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Raising enthusiasm for the medical care of elderly patients: a concept mapping study to find elements for an elderly friendly medical curriculum

BMC Medical Education, 2018
Background To deliver high quality of care for the growing population of older patients more geriatricians are needed. However, the interest of medical students for a career in geriatrics is lagging behind due to a lack of exposure, the nature of the ...
Ariadne A. Meiboom, Henk de Vries, Fedde Scheele, Cees M. P. M. Hertogh   +3 more
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Online Consultations Between General Practitioners and Psychiatrists in the Netherlands: A Qualitative Study

Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2021
Objective: To examine the nature and scope of questions about psychiatric patient cases submitted by general practitioners (GPs) to an established online consultation platform and to determine if they could have been answered by consulting existing ...
Nynke W. Bock, Hans Wouters, Anne J. Lammers, Marco H. Blanker   +3 more
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The Impact of Accessibility of Community Elderly Care Services on Quality of Life of the Elderly

Healthcare
Background/Objectives: With the gradual increase in population aging and the prevalence of the empty nest, community elderly care services have become an effective service model for responding to population aging because they can alleviate the decline in
Xiaodong Di, Lijian Wang
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The Expected Demand for Elderly Care Services and Anticipated Living Arrangements Among the Oldest Old in China Based on the Andersen Model

Frontiers in Public Health, 2021
Objective: The first aim of this study was to explore expected demands of the oldest old and their determinants for different types of elderly care services.
Yanbing Zeng, Shuang Que, Chenxi Lin, Ya Fang   +3 more
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Opportunities and challenges of integrating artificial intelligence in China's elderly care services

Scientific Reports
The challenge of elderly care presents a formidable task, demanding the collective attention of governmental bodies and diverse sectors of society. The integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) into the research and development of Social Elderly Care ...
Yongyan Zhao, Jian Li
semanticscholar   +1 more source

An intervention to support stroke survivors and their carers in the longer term (LoTS2Care): study protocol for the process evaluation of a cluster randomised controlled feasibility trial

Trials, 2018
Background Whilst pathways relating to the early stages of stroke care have become well established, strategies for longer-term care are less developed and longer-term outcomes remain poor for many stroke survivors. New Start, a complex intervention that
Natasha K. Hardicre, Thomas F Crocker, Alan Wright, Louisa-Jane Burton, Seline Ozer, Ross Atkinson, Allan House, Jenny Hewison, Christopher McKevitt, Anne Forster, Amanda J. Farrin, on behalf of the LoTS2Care Programme Management Group   +11 more
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Middle-aged and older people’s preference for medical-elderly care integrated institutions in China: a discrete choice experiment study

BMC Nursing
With the continuing impact of the aging population, medical-elderly care integrated institutions, as a way to bear the pressure of medical and elderly care, effectively ensure the quality of life of the elderly in their later years.
Maosen Jiang, Mei-fang Xiao, Jia-Wen Zhang, Mei Yang   +3 more
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Reducing inappropriate psychotropic drug use in nursing home residents with dementia: protocol for participatory action research in a stepped-wedge cluster randomized trial

BMC Psychiatry, 2019
Background Psychotropic drugs are often prescribed to treat neuropsychiatric symptoms in nursing home residents with dementia, despite having limited efficacy and considerable side effects.
Claudia M. Groot Kormelinck, Charlotte F. van Teunenbroek, Boudewijn J. Kollen, Margreet Reitsma, Debby L. Gerritsen, Martin Smalbrugge, Sytse U. Zuidema   +6 more
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Referral rates for children with acute gastroenteritis: a retrospective cohort study

BJGP Open, 2020
Background: Hospital admission rates are increasing for children with acute gastroenteritis. However, it is unknown whether this increase is accompanied by an increase in referral rates from GPs due to increased workloads in primary care out-of-hours ...
Pien Ingrid Wolters, Gea Holtman, Freek Fickweiler, Irma Bonvanie, Anouk Weghorst, Johan Post, Boudewijn Kollen, Marjolein Berger   +7 more
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Women who smoke during pregnancy are more likely to be referred to an obstetrician during pregnancy and birth: results from a cohort study

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2022
Background Women who smoke during pregnancy make less use of prenatal care; the relation of smoking behavior with the use of other forms of maternal healthcare is unknown.
S. Weiland, L.L. Peters, M.Y. Berger, J.J.H.M. Erwich, D.E.M.C. Jansen   +4 more
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