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Spirituality within the Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment Process [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
In this chapter, Ellingson argues that the comprehensive geriatric assessment ( CGA) , which is used in the development of treatment plans for elderly individuals in poor health, has failed to acknowledge the import of some aspects of the elderly patient\
Ellingson, Laura L.
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An investigation of factors associated with depression in older adults

open access: yes, 1989
As the population ages, there is a need for continued research into the etiology of geriatric depression and improved ways to detect individuals at risk for developing this disorder.
Mayhew, Katherine Mary
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Understanding Contextual Differences in Residential LTC Provision for Cross-National Research : Identifying Internationally Relevant CDEs [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Long-term care (LTC) reflects a growing emphasis on person-centered care (PCC), with services oriented around individuals' needs and preferences. Addressing contextual and cultural differences across countries offers important insight into factors that ...
Backman, Annica   +7 more
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A multidisciplinary meeting for generating a personalized pharmaceutical plan for older adults at hospital discharge: the IATROPREV study

open access: yesBritish Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Aims The French government's IATROPREV program has been designed to assess the effectiveness and safety of medications prescribed to older adults discharged from acute geriatric units. IATROPREV includes the implementation of a personalized pharmaceutical plan validated at a multidisciplinary meeting attended by the patient's geriatrician, family ...
Chloé Cornille   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Nurses Involvement in Nursing Home Culture Change: Overcoming Barriers, Advancing Opportunities [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Summarizes discussions from a 2008 interdisciplinary panel convened to identify facilitators and barriers to nurses' involvement in culture change in nursing homes and actions to promote nurse competencies in resident-directed care.
Bonnie Kantor   +9 more
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Bright light therapy as part of a multicomponent management program improves sleep and functional outcomes in delirious older hospitalized adults. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
ObjectiveDelirium is associated with poor outcomes following acute hospitalization. A specialized delirium management unit, the Geriatric Monitoring Unit (GMU), was established.
Ancoli-Israel, Sonia   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Epidemiology of hospitalized heart failure in France based on national data over 10 years, 2012–2022

open access: yesESC Heart Failure, Volume 12, Issue 2, Page 1283-1294, April 2025.
Abstract Aims We aim to describe the incidence of HF hospitalization in France in the post‐pandemic era, the prevalence of HF cases and patients' characteristics, management and outcomes while focusing on sex, age and socio‐economic differences and to analyse time‐trends between 2012 and 2022.
Valérie Olié   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Geriatrics and gerontology in Malta [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Malta has been in the forefront of both Geriatrics and Gerontology since 1988 with the establishment of the International Institute on Ageing. Definitions of Geriatric medicine and gerontology are described, as well as under/postgraduate training ...
Ferry, Peter
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ASSOCIATION BETWEEN SLEEP QUALITY AND GERIATRIC SYNDROMES IN NURSING HOME RESIDENTS

open access: yesMalang Neurology Journal, 2023
Background: With aging, an increase is observed in some geriatric syndromes as well as sleep disorders. Objective: The aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between sleep quality and geriatric syndromes (dementia, depression, sarcopenia,
Tuğba Turgut   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

HEART Camp Connect—Promoting adherence to exercise in adults with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction

open access: yesESC Heart Failure, EarlyView.
Abstract Aims Most adults with stable heart failure are safe to exercise at a moderate intensity for 150 min/week. Regular participation in exercise may improve outcomes in adults with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF). Few adults with HFpEF initiate and sustain long‐term exercise. To promote exercise adherence in adults with HFpEF,
Windy W. Alonso   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

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