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Faculty Ellen F. Binder, M.D. Ellen Binder, M.D. provides medical care to older adults in both the long-term care and outpatient settings. She provides primary care for nursing home patients residing at the Jewish Center for the Aged (JCA). Binder also sees patients in the Older Adult Assessment Program located at the Washington University Center for Advanced Medicine. This clinic serves frail older adults that may have difficulty with memory, dementia, incontinence, medication issues, falls, nutrition problems or depression. She is an attending physician at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and is an active participant in the training of health professionals at Washington University School of Medicine. Research Interests Binder's research interests focus on preventing physical
frailty in older adults, improving outcomes after a hip fracture, and
improving nursing home care. She has studied estrogen and hormone replacement
therapy and exercise in older adults, and hip fracture rehabilitation.
In addition, she has studied care of older adults with pneumonia in the
long-term care setting. Washington University School of Medicine
Publications Recent Articles in Peer Review Journals Mehr DR, Binder EF, Kruse R., Zweig S C, Madsen R, D'Agostino R B How good are clinical findings at identifying pneumonia in nursing home residents? J Fam Pract (in press). Brown M, Sinacore DR, Ehsani AA, Binder EF, Kohrt WM. Low intensity exercise as a modifier of physical frailty in older adults. Arch Phys Med Rehab (in press). Barry CR, Brown K, Denning MD, Esker D, Kruse R., Binder EF, Nursing assessment of ill nursing home residents. J Gerontol Nurs (in press). Binder EF, Williams DB, Schechtman KB, Kohrt WM. Effects of hormone replacement on serum lipids in elderly women: results of a randomized, placebo-controlled trial. Ann Int Med 2001; 134: 754-760. Binder EF, Schechtman KB, Birge SJ, Williams DB, Kohrt WM Effects of hormone replacement therapy on cognitive performance in elderly women. Maturitas 38: 137-146, 2001. Binder EF, Miller JP, Ball L Development of a test of physical performance for the nursing home setting (NHPPT). The Gerontologist 2001; 41: 671-679. Jeffe DB, Binder EF,
Williams DB, Kohrt WM Frail older women's participation in a trial of
hormone replacement therapy: Perceived benefits and concerns. Menopause
2001; 8: 127-134.
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