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Few opportunities to influence decisions regarding the care and treatment of an older hospitalized family member: a qualitative study among family members

BMC Health Services Research, 2017
Background The drive towards patient involvement in health services has been increasingly promoted. The World Health Organisation emphasizes the family’s perspective in comprehensive care.
Ingrid Nyborg, Lars Johan Danbolt, Marit Kirkevold   +2 more
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Older people’s experiences of informal care in rural Flanders, Belgium [PDF]

, 2019
Flanders (Belgium) is ageing at high speed. The number of people aged over 80 will increase from more than 400.000 today to nearly 800.000 in 2060, which is 10 % of the population. Although the entire region is ageing, older people are overrepresented in
De Decker, Pascal, Schillebeeckx, Elise, Volckaert, Emma   +2 more
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Preferences and priorities to manage clinical uncertainty for older people with frailty and multimorbidity: a discrete choice experiment and stakeholder consultations

BMC Geriatrics, 2021
Background Clinical uncertainty is inherent for people with frailty and multimorbidity. Depleted physiological reserves increase vulnerability to a decline in health and adverse outcomes from a stressor event.
India Tunnard, Deokhee Yi, Clare Ellis-Smith, Marsha Dawkins, Irene J. Higginson, Catherine J. Evans   +5 more
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Road safety education for older drivers : evaluation of a classroom-based training initiative [PDF]

, 2017
Around the world, a growing proportion of drivers are aged 70 or over. Although accident rates for older drivers are lower than for young or novice drivers, increased frailty and slowed reactions mean that older drivers are at higher risk of death or ...
Goodwin, Lacey, Hawley, Carol, Smith, Robert A.   +2 more
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Association between baseline Mini-Mental State Examination score and dementia incidence in a cohort of oldest old

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
Background: The Brazilian population has aged rapidly. The oldest old, defined as persons aged 80 years or older, is the fastest growing segment of the Brazilian population.
Débora Yumi HAYASHIDA, Alessandro Ferrari JACINTO, Lara Miguel Quirino ARAÚJO, Clineu de Mello ALMADA FILHO, Ana Beatriz DI TOMMASO, Maysa Seabra CENDOROGLO   +5 more
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Clinical Characteristics and Surgical Safety in Patients with Acute Appendicitis Aged over 80 [PDF]

Journal of the Korean Society of Coloproctology, 2012
The aim of this study was to evaluate the clinical characteristics and treatment outcomes, including surgical safety, in patients over 80 years of age who underwent an appendectomy.This study involved 160 elderly patients who underwent an appendectomy for acute appendicitis: 28 patients over 80 years old and 132 patients between 65 and 79 years old.The
Moon, Kwon Sang, Jung, Yong Hwan, Lee, Eun Hun, Hwang, Yong Hee   +3 more
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An approach to vehicle design: in-depth audit to understand the needs of older drivers [PDF]

, 2016
The population of older people continues to increase around the world, and this trend is expected to continue; the population of older drivers is increasing accordingly.
Gyi, DE, Karali, S, Mansfield, NJ
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Evaluating the extremely elderly at a pulmonary function clinic for the diagnosis of respiratory disease: frequency and technical quality of spirometry

Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia
Objective: To determine the frequency of spirometry in elderly people, by age group, at a pulmonary function clinic, to assess the quality of spirometry in the extremely elderly, and to determine whether chronological age influences the quality of ...
Saulo Maia d’Avila Melo, Larissa Alves de Oliveira, José Lucas Farias Wanderley, Rodrigo dos Anjos Rocha   +3 more
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Intestine-specific deletion of microsomal triglyceride transfer protein increases mortality in aged mice [PDF]

, 2014
BACKGROUND:Mice with conditional, intestine-specific deletion of microsomal triglyceride transfer protein (Mttp-IKO) exhibit a complete block in chylomicron assembly together with lipid malabsorption.
Breed, Elise R, Burd, Eileen M, Coopersmith, Craig M, Davidson, Nicholas O, Dominguez, Jessica A, Farris, Alton B, Liang, Zhe, Xie, Yan, Yoseph, Benyam P   +8 more
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Older adults’ preferences for, adherence to and experiences of two self-management falls prevention home exercise programmes: a comparison between a digital programme and a paper booklet

BMC Geriatrics, 2020
Background Fall prevention exercise programmes are known to be effective, but access to these programmes is not always possible. The use of eHealth solutions might be a way forward to increase access and reach a wider population.
Linda Mansson, Lillemor Lundin-Olsson, Dawn A. Skelton, Rebecka Janols, Helena Lindgren, Erik Rosendahl, Marlene Sandlund   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source