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Frailty is a common condition in older people, and its prevalence increases with age. With an ageing population, the adverse consequences of frailty cause an increasing appeal to the health care system. The im...
Gait variables assessed by inertial measurement units (IMUs) show promise as screening tools for aging-related diseases like sarcopenia. The main aims of this systematic review were to analyze and synthesize t...
Most people living with dementia live in their own home supported by family carers. One of the most challenging problems they face is managing toilet-use and continence. Carers have repeatedly asked for better...
Post-stroke stress can trigger instant survival but its influence on long-term ischemic stroke outcomes remains controversial. Thus, we sought to explore the associations of acute post-stroke stress evidenced ...
Oral Health Literacy (OHL), defined as an ability to obtain, understand, and apply information related to oral health, plays a crucial role in promoting effective oral health outcomes and behaviors. Given the ...
Social connection is a basic human need and is essential to quality of life. It is associated with better mental and physical health outcomes for long-term care (LTC) home residents and is a key aspect of qual...
This prospective cohort study focused on the predictive value of frailty or pre-frailty assessed by Edmonton Frailty Scale (EFS) for postoperative delirium in spinal surgery patients.
The original article was published in BMC Geriatrics 2024 24:313
Loneliness has been identified as a significant independent predictor of depression among older adults. Social support has been reported to play a protective role against both loneliness and depression in olde...
Life-sustaining therapy, including heart and lung resuscitation and transfer to the intensive care department, is demanding for patients and relatives and utilizes large amounts of healthcare resources. For ol...
The estimated prognos of a patient might influence the expected benefit/risk ratio of different interventions. The main purpose of this study was to investigate the Clinical Frailty Scale (CFS) score as an ind...
Cognitive frailty (CF) is characterized by the coexistence of physical frailty and cognitive impairment, and it is associated with adverse health outcomes. Older adults are particularly vulnerable to CF due to...
Older adults account for a large proportion of hospital admissions. In this study we aim to bridge a gap between medical and psychosocial factors in predicting hospitalisation.
Postural control is dependent on the central nervous system’s accurate interpretation of sensory information to formulate and execute adequate motor actions. Research has shown that cognitive functions are ass...
To construct and verify a risk prediction model for sleep disturbance in elderly patients with hypertension, aiming to offer guidance for sleep management in this demographic.
Inappropriate prescribing (IP) is a common problem in the older population. Despite numerous attempts to tackle this issue, it remains a public health concern. In most European countries, general practitioners...
Social engagement is closely related to well-being among older adults. However, studies on the changing trajectory and influencing factors (especially time-varying factors) of social engagement are limited. Th...
Recently, the countries in the Mediterranean basin (which share cultural ties) have been showing a common trend of declining social support for the elderly, with deficiencies in social care models for this dem...
The process of identifying and discontinuing medicines in instances in which harms outweigh benefits (deprescribing) can mitigate the negative consequences of problematic polypharmacy. This process should be c...
Persons with dementia frequently experience mealtime behavioral problems that can result in reduced or lack of intake of food or fluids. Multiple underlying causes and expressions of mealtime behavioral proble...
People’s wider culture plays a vital role in both dementia care and policy. This study aims to explore the cultural practice and policy influence around caring for People Living with Dementia (PLWD) in Nepal.
This study aimed to systematically evaluate interventions and effects that promote involvement in medication safety among older people with chronic diseases and to provide new ideas and references for developi...
Cognitive frailty is a dual geriatric syndrome that is preventable with lifestyle changes. Lifestyle changes are influenced by literacy level. However, the association between limited health literacy (HL) and ...
Social isolation, defined as an individual’s lack of social connections, is particularly prevalent among older adults. However, its association with health outcomes among the oldest-old population (aged 80 and...
Rehabilitation can help long-term care (LTC) residents with dementia maintain their independence. However, many residents do not receive rehabilitation. This study aimed to identify the barriers and facilitato...
