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Transitions at the end of life for older adults - patient, carer and professional perspectives [PDF]

, 2014
BackgroundThe end of life may be a time of high service utilisation for older adults. Transitions between care settings occur frequently, but may produce little improvement in symptom control or quality of life for patients.
Gunn Grande, Seymour, J, Jane Seymour, Valtorta, Nicole, Hanratty, B, Grande, Gunn, Addington-Hall, Julia, Hanratty, Barbara, Nicole Valtorta, Lowson, Elizabeth, Addington-Hall, J, Valtorta, N, Seymour, Jane, Payne, Sheila, Payne, S, Sheila Payne, Lowson, E, Elizabeth Lowson, Grande, G, Barbara Hanratty, Julia Addington-Hall   +20 more
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Natural language processing application to identify covert administration of medicines: development and pilot audit

BJPsych Bulletin
Aims and method The covert administration of medicines is associated with multiple legal and ethical issues. We aimed to develop a natural language processing (NLP) methodology to identify instances of covert administration from electronic mental ...
Ninoslav Majkic, Jyoti Sanyal, Robert Stewart, Nicola Funnell, Delia Bishara   +4 more
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Social and emotional loneliness among older adults in a coastal suburb in Sri Lanka

Aging and Health Research, 2022
Loneliness is defined as an unpleasant experience due to lack of social interactions. Older adults are more susceptible to loneliness resulting poor quality life.
Subana Subathevan, Suganya Suganthan, Ginthota Hewage Chamintha Suranjith, Hirimbura Mathara Kankanamge Shermi Jayasumana Dilshara, Shreenika De Silva Weliange S   +4 more
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Infant Embryonal CNS Tumors: Molecular Insights and Treatment Considerations for Contemporary Pediatric Neuro‐Oncology

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Embryonal tumors comprise the majority of malignant central nervous system (CNS) neoplasms diagnosed in children under 3 years of age. Compared with their counterparts in older children, these tumors exhibit distinct molecular biology and a more aggressive clinical phenotype, while their management is complicated by the heightened ...
Sudarshawn Damodharan, Mariah Wright‐Nadkarni, Mohamed S. Abdelbaki, Girish Dhall   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Temperament Based Personality Types in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: A Latent Profile Analysis

Psychologica Belgica
Three adaptive trait-based personality types have been replicated across ages, cultures, clinical problems and clustering methods: Resilient, Undercontrolled and Overcontrolled type (RUO).
Xenia Brancart, Gina Rossi, Eva Dierckx, Indra De Vos, Rudi De Raedt   +4 more
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Depression in older adults

Wiadomości Lekarskie
Depression is an increasingly common disease in elderly. It affects almost every sphere of senior life and is a socio-medical challenge for the modern world. Unfortunately, it is rarely diagnosed in this age group, which concerns the use of pharmacological and therapeutic intervention.
Kamila Kwiatkowska, Nataliia Fedorenko, Silvija Ille, Artur Jakubiak   +3 more
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Ewing Sarcoma in Infants and Children Under 2 Years of Age: A French Retrospective Study

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Ewing sarcoma, the second most common primary bone cancer in children, requires intensive treatment that may lead to significant long‐term sequelae, particularly in infants. We retrospectively analyzed data from 1621 French patients treated between 1988 and 2015 within the EW88/93/97 or EE99 trials, focusing on 17 infants diagnosed before 24 ...
Elodie Verdier, Nathalie Cozic, Marie‐Dominique Tabone, Gaelle Pierron, Perrine Marec‐Berard, Sarah Winter, Gabriel Revon‐Rivière, Cyril Lervat, Dominique Plantaz, Marie‐Pierre Castex, Gregory Guimard, Estelle Thebaud, Stephanie Proust, Laure Saumet, Natacha Entz‐Werle, Sophie Taque, Cécile Vérité, Marta Jimenez, Nathalie Gaspar   +18 more
wiley   +1 more source

Features of Polypharmacy in Dutch Older Outpatients with Personality Disorders: A Cross-sectional Study

European Journal of Mental Health
Introduction: Pharmacotherapy in older adults with personality disorders (PDs) can be even more complicated compared to younger adults, because older adults stand at risk for polypharmacy and its negative consequences due to somatic comorbidities and ...
Julie E. M. SCHULKENS, Sebastiaan (Bas) P. J. VAN ALPHEN, Frans R. J. VERHEY, Sjacko SOBCZAK   +3 more
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Collaborative Domestication: Smartphone Learning Practices in Universities for Older Adults in China

SAGE Open
Older individuals often rely on informal methods, predominantly familial assistance, to acquire digital technology skills. However, as the number of universities for older adults in China has increased, there has been a notable shift toward formal ...
Yijun Chen, Yi Zhong, Min Wang
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Vrijwillige maatjes voor eenzame ouderen. Grenzen en mogelijkheden van vrijwillige inzet bij een kwetsbare doelgroep

Journal of Social Intervention, 2018
Vrijwillige maatjes voor eenzame ouderen. Grenzen en mogelijkheden van vrijwillige inzet bij een kwetsbare doelgroepIn de Nederlandse beleidscontext wordt een grote rol toegedacht aan vrijwilligersorganisaties bij het ondersteunen van kwetsbare ...
Anja Machielse, Pien Bos
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