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  1. Secondary causes among adult patients presenting with first-episode psychosis to acute medical settings in Hong Kong: A 10-Year retrospective study 2026-09-04
  2. Aspirin and healthy longevity within racial and ethnic minoritized older adults in the United States 2026-08-27
  3. Baseline Statin Exposure and Incident Acute Myocardial Infarction in Adults Aged >=75 Years Without Prior Cardiovascular Disease: A Population-Based Cohort Study 2026-08-25

Studies

866 studies carry this tag.

Date range

1963 to 2026

Top journals

  • Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 65
  • JAMA 24
  • Journal of the American Medical Directors Association 22
  • Journal of pain and symptom management 20
  • Palliative medicine 19

387 journals in all.

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  1. Secondary causes among adult patients presenting with first-episode psychosis to acute medical settings in Hong Kong: A 10-Year retrospective study

    ⚠ Preprint — not yet peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 16 out of 100. medRxiv (preprint) 2026-09-04 How common it is

    BackgroundThe prevalence and pattern of secondary causes of first-onset psychosis (FEP) in Asian populations are understudied.

  2. Aspirin and healthy longevity within racial and ethnic minoritized older adults in the United States

    ⚠ Preprint — not yet peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 16 out of 100. medRxiv (preprint) 2026-08-27 Treatments

    ImportanceThe ASPREE randomized trial found no overall benefit of low-dose aspirin for disability-free survival among older adults.

  3. Baseline Statin Exposure and Incident Acute Myocardial Infarction in Adults Aged >=75 Years Without Prior Cardiovascular Disease: A Population-Based Cohort Study

    ⚠ Preprint — not yet peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 16 out of 100. medRxiv (preprint) 2026-08-25 Prevention and risk

    In the fully adjusted Cox model, baseline statin exposure was associated with a lower risk of incident AMI (HR, 0.805; 95% CI, 0.731-0.887).

  4. Medicare Advantage Beneficiary Enrollment Decisions Following New Complex Conditions

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 59 out of 100. JAMA Health Forum 2026-08-21 Health systems and care delivery

    The analytic sample included 1 054 926 beneficiaries, including 219 942 (mean [SD] age, 75.3 [6.3] years; 54.6% female) who developed new complex conditions in 2019 and 834 984 (mean [SD] age, 73.8 [5.6] years; 56.7% female) who did not develop a new complex condition in 2019.

  5. Palliative care documentation in gastrointestinal bleeding hospitalizations: national trends and associated care patterns

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Baylor University Medical Center Proceedings 2026-08-10 End-of-life care

    Among 2,435,099 weighted hospitalizations, palliative care documentation was present in 65,675 (2.70%), increasing from 2.13% in 2016 to 3.43% in 2022.

  6. Universal care under strain: navigating population ageing in Europe

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 30 out of 100. Drug discovery today 2026-07-21 Health systems and care delivery

    Europe's ageing population is transforming universal healthcare from a financing challenge into a delivery-capacity challenge.

  7. Ten-Year Cost Projections for Medicare Beneficiaries 65 Years or Older With HIV

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. JAMA Network Open 2026-07-07 Health systems and care delivery

    The simulated cohort was informed by 111 600 PWH enrolled in Medicare at the start of 2026 (mean [SD] age, 70.9 [5.0] years; 77% male).

  8. Patient-Driven Grouping Model and Home Health Use Among Traditional Medicare Beneficiaries

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 42 out of 100. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association 2026-07-04 Health systems and care delivery

    In January 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services implemented the Patient-Driven Groupings Model (PDGM), the most substantial revision to Medicare's home health (HH) prospective payment system since its introduction in 2000.

  9. The Silent Crisis: Loneliness in Older Adults-A Critical Review of Impacts, Strategies and Path Forward

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 46 out of 100. Scandinavian journal of caring sciences 2026-06-30 Health systems and care delivery

    Loneliness, distinct from social isolation, is a subjective sense of social disconnection exacerbating a public health crisis among older adults.

