Developing Geriatric Nursing Competency Using Information and Communication Technology: Focusing on a Case of Depression Assessment [PDF]
, 2018 Purpose: The aim of this study was to describe problems and solutions for older adults living alone and using wearable devices to report depressive moods in daily life.
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Geriatric Injuries among Patients Attending a Regional Hospital in Shinyanga Tanzania [PDF]
, 2012 Geriatric injuries pose a major challenge to surgeons and general practitioners in developing countries. The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence, injury characteristics and outcomes of geriatric injury among patients at Shinyanga ...
Mbelenge, Nkinda +8 more
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Effects of registered nurse staffing on quality of care and resident outcomes in nursing homes
, 2020 Few studies focus on Registered Nurse (RN) staffing and resident health outcomes in Korean nursing homes. This study aimed to investigate the effects of RN staffing on quality of care and resident outcomes in South Korean nursing homes.
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In-reach specialist nursing teams for residential care homes : uptake of services, impact on care provision and cost-effectiveness [PDF]
, 2008 Background: A joint NHS-Local Authority initiative in England designed to provide a dedicated nursing and physiotherapy in-reach team (IRT) to four residential care homes has been evaluated.The IRT supported 131 residents and maintained 15 'virtual' beds
Nelson Sara +8 more
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Associations of Rheumatoid Arthritis Disease Activity With Frailty Over Five Years of Follow‐up
Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.Objective To evaluate whether rheumatoid arthritis (RA) disease activity is associated with frailty both in cross‐section and longitudinally. Methods Participants within the Veterans Affairs Rheumatoid Arthritis (VARA) registry enrolled from 2003 to 2022 were included.
Courtney N. Loecker +14 more
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Huli yanjiu, 2021 ObjectiveTo understand the status quo of willingness of high vocational nursing students to participate in vocational skill training of geriatric care under the "1+X" certification system，and to analyze its influencing factors.MethodsTotally 2 611 high ...
ZHAO Guangfang +4 more
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AGING MEDICINE, EarlyView.The Setting Standards for Elderly Hospice Care Wards are crucial for meeting urgent elderly patient needs, enhancing hospice care quality, and advancing China's humanized elderly health system. This Standard specifies the configuration requirements for geriatric hospice care wards in terms of ward configuration, staffing models, age‐appropriate ...
Yinan Wu +12 more
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Preventing elder abuse and neglect in geriatric institutions: Solutions from nursing care providers
, 2017 This study explores how and why abuse and neglect occurs in geriatric institutions and presents practical prevention measures. Exploratory qualitative interviews were carried out with purposive sample of 23 nursing staff members. They were recruited from
Nordström, Karin +3 more
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Beneficial Body Mass Index for Age‐Related Kidney Function in Males and Females
AGING MEDICINE, EarlyView.The impact of BMI on age‐related kidney function decline is highly sex‐ and age‐dependent. Normal BMI (18.5–25 kg/m2) is associated with better age‐related kidney function in all‐aged males and females older than 45 years. ABSTRACT Objectives Kidney function declines with aging, leading to a high prevalence of age‐related disease.
Lu Wei +7 more
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Impact of Acute Functional Decline on Frailty and Mortality in Acutely Hospitalized Older Persons
AGING MEDICINE, EarlyView.Older persons with acute functional decline are often severely frail. Male sex, cognitive impairment, diabetes mellitus type 2, cancer, hearing impairment, and nursing home living increase the risk of severe frailty or death and should be considered when person‐centered care is planned for hospitalized older people.
Ali Vahedi +5 more
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