The prevalence of chronic conditions increases rapidly among older population. However, it is unclear how different chronic conditions progression contributes to the health care utilization, and whether interg...
Apocrine carcinoma associated with Paget’s disease is a rare malignancy that typically manifests in elderly individuals, predominantly affecting the geriatric population. It commonly arises in regions rich in ...
In 2020, China declared that the absolute poverty in the country had been eradicated, but older people in rural areas are deprived in multiple domains. Poverty is multidimensional and involves deprivations in ...
Nutrition not only plays an important role in one’s physical health, but also mental health. The causal association between nutrition and mental health remains unclear. While a healthy dietary pattern may prot...
The preservation of physical health is of crucial importance for the overall well-being of the ageing population, a concern that is particularly relevant in the context of rapidly ageing societies such as Chin...
The NHS has made it mandatory for General Practices in England to proactively identify and manage older people with moderate and severe frailty since the GMS contract of 2017/2018. In Luton, stakeholders devel...
Older adults living with multiple long-term conditions (MLTC, also known as multimorbidity) and frailty are more likely to experience a deterioration in their health requiring specialist referral or hospital a...
The ageing population, coupled with the desire to age-in-place, highlight the need for programs that target health promotion as a means of maintaining functional ability, autonomy, and independence among commu...
Stroke-associated pneumonia (SAP) is a common complication in stroke patients, and the Barthel Index (BI) is a well-established metric for assessing activities of daily living (ADL). However, the association b...
Hearing loss in older adults affects general, generic health-related and disease-specific quality of life (QoL). The conventional strategy to address it is through hearing aids, which have been shown to improv...
This research aimed to develop and validate a dynamic nomogram for predicting the risk of high care dependency during the hospital-family transition periods in older stroke patients.
Inter-generational interaction is a carrier of Chinese traditional culture, and it can exert important influence on the depressive symptoms on Chinese older adults. The study aims to analyze gender differences...
The increasing prevalence of cognitive impairment poses substantial risks to older adults, particularly those with chronic diseases. While existing studies have examined the connection between the empty nest p...
The 2022 world guidelines for falls prevention and management suggest measuring sensory function including dizziness, vision, and hearing. These variables are not included in the falls risk stratification algo...
The mindfulness level of hospitalized elderly is influenced by factors such as physical health, emotional resilience, and social support. However, little is known regarding the relationship between medical cop...
The current study examined potential risk factors for experiencing a decline on the interRAI Cognitive Performance Scale (CPS).
The widespread acceptance of early surgery as a treatment for acute intertrochanteric fracture (ITF) has been accompanied by ongoing controversy due to conflicting conclusions presented in previous studies. Th...
Sarcopenia is a leading cause of functional decline, loss of independence, premature mortality, and frailty in older adults. Reducing and breaking up sedentary behaviour is associated with positive sarcopenia ...
Functional training is essential for maintaining the independence of older adults, especially in rural areas with limited resources. In this study, we assess the short-term and long-term impacts of the Precisi...
While falls are the leading cause of accidental injury among older people, the current fall prevention strategies have not resulted in a remarkable reduction in fall rates. An alternative novel approach, teach...
Prior studies on longevity often examine predictors in isolation and rely solely on baseline information, limiting our understanding of the most important predictors and their dynamic nature. In this study, we...
The worldwide number of adults aged 60 years and older is expected to double from 1 billion in 2019 to 2.1 billion by 2050. As the population lives longer, the rising incidence of chronic diseases, cognitive d...
There is consistent evidence of the impact of depression and health on Quality of Life in older adults. However, the influence of anxiety or psychological wellbeing aspects has been less extensively studied. T...
Older people with diabetes who live at home and receive home care services (HCS) are vulnerable, which may result in a need for more care than the HCS can provide. In this study we aimed to explore association...
Mental distress among retirees and older people is a severe public health challenge, and information on new risk groups is needed. This study aims to identify subgroups of old-age retirees with varying associa...
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