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Geriatric Hospital Nurses' Perceived Barriers to Research Utilization and Empowerment

Asian Nursing Research, 2015
Purpose: The quality of nursing care in geriatric hospitals has been of concern. Nurses need to provide evidence-based nursing using best available research findings in order to maximize the quality of care.
Hyunwook Kang, RN, PhD
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International Comparison of Geriatric‐Associated Variables in Major Gastroenterological Surgery Between National Clinical Database and American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program

Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery, EarlyView.
Geriatric surgical risk factors and outcomes were compared between the US and Japanese databases. Geriatric‐associated preoperative variables and outcomes similarly increased with age. Mobility and functional domains differed between the two databases. ABSTRACT Backgrounds Incidence of malignant disease in older patients has been increasing.
Yasuhide Kofunato, Xane Peters, Arata Takahashi, Mark E. Cohen, Hiraku Kumamaru, Mitsukazu Gotoh, Yoshihiro Kakeji, Yasuyuki Seto, Yuko Kitagawa, Ken Shirabe, Hideki Ueno, Hiroaki Miyata, Clifford Y. Ko, Shigeru Marubashi   +13 more
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Nursing administration in the geriatric department in the epidemic of COVID-19

Journal of Integrative Nursing, 2020
In order to strengthen the prevention and management in the geriatric department during the pandemic of COVID-19 and to explore how to implement nursing measures to control the spread of COVID-19 to elderly patients, our geriatric department established ...
Hui Fan, Pei-Bei Duan, Cai-Yun Nie, Chun-Xia Ma   +3 more
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Characteristics, hospital referrals and 60-day mortality of older patients living in nursing homes with COVID-19 assessed by a liaison geriatric team during the first wave: a research article

BMC Geriatrics, 2021
Background The infection by SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) has been especially serious in older patients. The aim of this study is to describe baseline and clinical characteristics, hospital referrals, 60-day mortality, factors associated with hospital referrals ...
Lorena García-Cabrera, Noelia Pérez-Abascal, Beatriz Montero-Errasquín, Lourdes Rexach Cano, Jesús Mateos-Nozal, Alfonso Cruz-Jentoft   +5 more
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Surgery for Older Cancer Patients: Cross‐Organ Review and Good Practice Statement by the Japanese Geriatric Oncology Guideline Committee

Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery, EarlyView.
We conducted a cross‐organ review of surgical outcomes in older cancer patients based on literature cited in Japanese clinical guidelines. This study summarizes postoperative complication rates and survival outcomes across five major cancer types. The findings aim to support the development of geriatric oncology surgical guidelines tailored to Japan's ...
Chie Tanaka, Takashi Ofuchi, Kiichiro Ninomiya, Daisuke Inoue, Ken Sugimoto, Keiko Murofushi, Toru Okuyama, Shigeaki Watanuki, Chiyo Imamura, Daisuke Sakai, Naomi Sakurai, Kiyotaka Watanabe, Kazuo Tamura, Toshiaki Saeki, Hiroshi Ishiguro   +14 more
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Nursing satisfaction in caring for elders [PDF]

, 2012
Despite the increasing number of Americans who are over 65 years of age, little research exists about the satisfaction of nurses who care for this population.
Vlachos, Sarah L.
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Acute care models for hip fracture treatment vs post-acute rehabilitation services in older adults after hip fracture: A comparative claims data analysis from Germany

Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine, 2020
Objective: Acute geriatric care (geriatric early rehabilitative treatment) and sub-acute (inpatient) geriat-ric rehabilitation are delivered to geriatric patients in Germany after hip fracture.
Clemens Becker, Kilian Rapp, Dietrich Rothenbacher, Claudia Schulz, Hans-Helmut König, Gisela Büchele   +5 more
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Identification of hospitalized elderly patients at risk for adverse in-hospital outcomes in a university orthopedics and trauma surgery environment. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2017
As a consequence of demographic changes, hospitals are confronted with increasing numbers of elderly patients, who are at high risk of adverse events during hospitalization.
Janine Gronewold, Christian Dahlmann, Marcus Jäger, Dirk M Hermann   +3 more
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The Legislation for Providing Animal Access in Australian Residential Aged Care: It's Not a Zoo

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Providing meaningful animal contact to residential aged care facility (RACF) residents is problematic due to a lack of animal policies and National Guidelines. This paper examines how Australian Legislation could influence access to animal contact in RACFs and aims to answer the question, ‘Could current Legislation facilitate the development ...
Wendy Newton, Tania Signal, Jenni A. Judd   +2 more
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Implementing physician‐led medication reviews for patients with diabetes and severe mental disorder: A randomized controlled trial

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Aims Patients with severe mental disorder and diabetes may be exposed to inappropriate polypharmacy increasing the risk of side effects and drug interactions. Although medication reviews may facilitate short‐term deprescribing, they are not known to affect clinical outcomes.
Johan Frederik Mebus Meyer Christensen, Signe Wegmann Düring, Gesche Jürgens   +2 more
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