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Acknowledgement to Reviewers of Geriatrics in 2017

open access: yesGeriatrics, 2018
Peer review is an essential part in the publication process, ensuring that Geriatrics maintains high quality standards for its published papers [...]
Geriatrics Editorial Office
doaj   +1 more source

Outlier admissions of medical patients: Prognostic implications of outlying patients. The experience of the Hospital of Mestre [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
The admission of a patient in wards other than the appropriate ones, known as the patient outlying phenomenon, involves both Medicine and Geriatric Units of many Hospitals.
Aprile, Anna   +5 more
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Factors Determining the Choice of a Career in Geriatrics among Students in Geriatric in-Hospital Training: A Prospective Study of 74 Medical Students

open access: yesGeriatrics, 2020
To understand why students in the 2nd cycle of medical studies choose to complete a Diploma of Specialized Studies (DSS) in geriatrics, we conducted a study to identify the factors influencing the choice of a future specialty.
Valentine Nuss   +7 more
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Acknowledgement to Reviewers of Geriatrics in 2018

open access: yesGeriatrics, 2019
Rigorous peer-review is the corner-stone of high-quality academic publishing [...]
Geriatrics Editorial Office
doaj   +1 more source

Provider Perspectives on the Influence of Family on Nursing Home Resident Transfers to the Emergency Department: Crises at the End of Life. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Background. Nursing home (NH) residents often experience burdensome and unnecessary care transitions, especially towards the end of life. This paper explores provider perspectives on the role that families play in the decision to transfer NH residents to
Bui, Nhat   +6 more
core   +3 more sources

Preparing a healthcare workforce for geriatrics care: an Interprofessional team based learning program

open access: yesBMC Geriatrics, 2021
Background Improving the care of older adults in our healthcare system involves teams working together. As the geriatrics population rises globally, health science learners need to be prepared to work collaboratively to recognize and treat common ...
Shelley B. Bhattacharya   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Geriatrics in Serbia nowadays [PDF]

open access: yesBiomedicinska istraživanja, 2018
The first hospital department for the treatment of elderly people in the world was founded by Laza Lazarević in Belgrade in 1881. The Division of Geriatrics of the Department of Internal Medicine at the City Hospital in Belgrade was founded in 1963, as
Mladen Davidović, Milan Ivanović
doaj   +1 more source

Perceived disability from hearing and voice changes in the elderly [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Aim: Dysphonia and hearing loss are underestimated conditions in the elderly, despite their significant prevalence (18% and 50%, respectively) and their sociopsychological implications.
BARBARA, Maurizio   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Positive and negative well-being and objectively measured sedentary behaviour in older adults: evidence from three cohorts [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Background: Sedentary behaviour is related to poorer health independently of time spent in moderate to vigorous physical activity. The aim of this study was to investigate whether wellbeing or symptoms of anxiety or depression predict sedentary ...
A Biswas   +77 more
core   +4 more sources

Associations between health-related quality of life, physical function and fear of falling in older fallers receiving home care [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Falls and injuries in older adults have significant consequences and costs, both personal and to society. Although having a high incidence of falls, high prevalence of fear of falling and a lower quality of life, older adults receiving home care are ...
AF Ambrose   +40 more
core   +2 more sources

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