Issue 1/2019
Content (381 Articles)
Optimising costs in reducing rate of falls in older people with the improvement of balance by means of vestibular rehabilitation (ReFOVeRe study): a randomized controlled trial comparing computerised dynamic posturography vs mobile vibrotactile posturography system
Andrés Soto-Varela, Pilar Gayoso-Diz, Ana Faraldo-García, Marcos Rossi-Izquierdo, Isabel Vaamonde-Sánchez-Andrade, María del-Río-Valeiras, Antonio Lirola-Delgado, Sofía Santos-Pérez
Knowledge, help-seeking and efficacy to find respite services: an exploratory study in help-seeking carers of people with dementia in the context of aged care reforms
L. Phillipson, K. Johnson, E. Cridland, D. Hall, C. Neville, E. Fielding, H. Hasan
Procalcitonin is not an independent predictor of 30-day mortality, albeit predicts pneumonia severity in patients with pneumonia acquired outside the hospital
Takanori Akagi, Nobuhiko Nagata, Hiroyuki Miyazaki, Taishi Harada, Satoshi Takeda, Yuji Yoshida, Kenji Wada, Masaki Fujita, Kentaro Watanabe
Influence of activity space on the association between neighborhood characteristics and dementia risk: results from the 3-City study cohort
Noémie Letellier, Isabelle Carrière, Laure-Anne Gutierrez, Audrey Gabelle, Jean-François Dartigues, Carole Dufouil, Catherine Helmer, Emmanuelle Cadot, Claudine Berr
Individualized counselling for active aging: protocol of a single-blinded, randomized controlled trial among older people (the AGNES intervention study)
Taina Rantanen, Katja Pynnönen, Milla Saajanaho, Sini Siltanen, Laura Karavirta, Katja Kokko, Anu Karvonen, Markku Kauppinen, Timo Rantalainen, Merja Rantakokko, Erja Portegijs, Mary Hassandra
A randomized controlled trial protocol to test the efficacy of a dual-task multicomponent exercise program in the attenuation of frailty in long-term nursing home residents: Aging-ONDUAL-TASK study
Chloe Rezola-Pardo, Haritz Arrieta, Susana Maria Gil, Jose Javier Yanguas, Miren Iturburu, Jon Irazusta, Begoña Sanz, Ana Rodriguez-Larrad
Consensus and evidence-based medication review to optimize and potentially reduce psychotropic drug prescription in institutionalized dementia patients
Mireia Massot Mesquida, Montserrat Tristany Casas, Alicia Franzi Sisó, Isabel García Muñoz, Óscar Hernández Vian, Pere Torán Monserrat
The influence of organizational factors on the attitudes of residential care staff toward the sexuality of residents with dementia
Tineke S. M. Roelofs, Katrien G. Luijkx, Marielle C. M. Cloin, Petri J. C. M. Embregts
Performance-based clinical tests of balance and muscle strength used in young seniors: a systematic literature review
Ronny Bergquist, Michaela Weber, Michael Schwenk, Synnøve Ulseth, Jorunn L. Helbostad, Beatrix Vereijken, Kristin Taraldsen
Geographical variations in self-rated health and functional limitations among older Chinese in eight WHO-SAGE provinces
Vasoontara Yiengprugsawan, Catherine D’Este, Julie Byles, Hal Kendig
Discontinuously supervised aerobic training vs. physical activity promotion in the self-management of type 2 diabetes in older Italian patients: design and methods of the ‘TRIPL-A’ randomized controlled trial
Francesco Lucertini, Carlo Ferri Marini, Davide Sisti, Vilberto Stocchi, Ario Federici, Franco Gregorio, Donata Piangerelli, Carlos Chiatti, Antonio Cherubini, Massimo Boemi, Fabio Romagnoli, Michela Cucchi, Federica D’Angelo, Maria Paola Luconi, Anna Rita Bonfigli
Explaining experiences of community-dwelling older adults with a pro-active comprehensive geriatric assessment program – a thorough evaluation by interviews
Wanda Rietkerk, Merel F. Smit, Klaske Wynia, Joris P. J. Slaets, Sytse U. Zuidema, Debby L. Gerritsen
Effects of three home-based exercise programmes regarding falls, quality of life and exercise-adherence in older adults at risk of falling: protocol for a randomized controlled trial
Anne-Gabrielle Mittaz Hager, Nicolas Mathieu, Constanze Lenoble-Hoskovec, Jaap Swanenburg, Rob de Bie, Roger Hilfiker
The geriatric nutritional risk index independently predicts adverse outcomes in patients with pyogenic liver abscess
Jing Xu, Xinhe Zhou, Chao Zheng
Deprescribing interventions and their impact on medication adherence in community-dwelling older adults with polypharmacy: a systematic review
Joanna Ulley, Deborah Harrop, Ali Ali, Sarah Alton, Sally Fowler Davis
Potential gains in health-adjusted life expectancy from reducing four main non-communicable diseases among Chinese elderly
Xiaoqian Hu, Xueshan Sun, Yuanyuan Li, Yuxuan Gu, Minzhuo Huang, Jingming Wei, Xuemei Zhen, Shuyan Gu, Hengjin Dong
Appropriateness of transferring nursing home residents to emergency departments: a systematic review
Sabine E Lemoyne, Hanne H. Herbots, Dennis De Blick, Roy Remmen, Koenraad G. Monsieurs, Peter Van Bogaert
Refining caregiver vulnerability for clinical practice: determinants of self-rated health in spousal dementia caregivers
Roland von Känel, Brent T. Mausbach, Joel E. Dimsdale, Michael G. Ziegler, Paul J. Mills, Matthew A. Allison, Thomas L. Patterson, Sonia Ancoli-Israel, Igor Grant
Combined use of smartphone and smartband technology in the improvement of lifestyles in the adult population over 65 years: study protocol for a randomized clinical trial (EVIDENT-Age study)
José I. Recio-Rodríguez, Cristina Lugones-Sanchez, Cristina Agudo-Conde, Jesús González-Sánchez, Olaya Tamayo-Morales, Susana Gonzalez-Sanchez, Carmen Fernandez-Alonso, Jose A. Maderuelo-Fernandez, Sara Mora-Simon, Manuel A. Gómez-Marcos, Emiliano Rodriguez-Sanchez, Luis Garcia-Ortiz
Reliability of mobility measures in older medical patients with cognitive impairment
Tobias Braun, Christian Thiel, Ralf-Joachim Schulz, Christian Grüneberg
Change in quality of life and potentially associated factors in patients receiving home-based primary care: a prospective cohort study
Chi-Hsien Huang, Hiroyuki Umegaki, Hiroko Kamitani, Atushi Asai, Shigeru Kanda, Keiko Maeda, Hideki Nomura, Masafumi Kuzuya
Study protocol of a multi-center RCT testing a social-cognitive intervention to promote volunteering in older adults against an active control
Lisa M. Warner, Da Jiang, Alice Ming-Lin Chong, Tianyuan Li, Julia K. Wolff, Kee-Lee Chou
Autonomic cardiovascular control in older patients with acute infection and delirium: a pilot study of orthostatic stress responses
Bjørn Erik Neerland, Torgeir Bruun Wyller, Vegard Bruun Bratholm Wyller
Multidisciplinary intervention to improve medication safety in nursing home residents: protocol of a cluster randomised controlled trial (HIOPP-3-iTBX study)
Olaf Krause, Birgitt Wiese, Ina-Merle Doyle, Claudia Kirsch, Petra Thürmann, Stefan Wilm, Lisa Sparenberg, Regina Stolz, Antje Freytag, Jutta Bleidorn, Ulrike Junius-Walker, Simone Bernard, Stefanie Kortekamp, Angela Fuchs, Achim Mortsiefer, Anja Wollny, Attila Altiner, Hannah Haumann, Stefanie Joos, Nils Schneider, Thomas G. Grobe, Christian Günster
Effectiveness of an intervention in multicomponent exercise in primary care to improve frailty parameters in patients over 70 years of age (MEFAP-project), a randomised clinical trial: rationale and study design
M. V. Castell, A. Gutiérrez-Misis, M. Sánchez-Martínez, M. A. Prieto, B. Moreno, S. Nuñez, R. Triano, M. P. de Antonio, C. Mateo, M. D. Cano, A. Garrido, R. Julian, E. Polentinos, R. Rodriguez-Barrientos, A. Otero Puime, Virtudes Enguita Perez, Belen de la Fuente Martin, Raquel Carcerén y Murciano, Rafael Ruiz Morote Aragón, Mª. Victoria Diaz Puente, Elena Fernández García, Enma González Nespereira, Maria Luisa Asensio Ruiz, Elena Orio Moreno, Daniel Pascual Diez, Mercedes Piñeiro Rodriguez, Susana López Cotón, Eva María Illana, Maria Teresa Blanco Ramos, Maria Concepción Hernández de la Luna, Catalina Mª. Santiago Gonzalez, Isabel Contreras Calzada, David Morales Tereja, Ana Maria Rosas Hernandez, Marta Agüero Martin, Verónica Andrés Sanz, Ricardo Duque Heras, Beatriz Carmen Durán Fernández, Rubén Escolano Garcia, Andrés Galeano Galeano Valiente, Maria Isabel Gallardo Vidal, Juliana García Cosmes, Maria Elena García López, Raquel García López, Belén Gómez Gómez, Maria Aurora Latorre Gálvez, Jose Luis Mijangos Rodriguez, Maria Luz Turégano Prieto
Frailty, transition in frailty status and all-cause mortality in older adults of a Taichung community-based population
Mu-Cyun Wang, Tsai-Chung Li, Chia-Ing Li, Chiu-Shong Liu, Wen-Yuan Lin, Chih-Hsueh Lin, Chuan-Wei Yang, Shing-Yu Yang, Cheng-Chieh Lin
Effect of interactive cognitive-motor training on eye-hand coordination and cognitive function in older adults
Pi-Tuan Chan, Wen-Chi Chang, Huei-Ling Chiu, Ching-Chiu Kao, Doresses Liu, Hsin Chu, Kuei-Ru Chou
Positive and negative well-being and objectively measured sedentary behaviour in older adults: evidence from three cohorts
Judith A. Okely, Iva Čukić, Richard J. Shaw, Sebastien F. Chastin, Philippa M. Dall, Ian J. Deary, Geoff Der, Manon L. Dontje, Dawn A. Skelton, Catharine R. Gale, Dawn A. Skelton, Sebastien Chastin, Simon Cox, Elaine Coulter, Iva Čukić, Philippa Dall, Ian Deary, Geoff Der, Manon Dontje, Claire Fitzsimons, Catharine Gale, Jason Gill, Malcolm Granat, Cindy Gray, Carolyn Greig, Elaine Hindle, Karen Laird, Gillian Mead, Nanette Mutrie, Victoria Palmer, Ratko Radakovic, Naveed Sattar, Richard Shaw, John Starr, Sally Stewart, Sally Wyke
A multicenter investigation of reablement in Norway: a clinical controlled trial
E. Langeland, H. Tuntland, B. Folkestad, O. Førland, F. F. Jacobsen, I. Kjeken
Load magnitude affects patellar tendon mechanical properties but not collagen or collagen cross-linking after long-term strength training in older adults
Christian S. Eriksen, Rene B. Svensson, Anne T. Gylling, Christian Couppé, S. Peter Magnusson, Michael Kjaer
Temporal trends in incidence, recurrence and prevalence of stroke in an era of ageing populations, a longitudinal study of the total Swedish population
Karin Modig, Mats Talbäck, Louise Ziegler, Anders Ahlbom
The scientific evidence for a potential link between confusion and urinary tract infection in the elderly is still confusing - a systematic literature review
Sean Mayne, Alexander Bowden, Pär-Daniel Sundvall, Ronny Gunnarsson
‘We DECide optimized’ - training nursing home staff in shared decision-making skills for advance care planning conversations in dementia care: protocol of a pretest-posttest cluster randomized trial
Bart Goossens, Aline Sevenants, Anja Declercq, Chantal Van Audenhove
In-home physical frailty monitoring: relevance with respect to clinical tests
Aly Chkeir, Jean-Luc Novella, Moustapha Dramé, Delphine Bera, Michèle Collart, Jacques Duchêne
Maintenance of occupational therapy (OT) for dementia: protocol of a multi-center, randomized controlled and pragmatic trial
Clément Pimouguet, Rémi Sitta, Jérôme Wittwer, Nathalie Hayes, Aurélie Petit-Monéger, Jean-François Dartigues, Catherine Helmer
Kaumātua Mana Motuhake: A study protocol for a peer education intervention to help Māori elders work through later-stage life transitions
John G. Oetzel, Brendan Hokowhitu, Mary Simpson, Rangimahora Reddy, Sophie Nock, Hineitimoana Greensill, Michael P. Cameron, Pare Meha, Kirsten Johnston, Truely Harding, Pita Shelford, Linda Tuhiwai Smith
Barriers and facilitators to implementing dementia care mapping in care homes: results from the DCM™ EPIC trial process evaluation
Alys W. Griffiths, Rachael Kelley, Lucy Garrod, Devon Perfect, Olivia Robinson, Emily Shoesmith, Joanne McDermid, Natasha Burnley, Claire A. Surr
Constipation and laxative use among people living in nursing homes in 2007 and 2013
Maria Gustafsson, Kristina Lämås, Ulf Isaksson, Per-Olof Sandman, Hugo Lövheim
Pharmacist-led medication reviews for geriatric residents in German long-term care facilities
Kerstin Bitter, Christina Pehe, Manfred Krüger, Gabriela Heuer, Regine Quinke, Ulrich Jaehde
The effect of SENATOR (Software ENgine for the Assessment and optimisation of drug and non-drug Therapy in Older peRsons) on incident adverse drug reactions (ADRs) in an older hospital cohort – Trial Protocol
Amanda H. Lavan, Denis O’Mahony, Paul Gallagher, Richard Fordham, Evelyn Flanagan, Darren Dahly, Stephen Byrne, Mirko Petrovic, Adalsteinn Gudmundsson, Olafur Samuelsson, Antonio Cherubini, Alfonso J. Cruz-Jentoft, Roy L. Soiza, Joseph A. Eustace
Patterns of antihypertensive and statin adherence prior to dementia: findings from the adult changes in thought study
Zachary A. Marcum, Rod L. Walker, Bobby L. Jones, Arvind Ramaprasan, Shelly L. Gray, Sascha Dublin, Paul K. Crane, Eric B. Larson
The feasibility of assessing frailty and sarcopenia in hospitalised older people: a comparison of commonly used tools
Kinda Ibrahim, Fiona F. A. Howson, David J. Culliford, Avan A. Sayer, Helen C. Roberts
‘Managing pieces of a personal puzzle’ — Older people’s experiences of self-management falls prevention exercise guided by a digital program or a booklet
Beatrice Pettersson, Maria Wiklund, Rebecka Janols, Helena Lindgren, Lillemor Lundin-Olsson, Dawn A. Skelton, Marlene Sandlund
Community intervention to reduce social isolation in older adults in disadvantaged urban areas: study protocol for a mixed methods multi-approach evaluation
María José López, Carolina Lapena, Alba Sánchez, Xavier Continente, Ana Fernández, Alba Sánchez, Anna Fernández, Anna Pérez, Camila Astorga, Carme Cortina, Carolina Lapena, Cristina Rey, Elia Diez, Enriqueta Pujol, Ferran Daban, Gemma Castillo, Iolanda Robles, Lucía Artazcoz, María José López, Mariona Pons, Marc Marí-Dell’Olmo, Montse Petit, Natalia Sagarra, Nuria Calzada, Olga Juárez, Xavier Bartoll, Xavier Continente
Limited evidence for diagnosing bacterial skin infections in older adults in primary care: systematic review
Oghenekome A. Gbinigie, José M. Ordóñez-Mena, Thomas Fanshawe, Annette Plüddemann, Carl J. Heneghan
Can a framed intervention motivate older adults in assisted living facilities to exercise?
