Issue 1/2006
Content (18 Articles)
Prevalence of inappropriate medication using Beers criteria in Japanese long-term care facilities
Satoko Niwata, Yukari Yamada, Naoki Ikegami
Pneumonia care and the nursing home: a qualitative descriptive study of resident and family member perspectives
Soo Chan Carusone, Mark Loeb, Lynne Lohfeld
Pain in elderly people with severe dementia: A systematic review of behavioural pain assessment tools
Sandra MG Zwakhalen, Jan PH Hamers, Huda Huijer Abu-Saad, Martijn PF Berger
Cross-sectional relationship between physical fitness components and functional performance in older persons living in long-term care facilities
Amika S Singh, Marijke JM Chin A Paw, Ruud J Bosscher, Willem van Mechelen
A record review of reported musculoskeletal pain in an Ontario long term care facility
Connie J D'Astolfo, B Kim Humphreys
The effect of Tai Chi Chuan in reducing falls among elderly people: design of a randomized clinical trial in the Netherlands [ISRCTN98840266]
Petra EM Zeeuwe, Arianne P Verhagen, Sita MA Bierma-Zeinstra, Erik van Rossum, Marjan J Faber, Bart W Koes
Measuring change in activities of daily living in nursing home residents with moderate to severe cognitive impairment
G Iain Carpenter, Charlotte L Hastie, John N Morris, Brant E Fries, Joel Ankri
The impact of cognitive functioning on mortality and the development of functional disability in older adults with diabetes: the second longitudinal study on aging
Lisa C McGuire, Earl S Ford, Umed A Ajani
Effects of resistance and functional-skills training on habitual activity and constipation among older adults living in long-term care facilities: a randomized controlled trial
Marijke JM Chin A Paw, Mireille NM van Poppel, Willem van Mechelen
Older adults' attitudes about continuing cancer screening later in life: a pilot study interviewing residents of two continuing care communities
Carmen L Lewis, Christine E Kistler, Halle R Amick, Lea C Watson, Debra L Bynum, Louise C Walter, Michael P Pignone
Can volunteer companions prevent falls among inpatients? A feasibility study using a pre-post comparative design
Lynne C Giles, Denise Bolch, Robyn Rouvray, Beth McErlean, Craig H Whitehead, Paddy A Phillips, Maria Crotty
Determinants of short and long term functional recovery after hospitalization for community-acquired pneumonia in the elderly: role of inflammatory markers
Ali El Solh, Lilibeth Pineda, Pam Bouquin, Corey Mankowski
Functional assessment of older patients in the emergency department: comparison between standard instruments, medical records and physicians' perceptions
Alejandro Rodríguez-Molinero, María López-Diéguez, Ana I Tabuenca, Juan J de la Cruz, José R Banegas
Can care of elderly be measured? A method for estimating the individual care of recipients in community health care
Kajsa BE Thorsell, Berit M Nordström, Per Nyberg, Bengt V Sivberg
The association between indwelling urinary catheter use in the elderly and urinary tract infection in acute care
Susan E Hazelett, Margaret Tsai, Michele Gareri, Kyle Allen
Antihypertensive and lipid lowering treatment in 70–74 year old individuals – predictors for treatment and blood-pressure control: a population based survey. The Hordaland Health Study (HUSK)
Mette Brekke, Steinar Hunskaar, Jørund Straand
Short-term effects of an educational intervention on physical restraint use: a cluster randomized trial
Anna R Huizing, Jan PH Hamers, Math JM Gulpers, Martijn PF Berger
Exploring the feasibility of a community-based strength training program for older people with depressive symptoms and its impact on depressive symptoms
Jane Sims, Keith Hill, Sandra Davidson, Jane Gunn, Nancy Huang