  10. How Would Hospice Use Differ if Every Medicare Beneficiary Were in Medicare Advantage?

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Journal of Palliative Medicine 2026-06-27 Health systems and care delivery

    Among 5153 decedents, 35.3% were in MA at death.

  11. Moving long-term care insurance upstream: A geriatric-syndrome-oriented framework for healthy aging in China

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 26 out of 100. Bioscience trends 2026-06-15 Health systems and care delivery

    Long-term care insurance (LTCI) is commonly understood as a social insurance mechanism that compensates care-related costs after disability has occurred.

  12. End-of-life care in elderly patients with serious advanced illness sits at the intersection of patient autonomy, family involvement, clinical judgment, and resource allocation.

  13. End-of-life care in elderly patients with serious advanced illness sits at the intersection of patient autonomy, family involvement, clinical judgment, and resource allocation.

  14. Early recognition of delirium in hospitalized patients: an underutilized clinical priority

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 33 out of 100. Annals of Medicine and Surgery 2026-06-08 Clinical safety

    Importantly, delirium is not merely a transient cognitive fluctuation; it is independently associated with increased short- and long-term mortality, longer hospital stays, higher healthcare costs, and persistent cognitive impairment comparable to mild dementia[4,5].

  15. From the database searches, 4796 records were identified.

  16. Delirium: an urgent health priority in Australian hospitals

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 40 out of 100. Public Health Research & Practice 2026-05-26 Clinical safety

    Delirium is a common health problem with serious and long-lasting health consequences that disproportionately affects vulnerable population groups (especially older people with dementia or frailty).

  17. County-Level Ecological Association Between Glyphosate Exposure and Chronic Disease Mortality in Midwestern US Agricultural Communities

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 28 out of 100. Cureus 2026-05-14 Risk factors

    Glyphosate is widely used in the United States (US) agriculture, particularly in regions with intensive crop production.

  18. Delirium: more than a marker of baseline vulnerability

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 55 out of 100. Age and Ageing 2026-05-01 Clinical safety

    Across several cohorts, delirium is emerging as an important prognostic signal, independent of chronic markers of baseline morbidity, that identifies patients at markedly increased risk of death or future dementia.

  19. Identifying delirium in older adults presenting to a primary care out-of-hours (OOH) service: a retrospective cohort study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 40 out of 100. Age and Ageing 2026-04-22 Clinical safety

    Of 4288 consultations with patients ≥65 years in the study periods, 402 (9.4%) involved possible or probable delirium.

  20. Predictors of Hospital Admission Following Emergency Department Presentation for Falls Among Older Adults: A Retrospective Analysis

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 49 out of 100. Australasian Journal on Ageing 2026-04-05 Clinical safety

    Of 574 older adults, 187 (33%) were admitted.

  21. Geographic Variation in ADRD Prevalence and Mortality and Their Association with Social Vulnerability across US Counties: A Spatial Epidemiological Analysis Using NORC and CDC SVI Data

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 38 out of 100. Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders Extra 2026-04-02 Risk factors

    Counties had a mean prevalence of 65.3 per 1,000 (SD 15.5) for highly likely ADRD and 123.5 per 1,000 (SD 27.0) for all determinations.

  22. Estimating the need for palliative care services in Australia by 2042

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. BMC Palliative Care 2026-03-27 End-of-life care

    The two methods demonstrated a growing need for palliative care in the observed and projected period.

  23. Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services Initiation and Acute Services Use

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 46 out of 100. JAMA Health Forum 2026-03-27 Health systems and care delivery

    In a sample of 1218 new HCBS users (75% female, 77% Black; mean [SD] age, 70.5 [7.5] years), Medicaid HCBS initiation was associated with a decrease in probability of ED use (-2.70 percentage points; 95% CI, -4.18 to -1.22 percentage points) and a decrease in probability of inpatient discharge (-2.63 percentage points; 95% CI, -3.75 to -1.51 percentage points).

  24. Frequent in dementia, deadliest without it: delirium and mortality in hospitalised older adults

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 65 out of 100. Age and Ageing 2026-03-20 Clinical safety

    Among 2556 patients (mean age 79 ± 9 years; 56% women), delirium occurred in 957 (37%).

