Safetylit: Age: Elder Adultshttp://www.safetylit.org/Welcome to SafetyLit, the online source for recent research about injury prevention.Dose-response relationship between Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors and Injurious Falls: A study in Nursing Home Residents with Dementia. - Sterke CS, Ziere G, van Beeck EF, Looman CW, van der Cammen TJ. Age: Elder Adultshttp://www.safetylit.org/citations/index.php?fuseaction=citations.viewdetails&citationIds[]=citjournalarticle_341981_26Aim:  The contribution of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) to injurious fall risk in patients with dementia has not been quantified precisely until now. Our objective was to determine whether a dose-response relationship exists for the use...Factors associated with screening or treatment initiation among male United States veterans at risk for osteoporosis fracture. - Nelson RE, Nebeker JR, Sauer BC, Lafleur J. Age: Elder Adultshttp://www.safetylit.org/citations/index.php?fuseaction=citations.viewdetails&citationIds[]=citjournalarticle_341980_26Male osteoporosis continues to be under-recognized and undertreated in men. An understanding of which factors cue clinicians about osteoporosis risk in men, and which do not, is needed to identify areas for improvement. This study sought to measure the ass...Projected Lifetime Risks and Hospital Care Expenditure for Traumatic Injury. - Chang DC, Anderson JE, Kobayashi L, Coimbra R, Bickler SW. Age: Elder Adultshttp://www.safetylit.org/citations/index.php?fuseaction=citations.viewdetails&citationIds[]=citjournalarticle_342165_26BACKGROUND: The lifetime risk and expected cost of trauma care would be valuable for health policy planners, but this information is currently unavailable. The cumulative incidence rates methodology, based on a cross-sectional population analysis, offers a...Severe loneliness in community-dwelling aging adults with mental illness. - Loboprabhu S, Molinari V. Age: Elder Adultshttp://www.safetylit.org/citations/index.php?fuseaction=citations.viewdetails&citationIds[]=citjournalarticle_342154_26Successful aging involves adapting to changing needs. The 2009 U.S. Census noted that 43% of adult Americans are single and that the oldest-old population is the most rapidly growing aging segment. Geriatric, lonely, hopeless individuals are at high risk f...Sex/Gender and socioeconomic differences in the predictive ability of self-rated health for mortality. - Nishi A, Kawachi I, Shirai K, Hirai H, Jeong S, Kondo K. Age: Elder Adultshttp://www.safetylit.org/citations/index.php?fuseaction=citations.viewdetails&citationIds[]=citjournalarticle_342200_26BACKGROUND: Studies have reported that the predictive ability of self-rated health (SRH) for mortality varies by sex/gender and socioeconomic group. The purpose of this study is to evaluate this relationship in Japan and explore the potential reasons for d...