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Orthopaedic Nursing, 2007
Nurses caring for patients with orthopaedic problems often encounter elderly patients in their caseload. These patients have variable levels of functioning; some may be frail and, therefore, require greater assistance and possibly more time with their care.
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Nurses caring for patients with orthopaedic problems often encounter elderly patients in their caseload. These patients have variable levels of functioning; some may be frail and, therefore, require greater assistance and possibly more time with their care.
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Seminars in Hematology, 2008
Frailty engenders a recognizable clinical syndrome of vulnerability to stressors related to impaired physiologic reserve that primarily occurs among older adults. Features of frailty include weight loss, exhaustion, muscle weakness, performance impairment, and cognitive slowing and can be identified independent of comorbid conditions. Among frail older
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Frailty engenders a recognizable clinical syndrome of vulnerability to stressors related to impaired physiologic reserve that primarily occurs among older adults. Features of frailty include weight loss, exhaustion, muscle weakness, performance impairment, and cognitive slowing and can be identified independent of comorbid conditions. Among frail older
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Grip Strength in the Frail Elderly
American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, 2004To explore the relationship of impairment types to grip strength in the live-at-home frail elderly.All data in this cross-sectional study were collected in face-to-face interviews in subjects' homes by a nurse or occupational therapist. A total of 832 elders with activity limitations, as determined by the FIM instrument, participated in the study ...
Orit, Shechtman +3 more
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Osteoporosis considerations in the frail elderly
Current Opinion in Rheumatology, 2003Osteoporosis is a growing public health problem throughout the world, in part because of the increasing numbers of people living beyond the age of 65 years. Skeletal fractures are the clinical manifestation of the disease, with older patients the most severely affected. Conditions associated with frailty such as falls and reduced muscle strength likely
Theodore T, Suh, Kenneth W, Lyles
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[Frail elderly in hemodialysis].
Giornale italiano di nefrologia : organo ufficiale della Societa italiana di nefrologia, 2004A new category of patients aged >75 yrs, namely the elderly, is now being freely admitted to hemodialysis (HD) and this category is becoming predominant. The absence of systematic studies makes this patient category almost indistinguishable from other categories, even though its peculiarity is now evident.
PANZETTA G +3 more
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Barium enemas in the frail elderly
The American Journal of Medicine, 1992The objective of this investigation was to determine the frequency of and predictors for inadequate barium enemas in the frail elderly.The medical and radiologic records of 171 elderly institutionalized patients (mean age = 85.3 years), who underwent barium enema examinations, were retrospectively reviewed. The study outcome of primary interest was the
Gurwitz, Jerry H. +3 more
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ORAL HEALTH AND THE FRAIL ELDERLY
Care Weekly, 2017The relationships between oral health conditions and frailty have rarely been explored. A systematic review of frailty components and oral health concluded that differences in study population endpoint criteria and study design cannot establish a relationship between frailty and oral health.This study aims to describe the distribution of the OHAT (Oral
L, Rapp +3 more
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Fatigue in frail elderly people
International Journal of Palliative Nursing, 2006Many frail older people are likely to suffer from fatigue, but tools to measure fatigue in this population are lacking. Stage one of this study explored and described the experiences of fatigue of 12 older people from Australian residential aged care facilities.
Toye, Christine, White, K., Rooksby, K.
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Calcium metabolism in the frail elderly
Clinical Rheumatology, 2005Elderly residents of aged care facilities are usually considered at high risk of osteoporosis not only due to their age, but also due to nutritional factors, poor sunlight exposure and renal insufficiency. This study aimed to describe calcium metabolism and related hormones in this high-risk population.
Jane, Zochling +7 more
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Problems With Dressing in the Frail Elderly
American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 2005OBJECTIVE. Dressing is an important activity of daily living, yet many older adults have difficulty due to impairments. The purpose of this study was to explore the use of assistive devices for dressing by older persons with impairments, and to look at differences among frail elders with no dressing difficulty ...
William C, Mann +5 more
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