JAMDA
Volume 11, Issue 4 , Pages 253-256, May 2010

Prevalence of Delirium on Admission to Postacute Care is Associated With a Higher Number of Nursing Home Deficiencies

  • Richard N. Jones, ScD

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Aging Research, Hebrew SeniorLife, Boston, MA
    • Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA
    • Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Richard N. Jones, ScD, Institute for Aging Research, Hebrew SeniorLife, 1200 Centre Street, Boston, MA 02131.
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  • Dan K. Kiely, MPH, MA

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Aging Research, Hebrew SeniorLife, Boston, MA
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  • Edward R. Marcantonio, MD, SM

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Aging Research, Hebrew SeniorLife, Boston, MA
    • Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA
    • Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

published online 08 March 2010.

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 The Trial to Reduce Delirium in Aged Post Acute Patients is registered at www.clinicaltrials.gov (NCT00182936) and is no longer accepting participants.

 Funded in part by grants from the National Institute on Aging, R01AG17649 and P60AG008812. E.R.M. is a Paul Beeson Physician Faculty Scholar in Aging Research. The research was completed independent of influence from the funding sources. All authors had full access to all of the data in the study. R.N.J. and E.R.M. take responsibility for the integrity of the data and the accuracy of the data analysis.

PII: S1525-8610(09)00294-1

doi:10.1016/j.jamda.2009.08.009

JAMDA
Volume 11, Issue 4 , Pages 253-256, May 2010

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