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List of works by Kenneth E Covinsky

"Below average" self-assessed school performance and Alzheimer's disease in the Aging, Demographics, and Memory Study

scientific article published on September 2009

10-Minute Targeted Geriatric Assessment Predicts Disability and Hospitalization in Fast-Paced Acute Care Settings

scientific article published on 01 September 2019

A fuller picture of COVID-19 prognosis: the added value of vulnerability measures to predict mortality in hospitalised older adults

scientific article published on 17 October 2020

Additive effects of cognitive function and depressive symptoms on mortality in elderly community-living adults

scientific article

Adult day health center participation and health-related quality of life

scientific article

Advance Care Planning Prior to Death in Older Adults with Hip Fracture

scientific article published on 04 May 2020

Advancing Alzheimer's disease diagnosis, treatment, and care: recommendations from the Ware Invitational Summit

scientific article (publication date: September 2012)

Age and rising rates of cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitor use. Results from a national survey

scientific article published on 22 February 2006

Amplifying Access to Hearing Aids

scientific article published on 07 December 2020

Anticoagulation in the Very Old.

scientific article published on 5 July 2016

Anxiety symptoms and decline in physical function over 5 years in the health, aging and body composition study

scientific article

Assessing Risk for Adverse Outcomes in Older Adults: The Need to Include Both Physical Frailty and Cognition.

scientific article published on 23 November 2018

Assessing Telemedicine Unreadiness Among Older Adults in the United States During the COVID-19 Pandemic

scientific article published on 03 August 2020

Assessment of geriatric syndromes and physical function in people living with HIV.

scientific article

Association Between Persistent Pain and Memory Decline and Dementia in a Longitudinal Cohort of Elders

scientific article published on 05 June 2017

Association of older age and female sex with inadequate reach of screening flexible sigmoidoscopy

scientific article published in February 2004

Beyond the prescription: medication monitoring and adverse drug events in older adults.

scientific article published on 28 July 2011

Burden of Depressive Symptoms Over 2 Decades and Risk of Nursing Home Placement in Older Women

scientific article published on 09 August 2018

Care Settings and Clinical Characteristics of Older Adults with Moderately Severe Dementia

scientific article published on 07 August 2019

Caregiver characteristics are associated with neuropsychiatric symptoms of dementia

scientific article published in May 2006

Caring community and relationship centred care on an end-stage dementia special care unit

scientific article published on 01 September 2019

Characteristics of Older Adults in Primary Care Who May Benefit From Primary Palliative Care in the U.S.

scientific article published on 12 September 2017

Childhood social and economic well-being and health in older age.

scientific article published on 23 August 2007

Chronic conditions and mortality among the oldest old.

scientific article published on 29 May 2008

Chronicity of posttraumatic stress disorder and risk of disability in older persons

scientific article

Co-Occurrence of Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms and Frailty among Community-Dwelling Older Men

scientific article published on 21 August 2020

Cognitive impairment, depressive symptoms, and functional decline in older people

scientific article

Cognitive screening predicts magnitude of functional recovery from admission to 3 months after discharge in hospitalized elders

scientific article

Commentary on "Developing a national strategy to prevent dementia: Leon Thal Symposium 2009." Dementia risk indices: A framework for identifying individuals with a high dementia risk

scientific article

Conducting High-Value Secondary Dataset Analysis: An Introductory Guide and Resources ⬇️

scientific article published on February 8, 2011

Coronary bypass surgery and long-term cognitive decline

scientific article published on 01 May 2008

Corrigendum to: "Who Take Naps? Self-Reported and Objectively Measured Napping in Very Old Women".

scientific article

Current guidelines for using angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors and angiotensin II-receptor antagonists in chronic kidney disease: is the evidence base relevant to older adults?

scientific article published on 01 May 2009

Dementia, prognosis, and the needs of patients and caregivers

scientific article published on 01 April 2004

Depressive symptoms and risk of mortality in frail, community-living elderly persons

scientific article published in September 2003

Depressive symptoms in middle age and the development of later-life functional limitations: the long-term effect of depressive symptoms

scientific article

Development and validation of a prognostic index for 4-year mortality in older adults.

