Rasheeda Hall

Journal article Semin Dial · September 2018 Featured Publication Currently, older adults comprise nearly one-third of prevalent US dialysis patients, and this proportion will increase as the population ages. Older dialysis patients experience greater morbidity and mortality than nondialysis patients of the same age, and ... Full text Link to item Cite

Serious Fall Injury History and Adverse Health Outcomes After Initiating Hemodialysis Among Older U.S. Adults.

Journal article J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci · August 10, 2018 Featured Publication BACKGROUND: Although older adults with predialysis chronic kidney disease are at higher risk for falls, the prognostic significance of a serious fall injury prior to dialysis initiation has not been well described in the end-stage renal disease population. ... Full text Link to item Cite

Competing Risks of Fracture and Death in Older Adults with Chronic Kidney Disease.

Journal article J Am Geriatr Soc · March 2018 Featured Publication OBJECTIVES: To examine whether chronic kidney disease (CKD) at any stage is associated with fracture risk after adjusting for competing mortality and to determine whether age or race modify the relationship between CKD and fracture risk. DESIGN: Prospectiv ... Full text Link to item Cite

Frailty and Postkidney Transplant Health-Related Quality of Life.

Journal article Transplantation · February 2018 Featured Publication BACKGROUND: Health-related quality of life (HRQOL) reflects a patient's disease burden, treatment effectiveness, and health status and is summarized by physical, mental, and kidney disease-specific scales among end-stage renal disease patients. Although on ... Full text Link to item Cite

Association of Kidney Disease Quality of Life (KDQOL-36) with mortality and hospitalization in older adults receiving hemodialysis.

Journal article BMC Nephrol · January 15, 2018 Featured Publication BACKGROUND: For older adults receiving dialysis, health-related quality of life is not often considered in prognostication of death or future hospitalizations. To determine if routine health-related quality of life measures may be useful for prognosticatio ... Full text Link to item Cite

Choice of Hemodialysis Access in Older Adults: A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis.

Journal article Clin J Am Soc Nephrol · June 7, 2017 Featured Publication BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Although arteriovenous fistulas have been found to be the most cost-effective form of hemodialysis access, the relative benefits of placing an arteriovenous fistula versus an arteriovenous graft seem to be least certain for older ... Full text Link to item Cite

Association of Nondisease-Specific Problems with Mortality, Long-Term Care, and Functional Impairment among Older Adults Who Require Skilled Nursing Care after Dialysis Initiation.

Journal article Clin J Am Soc Nephrol · December 7, 2016 Featured Publication BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: The majority of older adults who initiate dialysis do so during a hospitalization, and these patients may require post-acute skilled nursing facility (SNF) care. For these patients, a focus on nondisease-specific problems, includ ... Full text Link to item Cite

Incorporating Geriatric Assessment into a Nephrology Clinic: Preliminary Data from Two Models of Care.

Journal article J Am Geriatr Soc · October 2016 Featured Publication Older adults with advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD) experience functional impairment that can complicate CKD management. Failure to recognize functional impairment may put these individuals at risk of further functional decline, nursing home placement, ... Full text Link to item Cite

Utilization of acute care among patients with ESRD discharged home from skilled nursing facilities.

Journal article Clin J Am Soc Nephrol · March 6, 2015 Featured Publication BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Older adults with ESRD often receive care in skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) after an acute hospitalization; however, little is known about acute care use after SNF discharge to home. DESIGN, SETTING, PARTICIPANTS, & MEASUREMEN ... Full text Link to item Cite

Chronic kidney disease and recurrent falls in nursing home residents: a retrospective cohort study.

Journal article Geriatr Nurs · 2015 Featured Publication This study examined whether chronic kidney disease (CKD) is associated with recurrent falls in older adults in nursing homes (NHs). We used data abstracted over a six month period from 510 NH residents with a history of falls. Thirty-five percent of the NH ... Full text Link to item Cite

End-stage renal disease in nursing homes: a systematic review.

Journal article J Am Med Dir Assoc · April 2013 Featured Publication OBJECTIVES/INTRODUCTION: Demand for nursing home (NH) care by patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) is likely to increase with growing numbers of older adults initiating chronic dialysis. We completed a systematic review to summarize the literature ... Full text Link to item Cite