Jari Vanroy, Jan Seghers, Jannique van Uffelen, Filip Boen
Frailty: an in-depth qualitative study exploring the views of community care staff
J. F. Coker, M. E. Martin, R. M. Simpson, L. Lafortune
A multimodal and multidisciplinary program to prevent loss of mobility in patients aged over 70 years: study protocol of a multicenter cluster randomized study in primary care (the PRISME-3P study)
Sofia Perrotin, Thomas Gilbert, Marine Dupuis, Laurent Villeneuve, Sylvie Bin-Dorel, Amna Klich, Laurent Letrilliart, Marc Bonnefoy
Drug use differs by care level. A cross-sectional comparison between older people living at home or in a nursing home in Oslo, Norway
Amura Francesca Fog, Jørund Straand, Knut Engedal, Hege Salvesen Blix
The (cost-) effectiveness of exergaming in people living with dementia and their informal caregivers: protocol for a randomized controlled trial
Joeke van Santen, Rose-Marie Dröes, Judith E. Bosmans, Olivier A. Blanson Henkemans, Sjef van Bommel, Esther Hakvoort, Ronald Valk, Carla Scholten, Joris Wiersinga, Annemieke van Straten, Franka Meiland
Likelihood of a fecal occult blood test uptake among older adults: comparisons between health professionals and healthcare volunteers based on the health belief model
Tsung-Yi Lin, Shu-Tzu Chuang, Su-Fei Huang, Hsiao-Pei Hsu, Li-Ting Lu, Jong-Long Guo
Does aquatic exercise improve commonly reported predisposing risk factors to falls within the elderly? A systematic review
Eduardo Martínez-Carbonell Guillamón, Louise Burgess, Tikki Immins, Andrés Martínez-Almagro Andreo, Thomas W. Wainwright
Cognitive function in Prefrail and frail community-dwelling older adults in China
Lina Ma, Li Zhang, Fei Sun, Yun Li, Zhe Tang
Development and validation of a simple screening tool for caregiver grief in dementia caregiving
Tau Ming Liew, Bee Choo Tai, Philip Yap, Gerald Choon-Huat Koh
Factors predicting home medication management practices among chronically ill older population of selected districts of Nepal
Shakti Shrestha, Ramesh Sharma Poudel, Saroj Pradhan, Aashutosh Adhikari, Arjun Giri, Arjun Poudel
N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide levels had an independent and added ability in the evaluation of all-cause mortality in older Chinese patients with atrial fibrillation
Shihui Fu, Jie Jiao, Yi Guo, Bing Zhu, Leiming Luo
Developing an Intervention for Fall-Related Injuries in Dementia (DIFRID): an integrated, mixed-methods approach
Alison Wheatley, Claire Bamford, Caroline Shaw, Elizabeth Flynn, Amy Smith, Fiona Beyer, Chris Fox, Robert Barber, Steve W. Parry, Denise Howel, Tara Homer, Louise Robinson, Louise M. Allan
10-year follow-up of the Super-Seniors Study: compression of morbidity and genetic factors
Lauren C. Tindale, Diane Salema, Angela R. Brooks-Wilson
A new age-related cutoff of medial temporal atrophy scale on MRI improving the diagnostic accuracy of neurodegeneration due to Alzheimer’s disease in a Chinese population
Mingqing Wei, Jing Shi, Jingnian Ni, Xuekai Zhang, Ting Li, Zilong Chen, Mengling Zhou, Liping Zhang, Zhongjian Tan, Yongyan Wang, Jinzhou Tian
Association between health behaviors and mood disorders among the elderly: a community-based cohort study
Tzu-Jung Tseng, Yi-Syuan Wu, Jia-Hong Tang, Yen-Hui Chiu, Yu-Ting Lee, I-Chun Fan, Ta-Chien Chan
A cross sectional study on the different domains of frailty for independent living older adults
Didi Verver, Hanneke Merten, Carolien de Blok, Cordula Wagner
What do care home managers believe constitutes an ‘assessment for frailty’ of care home residents in North-West London? A survey
David Sunkersing, Finbarr C. Martin, Julie Reed, Maria Woringer, Derek Bell
Measuring knowledge of Alzheimer’s: development and psychometric testing of the UJA Alzheimer’s Care Scale
Laura Parra-Anguita, Inmaculada Sánchez-García, Rafael del Pino-Casado, Pedro L. Pancorbo-Hidalgo
Local, collaborative, stepped and personalised care management for older people with chronic diseases (LoChro): study protocol of a randomised comparative effectiveness trial
Fabian Frank, Frederike Bjerregaard, Jürgen Bengel, Eva Maria Bitzer, Bernhard Heimbach, Klaus Kaier, Jasmin Kiekert, Lena Krämer, Cornelia Kricheldorff, Katharina Laubner, Andy Maun, Gloria Metzner, Wilhelm Niebling, Claudia Salm, Sandra Schütter, Jochen Seufert, Erik Farin, Sebastian Voigt-Radloff
Study protocol for a multicentre prospective cohort study to identify predictors of adverse outcome in older medical emergency department patients (the Risk Stratification in the Emergency Department in Acutely Ill Older Patients (RISE UP) study)
Noortje Zelis, Jacqueline Buijs, Peter W. de Leeuw, Sander M. J. van Kuijk, Patricia M. Stassen
Implementation and evaluation of a driving cessation intervention to improve community mobility and wellbeing outcomes for people living with dementia: study protocol of the ‘CarFreeMe’ for people with dementia program
Theresa Scott, Jacki Liddle, Geoffrey Mitchell, Elizabeth Beattie, Nancy Pachana
Perceived discrimination among older adults living in urban and rural areas in Brazil: a national study (ELSI-Brazil)
Luciana de Souza Braga, Waleska Teixeira Caiaffa, Ana Paula Romanelli Ceolin, Fabíola Bof de Andrade, Maria Fernanda Lima-Costa
The cost-effectiveness of a telephone-based intervention to support caregivers of older people discharged from hospital
David Youens, Richard Parsons, Christine Toye, Susan Slatyer, Samar Aoun, Keith D. Hill, Matthew Skinner, Sean Maher, Sue Davis, Rebecca Osseiran-Moisson, Rachael Moorin
The associations of multimorbidity with the sum of annual medical and long-term care expenditures in Japan
Takahiro Mori, Shota Hamada, Satoru Yoshie, Boyoung Jeon, Xueying Jin, Hideto Takahashi, Katsuya Iijima, Tatsuro Ishizaki, Nanako Tamiya
Use of renal risk drugs in a nation-wide Polish older adult population: an analysis of PolSenior database
Ewa Deskur-Śmielecka, Jerzy Chudek, Agnieszka Neumann-Podczaska, Małgorzata Mossakowska, Barbara Wizner, Katarzyna Wieczorowska-Tobis
Changes of upright body posture in the sagittal plane of men and women occurring with aging – a cross sectional study
Huan Gong, Liang Sun, Ruiyue Yang, Jing Pang, Beidong Chen, Ruomei Qi, Xin Gu, Yaonan Zhang, Tie-mei Zhang
CareACT - internet-based intervention for enhancing the psychological well-being of elderly caregivers – a study protocol of a controlled trial
Päivi Lappalainen, Inka Pakkala, Riku Nikander
Objective physical measures and their association with subjective functional limitations in a representative study population of older Thais
Orawan Prasitsiriphon, Daniela Weber
New partnerships among single older adults: a Q methodology study
Su-Fei Huang, Chiu-Mieh Huang, Shueh-Fen Chen, Li-Ting Lu, Jong-Long Guo
My husband is not ill; he has memory loss - caregivers´ perspectives on health care services for persons with dementia
Randi Granbo, Elisabeth Boulton, Ingvild Saltvedt, Jorunn L. Helbostad, Kristin Taraldsen
Effects of preventive use of compression stockings for elderly with chronic venous insufficiency and swollen legs: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Kristin Thuve Dahm, Hilde Tinderholt Myrhaug, Hilde Strømme, Brynjar Fure, Kjetil Gundro Brurberg
Associations of the metabolic syndrome and its components with cognitive impairment in older adults
Insa Feinkohl, Jürgen Janke, Daniel Hadzidiakos, Arjen Slooter, Georg Winterer, Claudia Spies, Tobias Pischon
Ageing well: evaluation of social participation and quality of life tools to enhance community aged care (study protocol)
Lindsey Brett, Andrew Georgiou, Mikaela Jorgensen, Joyce Siette, Grace Scott, Edwina Gow, Gemma Luckett, Johanna Westbrook
Blood management in hip fractures; are we leaving it too late? A retrospective observational study
Gillian Puckeridge, Morne Terblanche, Marianne Wallis, Yoke Lin Fung
Relationships between orthostatic hypotension, frailty, falling and mortality in elderly care home residents
Brett H. Shaw, Dave Borrel, Kimiya Sabbaghan, Colton Kum, Yijian Yang, Stephen N. Robinovitch, Victoria E. Claydon
Effects of exergame training combined with omega-3 fatty acids on the elderly brain: a randomized double-blind placebo-controlled trial
Alexandra Schättin, Corinne Baier, Domenique Mai, Verena Klamroth-Marganska, Isabelle Herter-Aeberli, Eling D. de Bruin
Needs and preferences of informal caregivers regarding outpatient care for the elderly: a systematic literature review
M. Plöthner, K. Schmidt, L. de Jong, J. Zeidler, K. Damm
Improvements in lower-limb muscle strength and foot pressure distribution with foot care in frail elderly adults: a randomized controlled trial from Japan
Tomoko Yamashita, Kazuhiko Yamashita, Chugo Rinoie, Yoshimasa Takase, Mitsuru Sato, Kenji Yamada, Yoshiki Sawa
Non-spouse companions accompanying older adults to medical visits: a qualitative analysis
Orla C. Sheehan, Anita L. Graham-Phillips, John D. Wilson, Deidra C. Crews, Cheryl L. Holt, Jennifer Gabbard, Katherine C. Smith, Jennifer L. Wolff, David L. Roth
Older Ghanaian adults’ perceptions of physical activity: an exploratory, mixed methods study
Laura E. Balis, Godfred Sowatey, Kwame Ansong-Gyimah, Eunice Ofori, Samantha M. Harden
FRAILTOOLS study protocol: a comprehensive validation of frailty assessment tools to screen and diagnose frailty in different clinical and social settings and to provide instruments for integrated care in older adults
Marta Checa-López, Myriam Oviedo-Briones, Armando Pardo-Gómez, Jimmy Gonzales-Turín, Tania Guevara-Guevara, José Antonio Carnicero, Shirley Alamo-Ascencio, Francesco Landi, Matteo Cesari, Tomasz Grodzicki, Leocadio Rodriguez-Mañas
A multicomponent prehabilitation pathway to reduce the incidence of delirium in elderly patients in need of major abdominal surgery: study protocol for a before-and-after study
Ties L. Janssen, Christina A. Mosk, Chantal C. H. A. van Hoof-de Lepper, Daphne Wielders, Tom C. J. Seerden, Ewout W. Steyerberg, Adriaan J. van Gammeren, Dominique C. de Lange, René van Alphen, Martine van der Zee, René M. de Bruijn, Jolanda de Vries, Jan H. Wijsman, Gwan H. Ho, Paul D. Gobardhan, Lijckle van der Laan
A comparison between an ICT tool and a traditional physical measure for frailty evaluation in older adults
Anna Mulasso, Paolo Riccardo Brustio, Alberto Rainoldi, Gianluca Zia, Luca Feletti, Aurèle N’dja, Susanna Del Signore, Eleonora Poggiogalle, Federica Luisi, Lorenzo Maria Donini
Impaired chair-to-bed transfer ability leads to longer hospital stays among elderly patients
Milene Silva Ferreira, Fabio Gazelato de Melo Franco, Patrícia Silveira Rodrigues, Vanessa Maria da Silva de Poli Correa, Sonia Teresa Gaidzakian Akopian, Gabriel Grizzo Cucato, Raphael Mendes Ritti Dias, Maysa Seabra Cendoroglo, Carolina Nunes França, José Antonio Maluf de Carvalho
The fracture predictive ability of a musculoskeletal composite score in old men – data from the MrOs Sweden study
Felix Cronholm, Björn E. Rosengren, Jan-Åke Nilsson, Claes Ohlsson, Dan Mellström, Eva Ribom, Magnus K. Karlsson
The clinical characteristics and therapeutic outcomes of cryptococcal meningitis in elderly patients: a hospital-based study
Wan-Chen Tsai, Chia-Yi Lien, Jun-Jun Lee, Wen-Chiu Hsiao, Chi-Ren Huang, Nai-Wen Tsai, Chiung-Chih Chang, Cheng-Hsien Lu, Wen-Neng Chang
Relative importance of four functional measures as predictors of 15-year mortality in the older Dutch population
Elisabeth M. W. Eekhoff, Natasja M. van Schoor, Joseph S. Biedermann, Mirjam M. Oosterwerff, Renate de Jongh, Nathalie Bravenboer, Mireille N. M. van Poppel, Dorly J. H. Deeg
Risk factors for hip fracture in New Zealand older adults seeking home care services: a national population cross-sectional study
Rebecca Abey-Nesbit, Philip J. Schluter, Tim Wilkinson, John Hugh Thwaites, Sarah D. Berry, Hamish A. Jamieson
What is important to people living with dementia?: the ‘long-list’ of outcome items in the development of a core outcome set for use in the evaluation of non-pharmacological community-based health and social care interventions
Andrew J. E. Harding, Hazel Morbey, Faraz Ahmed, Carol Opdebeeck, Reena Lasrado, Paula R. Williamson, Caroline Swarbrick, Iracema Leroi, David Challis, Ingrid Hellstrom, Alistair Burns, John Keady, Siobhan T. Reilly
Family involvement in managing medications of older patients across transitions of care: a systematic review
Elizabeth Manias, Tracey Bucknall, Carmel Hughes, Christine Jorm, Robyn Woodward-Kron
Quality of life profile in three cohorts of community-dwelling Swiss older people
Nazanin Abolhassani, Brigitte Santos-Eggimann, Christophe Büla, René Goy, Idris Guessous, Yves Henchoz
A qualitative examination of policy and structural factors driving care workers’ adverse experiences in long-term residential care facilities for older adults in Cape Town
Leo Mapira, Gabrielle Kelly, Leon N. Geffen
“They don’t care about us”: older people’s experiences of primary healthcare in Cape Town, South Africa
Gabrielle Kelly, Lindeka Mrengqwa, Leon Geffen
Can the effects of the mobilization of vulnerable elders in Ontario (MOVE ON) implementation be replicated in new settings: an interrupted time series design
