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Behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia in the long-term care setting: assessment of aged adults and intervention for caregivers [PDF]

Dementia & Neuropsychologia, 2023
Due to the progressive need for care, older adults with dementia are at risk of becoming institutionalized. Caregivers of these patients are tasked with the challenge of controlling behavioral and psychological symptoms without sufficient knowledge and ...
Evelise Saia Rodolpho Duarte, Alessandro Ferrari Jacinto   +1 more
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The reduction in grip strength is associated with a decrease in the distance covered in the 6MWT in elderly people residing in a long-stay institution

Revista Ciências em Saúde, 2022
Objective: To evaluate the relationship between handgrip strength (HGS), anthropometric parameters, perception of fatigue, and the distance covered in the 6-minute walk test (6MWD) in elderly people living in a long-stay institution (ILPI).
Jéssica de Paula Reis, Mateus Martinelli da Silva, Raíssa Olegário Aguiar Pavesi, Alessandra Paiva de Castro Vidal, Fernanda Moura Vargas Dias   +4 more
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Who Receives Care in VA Medical Foster Homes?

Federal practitioner : for the health care professionals of the VA, DoD, and PHS, 2021
Objective The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Medical Foster Home (MFH) program was created to give veterans a community-based alternative to institutional long-term care (LTC).
Kate H. Magid, C. Manheim, L. Haverhals, K. Thomas, D. Saliba, C. Levy   +5 more
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Geospatial panorama of long-term care facilities in Brazil: a portrait of territorial inequalities

Geriatrics, Gerontology and Aging, 2022
OBJECTIVES: To map the number and geospatial distribution of Brazilian long-term care facilities (LTCFs) for older adults. Additionally, we sought to highlight the relationship between these findings and the number of older people in the country's 27 ...
Tatiana Teixeira Barral de Lacerda, Ana Paula Miranda Neves, Giselle Layse Andrade Buarque, Denise Cuoghi de Carvalho Veríssimo Freitas, Mariana Medeiros Mota Tessarolo, Newton González, Silvio Fernando Barbieri, Ana Amélia Camarano, Karla Cristina Giacomin, Paulo José Fortes Villas Boas   +9 more
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Older Adults’ Perspectives of Smart Technologies to Support Aging at Home: Insights from Five World Café Forums

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2022
Globally, there is an urgent need for solutions that can support our aging populations to live well and reduce the associated economic, social and health burdens. Implementing smart technologies within homes and communities may assist people to live well
Jackie M. Street, H. Barrie, J. Eliott, Lucy Carolan, Fidelma McCorry, A. Cebulla, L. Phillipson, Kathleen Prokopovich, S. Hanson-Easey, T. Burgess, On Behalf Of The Smart Ageing Research Group   +10 more
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Brazilian National Front for Strengthening Long-Term Care Facilities for Older People: history and activities

Geriatrics, Gerontology and Aging, 2022
In April 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic became a severe threat to long-term care facility patients worldwide. A national front was urgently organized to integrate regional oversight and workgroups, coordinate activities, and develop educational materials ...
Natália de Cássia Horta, Paulo Villas Boas, Aline de Fátima Salla de Carvalho, Stella Vidal de Souza Torres, Gláucia Cristina de Campos, Ariane de Campos Angioletti, Mariana Medeiros Mota Tessarolo, Walquiria Cristina Batista Alves, Eduardo Hostyn Sabbi, Karla Cristina Giacomin   +9 more
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Heat wave, COVID-19, and mortality excess in the 2022 summer: a cohort study on data from Italian surveillances.

medRxiv, 2022
We aimed to assess differences in the summer excess of mortality by COVID-19 history using data from the mortality and COVID-19 surveillances. We found 4% excess risk in 2022 summer, compared to 2015-2019. A mortality rate ratio of 1.59 (95%CI 1.39-1.82)
F. Venturelli, P. Mancuso, M. Vicentini, M. Ottone, C. Storchi, F. Roncaglia, E. Bisaccia, C. Ferrarini, P. Pezzotti, P. Giorgi Rossi, the Relm Working Group   +10 more
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Depression and empathy in health professionals who work in the long-term care institutions for older adults

Dementia & Neuropsychologia, 2021
Empathy is an important factor to guarantee the quality of care provided in the long-term care institutions (LTCIs) for older adults, and depression is a factor that affects the health of the professional and, consequently, the care.
Marina Miranda Borges, Ana Julia de Lima Bomfim, Marcos Hortes Nisihara Chagas   +2 more
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Comparison of medication self-management for older adults supported by nurses at general hospitals and home-visit nursing stations

Proceedings for Annual Meeting of The Japanese Pharmacological Society, 2021
Purpose We aimed to clarify the differences in medication self-management for older adults supported by nurses at hospitals and home-visit nursing stations. Methods We conducted a questionnaire survey for nurses working in randomly selected hospitals and
K. Sakane, Yuta Kobayashi, M. Miyamoto, Miki Fukuma, Y. Tsumoto, H. Uchida   +5 more
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Vulnerability, family violence and institutionalization: narratives for elderly and professionals in social welcome center

Revista Gaúcha de Enfermagem, 2021
Objective To know the institutionalization process and the functional clinical condition of elderly people who suffered family violence, from the perspective of the elderly and professionals.
Dayane Akinara Toledo Ribeiro, Aline Balandis Costa, Pâmela Patricia Mariano, Vanessa Denardi Antoniassi Baldissera, Susanne Elero Betioli, Lígia Carreira   +5 more
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