scientific article

Development and validation of an index to predict activity of daily living dependence in community-dwelling elders

scientific article published in February 2006

Diagnosis-related group-adjusted hospital costs are higher in older medical patients with lower functional status

scientific article

Difficulty Managing Medications and Finances in Older Adults: A 10-year Cohort Study

scientific article published on 5 April 2017

Disability during the last two years of life

scientific article published on September 2013

Disparities between black and white patients in functional improvement after hospitalization for an acute illness

scientific article published on October 2005

Does social isolation predict hospitalization and mortality among HIV+ and uninfected older veterans?

scientific article published on 08 August 2013

Donepezil for nursing home patients with dementia: a reinterpretation of the evidence

scientific article published in January 2003

Dysphoria and anhedonia as risk factors for disability or death in older persons: implications for the assessment of geriatric depression

scientific article published on 18 April 2013

Dysthymia and depression increase risk of dementia and mortality among older veterans

scientific article published on August 2012

Effect of arthritis in middle age on older-age functioning.

scientific article

Envisioning better approaches for dementia care

scientific article published on 01 November 2006

Epidemiology of the Homebound Population in the United States

scientific article published on July 2015

Ethical Issues Raised by the Introduction of Artificial Companions to Older Adults with Cognitive Impairment: A Call for Interdisciplinary Collaborations

scientific article published on 30 March 2020

Ethnic differences in the prevalence and pattern of dementia-related behaviors

scientific article published in August 2004

Expectations and Concerns of Older Adults With Cognitive Impairment About Their Relationship With Medical Providers: A Call for Therapeutic Alliances

scientific article published on 20 June 2020

FAMILY CAREGIVER FACTORS AND HOSPITALIZATION IN DISABLED OLDER ADULTS WITH AND WITHOUT DEMENTIA

scholarly article by Halima Amjad et al published 8 November 2019 in Innovation in Aging

Family Caregiver Factors Associated With Emergency Department Utilization Among Community-Living Older Adults With Disabilities

scientific article published on 01 January 2019

Family Caregivers of Older Adults, 1999-2015: Trends in Characteristics, Circumstances, and Role-Related Appraisal.

scientific article

Frailty and Surgical Decision Making

scientific article published on 23 August 2016

Frailty as an Outcome in Geriatrics Research: Not Ready for Prime Time?

scientific article published on 9 January 2018

Fulfilling our obligation to the caregiver: it's time for action: comment on "Translation of a dementia caregiver support program in a health care system--REACH VA".

scientific article published on February 2011

Functional Impairment: An Unmeasured Marker of Medicare Costs for Postacute Care of Older Adults

scientific article published on 21 June 2017

Functional impairment and Internet use among older adults: implications for meaningful use of patient portals

scientific article published on July 2014

Functional impairment, race, and family expectations of death.

scientific article published in November 2006

Functional limitations, socioeconomic status, and all-cause mortality in moderate alcohol drinkers

scientific article

Functional status of elderly adults before and after initiation of dialysis

scientific article published on October 2009

GERIATRIC MEASURES AS PREDICTORS OF 1-YEAR MORTALITY IN MAJOR SURGERY PATIENTS

scientific article published on 8 November 2019

Geriatric Syndromes and Atrial Fibrillation: Prevalence and Association with Anticoagulant Use in a National Cohort of Older Americans

scientific article published on 28 September 2020

Geriatric Syndromes in Older HIV-Infected Adults

scientific article published on June 2015

Geriatrics Literature 2016 Year in Review

scientific article published on 5 September 2017

Geriatrics Literature 2017 Year in Review

scientific article published on 12 September 2018

Half Of Older Americans Seen In Emergency Department In Last Month Of Life; Most Admitted To Hospital, And Many Die There ⬇️

scientific article published on June 1, 2012

Health status in elderly persons living alone--reply

scientific article published in February 2013

Health-related quality of life following coronary artery bypass graft surgery in post-menopausal women

scientific article published on 24 June 2008

Heterogeneous Exposure Associations in Observational Cohort Studies: The Example of Blood Pressure in Older Adults

scientific article published on 01 January 2020

High Levels of Geriatric Palliative Care Needs in Hip Fracture Patients Before the Hip Fracture

scientific article published on 9 August 2016

High occurrence of mood and anxiety disorders among older adults: The National Comorbidity Survey Replication

scientific article

Home Modifications to Reduce Disability in Older Adults With Functional Disability

scientific article published on 01 February 2019

Hospital readmission among older adults who return home with unmet need for ADL disability

scientific article published on 2 August 2012

INTRODUCING ARTIFICIAL COMPANIONS TO USERS WITH DEMENTIA IN UNREGULATED MARKETS: OPPORTUNITIES VS. ETHICAL ISSUES

scholarly article by Elena Portacolone et al published 8 November 2019 in Innovation in Aging