Julia E. Moore, Barbara Liu, Sobia Khan, Charmalee Harris, Joycelyne E. Ewusie, Jemila S. Hamid, Sharon E. Straus, Sylvia Davidson, Terumi Izukawa, Dean Castino, Monidipa Dasgupta, Trish Fitzpatrick, Elizabeth Malloy Nantais, Alexander Nicodemo, Mary-Margaret Taabazuing, Craig Watkin, Tina Chopra, Norma McCormack, Maria Angela Tubale, Ilona Turczyn, Frederic Beauchemin, Jan-Michael Charles, Barbara Power, Vicki Thomson, Vincent G. DePaul, Diana Hatzoglou, Miranda Prince, Susan Ritchie, Bashir Versi, Natalee Elvie, Charmalee Harris, Samantha Hill, Sobia Khan, Yonda Lai, Christine Marquez, Norine Meleca, Julia E. Moore, Sharon E. Straus, Mark Wheatcroft, Maria Zorzitto, Hanan ElSherif, Jennifer Hawley, Deboura Olsen
The burden of health conditions for middle-aged and older adults in the United States: disability-adjusted life years
Ryan McGrath, Soham Al Snih, Kyriakos Markides, Orman Hall, Mark Peterson
Continuation versus discontinuation of treatment for severe dementia: randomized, pragmatic, open-label, clinical trial to evaluate the efficacy of continuing drug treatment in patients with severe dementia (STOP-DEM)
Aina Soler, Guillem Amer, Alicia Leiva, Joana Ripoll, María Angeles Llorente, Alfonso Leiva, Joana Maria Taltavull, Rosa Molina, Joan Llobera
Associations of serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D with metabolic syndrome and its components in elderly men and women: the Korean Urban Rural Elderly cohort study
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Persistent geographic variations in availability and quality of nursing home care in the United States: 1996 to 2016
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Associations between superoxide dismutase, malondialdehyde and all-cause mortality in older adults: a community-based cohort study
Chen Mao, Jin-Qiu Yuan, Yue-Bin Lv, Xiang Gao, Zhao-Xue Yin, Virginia Byers Kraus, Jie-Si Luo, Choy-Lye Chei, David Bruce Matchar, Yi Zeng, Xiao-Ming Shi
Prevalence and associated factors of intertrigo in aged nursing home residents: a multi-center cross-sectional prevalence study
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Predictors of unmet needs in Chilean older people with dementia: a cross-sectional study
Thamara Tapia Muñoz, Andrea Slachevsky, María O. León-Campos, Michel Madrid, Alejandra Caqueo-Urízar, Gustav C. Rohde, Claudia Miranda-Castillo
Use of the confusion assessment method in multicentre delirium trials: training and standardisation
John R. Green, Jane Smith, Elizabeth Teale, Michelle Collinson, Michael S. Avidan, Eva M. Schmitt, Sharon K. Inouye, John Young
Attitudinal predictors of older peoples’ and caregivers’ desire to deprescribe in hospital
Sion Scott, Allan Clark, Carol Farrow, Helen May, Martyn Patel, Michael J. Twigg, David J. Wright, Debi Bhattacharya
A cross-sectional study examining convergent validity of a frailty index based on electronic medical records in a Canadian primary care program
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Acceptability of a lifelogging wearable camera in older adults with mild cognitive impairment: a mixed-method study
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Respiratory tract virus infections in the elderly with pneumonia
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Cementless short-stem total hip arthroplasty in the elderly patient - is it a safe option?: a prospective multicentre observational study
Georgios Gkagkalis, Patrick Goetti, Sabine Mai, Ingmar Meinecke, Näder Helmy, Dominique Bosson, Karl Philipp Kutzner
Factors associated with alcohol consumption and prescribed drugs with addiction potential among older women and men – the Nord-Trøndelag health study (HUNT2 and HUNT3), Norway, a population-based longitudinal study
Kjerstin Tevik, Geir Selbæk, Knut Engedal, Arnfinn Seim, Steinar Krokstad, Anne-S Helvik
The role of children and their socioeconomic resources for the risk of hospitalisation and mortality – a nationwide register-based study of the total Swedish population over the age 70
Anna C. Meyer, Hannah L. Brooke, Karin Modig
Initiating Aha moments when implementing person-centered care in nursing homes: a multi-arm, pre-post intervention
Laci J. Cornelison, Linda Hermer, Maggie L. Syme, Gayle Doll
Using an interactive digital calendar with mobile phone reminders by senior people - a focus group study
Vedrana Baric, Maria Andreassen, Annika Öhman, Helena Hemmingsson
Elder abuse victimization patterns: latent class analysis using perpetrators and abusive behaviours
Ana João Santos, Baltazar Nunes, Irina Kislaya, Ana Paula Gil, Oscar Ribeiro
Advance care planning dispositions: the relationship between knowledge and perception
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Prevalence and persistent use of psychotropic drugs in older adults receiving domiciliary care at baseline
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Anne Gingrich, Dorothee Volkert, Eva Kiesswetter, Marta Thomanek, Svenja Bach, Cornel C. Sieber, Yurdagül Zopf
Impact of drug burden index on adverse health outcomes in Irish community-dwelling older people: a cohort study
Catherine J. Byrne, Caroline Walsh, Caitriona Cahir, Kathleen Bennett
Prevalence of and factors associated with sarcopenia among multi-ethnic ambulatory older Asians with type 2 diabetes mellitus in a primary care setting
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Validation of Addenbrooke’s cognitive examination III for detecting mild cognitive impairment and dementia in Japan
Shintaro Takenoshita, Seishi Terada, Hidenori Yoshida, Megumi Yamaguchi, Mayumi Yabe, Nao Imai, Makiko Horiuchi, Tomoko Miki, Osamu Yokota, Norihito Yamada
Association between nighttime-daytime sleep patterns and chronic diseases in Chinese elderly population: a community-based cross-sectional study
Shuo Zhang, Li Xie, Herbert Yu, Weituo Zhang, Biyun Qian
Multifactorial intervention for hip and pelvic fracture patients with mild to moderate cognitive impairment: study protocol of a dual-centre randomised controlled trial (OF-CARE)
Anja Dautel, Tobias Eckert, Michaela Gross, Klaus Hauer, Martina Schäufele, André Lacroix, Ingrid Hendlmeier, Bastian Abel, Rebekka Pomiersky, Julia Gugenhan, Gisela Büchele, Katrin C. Reber, Clemens Becker, Klaus Pfeiffer
Trained volunteers to support chronically ill, multimorbid elderly between hospital and domesticity – a systematic review of one-on-one-intervention types, effects, and underlying training concepts
Anne Goehner, Cornelia Kricheldorff, Eva Maria Bitzer
Handgrip strength, depression, and all-cause mortality in Korean older adults
Soohyun Park, Jinkyung Cho, Donghyun Kim, Youngyun Jin, Inhwan Lee, Haeryun Hong, Hyunsik Kang
Perspectives and experiences of compassion in long-term care facilities within Canada: a qualitative study of patients, family members and health care providers
Lorraine Smith-MacDonald, Lorraine Venturato, Paulette Hunter, Sharon Kaasalainen, Tamara Sussman, Lynn McCleary, Genevieve Thompson, Abigail Wickson-Griffiths, Shane Sinclair
An education intervention to improve decision making and health literacy among older Australians: a randomised controlled trial
Caroline A. Smith, Esther Chang, Gisselle Gallego, Afshan Khan, Mike Armour, Lynda G. Balneaves
Implementing a novel strategy for interprofessional medication review using collegial mentoring and systematic clinical evaluation in nursing homes (COSMOS)
Christine Gulla, Elisabeth Flo, Reidun L. S. Kjome, Bettina S. Husebo
Correction to: Associations of serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D with metabolic syndrome and its components in elderly men and women: the Korean Urban Rural Elderly cohort study
Su Jin Lee, Eun Young Lee, Jung Hyun Lee, Jong Eun Kim, Kwang Joon Kim, Yumie Rhee, Hyeon Chang Kim, Yoosik Youm, Chang Oh. Kim
Factors promoting Iranian older adults’ spirituality: a qualitative content analysis
Fatemeh Hajinejad, Ebrahim Ebrahimi, Anneke de Jong, Maryam Ravanipour
Correction to: A cross-sectional study examining convergent validity of a frailty index based on electronic medical records in a Canadian primary care program
Marjan Abbasi, Sheny Khera, Julia Dabravolskaj, Ben Vandermeer, Olga Theou, Darryl Rolfson, Andrew Clegg
Risk assessment models for potential use in the emergency department have lower predictive ability in older patients compared to the middle-aged for short-term mortality – a retrospective cohort study
Martin Schultz, Line Jee Hartmann Rasmussen, Nicolas Carlson, Rasmus Bo Hasselbalch, Birgitte Nybo Jensen, Lotte Usinger, Jesper Eugen-Olsen, Christian Torp-Pedersen, Lars Simon Rasmussen, Kasper Karmark Iversen
Effectiveness of a tele-rehabilitation intervention to improve performance and reduce morbidity for people post hip fracture - study protocol for a randomized controlled trial
Yafit Gilboa, Talia Maeir, Sharon Karni, Michal E. Eisenberg, Meir Liebergall, Isabella Schwartz, Yakir Kaufman
Differences in hospitalizations, emergency room admissions, and outpatient visits among Mexican-American Medicare beneficiaries
Brian Downer, Soham Al Snih, Lin-Na Chou, Yong-Fang Kuo, Kyriakos S. Markides, Kenneth J. Ottenbacher
End of life care for long-term care residents with dementia, chronic illness and cancer: prospective staff survey
Michal Boyd, Rosemary Frey, Deborah Balmer, Jackie Robinson, Heather McLeod, Susan Foster, Julia Slark, Merryn Gott
Malnutrition risks and their associated factors among home-living older Chinese adults in Hong Kong: hidden problems in an affluent Chinese community
Martin M. H. Wong, Winnie K. W. So, Kai Chow Choi, Regina Cheung, Helen Y. L. Chan, Janet W. H. Sit, Brenda Ho, Francis Li, Tin Yan Lee, Sek Ying Chair
Age is associated with increased mortality in the RETTS-A triage scale
T. Ruge, G. Malmer, C. Wachtler, U. Ekelund, E. Westerlund, P. Svensson, A. C. Carlsson
Joint associations of smartphone use and gender on multidimensional cognitive health among community-dwelling older adults: a cross-sectional study
Manqiong Yuan, Jia Chen, Zi Zhou, Jiahui Yin, Jielong Wu, Mingliang Luo, Lixia Wang, Ya Fang
Effects of the frailty phenotype on post-operative complications in older surgical patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Binru Han, Qiuping Li, Xi Chen
Perceptions of self-determination and quality of life among Swedish home care recipients - a cross-sectional study
Karin Bölenius, Kristina Lämås, Per-Olof Sandman, Marie Lindkvist, David Edvardsson
Body weight, frailty, and chronic pain in older adults: a cross-sectional study
Cheng Chen, Almut G. Winterstein, Roger B. Fillingim, Yu-Jung Wei
Understanding carers’ fall concern and their management of fall risk among older people at home
Seng Giap Marcus Ang, Anthony Paul O’Brien, Amanda Wilson
Moving beyond ‘safety’ versus ‘autonomy’: a qualitative exploration of the ethics of using monitoring technologies in long-term dementia care
Alex Hall, Christine Brown Wilson, Emma Stanmore, Chris Todd
Predicting outcomes within an innovative post-acute rehabilitation model for older adults
William B. Dieter, John P. Collins, Andrew A. Guccione
Pain and symptoms of depression: international comparative study on selected factors affecting the quality of life of elderly people residing in institutions in Europe
Izabela Wróblewska, Dorota Talarska, Zuzanna Wróblewska, Robert Susło, Jarosław Drobnik
Health deficits in community dwelling adults aged 40 to 75 years
Susan Gordon, Michael Kidd, Anthony Maeder, Nicky Baker, Tania Marin, Karen Grimmer
Experiences of family caregivers in green care farms and other nursing home environments for people with dementia: a qualitative study
Bram de Boer, Hilde Verbeek, Sandra M. G. Zwakhalen, Jan P. H. Hamers
FDG-PET in suspected dementia with Lewy bodies: a case report
Astrid Melani Suantio, Hian Liang Huang, Cecilia Sze Nga Kwok, Darren Cheng Han Teo, Minh Ha Nguyen
No effect of 25-hydroxyvitamin D supplementation on the skeletal muscle transcriptome in vitamin D deficient frail older adults
Roland W. J. Hangelbroek, Anouk M. M. Vaes, Mark V. Boekschoten, Lex B. Verdijk, Guido J. E. J. Hooiveld, Luc J. C. van Loon, Lisette C. P. G. M. de Groot, Sander Kersten
Incidence of hip fracture among long-term care insurance beneficiaries with dementia: comparison of home care and institutional care services
Juyeong Kim, Young Choi, Eun-Cheol Park
The impact of muscle function, muscle mass and sarcopenia on independent ageing in very old Swedish men
Kristin Franzon, Björn Zethelius, Tommy Cederholm, Lena Kilander
Prevalence of potentially inappropriate medications use among older adults and risk factors using the 2015 American Geriatrics Society Beers criteria
Tariq M. Alhawassi, Wafa Alatawi, Monira Alwhaibi
Experiences and involvement of family members in transfer decisions from nursing home to hospital: a systematic review of qualitative research
Alexandra Pulst, Alexander Maximilian Fassmer, Guido Schmiemann
Screening for older inpatients at risk for long length of stay: which clinical tool to use?
