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Gait speed characteristics and Its spatiotemporal determinants in nursing home residents: A cross-sectional study [PDF]

, 2019
Fien, S ORCiD: 0000-0003-0181-5458BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Low and slowing gait speeds among nursing home residents are linked to a higher risk of disability, cognitive impairment, falls, and mortality.
Climstein, Mike, Fien, Samantha, Henwood, Timothy, Keogh, Justin William Leslie, Rathbone, Evelyne   +4 more
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Nutritional risk, frailty and functional status in elderly heart failure patients

ESC Heart Failure, EarlyView.
Abstract Aims Heart failure (HF) in elderly patients is frequently associated with frailty, malnutrition and reduced functional status. This study assessed the associations between nutritional risk, functional capacity, frailty and length of hospital stay (LOHS) in elderly patients hospitalized with HF.
Magdalena Lisiak, Maria Jędrzejczyk, Marta Wleklik, Katarzyna Lomper, Michał Czapla, Izabella Uchmanowicz   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Turvallinen lääkehoito : opas turvalliseen lääkehoitoon Lahden Diakonialaitoksen Mathilda-kodissa [PDF]

, 2010
Tämän opinnäytetyön tarkoituksena on tuottaa Lahdessa sijaitsevalle Mathilda- kodille opas turvalliseen lääkehoitoon. Opinnäytetyön tavoitteena on luoda yksikössä työskenteleville vanhoille sekä uusille työntekijöille opas, joka lisää turval-lisen ...
Hartikainen, Jukka, Törmänen, Nelli
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Older adults experiences of rehabilitation in acute health care [PDF]

, 2007
Rehabilitation is a key component of nursing and allied healthcare professionals’ roles in most health and social care settings. This paper reports on stage 2 of an action research project to ascertain older adult's experience of rehabilitation.
American Geriatric Society, Armstron-Esther CA, Association of Rehabilitation, Birchall R, British Geriatric Society, Clissett P, Copper GH, Creditor MC, Crowther MR, Dolansky MA, Everard KM, Ford P, Hubbard RE, Huckstadt HH, Jacelon CS, Jonsson A, Khayat K, Koch T, Lennartsson C, Levenson R, McWalters RS, Menec VH, Minnick A, Neuendorf KA, Sager MA, Scarmeas N, Ward D, World Health Organisation   +27 more
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The development of nursing with older people a 21st century leadership priority

Obzornik zdravstvene nege, 2014
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Debbie Tolson
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Relationship of malnutrition and frailty on prolonged stay at the hospital in heart failure patients

ESC Heart Failure, EarlyView.
This abstract presents a study of 200 heart failure patients (average age 72.3 years), assessing the relationship between malnutrition and frailty. Nutritional status was evaluated using the Mini Nutritional Assessment: 63.5% had normal nutrition, 35% were at risk, and 1.5% were malnourished.
Katarzyna Lomper, Maria Jędrzejczyk, Marta Wleklik, Izabella Uchmanowicz   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Association of a remote monitoring programme with all‐cause mortality and hospitalizations in patients with heart failure: National‐scale, real‐world evidence from a 3‐year propensity score analysis of the TELESAT‐HF study

European Journal of Heart Failure, EarlyView.
Association of a remote monitoring programme (RMP) with all‐cause mortality and hospitalization in heart failure (HF) patients. COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary oedema; HR, hazard ratio; ICU, intensive care unit; LTI, long‐term illness; RR, rate ratio; SoC, standard of care.
Nicolas Girerd, Vanessa Barbet, Marie‐France Seronde, Hélène Benchimol, Annabelle Jagu, Jean‐Michel Tartière, Olivier Hanon, François Picard, Stéphane Lafitte, Magali Lemaitre, Nicolas Pages, Sophie Nisse‐Durgeat, Patrick Jourdain   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

An Educational Pathway for Geriatric Home Caregivers [PDF]

, 2008
The establishment of a multi-tiered educational pathway for geriatric home caregivers would support efforts to meet the needs of an increasing number of community dwelling older adults who require assistance with activities of daily living, while ...
Beth C. Vaughan-Wrobel, Sherry White
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Predictive validity of the CriSTAL tool for short-term mortality in older people presenting at Emergency Departments: a prospective study [PDF]

, 2011
© 2018, The Author(s). Abstract: To determine the validity of the Australian clinical prediction tool Criteria for Screening and Triaging to Appropriate aLternative care (CRISTAL) based on objective clinical criteria to accurately identify risk of death ...
ME Silverman, DJ Schofield, K Boyd, M Cardona-Morrell, N Samaras, M Cardona-Morrell, LC Yourman, J Gelder de, N George, M Cardona-Morrell, M Cardona-Morrell, M Williams, EW Steyerberg, M Cardona, LP Fried, K Rockwood, KG Moons, Lee Y-h, EW Steyerberg, JN Mandrekar, M Cardona-Morrell, C Keogh, J Kellett, C Walraven van, CG Couchoud, Y Uneno, SE Hofman, RC Souza, A Marengoni, JC Lai, M Babcock, M Espallargues, L Boland, S Feuerriegel, SL Sanders, EW Steyerberg, E Wallace, L Anselmi, LPM Op het Veld, E Papachristou   +39 more
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Multidimensional Prognostic Index as a Predictor of Mortality in Head and Neck Cancer Patients: A Cohort Study

Head &Neck, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Head and neck cancer (HNC) significantly impacts older adults, with mortality influenced by multiple factors. The Multidimensional Prognostic Index (MPI), derived from comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA), may improve risk stratification and clinical decision making. Methods An observational cohort study was conducted at Erasmus
Ajay T. Bakas, Aniel Sewnaik, Femke Flikweert, Robert Jan Baatenburg de Jong, Francesco Mattace‐Raso, Harmke Polinder‐Bos   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source