China’s healthcare system faces a major challenge due to its aging population. To provide comprehensive and continuous healthcare services to the elderly, strategic measures for Health China have been implemented. These measures include …

The currently growing and ageing population leads to an increasing proportion of patients with multimorbidity and functional impairment. This is not only a medical challenge, but also an increasing economic burden for the health care system [ 1 , 2 …]. Consequently, geriatrics as a multidisciplinary medical specialty is becoming increasingly important [

Frailty describes a state of reduced physiological reserve where seemingly trivial physiological stressors trigger dramatic deteriorations [ 1 ]. Interventions targeting frailty could improve health and quality of life, and reduce healthcare …

Since the beginning of the 21st century, the process of global population aging has accelerated significantly. The proportion of older people in the global population is expected to approach or exceed 22% by 2050 [ 1 ]. China has entered the rapid …

End-stage renal disease (ESRD) affects approximately 1,500 per million people in the United States, with increasing prevalence in patients aged 65 and older (50.4% as of 2019) [ 1 , 2 ]. Kidney transplantation provides long-term benefits over …

Prostate cancer (PCa) is predominantly a disease of older adults with a median age at diagnosis of 68 years [ 1 ]. With the exponential aging of the population and increasing life expectancy, especially in developed countries, the burden due to …

Malnutrition (undernutrition), an imbalanced nutritional status resulting from insufficient intake of nutrients to meet normal physiological requirement, is one of the most prevalent issues in the current aging society. According to a survey, the …

Hyponatremia is said to exist when the serum sodium value is < 135 meq/L [ 1 ]. It is the commonest electrolyte disturbance, seen in about 16–30% of in-hospital subjects [ 2 ]. Sodium has many functions, including maintaining blood volume, fluid …

Anticholinergic drugs consist of different pharmacological groups which are frequently used varies between 8 and 37% in older adults [ 1 , 2 ]. These drugs are widely used by older adults for various conditions including overactive bladder …

There is growing global recognition of a need to shift healthcare delivery for older adults from reactive, episodic hospital-based management of care towards an integrated, proactive and preventative approach in the community setting [ 1 ]. The …

Population ageing has transformed the demand for health care worldwide. Older adults accessing acute hospital care often present with multiple comorbidities, cognitive impairment, polypharmacy, and functional decline [ 1 , 2 ]. This accumulation of …

Frailty is the most problematic aspect of population ageing. Older people are vulnerable to external stress because physiological reserves decline with age, which can cause adverse health outcomes such as falls, disability, fractures, and death [ 1 …,

The increased life expectancy of the population has resulted in a growing proportion of people over 60 years of age. According to the WHO, between 2015 and 2050, the proportion of the world’s population over 60 years will nearly double from 12 to …

As the world’s older population continues to grow, the number of emergency visits to hospitals by older adults is also increasing, with consequent more frequent use of emergency services and a greater level of urgency compared with younger …

In the past two to three decades, extensive research has been conducted on the oral and dental health of elderly people. Dental caries, tooth loss, periodontitis, xerostomia, oral pre-cancerous or malignant lesions, and oral health-related quality …