Olivier Beauchet, Shek Fung, Cyrille P. Launay, Liam Anders Cooper-Brown, Jonathan Afilalo, Paul Herbert, Marc Afilalo, Julia Chabot
A systematic review of the intervention components, adherence and outcomes of enhanced recovery programmes in older patients undergoing elective colorectal surgery
Katleen Fagard, Albert Wolthuis, André D’Hoore, Marleen Verhaegen, Jos Tournoy, Johan Flamaing, Mieke Deschodt
“We live as good a life as we can, in the situation we’re in” – the significance of the home as perceived by persons with dementia
Stein Erik Fæø, Bettina S. Husebo, Frøydis Kristine Bruvik, Oscar Tranvåg
From fragmentation toward integration: a preliminary study of a new long-term care policy in a fast-aging country
Tzu-Ying Chiu, Hsiao-Wei Yu, Rei Goto, Wen-Lin Lai, Hsi-Chang Li, En-Tien Tsai, Ya-Mei Chen
Informal carers’ experience of assistive technology use in dementia care at home: a systematic review
Vimal Sriram, Crispin Jenkinson, Michele Peters
Exploring Singapore’s consumption of local fish, vegetables and fruits, meat and problematic alcohol use as risk factors of depression and subsyndromal depression in older adults
Chong Min Janrius Goh, Edimansyah Abdin, Anitha Jeyagurunathan, Saleha Shafie, Rajeswari Sambasivam, Yun Jue Zhang, Janhavi Ajit Vaingankar, Siow Ann Chong, Mythily Subramaniam
Utilisation of national community-based blood pressure monitoring service among adult Chinese and its association with hypertension treatment and blood pressure control—a mediation analysis
Hongxun Song, Donglan Zhang, Zhuo Chen, Ruoxi Wang, Shangfeng Tang, Ghose Bishwajit, Shanquan Chen, Da Feng, Tailai Wu, Yang Wang, Yanwei Su, Zhanchun Feng
Validity of a novel screen for cognitive impairment and neuropsychiatric symptoms in cardiac rehabilitation
Dana Mohammad, Nathan Herrmann, Mahwesh Saleem, Richard H. Swartz, Paul I. Oh, Janelle Bradley, Parco Chan, Courtney Ellis, Krista L. Lanctôt
Clinical relevance of alerts from a decision support system, PHARAO, for drug safety assessment in the older adults
Khedidja Hedna, Marine L. Andersson, Hanna Gyllensten, Staffan Hägg, Ylva Böttiger
Effect of age on spatial memory performance in real museum vs. computer simulation
Maria Korman, Patrice L. Weiss, Michal Hochhauser, Rachel Kizony
Measuring multimorbidity in older adults: comparing different data sources
Samantha Gontijo Guerra, Djamal Berbiche, Helen-Maria Vasiliadis
Effects of intermittent hypoxia-hyperoxia on mobility and perceived health in geriatric patients performing a multimodal training intervention: a randomized controlled trial
Ulrike Bayer, Rudolf Likar, Georg Pinter, Haro Stettner, Susanne Demschar, Brigitte Trummer, Stefan Neuwersch, Oleg Glazachev, Martin Burtscher
The distribution and correlates of self-rated health in elderly Chinese: the China Kadoorie Biobank study
Xingyue Song, Jing Wu, Canqing Yu, Wenhong Dong, Jun Lv, Yu Guo, Zheng Bian, Ling Yang, Yiping Chen, Zhengming Chen, An Pan, Liming Li
Motivations for being informal carers of people living with dementia: a systematic review of qualitative literature
Nan Greenwood, Raymond Smith
Asymptomatic bacteriuria in older adults: the most fragile women are prone to long-term colonization
Michael Biggel, Stefan Heytens, Katrien Latour, Robin Bruyndonckx, Herman Goossens, Pieter Moons
Effectiveness of a muticomponent workout program integrated in an evidence based multimodal program in hyperfrail elderly patients: POWERAGING randomized clinical trial protocol
Manuel González-Sánchez, Antonio Ignacio Cuesta-Vargas, María del Mar Rodríguez González, Elvira Díaz Caro, Germán Ortega Núñez, Alejandro Galán-Mercant, Juan José Bedoya Belmonte
Prevalence of dementia diagnoses not otherwise specified in eight European countries: a cross-sectional cohort study
Connie Lethin, Ingalill Rahm Hallberg, Anna Renom Guiteras, Hilde Verbeek, Kai Saks, Minna Stolt, Adelaida Zabalegui, Maria Soto-Martin, Christer Nilsson
Association of Drug Burden Index with grip strength, timed up and go and Barthel index activities of daily living in older adults with intellectual disabilities: an observational cross-sectional study
Juliette O’Connell, Martin C. Henman, Éilish Burke, Clare Donegan, Philip McCallion, Mary McCarron, Máire O’Dwyer
The Severity of Dependence Scale detects medication misuse and dependence among hospitalized older patients
Socheat Cheng, Tahreem Ghazal Siddiqui, Michael Gossop, Espen Saxhaug Kristoffersen, Christofer Lundqvist
A collective case study of the features of impactful dementia training for care home staff
Claire A. Surr, Cara Sass, Michelle Drury, Natasha Burnley, Alison Dennison, Sarah Burden, Jan Oyebode
Prevalence of impaired functional reading ability and its association with quality of life, daily activity, mobility and social participation among general older adults in Germany
Franziska Radicke, Thea Schwaneberg, Claudia Meinke-Franze, Clemens Jürgens, Hans Jörgen Grabe, Wolfgang Hoffmann, Frank Tost, Neeltje van den Berg
Process outcomes of a multifaceted, interdisciplinary knowledge translation intervention in aged care: results from the vitamin D implementation (ViDAus) study
Pippy Walker, Annette Kifley, Susan Kurrle, Ian D. Cameron
EXamining the knowledge, Attitudes and experiences of Canadian seniors Towards influenza (the EXACT survey)
Melissa K. Andrew, Vladimir Gilca, Nancy Waite, Jennifer A. Pereira
Development of a clinical prediction model for the onset of functional decline in people aged 65–75 years: pooled analysis of four European cohort studies
Nini H. Jonkman, Marco Colpo, Jochen Klenk, Chris Todd, Trynke Hoekstra, Vieri Del Panta, Kilian Rapp, Natasja M. van Schoor, Stefania Bandinelli, Martijn W. Heymans, Dominique Mauger, Luca Cattelani, Michael D. Denkinger, Dietrich Rothenbacher, Jorunn L. Helbostad, Beatrix Vereijken, Andrea B. Maier, Mirjam Pijnappels
Fascia iliaca block in the emergency department for hip fracture: a randomized, controlled, double-blind trial
Mathieu Pasquier, Patrick Taffé, Olivier Hugli, Olivier Borens, Kyle Robert Kirkham, Eric Albrecht
Effects of physical activity and exercise on the cognitive function of patients with Alzheimer disease: a meta-analysis
Rui-xia Jia, Jing-hong Liang, Yong Xu, Ying-quan Wang
Frailty state among Indonesian elderly: prevalence, associated factors, and frailty state transition
Siti Setiati, Purwita Wijaya Laksmi, I.G.P. Suka Aryana, Sri Sunarti, Novira Widajanti, Lazuardhi Dwipa, Euphemia Seto, Rahmi Istanti, Laurentius Johan Ardian, Sabrina Chusnul Chotimah
Association of sarcopenic obesity with the risk of all-cause mortality among adults over a broad range of different settings: a updated meta-analysis
Xiaoming Zhang, Xiaohua Xie, Qingli Dou, Chenyun Liu, Wenwu Zhang, Yunzhi Yang, Renli Deng, Andy S. K. Cheng
What are the most effective interventions to improve physical performance in pre-frail and frail adults? A systematic review of randomised control trials
Tara Kidd, Freda Mold, Claire Jones, Emma Ream, Wendy Grosvenor, Märtha Sund-Levander, Pia Tingström, Nicola Carey
Factors associated with frequent use of emergency-department services in a geriatric population: a systematic review
Isabelle Dufour, Maud-Christine Chouinard, Nicole Dubuc, Jérémie Beaudin, Sarah Lafontaine, Catherine Hudon
Role of gait speed and grip strength in predicting 10-year cognitive decline among community-dwelling older people
Ming-Yueh Chou, Yukiko Nishita, Takeshi Nakagawa, Chikako Tange, Makiko Tomida, Hiroshi Shimokata, Rei Otsuka, Liang-Kung Chen, Hidenori Arai
Factors related to health-related quality of life in older people with multimorbidity and high health care consumption over a two-year period
Leonie Klompstra, Anne W. Ekdahl, Barbro Krevers, Anna Milberg, Jeanette Eckerblad
Effects of β-hydroxy-β-methylbutyrate (HMB) supplementation in addition to multicomponent exercise in adults older than 70 years living in nursing homes, a cluster randomized placebo-controlled trial: the HEAL study protocol
Javier Courel-Ibáñez, JG Pallarés, Jesús G. Pallarés, Javier Courel Ibáñez, Ricardo Morán Navarro, Elena Saura Guillén, Alejandro Martínez Cava, Alejandro Sánchez Pay, Ángel Buendía Romero, Silverio García Conesa
Early inpatient rehabilitation for acutely hospitalized older patients: a systematic review of outcome measures
Patrick Heldmann, Christian Werner, Nacera Belala, Jürgen M. Bauer, Klaus Hauer
Biomarkers for diagnosing serious bacterial infections in older outpatients: a systematic review
Oghenekome A. Gbinigie, Igho J. Onakpoya, Georgia C. Richards, Elizabeth A. Spencer, Constantinos Koshiaris, Niklas Bobrovitz, Carl J. Heneghan
A multicenter cohort study to investigate the factors associated with functional autonomy change in patients with cognitive complaint or neurocognitive disorders: the MEMORA study protocol
Virginie Dauphinot, Claire Moutet, Isabelle Rouch, Mathieu Verdurand, Christelle Mouchoux, Floriane Delphin-Combe, Sylvain Gaujard, Pierre Krolak-Salmon, Pierre Krolak-Salmon, Virginie Dauphinot, Florian Delphin-Combe, Zaza Makaroff, Denis Federico, Marie-Hélène Coste, Isabelle Rouch, Jean-Michel Dorey, Alexis Lepetit, Keren Danaila, Julien Vernaudon, Anthony Bathsavanis, Alain Sarciron, Yves Guilhermet, Sylvain Gaujard, Pierre Gromaître, Claire Moutet, Mathieu Verdurand
Risk factors of health care–associated infection in elderly patients: a retrospective cohort study performed at a tertiary hospital in China
Xia Zhao, Lihong Wang, Nan Wei, Jingli Zhang, Wenhui Ma, Huijie Zhao, Xu Han
Joint effects of advancing age and number of potentially inappropriate medication classes on risk of falls in Medicare enrollees
Nicole K. Early, Kathleen A. Fairman, Jacqueline M. Hagarty, David A. Sclar
Understanding the care and support needs of older people: a scoping review and categorisation using the WHO international classification of functioning, disability and health framework (ICF)
Sarah Abdi, Alice Spann, Jacinta Borilovic, Luc de Witte, Mark Hawley
Can brief telephone interventions reduce caregiver burden and depression in caregivers of people with cognitive impairment? - long-term results of the German day-care study (RCT)
Carolin Donath, Katharina Luttenberger, Elmar Graessel, Jennifer Scheel, Anna Pendergrass, Elisa-Marie Behrndt
Lower dietary variety is a relevant factor for malnutrition in older Japanese home-care recipients: a cross-sectional study
Taeko Tsuji, Kaoru Yamamoto, Kazuyo Yamasaki, Fumikazu Hayashi, Chika Momoki, Yoko Yasui, Satoko Ohfuji, Wakaba Fukushima, Daiki Habu
Associations between prevalent multimorbidity combinations and prospective disability and self-rated health among older adults in Europe
Paige E. Sheridan, Christine A. Mair, Ana R. Quiñones
A pragmatic randomised controlled trial (RCT) and realist evaluation of the interdisciplinary home-bAsed Reablement program (I-HARP) for improving functional independence of community dwelling older people with dementia: an effectiveness-implementation hybrid design
Yun-Hee Jeon, Judy M. Simpson, Lee-Fay Low, Robert Woods, Richard Norman, Loren Mowszowski, Lindy Clemson, Sharon L. Naismith, Henry Brodaty, Sarah Hilmer, Amanda Miller Amberber, Laura N. Gitlin, Sarah Szanton
Giant cell arteritis: is the clinical spectrum of the disease changing?
