James Deardorff
@wjdeardorff
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UCSF Geriatrics research faculty. Former UCSF Geriatrics clinical and T32 fellow, Duke IM resident, and SLU med student. Tweeting articles about geriatrics.
Joined May 2015
In @AGSJournal, IHPS faculty James Deardorff, MD, John Boscardin, PhD, and Mike Steinman, MD, co-author a study examining the role of wealth, comorbidities, and caregivers in medication use among people with dementia.
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Drs. @wjdeardorff.bsky.social, John Boscardin, PhD, @alexsmithmd.bsky.social, and @seijlee.bsky.social published "A Multi-Outcome Prognostic Model for Community-Dwelling Older Adults Admitted to Skilled Nursing Facilities for Post-Acute Care" in JAMDA
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Nearly 20% of hospitalized older adults are discharged to a skilled nursing facility (SNF) for short-term rehabilitation. Many subsequently experience adverse outcomes, such as hospital readmissions,...
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I'm proud to announce our new paper! Moving to a long-term care facility is a major late life decision. I know I've often benefitted from others' advice for my major life decisions. So I wondered: what advice is there for moving into an LTCF? https://t.co/4QYG62YsHn
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Background The transition into a long-term care facility (LTCF) is difficult for older adults, prompting calls for clinicians to help guide and plan. Yet we know little about how those with lived...
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Congrats to Drs. @alexleephd.bsky.social, @wjdeardorff, & @seijlee on being named the inaugural SFCJL Research Scholars! Dr. Lee will also serve as interim director for research at SFCJL. 🎉 #Geriatrics
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"External Validation of the Walter Index for Posthospitalization Mortality Prediction in Older Adults" (JAMA NO 2025) - "the Walter Index demonstrated strong transportability and generalizability in predicting mortality in a contemporary non-US setting" - https://t.co/DslYG3FbRw
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"Mortality and Function After Hip Fracture or Pneumonia in People With and Without Dementia" (JAGS 2025) - People with dementia had higher 1-year mortality (35.4%) vs. people without dementia (24%), with similar patterns for pneumonia (49.6% vs. 39.7%) - https://t.co/edMiJoTKRU
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"“I Aim to Fulfill My Promise”: Dementia Caregiving from the Perspective of Spouses & Partners" - Deeper understanding of positive & negative aspects of the caregiving experience may help clinicians better support spouses/partners providing dementia care - https://t.co/PKKwQFDY23
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"Time to nursing home admission and death in people with dementia" (BMJ 2025) - Avg. life expectancy of 5.7y at age 65 to 2.2y at age 85 in men and 8.0y at 65 to 4.5y at 85 in women. ~1/3 of remaining LE was lived in NH, with >1/2 moving to NH within 5y - https://t.co/WRk7210VSd
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"The Alzheimer's Association clinical practice guideline for the diagnostic evaluation, testing, counseling, and disclosure of suspected Alzheimer's disease and related disorders (DETeCD-ADRD): Validated clinical assessment instruments" - https://t.co/cnuJN1Eevu
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"Alzheimer's Association clinical practice guideline for the Diagnostic Evaluation, Testing, Counseling, and Disclosure of Suspected Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders (DETeCD-ADRD): Executive summary of recommendations for primary care" - https://t.co/Sjtu0GClGE
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"Can We Improve Geriatrics Recruitment? An Analysis of U.S. Geriatrics Fellowship Programs on X" (JAGS 2024) - https://t.co/sDCoW28XDP
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"Neighborhood Disadvantage in a Nationally Representative Sample of Community-Living Older US Adults" (JAMA NO 2024) - "the prevalence of neighborhood disadvantage was 15.8% but differed greatly across multiple subgroups" - https://t.co/VWh4CTi8i1
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"Management of Hyperglycemia in Hospitalized Patients" (Annals 2024) - "Key considerations of inpatient diabetes management include initiation of appropriate insulin or medication regimens and frequent dose adjustments based on patient-specific factors" - https://t.co/bKgAgsI9UV
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"Diagnosing Alzheimer Disease" (Continuum 2024) - A pragmatic approach is needed to recognize patients with symptomatic AD, stage the level of impairment, confirm the clinical diagnosis, and apply this information to advance therapeutic decision making. - https://t.co/Ezqyr00uEF
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"A Framework for Considering the Value of Race and Ethnicity in Estimating Disease Risk" (Annals 2024) - "Given that the race-unaware models are starkly miscalibrated, it is perhaps surprising that the race-aware models do not yield larger utility gains" - https://t.co/qqH0vszukO
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"Optimizing Care Planning for Older Adults in Primary Care" (JAMA IM 2024) - "Dying is hard; preventing goals-divergent care amid a culture of medicine that defaults to death-defying efforts is even harder." - https://t.co/8WpXhIdNes
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"Deprescribing considerations for central nervous system-active polypharmacy in patients with dementia" (JAGS 2024) - "Solutions for how to deprescribe central nervous system-active polypharmacy among older adults with dementia are urgently needed" - https://t.co/SPSsaCtq5W
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"As-Needed Blood Pressure Medication and Adverse Outcomes in VA Hospitals" (JAMA IM 2024) - "The results of this retrospective cohort study showed that as-needed BP medication use among veterans is associated with increased AKI risk" - https://t.co/qgEfBP6yhF
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"Enabling osteoporosis treatment in post-acute care: An algorithm for providers" (2024) - "A fracture is like a heart attack of the bones; unless medication changes are made quickly, the patient is likely to experience another injury." - https://t.co/7ZzhyZiGRs
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Dementia (Annals In the Clinic 2024) - "Treatment requires a broad approach that addresses comfort and quality of life, cognitive enhancement, stabilization of psychiatric symptoms, and caregiver well-being" - https://t.co/pPe2s7NNBj
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