In-home physical frailty monitoring: relevance with respect to clinical tests
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Effects of depression, dementia and delirium on activities of daily living in elderly patients after discharge
Published in BMC Geriatrics
BackgroundThe three geriatric conditions, depression, dementia and delirium (3D’s), are common among hospitalized older patients and often lead to impairments of activities of daily living. The aim of this study is to explore the impact of depression, dementia and delirium on activities of daily living (ADLs) during and after hospitalization.Method...
A systematic literature review of the assessment of treatment burden experienced by patients and their caregivers
Published in BMC Geriatrics
BackgroundMany older adults with multiple chronic conditions, particularly those who are functionally impaired, spend considerable time juggling the competing demands of managing their conditions often assisted by caregivers. We examined methods of assessing the treatment burden experienced by this population as a first step to identifying strategi...
Prevalence of Potentially Inappropriate Medication use in older drivers
...Published in BMC Geriatrics
BackgroundPotentially Inappropriate Medication (PIM) use has been studied in a variety of older adult populations across the world. We sought to examine the prevalence and correlates of PIM use in older drivers.MethodsWe applied the American Geriatrics Society 2015 Beers Criteria to baseline data collected from the “brown-bag” review of medications...
Theory and Design of the Community for successful ageing (ComSA) program in Singapore: connecting BioPsychoSocial health...
Published in BMC Geriatrics
BackgroundDespite the emphasis on holistic health promotion in community programs for older people, few studies explicitly consider how BioPsychoSocial (BPS) health elements are interconnected and function to improve Quality of Life (QoL). The Community for Successful Ageing (ComSA) program in Singapore focuses on Community Development (CD) initiat...
Braden scale for assessing pneumonia after acute ischaemic stroke
Published in BMC Geriatrics
BackgroundThe prevention of pneumonia is critical for patients with acute ischaemic stroke (AIS). The six subscales in the Braden Scale seem to be related to the occurrence of pneumonia. We aimed to evaluate the feasibility of using the Braden Scale to predict the occurrence of pneumonia after AIS.MethodsWe studied a series of consecutive patients ...
“Pisando Fuerte”: an evidence-based falls prevention program for Hispanic/Latinos older adults: results of an implementa...
Published in BMC Geriatrics
BackgroundWe previously developed Pisando Fuerte (PF), a linguistically and culturally appropriate version of “Stepping On”, an evidence-based fall prevention program building on self-efficacy and adult learning principles. The purpose of this study is to describe the implementation of PF at two community organizations in Wisconsin.MethodsPF consis...
Impact of training and structured medication review on medication appropriateness and patient-related outcomes in nursin...
...Published in BMC Geriatrics
BackgroundUncoordinated interprofessional communication in nursing homes increases the risk of polypharmacy and inappropriate medication use. This may lead to augmented frequency of adverse drug events, hospitalizations and mortality. The aims of this study were (1) to improve interprofessional communication and medication safety using a combined i...
Health systems readiness to provide geriatric friendly care services in Uganda: a cross-sectional study
Published in BMC Geriatrics
BackgroundAs ageing emerges as the next public health threat in Africa, there is a paucity of information on how prepared its health systems are to provide geriatric friendly care services. In this study, we explored the readiness of Uganda’s public health system to offer geriatric friendly care services in Southern Central Uganda.MethodsFour distr...
Needs and skills of informal caregivers to care for a dependent person: a cross-sectional study
Published in BMC Geriatrics
BackgroundThe world is facing many socio-demographic changes, such as an increased average life expectancy and the presence of chronic and non-communicable diseases, which in turn, leads to an enhanced dependency on others. Consequently, the demand for informal caregivers has significantly increased during the past few years. Caring for a dependent...