Miguel Á. González-Gay, Miguel Ortego-Jurado, Liliana Ercole, Norberto Ortego-Centeno
To what extent do older adult community exercise programs in Winnipeg, Canada address balance and include effective fall prevention exercise? A descriptive self-report study
Kathryn M. Sibley, Alexie J. Touchette, Jonathan C. Singer, Kathleen M. A. Dubberley, Alison R. Oates
Stakeholder perspectives of care for people living with dementia moving from hospital to care facilities in the community: a systematic review
Angela Richardson, Alison Blenkinsopp, Murna Downs, Kathryn Lord
AgeWell.de – study protocol of a pragmatic multi-center cluster-randomized controlled prevention trial against cognitive decline in older primary care patients
Andrea Zülke, Tobias Luck, Alexander Pabst, Wolfgang Hoffmann, Jochen René Thyrian, Jochen Gensichen, Hanna Kaduszkiewicz, Hans-Helmut König, Walter E. Haefeli, David Czock, Birgitt Wiese, Thomas Frese, Susanne Röhr, Steffi G. Riedel-Heller
National survey on the management of heart failure in individuals over 80 years of age in French geriatric care units
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Geriatric scores can predict long-term survival rate after hip fracture surgery
Carmen da Casa, Carmen Pablos-Hernández, Alfonso González-Ramírez, José Miguel Julián-Enriquez, Juan F. Blanco
Development of an evaluation tool for geriatric rehabilitation care
Meriam M. Janssen, Willeke Vos, Katrien G. Luijkx
Community-dwelling older adults’ needs and acceptance regarding the use of robot technology to assist with daily living performance
Yeon-Hwan Park, Hee Kyung Chang, Min Hye Lee, Seong Hyeon Lee
Perceptions and expectations of health-related quality of life among geriatric patients seeking emergency care: a qualitative study
Scott M. Dresden, Danielle M. McCarthy, Kirsten G. Engel, D. Mark Courtney
The burden of respiratory infections among older adults in long-term care: a systematic review
Arielle Childs, Andrew R. Zullo, Nina R. Joyce, Kevin W. McConeghy, Robertus van Aalst, Patience Moyo, Elliott Bosco, Vincent Mor, Stefan Gravenstein
Sex-related differences in the association between frailty and dietary consumption in Japanese older people: a cross-sectional study
Koji Shibasaki, Shin Kei Kin, Shizuru Yamada, Masahiro Akishita, Sumito Ogawa
Are older and seriously ill inpatients planning ahead for future medical care?
Amy Waller, Rob Sanson-Fisher, Balakrishnan R (Kichu) Nair, Tiffany Evans
Trends in the utilisation of aged care services in Australia, 2008–2016
Jyoti Khadka, Catherine Lang, Julie Ratcliffe, Megan Corlis, Steve Wesselingh, Craig Whitehead, Maria Inacio
A parsimonious approach for screening moderate-to-profound hearing loss in a community-dwelling geriatric population based on a decision tree analysis
Min Zhang, Zhaori Bi, Xinping Fu, Jiaofeng Wang, Qingwei Ruan, Chao Zhao, Jirong Duan, Xuan Zeng, Dian Zhou, Jie Chen, Zhijun Bao
Unplanned readmission prevention by a geriatric emergency network for transitional care (URGENT): a prospective before-after study
Pieter Heeren, Els Devriendt, Steffen Fieuws, Nathalie I. H. Wellens, Mieke Deschodt, Johan Flamaing, Marc Sabbe, Koen Milisen
Norwegian reference values for the Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB): the Tromsø Study
Astrid Bergland, Bjørn Heine Strand
The evidence for services to avoid or delay residential aged care admission: a systematic review
Julie A. Luker, Anthea Worley, Mandy Stanley, Jeric Uy, Amber M. Watt, Susan L. Hillier
Effect of deep tissue laser therapy treatment on peripheral neuropathic pain in older adults with type 2 diabetes: a pilot randomized clinical trial
Prasun Chatterjee, Achal K. Srivastava, Deepa A. Kumar, Avinash Chakrawarty, Maroof A. Khan, Akash K. Ambashtha, Vijay Kumar, Luis De Taboada, Aparajit B. Dey
Older people living alone (OPLA) – non-kin-carers’ support towards the end of life: qualitative longitudinal study protocol
Sabine Pleschberger, Elisabeth Reitinger, Birgit Trukeschitz, Paulina Wosko
Patient and public involvement in dementia research in the European Union: a scoping review
Jahanara Miah, Piers Dawes, Steven Edwards, Iracema Leroi, Bella Starling, Suzanne Parsons
Health outcome of older hospitalized patients in internal medicine environments evaluated by Identification of Seniors at Risk (ISAR) screening and geriatric assessment
Anne-Carina Scharf, Janine Gronewold, Christian Dahlmann, Jeanina Schlitzer, Andreas Kribben, Guido Gerken, Tienush Rassaf, Christoph Kleinschnitz, Richard Dodel, Helmut Frohnhofen, Dirk M. Hermann
Prognostic value of frailty in elderly patients with acute coronary syndrome: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Qingyu Dou, Wen Wang, Hui Wang, Yao Ma, Shan Hai, Xiufang Lin, Ying Liu, Xinjun Zhang, Jinhui Wu, Birong Dong
Virtual reality among the elderly: a usefulness and acceptance study from Taiwan
Shabbir Syed-Abdul, Shwetambara Malwade, Aldilas Achmad Nursetyo, Mishika Sood, Madhu Bhatia, Diana Barsasella, Megan F. Liu, Chia-Chi Chang, Kathiravan Srinivasan, Raja M., Yu-Chuan Jack Li
Was it worth it? Older adults’ experiences of participating in a population-based cohort study – a focus group study
Synneve Dahlin-Ivanoff, Therese Rydberg Sterner, Kaj Blennow, Ingmar Skoog, Hanna Falk Erhag
Sleep disorders among educationally active elderly people in Bialystok, Poland: a cross-sectional study
Mateusz Cybulski, Lukasz Cybulski, Elzbieta Krajewska-Kulak, Magda Orzechowska, Urszula Cwalina, Krystyna Kowalczuk
Health of Spanish centenarians: a cross-sectional study based on electronic health records
Antonio Gimeno-Miguel, Mercedes Clerencia-Sierra, Ignatios Ioakeim, Beatriz Poblador-Plou, Mercedes Aza-Pascual-Salcedo, Francisca González-Rubio, Raquel Rodríguez Herrero, Alexandra Prados-Torres
Applying a new concept of embedding qualitative research: an example from a quantitative study of carers of people in later stage dementia
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The effect of circuit resistance training, empagliflozin or “vegeterranean diet” on physical and metabolic function in older subjects with type 2 diabetes: a study protocol for a randomized control trial (CEV-65 trial)
Assaf Buch, Roy Eldor, Ofer Kis, Lital Keinan-Boker, Ayelet Dunsky, Amir Rubin, Adar Lopez, Yael Sofer, Etty Osher, Yonit Marcus, Naftali Stern
Compression of frailty in adults living with HIV
Giovanni Guaraldi, Davide De Francesco, Andrea Malagoli, Stefano Zona, Iacopo Franconi, Antonella Santoro, Cristina Mussini, Chiara Mussi, Matteo Cesari, Olga Theou, Kenneth Rockwood
Exploring the usefulness of indicators for referring people with dementia and their informal caregivers to activating interventions: a qualitative analysis of needs assessments
Netta Van’t Leven, Jacomine de Lange, Johanna Groenewoud, Eva van der Ploeg, Anne Margriet Pot
The course of depressive symptoms with decline in cognitive function - a longitudinal study of older adults receiving in-home care at baseline
Anne-Sofie Helvik, Maria Lage Barca, Sverre Bergh, Jūratė Šaltytė-Benth, Øyvind Kirkevold, Tom Borza
The benefits of and barriers to using a social robot PARO in care settings: a scoping review
Lillian Hung, Cindy Liu, Evan Woldum, Andy Au-Yeung, Annette Berndt, Christine Wallsworth, Neil Horne, Mario Gregorio, Jim Mann, Habib Chaudhury
Erythrocyte sedimentation rate and albumin as markers of inflammation are associated with measures of sarcopenia: a cross-sectional study
Vera A. van Atteveld, Jeanine M. Van Ancum, Esmee M. Reijnierse, Marijke C. Trappenburg, Carel G. M. Meskers, Andrea B. Maier
Objective and perceived food environment and household economic resources related to food insecurity in older adults living alone in rural areas
Jae Eun Shim, Ji-Yun Hwang, Kirang Kim
Effects of individualized Tai-Chi on balance and lower-limb strength in older adults
I-Wen Penn, Wen-Hsu Sung, Chien-Hui Lin, Eric Chuang, Tien-Yow Chuang, Pei-Hsin Lin
Understanding changes and stability in the long-term use of technologies by seniors who are aging in place: a dynamical framework
S. T. M. Peek, K. G. Luijkx, H. J. M. Vrijhoef, M. E. Nieboer, S. Aarts, C. S. van der Voort, M. D. Rijnaard, E. J. M. Wouters
Effectiveness of a group-based psychosocial program to prevent depression and anxiety in older people attending primary health care centres: a randomised controlled trial
Sandra Saldivia, Carolina Inostroza, Claudio Bustos, Paulina Rincón, Joseph Aslan, Vasily Bühring, Maryam Farhang, Michael King, Félix Cova
Females fall more from heights but males survive less among a geriatric population: insights from an American level 1 trauma center
Ayman El-Menyar, Elizabeth Tilley, Hassan Al-Thani, Rifat Latifi
The impact of the absorbent products distribution system on family caregivers of older people with incontinence in Italy: perception of the support received
Sara Santini, Paolo Fabbietti, Giovanni Lamura
An augmented prescribed exercise program (APEP) to improve mobility of older acute medical patients – a randomized, controlled pilot and feasibility trial
Tobias Braun, Christian Grüneberg, Kirsten Süßmilch, Max Wiessmeier, Isabel Schwenk, Sarah Eggert, Annika Machleit-Ebner, Irene Harras, Christian Thiel
A randomized, crossover study of the acute effects of acarbose and gastric distension, alone and combined, on postprandial blood pressure in healthy older adults
Hung Pham, Laurence Trahair, Liza Phillips, Christopher Rayner, Michael Horowitz, Karen Jones
A retrospective cross-sectional study of type 2 diabetes overtreatment in patients admitted to the geriatric ward
Zyta Beata Wojszel, Agnieszka Kasiukiewicz
A mixed-methods case study exploring the impact of participation in community activity groups for older adults on physical activity, health and wellbeing
Gabrielle Lindsay-Smith, Rochelle Eime, Grant O’Sullivan, Jack Harvey, Jannique G. Z. van Uffelen
Effects of age and cognitive function on data quality of standardized surveys in nursing home populations
Patrick Kutschar, Martin Weichbold, Jürgen Osterbrink
Effects of auditory and socio-demographic variables on discontinuation of hearing aid use among older adults with hearing loss fitted in the Chilean public health sector
Eduardo Fuentes-López, Adrian Fuente, Gonzalo Valdivia, Manuel Luna-Monsalve
Association between tea consumption and depressive symptom among Chinese older adults
Ke Shen, Bin Zhang, Qiushi Feng
TV-based assistive integrated service to support European adults living with mild dementia or mild cognitive impairment (TV-AssistDem): study protocol for a multicentre randomized controlled trial
Jessica Marian Goodman-Casanova, José Guzmán-Parra, Gloria Guerrero, Elisa Vera, Pilar Barnestein-Fonseca, Gabriella Cortellessa, Francesca Fracasso, Alessandro Umbrico, Amedeo Cesta, Diana Toma, Flavia Boghiu, Rodolphe Dewarrat, Valentina Triantafyllidou, Elena Tamburini, Pietro Dionisio, Fermín Mayoral