Identifying Older Adults with Serious Illness: A Critical Step toward Improving the Value of Health Care

scientific article

Increase in Disability Prevalence Before Hip Fracture

scientific article

Increased Risk of Suicide Attempts and Unintended Death Among Those Transitioning From Prison to Community in Later Life

scientific article published on 21 July 2018

Individualizing life expectancy estimates for older adults using the Gompertz Law of Human Mortality

scientific article

Insight into the post-hospital syndrome: a 3-month longitudinal follow up on geriatric syndromes and their association with functional decline, readmission and mortality

scientific article published on 19 February 2020

Instead of wasting money on aducanumab, pay for programs proven to help people living with dementia

scientific article published in 2021

Insufficient help for activity of daily living disabilities and risk of all-cause hospitalization

scientific article

Late-life mortality in older Jews exposed to the Nazi regime

scientific article published in September 2007

Length of Stay for Older Adults Residing in Nursing Homes at the End of Life ⬇️

scientific article published on August 24, 2010

Leveraging the health and retirement study to advance palliative care research

scientific article

Long-Term Nursing Home Entry: A Prognostic Model for Older Adults with a Family or Unpaid Caregiver

scientific article published on 09 August 2018

Loss of independence in activities of daily living in older adults hospitalized with medical illnesses: increased vulnerability with age.

scientific article published in April 2003

Making general internal medicine research relevant to the older patient with multiple chronic comorbidities.

scientific article

Medication prescribing practices for older prisoners in the Texas prison system

scientific article published on 17 September 2009

Mortality risk and prospective medicare expenditures for persons with dementia

scientific article published in November 2005

Mortality risk stratification in chronic kidney disease: one size for all ages?

scientific article published in February 2006

Moving prevention of functional impairment upstream: is middle age an ideal time for intervention?

scientific article published on 17 July 2020

Objectively measured sleep quality and nursing home placement in older women

scientific article

Octogenarians and nonagenarians starting dialysis in the United States

scientific article

One-Year Mortality After Hip Fracture: Development and Validation of a Prognostic Index

scientific article published on 13 June 2016

Pain as a risk factor for disability or death

scientific article published on 21 March 2013

Pain in Community-Dwelling Older Adults with Dementia: Results from the National Health and Aging Trends Study

scientific article published on 22 July 2015

Pain, functional limitations, and aging

scientific article

Patient Factors Associated With Parathyroidectomy in Older Adults With Primary Hyperparathyroidism

scientific article published on 06 January 2021

Patient and caregiver characteristics and nursing home placement in patients with dementia

scientific article

Patient and caregiver characteristics associated with depression in caregivers of patients with dementia

scientific article

Patient-reported measures of well-being in older multiple myeloma patients: use of secondary data source

scientific article published on 22 January 2020

Perioperative Gabapentin Does Not Reduce Postoperative Delirium in Older Surgical Patients: A Randomized Clinical Trial

scientific article published on 20 July 2017

Physical Function and Hospital Readmissions-Reply

scientific article

Poor sleep quality and functional decline in older women

scientific article

Posttraumatic stress disorder and risk of dementia among US veterans

scientific article

Predicting 10-year mortality for older adults

scientific article published on March 2013

Predicting 12-month mortality for persons with dementia.

