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Subnational old-age mortality modeling: Accounting for underreporting in a Bayesian framework [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
Accurate old-age mortality projections for subnational areas are important for assessing health outcomes and valuing pension liabilities. However, subnational mortality data often face small sample sizes at older ages.
Wang, Xiaojun   +3 more
core   +2 more sources

Telecommunication and neuropsychiatric symptoms in long term care dementia patients during the COVID-19 lockdown ERA

open access: yesEuropean Psychiatry, 2021
Introduction Ippokrateio Therapeutirio in the city of Larissa, Thessaly, Greece is a private for-profit psychogeriatric hospital focusing on Long Term Care on patients with dementia.
A. Konstantinou
doaj   +1 more source

In vitro fertilization and age. When old is too old? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
This case report refers to a 53-year-old female patient who deliberately misinformed the staff of the In vitro fertilization (IVF) clinic using counterfeit documents concerning her real age and underwent the IVF procedure.
Marek Pokulniewicz   +2 more
core   +1 more source

The relationship between cholinergic system brain structure and function in healthy adults and patients with mild cognitive impairment

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2021
We assessed the structure–function relationship of the human cholinergic system and hypothesized that structural measures are associated with short-latency sensory afferent inhibition (SAI), an electrophysiological measure of central cholinergic signal ...
Jessica Peter   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Public knowledge and attitudes about mental health in older age in Germany – Focus on dementia and late-life depression

open access: yesPreventive Medicine Reports, 2023
Older people with mental disorders represent a particularly vulnerable group in the health care system. Despite this, mental disorders in this group often remain undiagnosed or are not treated in accordance with guidelines, potentially due to a lack of ...
Alexandra Wuttke   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

The neurology of old age [PDF]

open access: yesClinical Medicine, 2011
Neurological disorders in older people result in many acute hospital admissions and substantial long-term disability. Although neurologists treat many older people and geriatricians treat many neurological disorders, there are often few links between the two specialties.
openaire   +2 more sources

Old age identity in social welfare practice [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
The main objective of this study was to examine the process of old age identity construction within a setting of social welfare work with old people. We sought to identify social welfare practices that construct and enforce certain old age identities ...
Wilinska, Monika   +5 more
core   +1 more source

The Use of Equine-Assisted Therapy in Patients With Aggression and Agitation Behaviors due to Moderate-to-Severe Dementia: A Case Series

open access: yesCase Reports in Psychiatry
Behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD) are very common, and their management remains challenging. In older people with dementia, equine-assisted therapy (EAT) may be a promising nonpharmacological intervention for the management of BPSD.
Beatriz Pozuelo Moyano   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Serum Myonectin Levels Are Positively Associated With Physical Function and Lower Frailty‐Related Limitation in Maintenance Hemodialysis Patients: A Cross‐Sectional Study

open access: yesTherapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Maintenance hemodialysis (MHD) patients frequently suffer from frailty, characterized by reduced physical function and poor prognosis. Myokines, such as myonectin, secreted by muscle, are emerging regulators of systemic health. This study investigated the relationship between serum myonectin, adipokines (adiponectin, omentin), and ...
Kenichi Kono   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

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