Blood pressure and hypertension prevalence among oldest-old in China for 16 year: based on CLHLS
Jiajun Du, Guoning Zhu, Yanhong Yue, Miao Liu, Yao He
Time to move? Factors associated with burden of care among informal caregivers of cognitively impaired older people facing housing decisions: secondary analysis of a cluster randomized trial
Alexandrine Boucher, Julie Haesebaert, Adriana Freitas, Rhéda Adekpedjou, Marjolaine Landry, Henriette Bourassa, Dawn Stacey, Jordie Croteau, Painchaud-Guérard Geneviève, France Légaré
‘It’s what you do that makes a difference’ An interpretative phenomenological analysis of health care professionals and home care workers experiences of nutritional care for people living with dementia at home
Louise Mole, Bridie Kent, Mary Hickson, Rebecca Abbott
Fascia iliaca compartment block as a preoperative analgesic in elderly patients with hip fractures – effects on cognition
Pär Wennberg, Margareta Möller, Johan Herlitz, Elisabeth Kenne Sarenmalm
An interdisciplinary statement of scientific societies for the advancement of delirium care across Europe (EDA, EANS, EUGMS, COTEC, IPTOP/WCPT)
Alessandro Morandi, Christian Pozzi, Koen Milisen, Hans Hobbelen, Jennifer M. Bottomley, Alessandro Lanzoni, Verena C. Tatzer, Maria Gracia Carpena, Antonio Cherubini, Anette Ranhoff, Alasdair M. J. MacLullich, Andrew Teodorczuk, Giuseppe Bellelli
Theory and Design of the Community for successful ageing (ComSA) program in Singapore: connecting BioPsychoSocial health and quality of life experiences of older adults
Su Aw, Gerald C. H. Koh, Chuen Seng Tan, Mee Lian Wong, Hubertus J. M. Vrijhoef, Susana Concordo Harding, Mary Ann B. Geronimo, Zoe J. L. Hildon
Needs and skills of informal caregivers to care for a dependent person: a cross-sectional study
Maria dos Anjos Coelho Rodrigues Dixe, Liliana Fernanda da Conceição Teixeira, Timóteo João Teixeira Camacho Coelho Areosa, Roberta Caçador Frontini, Teresa de Jesus Almeida Peralta, Ana Isabel Fernandes Querido
Health systems readiness to provide geriatric friendly care services in Uganda: a cross-sectional study
Jude Thaddeus Ssensamba, Moses Mukuru, Mary Nakafeero, Ronald Ssenyonga, Suzanne N. Kiwanuka
Impact of training and structured medication review on medication appropriateness and patient-related outcomes in nursing homes: results from the interventional study InTherAKT
Angelika Mahlknecht, Laura Krisch, Nadja Nestler, Ulrike Bauer, Nina Letz, Daniel Zenz, Jochen Schuler, Laura Fährmann, Georg Hempel, Maria Flamm, Jürgen Osterbrink
“Pisando Fuerte”: an evidence-based falls prevention program for Hispanic/Latinos older adults: results of an implementation trial
Maria Mora Pinzon, Shannon Myers, Elizabeth A. Jacobs, Sherri Ohly, Militza Bonet-Vázquez, Marcia Villa, Al Castro, Jane Mahoney
Braden scale for assessing pneumonia after acute ischaemic stroke
Yunlong Ding, Yazhou Yan, Jiali Niu, Yanrong Zhang, Zhiqun Gu, Ping Tang, Yan Liu
Prevalence of Potentially Inappropriate Medication use in older drivers
Guohua Li, Howard F. Andrews, Stanford Chihuri, Barbara H. Lang, Cheng Shiun Leu, David P. Merle, Abigail Gordon, Thelma J. Mielenz, David Strogatz, David W. Eby, Marian E. Betz, Carolyn DiGuiseppi, Vanya C. Jones, Lisa J. Molnar, Linda L. Hill, David LeBlanc, Lindsay Ryan
Effects of depression, dementia and delirium on activities of daily living in elderly patients after discharge
Ching-Fu Weng, Kun-Pei Lin, Feng-Ping Lu, Jen-Hau Chen, Chiung-Jung Wen, Jui-Hua Peng, Ailun Heather Tseng, Ding-Cheng Chan
A systematic literature review of the assessment of treatment burden experienced by patients and their caregivers
Orla C. Sheehan, Bruce Leff, Christine S. Ritchie, Sarah K. Garrigues, Lingsheng Li, Debra Saliba, Roya Fathi, Cynthia M. Boyd
Exploring the implementation of the Community for Successful Ageing (ComSA)program in Singapore: lessons learnt on program delivery for improving BioPsychoSocial health
Su Aw, Gerald C. H. Koh, Chuen Seng Tan, Mee Lian Wong, Hubertus J. M. Vrijhoef, Susana Concordo Harding, Mary Ann B. Geronimo, Zoe J. L. Hildon
Development and validation of an algorithm to assess risk of first-time falling among home care clients
Ayse Kuspinar, John P. Hirdes, Katherine Berg, Caitlin McArthur, John N. Morris
Prevalence of mild hyponatremia and its association with falls in older adults admitted to an emergency geriatric medicine unit (the MUPA unit)
Sophie Boyer, Caroline Gayot, Charlotte Bimou, Thomas Mergans, Patrick Kajeu, Muriel Castelli, Thierry Dantoine, Achille Tchalla
Care trajectories of chronically ill older adult patients discharged from hospital: a quantitative cross-sectional study using health insurance claims data
Yvonne de Man, Femke Atsma, Wilma Jonkers, Sophia E. J. A. de Rooij, Gert P. Westert, Patrick P. T. Jeurissen, A. Stef Groenewoud
Social position and geriatric syndromes among Swedish older people: a population-based study
C. Rausch, Y. Liang, U. Bültmann, S. E. de Rooij, K. Johnell, L. Laflamme, J. Möller
The impact of an orthogeriatric intervention in patients with fragility fractures: a cohort study
Charlotte Abrahamsen, Birgitte Nørgaard, Eva Draborg, Morten Frost Nielsen
Functional impairment and serum albumin predict in-hospital mortality in nonagenarians with acute infection: a retrospective cohort study
Wei Huang, Ying Sun, Yunli Xing, Cuiying Wang
Dose-response association between physical activity and sedentary time categories on ageing biomarkers
Asier Mañas, Borja del Pozo-Cruz, Irene Rodríguez-Gómez, Javier Leal-Martín, José Losa-Reyna, Leocadio Rodríguez-Mañas, Francisco J. García-García, Ignacio Ara
Reference values and associated factors of hand grip strength in elderly Saudi population: a cross-sectional study
Bader Alqahtani, Aqeel Alenazi, Mohammed Alshehri, Mohammed Alqahtani, Ragab Elnaggar
Melatonin for the prevention of postoperative delirium in older adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Ashley M. Campbell, David Rhys Axon, Jennifer R. Martin, Marion K. Slack, Lea Mollon, Jeannie K. Lee
A randomized controlled efficacy study of the Medido medication dispenser in Parkinson’s disease
K. Hannink, L. ter Brake, N.G.M. Oonk, A.A. Wertenbroek, M. Piek, L. Vree-Egberts, M.J. Faber, J. van der Palen, L.D. Dorresteijn
Musculoskeletal pain and new-onset poor physical function in elderly survivors of a natural disaster: a longitudinal study after the great East Japan earthquake
Yutaka Yabe, Yoshihiro Hagiwara, Takuya Sekiguchi, Yumi Sugawara, Masahiro Tsuchiya, Nobuyuki Itaya, Shinichirou Yoshida, Yasuhito Sogi, Toshihisa Yano, Takahiro Onoki, Ichiro Tsuji, Eiji Itoi
A four-stage process for intervention description and guide development of a practice-based intervention: refining the Namaste Care intervention implementation specification for people with advanced dementia prior to a feasibility cluster randomised trial
Catherine Walshe, Julie Kinley, Shakil Patel, Claire Goodman, Frances Bunn, Jennifer Lynch, David Scott, Anne Davidson Lund, Min Stacpoole, Nancy Preston, Katherine Froggatt
Anticholinergic and benzodiazepine medication use and risk of incident dementia: a UK cohort study
Carlota M. Grossi, Kathryn Richardson, Chris Fox, Ian Maidment, Nicholas Steel, Yoon K. Loke, Antony Arthur, Phyo Kyaw Myint, Noll Campbell, Malaz Boustani, Louise Robinson, Carol Brayne, Fiona E. Matthews, George M. Savva
Polypharmacy in older patients: identifying the need for support by a community pharmacist
Jean-Baptiste Beuscart, Ségolène Petit, Sophie Gautier, Patrick Wierre, Thibaut Balcaen, Jean-Marc Lefebvre, Nicolas Kambia, Elisabeth Bertoux, Daniel Mascaut, Christine Barthélémy, Damien Cuny, François Puisieux, Bertrand Décaudin
Bridging the gap between research-based knowledge and clinical practice: a qualitative examination of patients and physiotherapists’ views on the Otago exercise Programme
Hilde Worum, Daniela Lillekroken, Birgitte Ahlsen, Kirsti Skavberg Roaldsen, Astrid Bergland
Peer-to-peer support model to improve quality of life among highly vulnerable, low-income older adults in Cape Town, South Africa
Leon N. Geffen, Gabrielle Kelly, John N. Morris, Elizabeth P. Howard
“What would you like to achieve?” Goal-Setting in Patients with Dementia in Geriatric Rehabilitation
Ilona Dutzi, Michael Schwenk, Marietta Kirchner, Jürgen M. Bauer, Klaus Hauer
Psychometric properties of the geriatric quality of life-dementia in older adults with dementia or mild cognitive impairment living in nursing homes
Eun-Young Park, Seon-Min Park, Jung-Hee Kim
‘Modified STOPP-START criteria for Sri Lanka’; translating to a resource limited healthcare setting by Delphi consensus
N. R. Samaranayake, A. Balasuriya, G. H. Fernando, D. Samaraweera, L. G. T. Shanika, J. K. P. Wanigasuriya, C. N. Wijekoon, C. A. Wanigatunge
Prevalence and determinants of frailty in the absence of disability among older population: a cross sectional study from rural communities in Nepal
Uday Narayan Yadav, Man Kumar Tamang, Tarka Bahadur Thapa, Hassan Hosseinzadeh, Mark Fort Harris, Krishna Kumar Yadav
Texture modified diet in German nursing homes: availability, best practices and association with nursing home characteristics
Carina Burger, Eva Kiesswetter, Rowena Alber, Ulrike Pfannes, Ulrike Arens-Azevedo, Dorothee Volkert
The impact of early comprehensive geriatric screening on the readmission rate in an acute geriatric ward: a quasi-experimental study
Kun-Pei Lin, Jen-Hau Chen, Feng-Ping Lu, Chiung-Jung Wen, Ding-Cheng (Derrick) Chan
Transitioning of older Australian women into and through the long-term care system: a cohort study using linked data
Md. Mijanur Rahman, Jimmy T. Efird, Julie E. Byles
Age-related deficits in bilateral motor synergies and force coordination
Nyeonju Kang, Lisa M. Roberts, Clara Aziz, James H. Cauraugh
Scaling-up implementation in community hospitals: a multisite interrupted time series design of the Mobilization of Vulnerable Elders (MOVE) program in Alberta
Jayna Holroyd-Leduc, Charmalee Harris, Jemila S. Hamid, Joycelyne E. Ewusie, Jacquelyn Quirk, Karen Osiowy, Julia E. Moore, Sobia Khan, Barbara Liu, Sharon E. Straus, Colin Zieber, Dianne Nolette, Gloria Nemecek, Godfrey Quan, Jeff Garett, Jennipher Martin, Joel Weaver, Joyce Nay, Kerry Roberts, Leslee Remmie, Lynn Goughnour, Teri Myhre, Brenda Ashman, Byron Hirsch, Erin Stodalka, Linda Iwasiw, Pat Marshall, Racquel Charnetski, Robert J. Hiobbard, Sharlene Krein, Sheila Burkart, Myra Gerhardt, Audrey McKenzie, Brenda Bond, Leanne Haines-Doig, Lori Sparrow, Mollie Cole, Rupinder Brar, Ruksana Rashid, Steven Turner, Tracey Black, Wayne Krejci, Beth Mulat, Brenda Clark, Caitlan Reich, Cindy Belanger, Danuta Kolodziej, Jessica Best, Jill Chow, Jody Prohar, Kimberly Henry, Kristine Hayday, Jennifer Stickney Lee, Michelle Kitsco, Rebecca Curran, Sandra Mageau, Shirley Baumgartner, Treena Hinse, Wendy Tanaka
