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Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (JAGS)

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Premier journal for geriatrics clinical science, innovative models of care, and health policy that impacts geriatrics professionals and those they serve.

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Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (JAGS) @agsjournal.bsky.social · 4h
Acute Care Group-Based Physical Therapy on an Inpatient Geriatrics Unit: Preliminary Data. agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com…
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Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (JAGS) @agsjournal.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Mapping the Landscape of AgeTech Standards and Guidelines: A Gray Literature Review. agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com…
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Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (JAGS) @agsjournal.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Supporting Patient Goals Through Standardization and Documentation of Surgical Goals in the Electronic Health Record. agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com…
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Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (JAGS) @agsjournal.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Mapping the 5Ms: Identifying Gaps in a Geriatric Medicine Curriculum at a U.S. Medical School. agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com…
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Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (JAGS) @agsjournal.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Irish Healthcare Staff Perspectives on the Implementation of the Age-Friendly Health Systems 4Ms Framework. agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com…
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Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (JAGS) @agsjournal.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Gait Speed and Survival in Those With Exceptional Longevity: The LifeAfter90 Study. agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com…
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Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (JAGS) @agsjournal.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The Medical Director's Role in Quality of Care in Nursing Homes. agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com…
A nurse assists an elderly woman with a walker in a bright hospital corridor.
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Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (JAGS) @agsjournal.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Modes of Cannabis Use and Mental Health Outcomes Among Older Adults in the United States. agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com…
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Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (JAGS) @agsjournal.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
However, all hypoglycemia is not created equal: there are different types of hypoglycemia that have varying degrees of severity and clinical significance. agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com…
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Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (JAGS) @agsjournal.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Association of B-Type Natriuretic Peptide With Intrinsic Capacity Trajectories Among Chinese Older Adults. agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com…
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Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (JAGS) @agsjournal.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
“What Frailty Means in Dialysis: Lighting the Maze to Transplantation”. agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com…
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Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (JAGS) @agsjournal.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Inpatient Implementation of Age-Friendly Health Systems: Qualitative Insights From Three Veterans Affairs Medical Centers. agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com…
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Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (JAGS) @agsjournal.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Hiring a Certified Medical Director (CMD) in a nursing home was associated with 2%–5% declines in hospital use. agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com…
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Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (JAGS) @agsjournal.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Association Between Large Language Model-Derived Mobility Functional Status Assessment and Clinical Outcomes. agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com…
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Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (JAGS) @agsjournal.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Days Alive at Home After Emergency Department STEMI Visits Among Medicare Beneficiaries With Dementia. agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com…
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Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (JAGS) @agsjournal.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Thousands of older adults (age ≥ 65 years) presenting to emergency medical services with behavioral health emergencies undergo prehospital sedation or physical restraint each year in the United States. agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com…
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Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (JAGS) @agsjournal.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Higher activity levels and higher day-to-day morning activity variance measured over just two to three mornings differentiate those at higher risk of death and frailty decline. agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com…
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Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (JAGS) @agsjournal.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Refusing Erasure: Moral Courage in LGBTQ+ Health Research. agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com…
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Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (JAGS) @agsjournal.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
National Trends in Types of Hospice Disenrollment Among Older Adults With Dementia. agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com…
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Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (JAGS) @agsjournal.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Eyeballing for Frailty Assessment in Elderly Patients Referred for Coronary Angiography. agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com…
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Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (JAGS) @agsjournal.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Death and Dying in Visual Paintings From a Palliative Care Perspective. agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com…
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Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (JAGS) @agsjournal.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Thirty-Day Mortality After Hospital Transfer for Pneumonia in Nursing Home Residents With Advanced Dementia. agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com…
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Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (JAGS) @agsjournal.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Validation of Electronic Frailty Index With Geriatrician Rated Frailty Among Surgical Patients. agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com…
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Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (JAGS) @agsjournal.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Over one-third of social media posts about Alzheimer's blood tests discussed their utility for asymptomatic screening, which is inconsistent with contemporary guidelines. agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com…
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Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (JAGS) @agsjournal.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Hospital Artificial Intelligence Tools and Inpatient Utilization and Costs in Older Adults with Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias. agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com…
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Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (JAGS) @agsjournal.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
“It's Hard to Connect the Dots Sometimes, but at Least We Have Dots”: A Qualitative Study of Dementia Care in a Large Integrated Health Care System. agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com…
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Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (JAGS) @agsjournal.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
A three-month combined psychological and physical intervention reduced controlled and non-controlled pain medication use at 6 months. After 6 months, controlled pain medication was the most important mediator of a reduction in falls. agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com…
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Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (JAGS) @agsjournal.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Family Caregivers in Hospital at Home—What We Know, Where to Go. agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com…
A caregiver prepares a warm drink for a senior in a peaceful retirement home setting.
