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Inclusion of medication-related fall risk in fall risk assessment tool in geriatric care units
BMC Geriatrics, 2020 Background Falls are common undesirable events for older adults in institutions. Even though the patient’s fall risk may be scored on admission, the medication-induced fall risk may be ignored.
Jana Michalcova +3 more
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Knowledge, attitude and practice of dentists toward providing care to the geriatric patients
BMC Geriatrics, 2021 Background Tooth loss, systemic diseases and medications add to the complexity of the oral conditions in geriatric popuation, making this age group a special group in need of specific preventive and curative oral health care.
B. Tahani, Skekoufeh Sedaghat Manesh
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Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, 2014 The rising prevalence of type 2 diabetes (T2DM) and hypertension in older adults, and the deleterious effect of these conditions on cerebrovascular and brain health, is creating a growing discrepancy between the typical cognitive aging trajectory and a ...
Liesel-Ann Catharine Meusel +11 more
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Educational Games in Geriatric Medicine Education: A Systematic Review [PDF]
, 2010 OBJECTIVE: To systematically review the medical literature to assess the effect of geriatric educational games on the satisfaction, knowledge, beliefs, attitudes and behaviors of health care professionals.
Akl, Elie A. +2 more
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Nursing Open, 2020 To investigate the oral health status of aged residents and explore the possible factors associated with oral health and the effect of cognitive impairment (CI) on it in geriatric care facilities (GCF) using oral health assessment tool (OHAT) in Shanghai,
Lan Chen +4 more
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Haematologica, 2021 We conducted a randomized controlled trial in older adults with hematologic malignancies to determine the impact of geriatrician consultation embedded in our oncology clinic alongside standard care.
C. Dumontier +11 more
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Geriatrics Evaluation and Management in the Veterans Administration—An Historical Perspective
Geriatrics, 2018 Comprehensive geriatric assessment, defined as an interdisciplinary assessment and development of an overall plan of treatment and follow-up, has become a fundamental part of clinical geriatric care. Since the 1970s, the US Department of Veterans Affairs
James S. Powers, Kathryn J. Eubank
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What Does “Patient-Centered” Mean? Qualitative Perspectives from Older Adults and Family Caregivers
Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine, 2021 This study aimed to (1) examine what patient-centeredness means for older adults and family caregivers, and (2) assess circumstances underlying their preference for geriatric care.
Minakshi Raj PhD +4 more
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COVID‐19 pandemic: Students’ perspectives on dental geriatric care and education
Journal of Dental Education, 2020 Objectives With the emergence of the COVID‐19 pandemic in Canada and the curtailment of clinical and face‐to‐face university instruction in British Columbia on March 16, 2020, the opportunity arose to explore how third‐ and fourth‐year undergraduate ...
M. Brondani, L. Donnelly
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Increased activity in frontal motor cortex compensates impaired speech perception in older adults
Nature Communications, 2016 Seniors have difficulties understanding speech in noisy environments and it is known that their brains compensate reduced sensory processing in auditory cortex by engaging prefrontal areas.
Yi Du +3 more
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