2024
Early-Life Circumstances and Racial Disparities in Cognition Among Older Adults in the US
Lin Z, Ye J, Allore H, Gill T, Chen X. Early-Life Circumstances and Racial Disparities in Cognition Among Older Adults in the US. JAMA Internal Medicine 2024, 184: 904-914. PMID: 38805197, PMCID: PMC11134283, DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2024.1132.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEarly-life circumstancesLate-life cognitionRacial disparitiesCross-sectional studyBlack participantsWhite participantsCognitive scoresCognitive impairmentRacial differencesTelephone Interview for Cognitive StatusHealth and Retirement StudyAssociated with racial disparitiesPromote health equityPrevalence of cognitive impairmentIntervention of cognitive impairmentNon-Hispanic blacksSurvey of US adultsNon-Hispanic whitesReduce racial disparitiesPrimary explanatory variableSubstantial racial differencesHealth equityRetirement StudyOlder AdultsUS adultsFunctional disability and receipt of informal care among Chinese adults living alone with cognitive impairment
Liu X, Li C, Jin S, Cao X, Hoogendijk E, Han L, Xu X, Allore H, Feng Q, Zhang Q, Liu Z. Functional disability and receipt of informal care among Chinese adults living alone with cognitive impairment. Experimental Gerontology 2024, 194: 112490. PMID: 38876449, DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2024.112490.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchActivities of daily livingBurden of functional disabilityInformal careFunctional disabilityActivities of daily living disabilityCognitive impairmentChinese adultsInstrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADLReceipt of informal careNormal cognitionLong-term care servicesIADL disabilityInstrumental activitiesMobility disabilityProvision of long-term care servicesChina HealthFunctional healthCare servicesDaily livingMatched comparatorsOdds ratioMonthly hoursVulnerable subpopulationsCareDisabilityMental-somatic multimorbidity in trajectories of cognitive function for middle-aged and older adults
Chen S, Nagel C, Liu R, Botoseneanu A, Allore H, Newsom J, Thielke S, Kaye J, Quiñones A. Mental-somatic multimorbidity in trajectories of cognitive function for middle-aged and older adults. PLOS ONE 2024, 19: e0303599. PMID: 38743678, PMCID: PMC11093294, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0303599.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOdds of cognitive impairmentGroup-based trajectory modelingMultimorbidity combinationsLate-life increaseOlder adultsNon-Hispanic white adultsHigh riskHealth and Retirement StudyMiddle-agedHealth-related factorsTrajectories of cognitive functionCognitive declineCognitive impairmentMultinomial logistic regression modelMultinomial logistic regression analysisLow riskLogistic regression modelsLow initial riskTrajectory group membershipLogistic regression analysisRetirement StudyNon-HispanicMultimorbidityWhite adultsHispanic respondents
2023
EARLY-LIFE CIRCUMSTANCES AND RACIAL DISPARITIES IN COGNITION AMONG US OLDER ADULTS
Lin Z, Ye J, Allore H, Gill T, Chen X. EARLY-LIFE CIRCUMSTANCES AND RACIAL DISPARITIES IN COGNITION AMONG US OLDER ADULTS. Innovation In Aging 2023, 7: 304-304. PMCID: PMC10735771, DOI: 10.1093/geroni/igad104.1011.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCARE-RECEIVING CHARACTERISTICS AMONG OLDER ADULTS WITH DIFFERENT MENTAL–SOMATIC MULTIMORBIDITY COMBINATIONS
