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A 3 Week Geriatric Education Program for 4th Year Medical Students at Dalhousie University [PDF]

, 2003
Purpose -Population demographics are shifting towards an increased average age. Yet, many medical schools still do not have mandatory comprehensive education in Geriatric Medicine.
Freter , M.D., FRCPC, Susan, Gordon , M.D., FRCPC, Janet, Mallery , M.D, FRCPC,, Laurie   +2 more
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Regional data exchange to improve care for veterans after non-VA hospitalization: a randomized controlled trial [PDF]

, 2019
BACKGROUND: Coordination of care, especially after a patient experiences an acute care event, is a challenge for many health systems. Event notification is a form of health information exchange (HIE) which has the potential to support care ...
Bean, Andrew M., Boockvar, Kenneth S., Dixon, Brian E., Guerrero, Vivian M., Koufacos, Nicholas S., May, Justine, Penrod, Joan D., Schubert, Cathy C., Schwartzkopf, Ashley L.   +8 more
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Impact of Comprehensive Geriatric Assessments on Dementia Care

Geriatrics
Introduction: According to the Alzheimer Society of Canada, over 770,000 people in Canada are living with dementia. This number is expected to rise to nearly 1 million people by 2030.
Shazia Durrani, Minhal Mussawar, Mariam Alaverdashvili   +2 more
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ABOUT THE BASICS OF COMPREHENSIVE GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT

Архивъ внутренней медицины, 2019
The article covers the principles of comprehensive geriatric assessment — an interdisciplinary diagnostic procedure aimed at developing a plan of treatment, long-term monitoring and support of an elderly person.
L. M. Farkhutdinova
doaj   +1 more source

TBK1‐Associated Primary Lateral Sclerosis Followed by Right Temporal Variant Frontotemporal Dementia

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We report a 58‐year‐old woman with a novel splice‐site variant in the TANK‐binding kinase 1 (TBK1:c.993–2A>C p.Ala332TyrfsTer39) who sequentially developed primary lateral sclerosis (PLS) followed by right temporal variant frontotemporal dementia (rtvFTD). Neuroimaging demonstrated right anterior temporal atrophy before cognitive symptoms, and
Tomoyasu Matsubara, Naoki Kihara, Satoko Miyatake, Koji Fujita, Konoka Tachibana, Ryosuke Miyamoto, Hiroki Yamazaki, Yusuke Osaki, Nazere Keyoumu, Yuki Kuwano, Nobutoshi Morimoto, Suzuran Saito, Eriko Koshimizu, Yoichi Otomi, Kenji Ishibashi, Masafumi Harada, Naomichi Matsumoto, Hiroyuki Morino, Yuishin Izumi   +18 more
wiley   +1 more source

'Across the pond'—a response to the NICE guidelines for management of multi-morbidity in older people [PDF]

, 2017
No abstract ...
Stott, David J., Young, John
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Consensus recommendation on Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment for elderly cancer patients from Peking Union Medical College Hospital [PDF]

Jichu yixue yu linchuang
In the context of an aging society, the number of elderly cancer patients is constantly increasing, and geriatric oncology has garnered significant attention in recent years.
WANG Qiumei, LI Xiaoyuan, KANG Lin, SUN Xiaohong, LI Hailong, DUAN Yanping, LIU Ying, GUAN Mei, ZHAO Lin
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Evaluating a Pragmatic Strength Alternative for Frailty Measurement and Assessing Its Predictive Capacity Against Established Frailty Instruments in Rheumatoid Arthritis

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective Frailty occurs prematurely in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and is associated with poor health outcomes. We compared the performance of four frailty instruments, including a pragmatic alternative measure using chair sit‐to‐stand (STS), and evaluated their abilities to predict poor health outcomes.
Kylie E. Riggles, Hannah F. Brubeck, Adrienne D. Tanus, Courtney N. Loecker, Punyasha Roul, Bryant R. England, Elizabeth R. Wahl, James S. Andrews, Namrata Singh, Joshua F. Baker, Patricia P. Katz, Dolores M. Shoback, Jose M. Garcia, Ariela R. Orkaby, Katherine D. Wysham   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Preventative approaches to falls and frailty

Osteoporosis and Sarcopenia
With increasing life expectancy, the aging population grows, leading to more age-related diseases. Among these, falls are a serious public health issue, as they cause disability in older adults and impose a significant burden both on caregivers and ...
Seiji Hashimoto, Tatsuya Hosoi, Mitsutaka Yakabe, Makoto Yunoki, Shoya Matsumoto, Yoshitaka Kase, Masashi Miyawaki, Masaki Ishii, Sumito Ogawa   +8 more
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The association of physical function with psychosocial patient‐reported outcomes in people with systemic lupus erythematosus

Arthritis Care &Research, Accepted Article.
Objective To evaluate how modifiable psychosocial factors and fatigue relate to physical functioning in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Methods In this cross‐sectional study of two demographically distinct cohorts [Approaches to Positive, Patient‐centered Experiences of Aging with Lupus (APPEAL) and California Lupus Epidemiology Study
Mrinalini Dey, Jessica Fitzpatrick, Maria Dall'Era, Charmayne Dunlop‐Thomas, Courtney Hoge, S. Sam Lim, Patricia P. Katz, Jinoos Yazdany, Laura C. Plantinga   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source