The devil's in the details: Variation in estimates of late-life activity limitations across national cohort studies.

Background: Assessing activity limitations is central to aging research. However, assessments of activity limitations vary, and this may have implications for the populations identified. We aim to compare measures of activities of daily living (ADLs) and their resulting prevalence and mortality across three nationally-representative cohort studies: the National Health and Aging Trends Study (NHATS), the Health and Retirement Survey (HRS), and the Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey (MCBS).

"I Depend on Her for Everything": A Retrospective Chart Review of Home Care Worker Service Disruptions for Homebound Older Adults During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Home care workers played critical roles in meeting the complex medical and social needs of homebound adults during COVID-19, yet their contributions remain underappreciated. This study characterizes home care workers' roles during COVID-19 and examines how home care disruptions impacted homebound individuals and caregivers. Using a qualitative analysis of electronic medical records among a randomly sampled subset of homebound patients in a home-based primary care practice, we found that home care workers were essential in meeting existing and new needs of homebound individuals.

Home, but Not Homebound: A Prospective Analysis of Persons Living With Dementia.

Objectives: Homebound persons living with dementia may have increased difficulty accessing needed care in the community. This study identifies factors associated with becoming homebound among a national sample of Medicare beneficiaries with newly identified dementia.

Design: Prospective cohort analysis.

Caring Together: Trajectories of Paid and Family Caregiving Support to Those Living in the Community With Dementia.

Objectives: Paid caregivers (e.g., home health aides) often work with family caregivers to support persons living with dementia at home.

Tissue response during Piezocision-assisted tooth movement: a histological study in rats.

Objectives: Piezocision is a novel, minimally invasive technique combining micro-incisions and decortications made by a piezotome in order to enhance the rate of orthodontic tooth movement. The combined technique allows simultaneous hard and/or soft tissue grafting via selective tunnelling to correct gingival recessions or bone deficiencies. The present study was designed to evaluate the effects of Piezocision on bone with or without tooth movement on a rat model.

Tobacco control in pediatric dental practices: a survey of practitioners.

Purpose: The study purpose was to determine tobacco-related knowledge, attitudes, and practice behaviors of American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry (AAPD) members.

Methods: A 26-item survey was distributed to a national, random sample of 1,700 AAPD members. Frequencies, odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals assessed factors related to tobacco control behaviors.