, Division of Geriatrics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 50:2019-24. 2002..To examine the capacity, competency, and reasons for enrolling of patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) and of their caregivers in an early phase AD clinical trial...
Relationship between Alzheimer's disease severity and patient participation in decisions about their medical careJason H T Karlawish
Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA
J Geriatr Psychiatry Neurol 15:68-72. 2002..Beyond mild-stage disease, the clinician can largely expect that the caregiver is making the final decisions. These results illustrate how and when caregivers can expect changes in their decision making role...
Altered NEP2 expression and activity in mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's diseaseJeffrey Y Huang
Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, North Chicago, IL 60064, USA
J Alzheimers Dis 28:433-41. 2012..Our finding that NEP2 expression and activity are altered in MCI is significant as these changes may potentially serve as preclinical markers for AD and reduced NEP2 activity may be associated with the development of AD...
