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Social Isolation and Loneliness Among San Francisco Bay Area Older Adults During the COVID‐19 Shelter‐in‐Place Orders by Kotwal, Ashwin A., Holt‐Lunstad, Julianne, Newmark, Rebecca L., Cenzer, Irena, Smith, Alexander K., Covinsky, Kenneth E., Escueta, Danielle P., Lee, Jina M., Perissinotto, Carla M.

“…BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES Physical distancing during the COVID‐19 pandemic may have unintended, detrimental effects on social isolation and loneliness among older…”
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Association Between Persistent Pain and Memory Decline and Dementia in a Longitudinal Cohort of Elders by Whitlock, Elizabeth L, Diaz-Ramirez, L Grisell, Glymour, M Maria, Boscardin, W John, Covinsky, Kenneth E, Smith, Alexander K

“…Chronic pain is common among the elderly and is associated with cognitive deficits in cross-sectional studies; the population-level association between chronic…”
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Advance Care Planning and the Quality of End-of-Life Care in Older Adults by Bischoff, Kara E., Sudore, Rebecca, Miao, Yinghui, Boscardin, Walter John, Smith, Alexander K.

“…Objectives To determine whether advance care planning influences quality of end‐of‐life care. Design In this observational cohort study, Medicare data and…”
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Assessing Risk for Adverse Outcomes in Older Adults: The Need to Include Both Physical Frailty and Cognition by Aliberti, Márlon J. R., Cenzer, Irena S., Smith, Alexander K., Lee, Sei J., Yaffe, Kristine, Covinsky, Kenneth E.

“…BACKGROUND Physical frailty is a powerful tool for identifying nondisabled individuals at high risk of adverse outcomes. The extent to which cognitive…”
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The epidemiology of social isolation and loneliness among older adults during the last years of life by Kotwal, Ashwin A, Cenzer, Irena S, Waite, Linda J, Covinsky, Kenneth E, Perissinotto, Carla M, Boscardin, W John, Hawkley, Louise C, Dale, William, Smith, Alexander K

“…Social isolation and loneliness are critical to the health of older adults, but they have not been well-described at the end of life. To determine the…”
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One-Year Mortality After Hip Fracture: Development and Validation of a Prognostic Index by Cenzer, Irena S., Tang, Victoria, Boscardin, W. John, Smith, Alexander K., Ritchie, Christine, Wallhagen, Margaret I., Espaldon, Roxanne, Covinsky, Kenneth E.

“…Objectives To develop a prediction index for 1‐year mortality after hip fracture in older adults that includes predictors from a wide range of domains. Design…”
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Disparities in advance care planning among older US immigrants by Mindo-Panusis, Dallas, Sudore, Rebecca L, Cenzer, Irena, Smith, Alexander K, Kotwal, Ashwin A

“…Despite known racial disparities in advance care planning (ACP), little is known about ACP disparities experienced by US immigrants. We used data from the 2016…”
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Ethical Challenges in Caring for Unrepresented Adults: A Qualitative Study of Key Stakeholders by Verma, Aradhana, Smith, Alexander K., Harrison, Krista L., Chodos, Anna H.

“…The decision‐making process on behalf of unrepresented adults (ie, those who lack capacity to make medical decisions and have no identifiable surrogate) is at…”
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Racial and Ethnic Differences in Advance Care Planning Among Patients With Cancer: Impact of Terminal Illness Acknowledgment, Religiousness, and Treatment Preferences by SMITH, Alexander K, MCCARTHY, Ellen P, PAULK, Elizabeth, BALBONI, Tracy A, MACIEJEWSKI, Paul K, BLOCK, Susan D, PRIGERSON, Holly G

“…Despite well-documented racial and ethnic differences in advance care planning (ACP), we know little about why these differences exist. This study tested…”
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Sense of Control in End‐of‐Life Decision‐Making by Romo, Rafael D., Allison, Theresa A., Smith, Alexander K., Wallhagen, Margaret I.