  25. Prediction and risk evaluation of delirium after surgery in older patients: development and internal validation of an algorithm from the prospective BioCog cohort study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 62 out of 100. British Journal of Anaesthesia 2026-03-17 Clinical safety

    Out of 929 patients, 184 (20%) experienced POD.

  26. Promoting Healthy Sleep–Wake and Circadian Rhythms to Prevent Delirium: Next Step, Target Engagement

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 60 out of 100. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2026-03-05 Clinical safety

    First, based on pooled results of RCTs, the melatonin agonists melatonin and ramelteon were not found to reduce delirium incidence (RR 0.94, 95% CI 0.72–1.22, k = 16 studies; RR 0.63, 95% CI 0.39–1.03, k = 8, respectively).

  27. The Prevalence of Infection and Sepsis Associated Dysphagia in Hospitalised Patients: A Retrospective Cross-sectional Study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 46 out of 100. Dysphagia 2026-03-04 Clinical safety

    Little is known about the relationships between infections, sepsis and dysphagia.

  28. A case-control GWAS was performed in the UK Biobank to identify genetic variants associated with postoperative delirium, adjusted for age, sex, genetic chip, and the first 10 principal components.

  29. Neighborhood food store and subsequent health and well-being of older adults in Japan: an outcome-wide study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 46 out of 100. Archives of gerontology and geriatrics 2026-02-27 Risk factors

    Evidence on neighborhood food stores and public health is limited.

  30. From Institutions to Care Homes - A Case Study of Residentialization in Danish Profile Nursing Homes -

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 32 out of 100. Journal of the Korean housing association 2026-02-25 Health systems and care delivery

    This study aims to analyze the spatial planning and operational strategies of three profile nursing homes in Copenhagen, Denmark-Hørgården, Peder Lykke Center, and Ørestad Plejecenter-and to derive design and operational implications for the development of Korean unit-based long-term care facilities for older adults.

  31. Consultation complexity and professionals consulted: a retrospective cohort study in English primary care

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 48 out of 100. The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners 2026-02-24 Health systems and care delivery

    The Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme (ARRS) launched in England in 2019 to expand the multidisciplinary primary care workforce, but its impact on workload since implementation is unclear.

  32. Presenting complaints and emergency triage priority of older adults hospitalized with delirium: a retrospective cohort study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 53 out of 100. BMC Geriatrics 2026-02-23 Clinical safety

    Among 2889 patients with delirium (mean age 85 years; 54.7% female), 59.8% were triaged at SETS 1–2 (high priority) and 40.2% at SETS 3–4 (low priority).

  33. Co-designing a framework to communicate patient-centred outcomes in palliative care: involving patients and the public to reframe understanding

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 47 out of 100. Journal of Patient-Reported Outcomes 2026-02-21 End-of-life care

    Eighteen members of the public-including patients, carers, and individuals with lived experience of both roles-along with two local board members and one representative from a statutory health and social care body, participated and were actively involved in developing the framework and co-producing outputs through structured small-group discussions.

  34. Advance Care Planning, Race, and Age

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 40 out of 100. American Journal of Medical Quality 2026-02-18 End-of-life care

    There are well-documented racial disparities in the provision of end-of-life care and advance care planning (ACP).

  35. Dermatological Problems and Treatment in Long-Term/Nursing-Home Care

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 27 out of 100. Geriatric Dermatologic Therapy 2026-02-17 Health systems and care delivery

    It is thought that every elderly has at least one dermatological problem.

  36. Additional hospitalization costs associated with delirium among older adults: evidence from the Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 47 out of 100. Frontiers in Public Health 2026-01-28 Clinical safety

    In a sample of 2,599 Medicare beneficiaries (mean age 78.4 years, 52.9% female, 81.8% White), we identified a total of 5,677 hospitalization claims.

  37. Characterising Informal Care in Older Individuals Receiving Long‐Term Home Care Support: A National Epidemiological Study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 49 out of 100. Australasian Journal on Ageing 2026-01-22 Risk factors

    Overall, 233,567 long-term home care recipients with known carer status were studied.

