Caring for older adults with multiple chronic conditions (MCCs) is challenging. The American
Geriatrics Society (AGS) previously developed The AGS Guiding Principles for the Care of …

Importance Older adults with limited life expectancy are frequently screened for cancer even
though it exposes them to risks of screening with minimal benefit. Patient preferences may …

Background Frailty has been recognized as an important medical syndrome in older adults.
Growing literature supports the clinical application of frailty but US older adults’ perceptions …

Background: Lung cancer screening (LCS) has the potential to reduce the risk of lung
cancer death in healthy individuals, but the impact of coexisting chronic illnesses on LCS …

Importance Clinical practice recommendations increasingly advocate that older patients’ life
expectancy be considered to inform a number of clinical decisions. It is not clear how …

Importance Guidelines recommend targeting preventive interventions toward older adults
whose life expectancy is greater than the intervention’s time to benefit (TTB). The TTB for statin …

Background and Objectives Older adults with limited life expectancy frequently receive cancer
screening. We sought to compare the perspectives of clinicians and older adults on how …

… care - Schoenborn - 2022 - Journal of the American Geriatrics Society - Wiley Online Library
… Nancy L. Schoenborn had full access to all of the data in the study and takes responsibility …

OBJECTIVE To determine physicians’ approach to deintensifying (reducing/stopping) or
switching hypoglycemia-causing medications for older adults with type 2 diabetes. RESEARCH …

Methods| We conducted a cross-sectional survey using a probability-based online panel (KnowledgePanel)
representative of US adults. KnowledgePanel is a product of GfK, a survey …