“…Objectives To explore how older adults in the community with a limited life expectancy make healthcare decisions and the processes used when they are not in an…”
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Factors Associated With the Place of Death in Huntington Disease: Analysis of Enroll-HD by Sokol, Leonard L, Nance, Martha, Kluger, Benzi M, Yeh, Chen, Paulsen, Jane S, Smith, Alexander K, Bega, Danny

“…Most people prefer to die at home. Hospice is the standard in end-of-life care for people with Huntington disease (HD), a neurodegenerative genetic disorder…”
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Difficulty Managing Medications and Finances in Older Adults: A 10‐year Cohort Study by Bleijenberg, Nienke, Smith, Alexander K., Lee, Sei J., Cenzer, Irena Stijacic, Boscardin, John W., Covinsky, Kenneth E.

“…Background Difficulty managing medicines and finances becomes increasingly common with advanced age, and compromises the ability to live safely and…”
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Am I Doing the Right Thing? Provider Perspectives on Improving Palliative Care in the Emergency Department by Smith, Alexander K., MD, MS, MPH, Fisher, Jonathan, MD, Schonberg, Mara A., MD, MPH, Pallin, Daniel J., MD, MPH, Block, Susan D., MD, Forrow, Lachlan, MD, Phillips, Russell S., MD, McCarthy, Ellen P., PhD, MPH

“…Study objective Although the focus of emergency care is on the diagnosis and treatment of acute illnesses and injuries or the stabilization of patients for…”
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Preoperative Factors Predict Memory Decline After Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting or Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in an Epidemiological Cohort of Older Adults by Tang, Angelina B, Diaz-Ramirez, L Grisell, Smith, Alexander K, Lee, Sei J, Whitlock, Elizabeth L

“…Background Durable memory decline may occur in older adults after surgical (coronary artery bypass grafting [CABG]) or nonsurgical (percutaneous coronary…”
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Should we still believe in advance care planning? by Smith, Alexander K.

“…This editorial comments on the article by Lee et al. in this issue…”
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Hearing Loss in Hospice and Palliative Care: A National Survey of Providers by Smith, Alexander K., MD, MS, MPH, Ritchie, Christine S., MD, MSPH, Wallhagen, Margaret L., PhD, GNP

“…Abstract Context Age-related hearing loss can impair patient-provider communication about symptom management, goals of care, and end-of-life decision making…”
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Til Death Do Us Part: End‐of‐Life Experiences of Married Couples in a Nationally Representative Survey by Kotwal, Ashwin A., Abdoler, Emily, Diaz‐Ramirez, L. Grisell, Kelley, Amy S., Ornstein, Katherine A., Boscardin, W. John, Smith, Alexander K.

“…Objectives To determine whether end‐of‐life (EOL) experiences in the first spouse in a marriage are associated with EOL experiences in the other spouse. Design…”
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High Levels of Geriatric Palliative Care Needs in Hip Fracture Patients Before the Hip Fracture by Ritchie, Christine S., MD, MSPH, Kelley, Amy S., MD, MSHS, Stijacic Cenzer, Irena, MA, Smith, Alexander K., MD, MS, MPH, Wallhagen, Margaret L., PhD, RN, Covinsky, Kenneth E., MD, MPH

“…Abstract Context Most hip fracture care models are grounded in curative models where the goal is to return the patient to independent function. In many…”
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Emergency Department Experiences of Acutely Symptomatic Patients With Terminal Illness and Their Family Caregivers by Smith, Alexander K., MD, MS, MPH, Schonberg, Mara A., MD, MPH, Fisher, Jonathan, MD, Pallin, Daniel J., MD, MPH, Block, Susan D., MD, Forrow, Lachlan, MD, McCarthy, Ellen P., PhD, MPH

“…Abstract Context Despite increased focus on improving palliative care in the emergency department (ED), there is little research on how to best address the…”
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Negativity and Positivity in the ICU: Exploratory Development of Automated Sentiment Capture in the Electronic Health Record by Kennedy, Chris J, Chiu, Catherine, Chapman, Allyson Cook, Gologorskaya, Oksana, Farhan, Hassan, Han, Mary, Hodgson, MacGregor, Lazzareschi, Daniel, Ashana, Deepshikha, Lee, Sei, Smith, Alexander K, Espejo, Edie, Boscardin, John, Pirracchio, Romain, Cobert, Julien

“…To develop proof-of-concept algorithms using alternative approaches to capture provider sentiment in ICU notes. Retrospective observational cohort study. The…”
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