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A Longitudinal Examination of Post-COVID-19 Mortality in Residents in Long-Term Care Homes

Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine
The most adverse outcomes of the COVID-19 pandemic include high post-infection mortality among long-term care (LTC) home residents. Research about mortality over a longer period after contracting COVID-19 and in different pandemic years is limited.
Gordana Rajlic PhD, Janice M. Sorensen PhD, Akber Mithani MD   +2 more
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A review on video-based active and assisted living technologies for automated lifelogging

Expert systems with applications, 2020
Providing support for ageing and frail populations to extend their personal autonomy is desirable for their well-being as it is for the society at large, since it can ease the economic and social challenges caused by ever-ageing developed societies ...
P. Climent-Pérez, S. Spinsante, Alex Mihailidis, F. Flórez-Revuelta   +3 more
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Unheard and Under‐Supported: Health‐Related Quality of Life in Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults With Sickle Cell Disease

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Sickle cell disease (SCD) is an autosomal recessive hemoglobinopathy affecting millions of individuals worldwide. The clinical expression and psychosocial burden of SCD vary widely across geographical, cultural, and healthcare system contexts, underscoring the need for setting‐specific approaches to assessment.
Desiré Fantasia, Giulia Reggiani, Elizabeth J. Maran, Maria Elisa Delle Fave, Ilaria Baido, Anna Chiara Frigo, Maria Paola Boaro, Raffaella Colombatti   +7 more
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“Nothing is going to replace an in-person visit”: Canadian long-term care providers’ and recipients’ perspectives on when telehealth for physician visits is not appropriate

BMC Digital Health
Background Within long-term care (LTC) homes, telehealth use has been found to reduce unnecessary emergency department transfers, support the care needs of rural and underserved communities, and supplement in-person physician care. Despite these benefits,
Tyler R. Cole, Valorie A. Crooks, Janice Sorensen, Sherin Jamal, Akber Mithani, Lillian Hung, Jeremy Snyder, Catherine Youngren   +7 more
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Validation of the Barthel Index in Chinese nursing home residents: an item response theory analysis

Frontiers in Psychology
BackgroundThe Barthel Index (BI) is used to standardize the grading of assessments for clinical needs, insurance support, and long-term care resource allocation in China.
Minyu Liang, Mei Yin, Bing Guo, Yichao Pan, Tong Zhong, Jieyi Wu, Zengjie Ye   +6 more
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A Human Activity Recognition System Based on Dynamic Clustering of Skeleton Data

Sensors, 2017
Human activity recognition is an important area in computer vision, with its wide range of applications including ambient assisted living. In this paper, an activity recognition system based on skeleton data extracted from a depth camera is presented ...
Alessandro Manzi, Paolo Dario, Filippo Cavallo   +2 more
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Artificial Intelligence–Powered Digital Health Platform and Wearable Devices Improve Outcomes for Older Adults in Assisted Living Communities: Pilot Intervention Study

JMIR Aging, 2020
Background Wearables and artificial intelligence (AI)–powered digital health platforms that utilize machine learning algorithms can autonomously measure a senior’s change in activity and behavior and may be useful tools for proactive interventions that ...
Gerald Wilmink, Katherine Dupey, Schon Alkire, Jeffrey Grote, Gregory Zobel, H. Fillit, Satish Movva   +6 more
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Imaging of High‐Risk Neuroblastoma: Recommendations From SIOPEN Radiology and Nuclear Medicine Specialty Committees

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Neuroblastoma is the most common extracranial solid tumor in early childhood. Its clinical behavior is highly variable, ranging from spontaneous regression to fatal outcome despite intensive treatment. The International Society of Pediatric Oncology Europe Neuroblastoma Group (SIOPEN) Radiology and Nuclear Medicine Specialty Committees ...
Annemieke Littooij, Catia Olianti, Herve Brisse, Pier Luigi Di Paolo, Maria Garganese, Tejas Kapadia, Jurgen Schaefer, Hugh Wallace, Simon Wan, Bart de Keizer, Irmina Sefic Pasic, Julian Rogasch   +11 more
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“I would have to walk around to find the best Wi-Fi connection…”: qualitatively exploring challenges associated with rapid rollout of telehealth in Canadian long-term care homes

BMC Digital Health
Background Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, long-term care (LTC) homes in British Columbia, Canada, restricted visitation to ensure the safety of their residents against transmission of the novel coronavirus.
Tyler R. Cole, Valorie A. Crooks, Janice Sorensen, Sherin Jamal, Akber Mithani, Lillian Hung, Jeremy C. Snyder, Catherine Youngren   +7 more
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Continuous Distant Measurement of the User’s Heart Rate in Human-Computer Interaction Applications

Sensors, 2019
In real world scenarios, the task of estimating heart rate (HR) using video plethysmography (VPG) methods is difficult because many factors could contaminate the pulse signal (i.e., a subjects’ movement, illumination changes). This article presents
Jaromir Przybyło
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