Impact of a delirium prevention project among older hospitalized patients who underwent orthopedic surgery: a retrospective cohort study
Jung-Yeon Choi, Kwang-il Kim, Min-gu Kang, Young-Kyun Lee, Kyung-Hoi Koo, Joo Han Oh, Young Ho Park, Jeewon Suh, Nak-Hyun Kim, Hyun-Jung Yoo, Jahyun Koo, Hyun Mi Moon, Eun Hui Kim, Kayoung Park, Cheol-Ho Kim
Adherence to anti-osteoporosis medication associated with lower mortality following hip fracture in older adults: a nationwide propensity score-matched cohort study
Shan-Fu Yu, Jur-Shan Cheng, Ying-Chou Chen, Jia-Feng Chen, Chung-Yuan Hsu, Han-Ming Lai, Chi-Hua Ko, Wen-Chan Chiu, Yu-Jih Su, Tien-Tsai Cheng
Antibiotics prescription and guidelines adherence in elderly: impact of the comorbidities
Anthony Dylis, Anne Sophie Boureau, Audrey Coutant, Eric Batard, François Javaudin, Gilles Berrut, Laure de Decker, Guillaume Chapelet
Resident and staff perspectives of person-centered climate in nursing homes: a cross-sectional study
Yunxia Yang, Hui Li, Lily Dongxia XIAO, Wenhui Zhang, Menghan Xia, Hui Feng
Fall-related efficacy is a useful and independent index to detect fall risk in Japanese community-dwelling older people: a 1-year longitudinal study
Naoto Kamide, Yoshitaka Shiba, Miki Sakamoto, Haruhiko Sato, Akie Kawamura
Interactions between subjective memory complaint and objective cognitive deficit on memory performances
Soowon Park, Ji-Hye Lee, Jiyeon Lee, Youngsung Cho, Hyun Gyu Park, Yongjoon Yoo, Jung-Hae Youn, Seung-Ho Ryu, Jae Yeon Hwang, Jeongsim Kim, Jun-Young Lee
Balancing the struggle to live with dementia: a systematic meta-synthesis of coping
Guro Hanevold Bjørkløf, Anne-Sofie Helvik, Tanja Louise Ibsen, Elisabeth Wiken Telenius, Ellen Karine Grov, Siren Eriksen
Accessing the discriminatory performance of FRAIL-NH in two-class and three-class frailty and examining its agreement with the frailty index among nursing home residents in mainland China
Feng Ge, Weiwei Liu, Minhui Liu, Siyuan Tang, Yongjin Lu, Tianxue Hou
Determinants of ADL and IADL disability in older adults in southeastern Poland
Agnieszka Ćwirlej-Sozańska, Agnieszka Wiśniowska-Szurlej, Anna Wilmowska-Pietruszyńska, Bernard Sozański
Associations between health-related quality of life, physical function and pain in older women with osteoporosis and vertebral fracture
Brita Stanghelle, Hege Bentzen, Lora Giangregorio, Are Hugo Pripp, Astrid Bergland
Advanced glycation end products and their ratio to soluble receptor are associated with limitations in physical functioning only in women: results from the CARLA cohort
Helen Ebert, Maria Elena Lacruz, Alexander Kluttig, Andreas Simm, Karin Halina Greiser, Daniel Tiller, Nadja Kartschmit, Rafael Mikolajczyk
In-hospital care prior to assisted and unassisted suicide in swiss older people: a state-level retrospective study
Nathalie Dieudonné-Rahm, Sandra Burkhardt, Sophie Pautex
The value of nonoperative versus operative treatment of frail institutionalized elderly patients with a proximal femoral fracture in the shade of life (FRAIL-HIP); protocol for a multicenter observational cohort study
Pieter Joosse, Sverre A. I. Loggers, C. L. P. (Marc) Van de Ree, Romke Van Balen, Jeroen Steens, Rutger G. Zuurmond, Taco Gosens, Sven H. Van Helden, Suzanne Polinder, Hanna C. Willems, Esther M. M. Van Lieshout, Lisanne Balemans, Frank W. Bloemers, Janneke Bos, Jantien Brouwer, Bart J. Burger, Judella O. Daal, Annemarieke De Jonghe, Matthea Dijkshoorn, Michael J. R. Edwards, Ellen A. Elbrecht, Miriam C. Faes, Elvira R. Flikweert, Robert D. A. Gaasbeek, Olivia C. Geraghty, J. Carel Goslings, J. Han Hegeman, Mischa M. Hindriks, Michel Holla, André Janse, Joris A. Jansen, Simone J. M. Jong, Paul J. C. Kapitein, Y. V. ( I Jdo) Kleinlugtenbelt, Barbara E. Kreis, Rover Krips, Koen W. W. Lansink, Michiel Leijnen, Pieter H. W. Lubbert, M. Cor Luyten, Franceso U. S. Mattace Raso, Marieke C. Meinardi, Joris Mellema, Roland M. H. G. Mollen, Majon Muller, Joost C. Peerbooms, Kees-Jan Ponsen, Rudolf W. Poolman, Miruna Popescu, Albert F. Pull ter Gunne, Bas J. Punt, Gert R. Roukema, Hilde I. F. Royen, Jeanine Schukking, Josje Snoek, Charles T. Stevens, Dieneke van Asselt, Alexander H. Van der Veen, Detlef Van der Velde, Bart A. Van Dijkman, Paul J. Van Koperen, Job L. C. Van Susante, Romuald Van Velde, M. Remmelt Veen, Michael H. J. Verhofstad, Ralf W. Vingerhoets, Dagmar I. Vos, Hugo H. Wijnen, Judith Wilmer, Jasper Winkelhagen, Johan F. H. Wold, Robbert A. Zandbergen, G. ( Bert) Ziere
Cross-sectional associations between personality traits and device-based measures of step count and sedentary behaviour in older age: the Lothian Birth Cohort 1936
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Fall-related emergency department visits and hospitalizations among community-dwelling older adults: examination of health problems and injury characteristics
Namkee G. Choi, Bryan Y. Choi, Diana M. DiNitto, C. Nathan Marti, Mark E. Kunik
Knowledge of HIV/AIDS among older adults (50 years and above) in a peri-urban setting: a descriptive cross-sectional study
Reindolf Anokye, Enoch Acheampong, Amy Budu-Ainooson, Edmund Isaac Obeng, Emmanuel Tetteh, Yvonne Sabby Acheampong, Curtis Edward Nettey-Marbell
Association between anemia and cognitive decline among Chinese middle-aged and elderly: evidence from the China health and retirement longitudinal study
Tingting Qin, Mingming Yan, Zhen Fu, Yating Song, Wanrong Lu, A’dan Fu, Ping Yin
Systematic review and meta-analysis of second-generation antidepressants for the treatment of older adults with depression: questionable benefit and considerations for frailty
Laurie Mallery, Tanya MacLeod, Michael Allen, Pamela McLean-Veysey, Natasha Rodney-Cail, Evan Bezanson, Brian Steeves, Constance LeBlanc, Paige Moorhouse
Hospitalized elder abuse in Iran: a qualitative study
Zeinab Naderi, Sakineh Gholamzadeh, Ladan Zarshenas, Abbas Ebadi
Relationship between meaning in life and death anxiety in the elderly: self-esteem as a mediator
Jiaxi Zhang, Jiaxi Peng, Pan Gao, He Huang, Yunfei Cao, Lulu Zheng, Danmin Miao
Age group differences in association between IADL decline and depressive symptoms in community-dwelling elderly
Eri Kiyoshige, Mai Kabayama, Yasuyuki Gondo, Yukie Masui, Hiroki Inagaki, Madoka Ogawa, Takeshi Nakagawa, Saori Yasumoto, Hiroshi Akasaka, Ken Sugimoto, Kazunori Ikebe, Yasumichi Arai, Tatsuro Ishizaki, Hiromi Rakugi, Kei Kamide
Design of an Underwater Treadmill System for rehabilitation of older obese adults: a pre-post study
C. Kittichaikarn, V. Kuptniratsaikul
Community resource referral needs among African American dementia caregivers in an urban community: a qualitative study
Emily M. Abramsohn, Jessica Jerome, Kelsey Paradise, Tia Kostas, Wesley Alexandra Spacht, Stacy Tessler Lindau
A Danish version of the life-space assessment (LSA-DK) – translation, content validity and cultural adaptation using cognitive interviewing in older mobility limited adults
Mette Merete Pedersen, Pia Kjær-Sørensen, Julie Midtgaard, Cynthia J. Brown, Ann Christine Bodilsen
Item response analysis of the Geriatric Anxiety Inventory among the elderly in China: dimensionality and differential item functioning test
Zhongquan Li, Xia Zhao, Ang Sheng, Li Wang
A feminist phenomenology on the emotional labor and morality of live-in migrant care workers caring for older people in the community
Ken H. M. HO, Vico C. L. CHIANG, Doris LEUNG, Daphne S. K. CHEUNG
Mortality and comorbidity after non-operatively managed, low-energy pelvic fracture in patients over age 70: a comparison with an age-matched femoral neck fracture cohort and general population
Aleksi Reito, Mari Kuoppala, Hanna Pajulammi, Lasse Hokkinen, Kati Kyrölä, Juha Paloneva
Healthcare providers’ experiences in supporting community-living older adults to manage multiple chronic conditions: a qualitative study
Jenny Ploeg, Marie-Lee Yous, Kimberly Fraser, Sinéad Dufour, Lisa Garland Baird, Sharon Kaasalainen, Carrie McAiney, Maureen Markle-Reid
Healthcare professionals’ experiences of providing individualized nutritional care for Older People in hospital and home care: a qualitative study
Christine Hillestad Hestevik, Marianne Molin, Jonas Debesay, Astrid Bergland, Asta Bye
Sarcopenia prevalence and associations with mortality and hospitalisation by various sarcopenia definitions in 85–89 year old community-dwelling men: a report from the ULSAM study
Sigvard Sobestiansky, Karl Michaelsson, Tommy Cederholm
Friendships that money can buy: financial security protects health in retirement by enabling social connectedness
Tegan Cruwys, Catherine Haslam, Niklas K. Steffens, S. Alexander Haslam, Polly Fong, Ben C. P. Lam
Trends in the incidence and prevalence of Parkinson’s disease in Korea: a nationwide, population-based study
Joo-Hyun Park, Do-Hoon Kim, Do-Young Kwon, Moonyoung Choi, Shinhye Kim, Jin-Hyung Jung, Kyungdo Han, Yong-Gyu Park
An inventory of collaborative medication reviews for older adults - evolution of practices
A. Kiiski, M. Airaksinen, A. Mäntylä, S. Desselle, A. Kumpusalo-Vauhkonen, T. Järvensivu, M. Pohjanoksa-Mäntylä
Validation of the clinical frailty score (CFS) in French language
Paul Abraham, Delphine S. Courvoisier, Cedric Annweiler, Cliff Lenoir, Thomas Millien, Francoise Dalmaz, Hans Flaatten, Rui Moreno, Steffen Christensen, Dylan W. de Lange, Bertrand Guidet, Karim Bendjelid, Bernhard Walder, Bernardo Bollen Pinto
Disability incidence and functional decline among older adults with major chronic diseases
Joelle H. Fong
Being the next of kin of an older person living in a nursing home: an interview study about quality of life
Helena Rosén, Lina Behm, Birgitta Wallerstedt, Gerd Ahlström
Predictors of clinical outcomes after cardiac resynchronization therapy in patients ≥75 years of age: a retrospective cohort study
Laure Champ-Rigot, Anne-Laure Cornille, Pierre Ollitrault, Arnaud Pellissier, Mathieu Chequel, Damien Legallois, Paul Milliez
Comparison of health-related quality of life between the Han and Yi ethnicity elderly in the Yi autonomous areas of Yunnan Province
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Association between anemia and frailty in 13,175 community-dwelling adults aged 50 years and older in China
Ye Ruan, Yanfei Guo, Paul Kowal, Ye Lu, Chazhen Liu, Shuangyuan Sun, Zhezhou Huang, Yang Zheng, Wenjing Wang, Gan Li, Yan Shi, Fan Wu
The need for improved cognitive, hearing and vision assessments for older people with cognitive impairment: a qualitative study
Lucas Wolski, Iracema Leroi, Jemma Regan, Piers Dawes, Anna Pavlina Charalambous, Chryssoula Thodi, Juliana Prokopiou, Roxane Villeneuve, Catherine Helmer, Abebaw Mengistu Yohannes, Ines Himmelsbach
Is there an association between ageist attitudes and frailty?
