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Geriatrics, Gerontology and Aging, 2020 OBJECTIVE: To evaluate risk factors for mortality in geriatric patients admitted to an intensive care unit (ICU). METHODS: We studied older patients admitted to the ICU in a historical cohort study.
Thalita Bento Talizin +11 more
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The Australian Aged Care and Its Implications for the Korean Aging Crisis
Annals of Geriatric Medicine and Research, 2018 The Australian aged care system has evolved for ＞50 years to support frail older adults and allow them to make informed decisions about their care. Hospitals provide streamlined geriatric services from visits at the Emergency Department to discharges ...
Moo-Young Kim +2 more
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Understanding the health-care experiences of people with sickle cell disorder transitioning from paediatric to adult services: This Sickle Cell Life, a longitudinal qualitative study [PDF]
, 2020 Background Transitions from paediatric to adult health-care services cause problems worldwide, particularly for young people with long-term conditions. Sickle cell disorder brings particular challenges needing urgent action.
Cicely Marston +11 more
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Correction to: home hospice for older people with advanced dementia: a pilot project
Israel Journal of Health Policy Research, 2019 .
Shelley A. Sternberg +9 more
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COVID-19 pandemic in long-term care: An international perspective for policy considerations
International Journal of Nursing Sciences, 2023 This paper identifies key factors rooted in the systemic failings of the long-term care sector amongst four high income countries during the COVID-19 pandemic. The goal is to offer practice and policy solutions to prevent future tragedies.
Doris Grinspun +4 more
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Home hospice for older people with advanced dementia: a pilot project
Israel Journal of Health Policy Research, 2019 Background Dementia is a terminal illness making the palliative and hospice approach to care appropriate for older people with advanced dementia. Objective To examine clinical and health services outcomes of a quality improvement pilot project to provide
Shelley A. Sternberg +9 more
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Health and Welfare Services for the Aged [PDF]
Public Health Reports (1896-1970), 1960 S AGE progresses, tissues tend to dry out A and the skin tends to wrinkle; cells atrophy and degenerate; the metabolic rate is lowered; reaction time decreases; and the repair of damaged tissues is slowed up. But the aging process proceeds at a slow pace in most people. It is particularly retarded in those who live moderately and plough back into their
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Financial abuse: circumstances of occurrences against older adults
Revista Brasileira de Geriatria e Gerontologia, 2020 Objective: To analyze the occurrences of financial abuse against older adults. Methods: a descriptive and retrospective cross-sectional study with a qualitative and quantitative approach was conducted through the analysis of 209 Police Reports (PR) of ...
Miriam Fernanda Sanches Alarcon +4 more
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Guidelines for outside school hours care in the Northern Territory [PDF]
, 1995 This booklet has been developed to support the provision of quality outside school hours care (OSHC) services. It is designed to provide information to current and potential OSHC service providers and to act as a reference document for parents and ...
Territory Health Services
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BMJ Open, 2022 Introduction Hospitalised older adults are prone to functional deterioration, which is more evident in frail older patients and can be further exacerbated by pain.
Max K Bulsara +16 more
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