Liu M, Nagel C, Chen S, Allore H, Kaye J, Quiñones A. CARE-RECEIVING CHARACTERISTICS AMONG OLDER ADULTS WITH DIFFERENT MENTAL–SOMATIC MULTIMORBIDITY COMBINATIONS. Innovation In Aging 2023, 7: 821-821. PMCID: PMC10738666, DOI: 10.1093/geroni/igad104.2648.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCognitive impairmentCognitive impairment groupMultimorbidity combinationsOlder adultsDepression groupMore caregiversImpairment groupLower self-rated healthSomatic conditionsNon-Hispanic blacksCombination of depressionSelf-rated healthMore functional limitationsAging Trends StudyMore hoursMultimorbidity patternsUnderweight BMINational HealthFunctional limitationsMedicaid recipientsHealth outcomesDifferent careMental healthImpairmentDepression
2022
MENTAL-SOMATIC MULTIMORBIDITY IN GROUP-BASED TRAJECTORIES OF COGNITIVE FUNCTION FOR MIDDLE-AGED AND OLDER ADULTS
Chen S, Nagel C, Botoseneanu A, Allore H, Newsom J, Thielke S, Kaye J, Quiñones A. MENTAL-SOMATIC MULTIMORBIDITY IN GROUP-BASED TRAJECTORIES OF COGNITIVE FUNCTION FOR MIDDLE-AGED AND OLDER ADULTS. Innovation In Aging 2022, 6: 610-610. PMCID: PMC9770737, DOI: 10.1093/geroni/igac059.2273.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchLow baseline riskMultimorbidity combinationsBaseline riskCognitive impairmentSomatic multimorbidityHigher oddsHigher baseline riskCognitive impairment riskCognitive performanceGroup-based trajectory modelingRisk modificationSubsequent riskMultimorbiditySociodemographic factorsMental multimorbidityCognitive declineCognitive functionMiddle AgedOlder adultsImpairment riskImpairmentTrajectory class membershipRiskStrokeRetirement StudyEmergency Department Care Transitions for Patients With Cognitive Impairment: A Scoping Review
Gettel CJ, Falvey JR, Gifford A, Hoang L, Christensen LA, Hwang U, Shah MN, Network T, Aggarawal N, Allore H, Amy A, Belleville M, Bellolio M, Betz M, Biese K, Brandt C, Bruursema S, Carnahan R, Carpenter C, Carr D, Chin-Hansen J, Daven M, Degesys N, Dresden M, Dussetschleger J, Ellenbogen M, Falvey J, Foster B, Gettel C, Gifford A, Gilmore-Bykovskyi A, Goldberg E, Han J, Hardy J, Hastings S, Hirshon J, Hoang L, Hogan T, Hung W, Hwang U, Isaacs E, Jaspal N, Jobe D, Johnson J, Kelly K, Kennedy M, Kind A, Leggett J, Malone M, Moccia M, Moreno M, Morrow-Howell N, Nowroozpoor A, Ohuabunwa U, Oiyemhonian B, Perry W, Prusaczk B, Resendez J, Rising K, Sano M, Savage B, Shah M, Suyama J, Swartzberg J, Taylor Z, Vaishal T, Vann A, Webb T, Weintraub S. Emergency Department Care Transitions for Patients With Cognitive Impairment: A Scoping Review. Journal Of The American Medical Directors Association 2022, 23: 1313.e1-1313.e13. PMID: 35247358, PMCID: PMC9378565, DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2022.01.076.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCare transition interventionsRelevant patient-centered outcomesPatient-centered outcomesCognitive impairmentCare partnersTransition interventionsCare transitionsOlder adultsEmergency Department Care TransitionsED revisit ratesSystematic electronic searchFull-text reviewScoping ReviewMedical research databasesGeriatric assessmentSecondary outcomesSystematic scoping reviewED careED patientsED settingPhysical functionFuture investigationsCare coordinationOutpatient careEligible studies
2002
Understanding the Treatment Preferences of Seriously Ill Patients
Fried TR, Bradley EH, Towle VR, Allore H. Understanding the Treatment Preferences of Seriously Ill Patients. New England Journal Of Medicine 2002, 346: 1061-1066. PMID: 11932474, DOI: 10.1056/nejmsa012528.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBurden of treatmentTreatment preferencesAdverse outcomesCognitive impairmentChronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseLow-burden treatmentCongestive heart failureObstructive pulmonary diseaseSevere functional impairmentLimited life expectancyOutcome of treatmentAdvance care planningYears of agePercent of participantsLife-sustaining treatmentHeart failureIll patientsPulmonary diseaseQuestions patientsPatient preferencesPrimary diagnosisPatients' attitudesFunctional impairmentHigh burdenCare planning