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Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (JAGS) @agsjournal.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Resilience and Relief of Suffering for Older Adults at End-of-Life. agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com…
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Art Walaszek, MD @walaszek.art · 21/09/2026
Progress in outcomes of brain disorders: Life expectancy for people in the US who had a stroke ⬆️ed from 1996 to 2018 relative to general population, likely due to better secondary prevention & long-term care. agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... #medsky @agsjournal.bsky.social
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Changes in Life Expectancy After Stroke Among Americans Aged 50 and Above by Sex, 1996–2018
Life expectancy at Age 50 improved more for individuals with prior stroke history (near 3 years) than for the general population (near 1 year) between 1996–2006 and 2008–2018. Gains were larger among...
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Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (JAGS) @agsjournal.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The Association Between Nursing Home Medical Directors and Care Quality: Evidence From Certified Medical Director Hires. agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com…
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American Geriatrics Society @amergeriatrics.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
The AGS Beers Criteria made its primetime debut earlier this year in HBO's The Pitt. Discover how The Pitt is highlighting the importance of quality care for older adults and how the show may help raise awareness and interest in the field with this @agsjournal.bsky.social commentary:
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Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (JAGS) @agsjournal.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Mobile Cardiac Rehabilitation for Older Adults With Ischemic Heart Disease: A 12-Month Follow-Up on Hospital Readmissions in the RESILIENT Trial. agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com…
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Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (JAGS) @agsjournal.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Best Case/Worst Case: A Multisite Randomized Trial of Scenario Planning for Patients With Late-Stage Kidney Disease. agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com…
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Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (JAGS) @agsjournal.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Hearing loss is associated with a higher risk of death from comorbidities. #geriatrics agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com…
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Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (JAGS) @agsjournal.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
In the largest US centenarian cohort described to date, conditions commonly grouped as “cardiometabolic risk” showed divergent trajectories. agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com…
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Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (JAGS) @agsjournal.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Hospital Oral Care and Periodontal Disease Education (HOPE) program has improved oral care rate and documentation at a large health system. agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com…
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Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (JAGS) @agsjournal.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Direct-To-Home Tele-Neuropsychological Assessment in Older Adults: A Systematic Review. #geriatrics agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com…
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Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (JAGS) @agsjournal.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Cannabis Use Among People Aged 65 and Older: Results From an Intercept Survey in New York City. agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com…
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Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (JAGS) @agsjournal.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
One in twenty community-dwelling veterans with dementia experienced a hospitalization lasting at least 21 days. There are the variables that could be used to identify those at high risk #geriatrics agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com…
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Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (JAGS) @agsjournal.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
The Pitt, the Beers Criteria, and a Long-Overdue Prime-Time Moment for Geriatric Medicine. agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com…
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Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (JAGS) @agsjournal.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Keys to Successfully Meet the CMS Age-Friendly Hospital Measure Requirements. #geriatrics agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com…
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Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (JAGS) @agsjournal.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Preoperative Moderate–Severe Excessive Daytime Sleepiness Is Associated With Postoperative Cognitive Dysfunction in Older Surgical Patients. agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com…
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Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (JAGS) @agsjournal.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Impact of ACE Units and Geriatrics Consults on Adherence to the 4Ms and Patient Outcomes. agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com…
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Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (JAGS) @agsjournal.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Driving Navigation in Older Adults Across the Alzheimer's Disease Continuum. agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com…
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Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (JAGS) @agsjournal.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
In this nationally representative cohort, high psychological resilience measured before death was associated with lower symptom burden across multiple domains in the last year of life. agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com…
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Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (JAGS) @agsjournal.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
The Effect of Blue Light Reduction on Delirium in Critically Ill Patients. agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com…
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Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (JAGS) @agsjournal.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
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Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (JAGS) @agsjournal.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Few Caregivers of Older Adults With Dementia Have Shared Access to Their Care Recipients' Electronic Health Record Portal. #geriatrics agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com…
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Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (JAGS) @agsjournal.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Artificial Intelligence and Health Care for Older Adults, a Future for All of Us. agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com…
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