Prevalence of incontinence by race and ethnicity of older people admitted to nursing homes.

Objective: While admissions of minorities to nursing homes (NHs) are increasing and prevalence of incontinence in NHs remains high, little is known about incontinence among racial-ethnic groups of NH admissions other than blacks. The purpose of this study was to describe the prevalence of incontinence among older adults admitted to NHs by race/ethnicity at three levels of measurement: individual resident, NH, and Census division.

Design: Cross-sectional and descriptive.

Prevalence of appropriate and problematic antiepileptic combination therapy in older people in the nursing home.

Objectives: To determine the prevalence of mono- and poly-antiepileptic drug (AED) therapy in a cohort of nursing home (NH) residents and to describe specific AED combinations used, as well as demographic, clinical, and functional factors associated with poly-AED therapy and the most common AED combination.

Design: Retrospective, point prevalence study.

Setting: All NHs owned/managed by Beverly Enterprises.

Geriatric depression, antidepressant treatment, and healthcare utilization in a health maintenance organization.

Objectives: To assess the separate effects of depressive symptoms and antidepressant treatment on healthcare utilization and cost.

Setting: Social Health Maintenance Organization (HMO) at HealthPartners in Minnesota.

Participants: Geriatric Social HMO enrollees were screened for depressive symptoms using the 30-item Geriatric Depression Scale.