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In-reach specialist nursing teams for residential care homes : uptake of services, impact on care provision and cost-effectiveness [PDF]

, 2008
Background: A joint NHS-Local Authority initiative in England designed to provide a dedicated nursing and physiotherapy in-reach team (IRT) to four residential care homes has been evaluated.The IRT supported 131 residents and maintained 15 'virtual' beds
Nelson Sara, Szczepura Ala, Szczepura, Ala, Wild, Deidre, Nelson, Sara Jane, Wild Deidre, Nelson, S. (Sara), Szczepura, Ala; id_orcid, Nelson, Sarah   +8 more
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Association Between Individualized Education for Kidney Replacement Therapy Modality Selection and Peritoneal Dialysis Initiation: A Cross‐Sectional Study

Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Peritoneal dialysis (PD) is an established home‐based kidney replacement therapy (KRT), but its uptake remains low in Japan. We evaluated whether individualized education in a dedicated outpatient clinic was associated with the initiation of PD.
Yasuko Ito, Ryuichi Yoshimura, Takaki Yamauchi, Yuta Funakoshi, Hirotaka Sonoda, Seiji Kobayashi, Hiroyuki Terawaki, Takafumi Ito   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Dehydration and Malnutrition in Residential Care: Recommendations for Strategies for Improving Practice Derived from a Scoping Review of Existing Policies and Guidelines

Geriatrics, 2018
Preventing malnutrition and dehydration in older care home residents is a complex task, with both conditions remaining prevalent, despite numerous guidelines spanning several decades.
Diane Bunn, Lee Hooper, Ailsa Welch
doaj   +1 more source

Effects of a multicomponent physical exercise programme on perceived health-related quality of life and on depressive symptoms in older adults living in long-term nursing homes

International Journal of Nursing Sciences, 2023
Objectives: This study aimed to investigate the impact of a multicomponent exercise programme on perceived health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and depressive symptomatology in older people living in a long-term nursing home (LTNH).
Maider Ugartemendia-Yerobi, Maider Kortajarena, Udane Elordi, Nagore Zinkunegi-Zubizarreta, Idoia Zarrazquin, Juan J. Calvo-Aguirre, Amaia Irazusta   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Quality of chronic disease care for older people in care homes and the community in a primary care pay for performance system: retrospective study. [PDF]

, 2011
OBJECTIVE: To describe the quality of care for chronic diseases among older people in care homes (nursing and residential) compared with the community in a pay for performance system.
Harris, T, Dewilde, S, T. Harris, Shah, SM, Carey, IM, S. DeWilde, Cook, DG, D. G. Cook, S. M. Shah, I. M. Carey   +9 more
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Gut microbiome and aging—A dynamic interplay of microbes, metabolites, and the immune system

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Age‐dependent shifts in microbial communities engender shifts in microbial metabolite profiles. These in turn drive shifts in barrier surface permeability of the gut and brain and induce immune activation. When paired with preexisting age‐related chronic inflammation this increases the risk of neuroinflammation and neurodegenerative diseases.
Aaron Mehl, Eran Blacher
wiley   +1 more source

Dysphagia in the elderly in long-stay institutions - a systematic literature review

Revista CEFAC
The objective of this study was to verify in the literature, through a systematic review, the dietary conditions of the elderly in long-stay institutions, seeking to observe the general care and agents that potentiate dysphagia, in order to review ...
Bianca Paixão Santos, Maria Jéssica Cunha Andrade, Rafaelle Oliveira Silva, Edênia da Cunha Menezes   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Residents in Institutions for Older Adults: Characteristics and their Relationship with the Institution [PDF]

Paidéia (Ribeirão Preto)
Population aging and the reduction in the availability of family caregivers have driven the demand for care for older adults in long-term care facilities (LTCF).
Maryam Furlan Ayoub, Lucas Cardoso Manfredo, Andréia Schmidt   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Home from home? Report on boarding out schemes for older people in Ireland. [PDF]

, 1985
The National Council for the Aged is happy to present "Home from Home?" a report on boarding out schemes for the elderly in Ireland as a contribution to the debate on the policy for the long-term care of dependent elderly in their own communities.
Keogh, Susan, Gilligan, Robbie
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The human gut microbiome across the life course

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Despite significant individual variation and continuous change throughout life, the human gut microbiome follows some life stage‐specific trends. This article provides a brief overview of how gut microbiome composition shifts across different phases of life. Created in BioRender. Özkurt, E. (2026) https://BioRender.com/8q4nrnc.
Alise J. Ponsero, Basak Bahcivanci, Antonietta Hayhoe, Animesh Acharjee, Ezgi Özkurt   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source