Douglas Salguero, Juliana Ferri-Guerra, Nadeem Y. Mohammed, Dhanya Baskaran, Raquel Aparicio-Ugarriza, Michael J. Mintzer, Jorge G. Ruiz
Improved outcome in hip fracture patients in the aging population following co-managed care compared to conventional surgical treatment: a retrospective, dual-center cohort study
Carl Neuerburg, Stefan Förch, Johannes Gleich, Wolfgang Böcker, Markus Gosch, Christian Kammerlander, Edgar Mayr
The association of MTHFR C677T variant with increased risk of ischemic stroke in the elderly population: a meta-analysis of observational studies
Guilin Chang, Zheng Kuai, Jia Wang, Jiayu Wu, Kan Xu, Ying Yuan, Yu Hu
Enhanced coordination of care to reduce medication risks in older home care clients in primary care: a randomized controlled trial
Terhi Toivo, Marja Airaksinen, Maarit Dimitrow, Eeva Savela, Katariina Pelkonen, Valtteri Kiuru, Tuula Suominen, Mira Uunimäki, Sirkka-Liisa Kivelä, Saija Leikola, Juha Puustinen
The role of concern about falling on stepping performance during complex activities
Shaira Viaje, Geert Crombez, Stephen R. Lord, Jacqueline C. T. Close, Perminder Sachdev, Henry Brodaty, Kim Delbaere
Characteristics of febrile urinary tract infections in older male adults
Alex Smithson, Javier Ramos, Esther Niño, Alex Culla, Ubaldo Pertierra, Michele Friscia, Maria Teresa Bastida
Depressive symptoms in long term care facilities in Western Canada: a cross sectional study
Matthias Hoben, Abigail Heninger, Jayna Holroyd-Leduc, Jennifer Knopp-Sihota, Carole Estabrooks, Zahra Goodarzi
Development and validation of elder-friendly urban spaces questionnaire (EFUSQ)
Azadeh Lak, Reihaneh Aghamolaei, Hamid R. Baradaran, Phyo K. Myint
Cardiovascular risk factors and memory decline in middle-aged and older adults: the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing
Beatriz Olaya, Maria Victoria Moneta, Martin Bobak, Josep Maria Haro, Panayotes Demakakos
Longitudinal and reciprocal associations between financial strain, home characteristics and mobility in the National Health and Aging Trends Study
L. J. Samuel, S. L. Szanton, C. L. Seplaki, T. K. M. Cudjoe, R. J. Thorpe Jr., E. M. Agree
Comparison of body mass index range criteria and their association with cognition, functioning and depression: a cross-sectional study in Mexican older adults
Damaris Francis Estrella-Castillo, Lizzette Gómez-de-Regil
Effect of dance on multi-muscle synergies in older adults: a cross-sectional study
Yun Wang, Kazuhiko Watanabe, Tadayoshi Asaka
The efficacy and safety of exercise for prevention of fall-related injuries in older people with different health conditions, and differing intervention protocols: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
Renqing Zhao, Wenqian Bu, Xianghe Chen
Description of frail older people profiles according to four screening tools applied in primary care settings: a cross sectional analysis
Itziar Vergara, Maider Mateo-Abad, María Carmen Saucedo-Figueredo, Mónica Machón, Alonso Montiel-Luque, Kalliopi Vrotsou, María Antonia Nava del Val, Ana Díez-Ruiz, Carolina Güell, Ander Matheu, Antonio Bueno, Jazmina Núñez, Francisco Rivas-Ruiz
Five-factor model personality traits and cognitive function in five domains in older adulthood
Angelina R. Sutin, Yannick Stephan, Martina Luchetti, Antonio Terracciano
Acceptability of oral liquid pharmaceutical products in older adults: palatability and swallowability issues
Emilie Belissa, Thibault Vallet, Sandra Laribe-Caget, Alain Chevallier, François-Xavier Chedhomme, Fattima Abdallah, Nathalie Bachalat, Sid-Ahmed Belbachir, Imad Boulaich, Vanessa Bloch, Anne Delahaye, Mathieu Depoisson, Amélie Dufaÿ Wojcicki, Stéphane Gibaud, Anne-Sophie Grancher, Caroline Guinot, Celia Lachuer, Laurent Lechowski, Patrick Leglise, Abdel Mahiou, Sylvie Meaume, Corinne Michel, Hugues Michelon, Yann Orven, Ines Perquy, Matthieu Piccoli, Maïté Rabus, Annie-Claude Ribemont, Jean-Paul Rwabihama, Jean-Hugues Trouvin, Fabrice Ruiz, Vincent Boudy
Evaluating audio-visual falls prevention messages with community-dwelling older people using a World Café forum approach
Lex D. de Jong, Jacqueline Francis-Coad, Chris Wortham, Terry P. Haines, Dawn A. Skelton, Tammy Weselman, Anne-Marie Hill
Concordances and differences between a unidimensional and multidimensional assessment of frailty: a cross-sectional study
Michael C. J. Van der Elst, Birgitte Schoenmakers, Linda P. M. Op het Veld, Ellen E. De Roeck, Anne Van der Vorst, Gertrudis I. J. M. Kempen, Nico De Witte, Jan De Lepeleire, Jos M. G. A. Schols, A. S. Smetcoren, S. Dury, L. De Donder, E. Dierckx, D. Lambotte, B. Fret, D. Duppen, M. Kardol, D. Verté, L. J. Hoeyberghs, N. De Witte, E. E. De Roeck, S. Engelborghs, P. P. De Deyn, M. Van der Elst, J. De Lepeleire, B. Schoenmakers, A. van der Vorst, G. A. R. Zijlstra, G. I. J. M. Kempen, J. M. G. A. Schols
A longitudinal analysis of the association between the living arrangements and psychological well-being of older Chinese adults: the role of income sources
Zi Zhou, Lun Cai, Meilan Zhuang, Y. Alicia Hong, Ya Fang
Patient and system factors associated with unassisted and injurious falls in hospitals: an observational study
Dawn M. Venema, Anne M. Skinner, Regina Nailon, Deborah Conley, Robin High, Katherine J. Jones
Use it or lose it: a qualitative study of the maintenance of physical activity in older adults
Asiya Maula, Natasher LaFond, Elizabeth Orton, Steve Iliffe, Sarah Audsley, Kavita Vedhara, Denise Kendrick
A bio-psycho-social approach for frailty amongst Singaporean Chinese community-dwelling older adults – evidence from the Singapore Longitudinal Aging Study
Nigel Teo, Pei Shi Yeo, Qi Gao, Ma Shwe Zin Nyunt, Jie Jing Foo, Shiou Liang Wee, Tze Pin Ng
Creating conditions for a sense of security during the evenings and nights among older persons receiving home health care in ordinary housing: a participatory appreciative action and reflection study
Inger James, Margaretha Norell Pejner, Annica Kihlgren
A prospective study of hepatic safety of statins used in very elderly patients
Meizi Guo, Junli Zhao, Yingjiu Zhai, Panpan Zang, Qing Lv, Dongya Shang
Promoting activity, Independence and stability in early dementia (PrAISED): a, multisite, randomised controlled, feasibility trial
Sarah E. Goldberg, Veronika van der Wardt, Andy Brand, Clare Burgon, Rupinder Bajwa, Zoe Hoare, Pip L. Logan, Rowan H. Harwood, John Gladman, Rhiannon Tudor Edwards, Tash Masud, Kavita Vedhara, Kristian Pollock, Vicky Booth, Roshan das Nair, Fiona Kearney, Martin Orrell, Vicky Hood, Kate Robertson, Juliette Lock, Claudio Di Lorito, Martyn Harling, Carys Jones, Melanie Heeley
A qualitative study of older adults’ perspectives on initiating exercise and mindfulness practice
Diana C. Parra, Julie Loebach Wetherell, Alexandria Van Zandt, Ross C. Brownson, Janardan Abhishek, Eric J. Lenze
Self-reported oral health in the Dutch 100-plus Study of cognitively healthy centenarians: an observational cohort study
Nina Beker, Claar D. van der Maarel-Wierink, Cees de Baat, Henne Holstege
The prevalence, risk factors and prognostic implications of dysphagia in elderly patients undergoing hip fracture surgery in Korea
Seong-Eun Byun, Kyeu Back Kwon, Sang Ho Kim, Seung-Jae Lim
Quality of prescribing predicts hospitalisation in octogenarians: life and living in advanced age: a cohort study in New Zealand (LiLACS NZ)
Cristín Ryan, Ruth Teh, Simon Moyes, Tim Wilkinson, Martin Connolly, Anna Rolleston, Mere Kepa, Ngaire Kerse
Claims data-based analysis of the influence of individual and regional characteristics on the utilisation of long-term care by people with dementia in Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
Johanna Forstner, Michel Wensing, Jan Koetsenruijter, Pamela Wronski
Implementation of new standard operating procedures for geriatric trauma patients with multiple injuries: a single level I trauma centre study
Lorenz Peterer, Christian Ossendorf, Kai Oliver Jensen, Georg Osterhoff, Ladislav Mica, Burkhardt Seifert, Clément M. L. Werner, Hans-Peter Simmen, Hans-Christoph Pape, Kai Sprengel
Impaired kidney function is associated with lower cognitive function in the elder general population. Results from the Good Aging in Skåne (GÅS) cohort study
Tomas Månsson, Marieclaire Overton, Mats Pihlsgård, Sölve Elmståhl
Diet quality and cognitive function in mid-aged and older men and women
Catherine M. Milte, Kylie Ball, David Crawford, Sarah A. McNaughton
How older patients prioritise their multiple health problems: a qualitative study
Ulrike Junius-Walker, Tanja Schleef, Ulrike Vogelsang, Marie-Luise Dierks
Advance care planning in Norwegian nursing homes – limited awareness of the residents’ preferences and values? A qualitative study
Lisbeth Thoresen, Reidar Pedersen, Lillian Lillemoen, Elisabeth Gjerberg, Reidun Førde
Measuring fidelity of delivery of the Community Occupational Therapy in Dementia-UK intervention
Holly Walton, Ildiko Tombor, Jane Burgess, Hilary Groarke, Tom Swinson, Jennifer Wenborn, Aimee Spector, Martin Orrell, Gail Mountain, Susan Michie
Internet use and self-rated health among Swedish 70-year-olds: a cross-sectional study
Hanna Falk Erhag, Felicia Ahlner, Therese Rydberg Sterner, Ingmar Skoog, Annika Bergström
Effect of continuation of antiplatelet therapy on survival in patients receiving physician home visits
Yasuhiro Osugi, Teruo Ino, Daiki Kobayashi, Mitsunaga Iwata, Kanichi Asai
Correlation between the Charlson comorbidity index and skeletal muscle mass/physical performance in hospitalized older people potentially suffering from sarcopenia
Ge Gong, Wenhui Wan, Xinghu Zhang, Yu Liu, Xinhui Liu, Jian Yin
Meaning in life and health care use: findings from a nationally representative study of older adults in Germany
André Hajek, Hans-Helmut König
A multicomponent exercise intervention to improve physical functioning, cognition and psychosocial well-being in elderly nursing home residents: a study protocol of a randomized controlled trial in the PROCARE (prevention and occupational health in long-term care) project
Thomas Cordes, Laura L. Bischoff, Daniel Schoene, Nadja Schott, Claudia Voelcker-Rehage, Charlotte Meixner, Luisa-Marie Appelles, Michael Bebenek, Andre Berwinkel, Claudia Hildebrand, Thomas Jöllenbeck, Bettina Johnen, Wolfgang Kemmler, Thomas Klotzbier, Heide Korbus, Julian Rudisch, Lutz Vogt, Matthias Weigelt, Rita Wittelsberger, Katharina Zwingmann, Bettina Wollesen
Association between estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) and asymmetric dimethylarginine (ADMA) concentrations among the elderly in a rural community: a cross-sectional study
Hye Rin Choi, Seung Won Lee, Da-Hye Jeon, Nam Wook Hur, Yoosik Youm, Hyeon Chang Kim
The prevalence of obesity in older adults in Iran: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Aliakbar Vaisi-Raygani, Masoud Mohammadi, Rostam Jalali, Akram Ghobadi, Nader Salari
Old subjects with sepsis in the emergency department: trend analysis of case fatality rate
Andrea Fabbri, Giulio Marchesini, Barbara Benazzi, Alice Morelli, Danilo Montesi, Cesare Bini, Stefano Giovanni Rizzo
Post-stroke patients with moderate function have the greatest risk of falls: a National Cohort Study
Wycliffe E. Wei, Deirdre A. De Silva, Hui Meng Chang, Jiali Yao, David B. Matchar, Sherry H. Y. Young, Siew Ju See, Gek Hsiang Lim, Ting Hway Wong, Narayanaswamy Venketasubramanian
Life expectancy with and without cognitive impairment among Chilean older adults: results of the National Survey of Health (2003, 2009 and 2016)
Ximena Moreno, Lydia Lera, Francisco Moreno, Cecilia Albala
“Being in good hands”: next of kin’s perceptions of continuity of care in patients with heart failure
Malin Östman, Siv Bäck-Pettersson, Ann-Helén Sandvik, Annelie J. Sundler
Leukocyte telomere length and serum polyunsaturated fatty acids, dietary habits, cardiovascular risk factors and features of myocardial infarction in elderly patients
Are A. Kalstad, Sjur Tveit, Peder L. Myhre, Kristian Laake, Trine B. Opstad, Arnljot Tveit, Erik B. Schmidt, Svein Solheim, Harald Arnesen, Ingebjørg Seljeflot
Risk factors for vancomycin-resistant enterococcus acquisition during a large outbreak in patients aged 65 years and older
Benjamin Mathis, Max Haïne, Raphaële Girard, Marc Bonnefoy
Incidence of frailty among community-dwelling older adults: a nationally representative profile in China
Weihao Xu, Ya-Xi Li, Chenkai Wu
Falls and risk factors of falls for urban and rural community-dwelling older adults in China
Li Zhang, Zhihong Ding, Liya Qiu, An Li
Cumulative use of therapeutic bladder anticholinergics and the risk of dementia in patients with lower urinary tract symptoms: a nationwide 12-year cohort study
Yi-Chi Wang, Yung-Liang Chen, Chun-Che Huang, Chung-Han Ho, Yu-Tung Huang, Ming-Ping Wu, Ming-Jung Ou, Chiu-Hsien Yang, Ping-Jen Chen
Bacteriuria and vitamin D deficiency: a cross sectional study of 385 nursing home residents
Rebeka Arnljots, Egill Snaebjörnsson Arnljots, Jörgen Thorn, Marie Elm, Michael Moore, Pär-Daniel Sundvall