Journal of the American Geriatrics Society Issues Research Articles in December 2019 Edition

NEW YORK, Dec. 9 -- The Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, a peer-reviewed journal that says it publishes clinical aging research, published research articles on the following topics in its December 2019 edition:

* Associations between Skeletal Muscle and Myocardium in Aging: A Syndrome of "Cardio-Sarcopenia"?

* Bimanual Gesture Imitation Links to Cognition and Olfaction

* Comorbidity Profiles Identified in Older Primary Care Patients Who Attempt Suicide

* Cost-Related Medication Nonadherence Among Older Adults: Findings From a Nationally Representative Sample

* Dedicated to the Mission: Strategies US Department of Veterans Affairs Home-Based Primary Care Teams Apply to Keep Veterans at Home

* Health Insurance and Disparities in Mortality among Older Survivors of Critical Illness: A Population Study

* Institutional Special Needs Plans and Hospice Enrollment in Nursing Homes: A National Analysis

* Medication Use Quality and Safety in Older Adults: 2018 Update

* Midlife Cardiovascular Status and Old Age Physical Functioning Trajectories in Older Businessmen

* Pain Management in Nursing Home Residents: Findings from a Pilot Effectiveness-Implementation Study

* Polypharmacy and Incident Frailty in a Longitudinal Community-Based Cohort Study

* Predicting Hospital Readmissions from Home Healthcare in Medicare Beneficiaries

* Resiliency Groups Following Hip Fracture in Older Adults

* Self-Reported Prescription Drug Use for Pain and for Sleep and Incident Frailty

* Socratic Inquiry Into the Nature of Frailty

* The Association Between Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol and Incident Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease in Older Adults: Results From the National Institutes of Health Pooled Cohorts

* The Epidemiology of Patient-Reported Hypersomnia in Persons With Advanced Age

* The Impact of Self-Reported Vision and Hearing Impairment on Health Expectancy

* When Women Rise, We All Rise: American Geriatrics Society Position Statement on Achieving Gender Equity in Geriatrics

The December 2019 edition of the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society can be viewed at https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/15325415/2019/67/12. The journal is published by John Wiley & Sons.