  38. Prioritizing perioperative organ injury prevention: a call to action from China's county-level hospitals

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 38 out of 100. Frontiers in Medicine 2026-01-22 Risk factors

    The burden of perioperative organ injury in China is significant even at a national level.

  39. Employing AI tools to predict features for dental care use in the United States during the global respiratory illness outbreak

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 46 out of 100. Frontiers in Public Health 2026-01-13 Health systems and care delivery

    Oral health is strongly associated with overall health.

  40. Advance care planning in Japan: Gaps between policy, ethical understanding, and its translation into clinical practice

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Palliative Care and Social Practice 2026-01-01 End-of-life care

    Misconceptions were common: 38% of participants equated ACP exclusively with decisions to forgo active treatment, and many conflated ACP with current rather than future-oriented care planning.

  41. Delirium and adverse clinical outcomes: a matched cohort study in the UK Biobank

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 62 out of 100. The Lancet Healthy Longevity 2026-01-01 Long-term cohort studies

    Over a maximum follow-up of 26 years, the median time to event was 1·2 years (IQR 0·2-3·3) in the delirium group and 1·3 years (0·3-3·6) in the control group.

  42. Physical and psychosocial benefits of an interdisciplinary end-of-life care model for older adults in residential care homes in Hong Kong

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 45 out of 100. International Psychogeriatrics 2026-01-01 End-of-life care

    Pre-post evaluations revealed significant reductions in physical symptoms, psychosocial-spiritual distresses and information insufficiency of patients in the first three months of service.

  43. The Inaugural Voyage of the South Asian Journal of Geriatric Medicine, Surgery, Palliative Care, and Hospice

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 31 out of 100. South Asian Journal of Geriatric Medicine Surgery Palliative Care & Hospice 2026-01-01 End-of-life care

    This Journal is not only a new publication but also the culmination of a shared vision and a timely response to one of the most significant demographic shifts in human history: the rapid aging of the South Asian population.

  44. Why Is Community-Based Palliative Care Declined? Older Adult, Caregiver, and Provider Perspectives

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 32 out of 100. Journal of palliative medicine 2026-01-01 Health systems and care delivery

    Reasons for declining included mis-association with hospice, not seeing additional benefit to current care, and reluctance to change current care.

  45. CMS GUIDE Model: Lessons Learned by an Established Track Program at End of Year One

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 60 out of 100. Innovation in Aging 2025-12-31 Caregiving

    This paper reports first-year, real-world results from one of the 96 'Established Track' organizations in the CMS GUIDE dementia care model, which launched nationally on July 1, 2024.

  46. Expanding the Boundaries of Palliative Care: Diseases of the Nervous System and Survival Prognosis in Home-Based Programs

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 44 out of 100. American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine® 2025-12-22 End-of-life care

    DNS conditions, particularly dementia, were associated with longer survival among non-oncologic HBPC patients.

  47. Delirium prevalence and incidence in acutely admitted older patients: an observational cohort study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 48 out of 100. BMC Geriatrics 2025-12-19 How common it is

    length of stay, need for a higher level of care, and mortality after discharge in patients with and without delirium.

  48. Serum albumin combined with mFI-5 for predicting postoperative delirium in elderly patients with hip fracture

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 31 out of 100. Microchemical Journal 2025-12-16 Clinical safety

    The application of electrochemical sensors in medical testing is becoming increasingly widespread.

  49. Saccade Tasks: A Noninvasive Approach for Predicting Postoperative Delirium in Elderly Arthroplasty Patients

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 45 out of 100. Anesthesiology 2025-12-04 Clinical safety

    The incidence of POD was 8.2% (26 of 316).

  50. Enhancing Care for Older Adults Through the Medicare Annual Wellness Visit

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 28 out of 100. Innovation in Aging 2025-12-01 Health systems and care delivery

    Recent studies indicate that having a billed AWV is associated with increases in preventive care services such as vaccinations, cancer screening, and dementia diagnosis.

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