scientific article published in May 2003

Predicting change in functional status over quarterly intervals for older adults enrolled in the PACE community-based long-term care program

scientific article published on October 2008

Prediction Modeling to Assess the Prognostic Significance of a Biomarker Panel ⬇️

scientific article published on November 18, 2010

Prediction of mortality in community-living frail elderly people with long-term care needs

scientific article published on 20 November 2007

Prevalence and correlates of perceived societal racism in older African-American adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus

scientific article published in December 2005

Prognostic value of a rapid sarcopenia measure in acutely ill older adults

scientific article published on 31 August 2019

Prospective Identification of Patients at Risk for Unwarranted Variation in Treatment

scientific article published on 3 August 2017

Rates of Acute Care Admissions for Frail Older People Living with Met Versus Unmet Activity of Daily Living Needs

scientific article published on 01 February 2006

Recovery of activities of daily living in older adults after hospitalization for acute medical illness

scientific article published on December 2008

Remote Traumatic Brain Injury Is Associated with Motor Dysfunction in Older Military Veterans

scientific article published on 20 January 2017

Respecting Elders by Respecting Their Paid Caregivers ⬇️

scientific article published on May 1, 2011

Rethinking the association of high blood pressure with mortality in elderly adults: the impact of frailty

scientific article published on August 2012

Risk of hip fracture in disabled community-living older adults

scientific article published in January 2003

Screening mammography in older women. Effect of wealth and prognosis

scientific article published in March 2008

Screening, Recruitment, and Baseline Characteristics for the Strategies to Reduce Injuries and Develop Confidence in Elders (STRIDE) Study

Serum albumin concentration and clinical assessments of nutritional status in hospitalized older people: different sides of different coins?

scientific article

Skin Cancer in U.S. Elderly Adults: Does Life Expectancy Play a Role in Treatment Decisions?

scientific article published on 15 June 2016

Social Isolation and Loneliness Among San Francisco Bay Area Older Adults During the COVID-19 Shelter-in-Place Orders

scientific article published on 23 September 2020

Subjective Social Status and Functional Decline in Older Adults ⬇️

scientific article published on January 4, 2012

Succeeding in Aging Research During the Pandemic: Strategies for Fellows and Junior Faculty

scientific article published on 13 October 2020

Switching Between Medicare Advantage And Traditional Medicare Before And After The Onset Of Functional Disability

scientific article published on 01 May 2020

The Association of Blood Pressure and Mortality Differs by Self-reported Walking Speed in Older Latinos ⬇️

scientific article published on March 1, 2012

The Clinical Impact of Medical Journals.

scientific article

The Effects and Meanings of Receiving a Diagnosis of Mild Cognitive Impairment or Alzheimer's Disease When One Lives Alone

scientific article published in January 2018

The Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Lived Experience of Diverse Older Adults Living Alone With Cognitive Impairment

scientific article published on 06 January 2021

The Epidemiology of Pain During the Last 2 Years of Life ⬇️

scientific article published on November 2, 2010

The Precarity of Older Adults Living Alone With Cognitive Impairment.

scientific article published on 24 January 2018

The effects of acute illness on ADL decline over 1 year in frail older adults with and without cognitive impairment.

scientific article published in July 2002

The last 2 years of life: functional trajectories of frail older people

scientific article

The relationship between self-rated health and mortality in older black and white Americans

scientific article published on 14 August 2007

The relationship of indwelling urinary catheters to death, length of hospital stay, functional decline, and nursing home admission in hospitalized older medical patients

scientific article published in February 2007

Twenty-year depressive trajectories among older women

scientific article published on October 2012

Unmet Need for ADL Assistance Is Associated With Mortality Among Older Adults With Mild Disability.

scientific article published on April 2015

Unsteadiness reported by older hospitalized patients predicts functional decline

scientific article published in May 2003

Use of the Medicare Posthospitalization Skilled Nursing Benefit in the Last 6 Months of Life ⬇️

scientific article published on November 12, 2012

Walking speed is a useful marker of frailty in older persons--reply

scientific article published on 01 February 2013

Walking the Tightrope between Study Participant Autonomy and Researcher Integrity: The Case Study of a Research Participant with Alzheimer's Disease Pursuing Euthanasia in Switzerland

scientific article published on 10 June 2019

Who Becomes a High Utilizer? A Case-Control Study of Older Adults in the USA

scientific article published on 25 November 2019

Who Take Naps? Self-Reported and Objectively Measured Napping in Very Old Women

scientific article published on 18 February 2017

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