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People with dementia receive differential access to palliative care services despite suffering from a significant burden of the disease in the advanced stage. Professional and familial caregivers may not view ...
In China, long-term care (LTC) system has been implemented in recent years to improve the quality of care for older adults. To address healthcare needs of older adults with disabilities, this study investigate...
The aim of this study is to analyse the associations of annual Intrinsic Capacities (IC) impairment evolution with the annual cost of care in Nursing Home (NH) residents. This was a prospective, longitudinal a...
Drug–drug interactions (DDIs) are significant causes of adverse drug reactions among patients with cancer. We aimed to identify the prevalence, severity, and predictors of potential DDIs among geriatric oncolo...
Even when older people are discharged directly home after an emergency department (ED) visit, the risk of deterioration of health status and loss of independence persists. We hypothesize that among older adult...
This longitudinal study analyzed the association between informal caregiving inside and caregiving outside the household with changes in grip strength, and whether these associations varied based on caregivers...
Life-space mobility (LSM) measures the size of the real-world geographic area an individual purposely transverses in their daily life. While older cancer survivors often have declines in LSM that negatively af...
Nursing students, as future healthcare professionals, hold a crucial role in delivering high-quality care to older adults. Their ability to provide effective geriatric care depends significantly on comprehensi...
Few studies have assessed sarcopenia identified by erector spinae muscle (ESM) using thoracic computed tomography (CT) before cardiac surgery. We aimed to explore the relationship between sarcopenia evaluated ...
Good self-management behaviors can improve the physical function and quality of life of patients with heart failure and reduce hospitalization, mortality, and medical expenses. While the overall self-managemen...
Chronic disease self-management is very important for the progression and treatment of diseases worldwide. The management of chronic diseases among elderly individuals in rural areas is an urgent public health...
Among very older patients with atrial fibrillation (AF), the frequency of inappropriate direct oral anticoagulant (DOAC) dosing, associated factors, and temporal trends in practice are unknown.
The home- and community-based care model has been developed to enable older people healthy ageing in place. However, few studies have investigated how well particular home- and community-based services (HCBS) ...
Social isolation and loneliness are highly prevalent in older adults. Older adults who are receiving home health services (HHS) post hospital discharge are at high risk for social isolation and loneliness rela...
This study examined the moderating effects of built environment attributes on the relationship between family support and depressive symptoms among community-dwelling older adults in urban China.
The ability to predict older people’s functional independence has implications for the development and provision of services to improve individual sense of self and wellbeing.
In older adults, medium and high levels of life satisfaction can coexist with mental health symptoms. The combination of these variables continues to be a challenge for public mental health; even more so for m...
Childhood experiences have been shown to affect mental health in later life. However, the relationships between childhood adversity patterns and mental health trajectories in later life have not been fully exa...
Age-friendly communities (AFCs) aim to create inclusive societies for older adults. The World Health Organization (WHO) highlights dementia considerations in AFC development; however, few community-level indic...
Chronic disease self-management is a critical concern in public health, in which perceived social support plays an important role. However, the underlying pathways and mechanisms linking perceived social suppo...
Quality of life (QOL) has been reported to be associated with sociodemographic characteristics and geriatric syndromes in older adults, but the impact of interactions among multiple geriatric syndromes on QOL ...
The incidence of total hip arthroplasty (THA) is dramatically increasing, particularly in older adults. Enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) has been used in the postoperative care of patients undergoing sur...
As Canada's aging population continues to grow, a larger number of older adults will be residing in assisted living (residences with some on-site care and services). Research is needed to understand how to sup...
This report examines how European geriatricians understand the concept of ‘cognitive frailty’, which was first formally defined by the International Academy on Nutrition and Aging (IANA) and the International ...
Due to population aging, residential care homes are increasingly providing end-of-life care for residents with multiple chronic illnesses and cognitive decline. Proactive end-of-life communication, a component...
Sarcopenia is characterized by the progressive loss of muscle mass and function due to aging. Dual-specificity tyrosine-regulated kinase 1b (Dyrk1b) plays a key role in muscle differentiation by regulating tra...
The increasing importance of sexual expression among older Europeans calls for a more comprehensive understanding of the process of sexual aging. Combining social gerontological and sexological theories, the c...
Meeting the increasing need for long-term care (LTC) is a pressing issue for aging societies worldwide. The public long-term care insurance (LTCI) scheme offers a potential solution to this challenge. However,...
Knowledge about age-related changes in factors associated with self-rated health (SRH) in older adults is still limited.
Risk assessment tools such as the Nottingham Hip Fracture Score (NHFS) are crucial in guiding prognostic discussions and benchmarking in hip fracture care. These scores have scope to be improved, which may hel...
The aim of the study was to ascertain the efficacy of interferential current-transcutaneous electrical sensory stimulation (IFC-TESS) in treating patients with severe dementia accompanied by dysphagia who resi...
Catastrophic health expenditure (CHE) is a key indicator for studying the economic burden of diseases. Previous study mainly focused on exploring the relationship between severe diseases such as cancer and mul...
Currently, there is no effective way to identify older patients with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) at high risk of long-term death. We aimed to develop and validate a pneumonia scoring system to predict 1...
This study aims to analyze the association between different pain phenotypes and depressive symptom trajectory among community-dwelling older adults, and whether and how providing caregiving render older adult...
Intrinsic capacity (IC), a composite of physical and mental capacities, is a marker of healthy aging. However, the association between changes in IC and trajectories in older adults and the onset of cardiovasc...
Acute heart failure (AHF) has become a significant challenge in older people with hip fractures. Timely identification and assessment of preoperative AHF have become key factors in reducing surgical risks and ...
Social isolation and loneliness have been recognized as important psychosocial factors affecting human health. We aimed to examine the relationships of social isolation and loneliness with the likelihood of he...
The triglyceride–glucose (TyG) index and triglyceride–glucose/body mass index (TyG–BMI) have been shown to be associated with cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disorders and the risk of death. The aim of this...
Hypertension, commonly known as the silent killer, is one of the most prevalent cardiovascular disorders among older adults and represents a significant burden on healthcare systems worldwide. Spiritual well-b...
Cognitive frailty, the co-occurrence of physical frailty and cognitive impairment, has emerged as an essential factor affecting the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) among older adults; however, the role ...
Spontaneous multiple small bowel perforation refers to the complete transmural disruption of the intestinal wall and is often associated with conditions such as inflammatory bowel disease, infectious enteritis...
To investigate the effect of simple small airway dysfunction (SAD) on large airway function parameters in old people.
The aim is to explore the value of pericoronary adipose tissue (PCAT) attenuation in predicting abnormal bone mass by establishing a prediction model.
Despite the growing use of social robots in geriatric care, there is a lack of standardized ethical guidelines to inform and guide professionals in their implementation.
To identify the factors that affect oral frailty in older adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) with long-term disease duration of more than 10 years.
The subject of personal values prompts deep reflection in the context of foster care provided by kinship carers, in particular grandparents, towards their biological grandchildren. Taking over the care of thei...
Sexuality in later life has been traditionally defined through a narrative of decline, assuming that older adults have less sexual capacities and interests. However, such a view has been challenged by a new, m...
New approaches to health care delivery, including telecare, provide an opportunity to address the challenges in an aging population. Thus, this study aims to identify the challenges of the telecare system esta...
Glaucoma is one of the leading causes of visual impairment and blindness globally, mainly affecting older adults. Disproportionately affecting people of African descent, its high prevalence, combined with the ...
Falls among older adults (individuals aged 60 and above) are a substantial health issue worldwide. This study aimed to analyze the burden of falls and its attributable risk factors among older adults at the na...
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