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The Lancet, 2020 Globally, as populations age there will be challenges and opportunities to deliver optimal health care to senior citizens. Epilepsy, a condition characterised by spontaneous recurrent seizures, is common in older adults (aged >65 years) and yet has received comparatively little attention in this age group.
Sen, A, Jette, N, Husain, M, Sander, JW
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Association of Vulnerability Screening on Hospital Admission with Discharge to Rehabilitation-Oriented Care after Acute Hospital Stay [PDF]
Annals of Geriatric Medicine and Research, 2023 Background The short Dutch Safety Management Screening (DSMS) is applied at hospital admission of all patients aged >70 years to assess vulnerability. Screening of four geriatric domains aims to prevent adverse outcomes and may support targeted discharge
Aafke J. de Groot +4 more
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STOPP/START criteria for potentially inappropriate prescribing in older people: version 3
European Geriatric Medicine, 2023 To update and validate STOPP/START criteria for potentially inappropriate prescribing. STOPP/START version 3 has been expanded and validated by an international European panel of experts in geriatric pharmacotherapy.
D. O’Mahony +12 more
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Deprescribing in older people [PDF]
Australian Prescriber, 2020 Deprescribing is the process of discontinuing drugs that are either potentially harmful or no longer required. It can be achieved in older people and may be associated with improved health outcomes without long-term adverse effects. The risk of drug withdrawal effects can often be mitigated by carefully monitoring and gradually tapering the dose ...
Amy Page +2 more
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BMC Medical Ethics, 2022 Background Huntington’s disease (HD) has a poor prognosis. For HD patients in the Netherlands, one way of dealing with their poor prognosis is by drawing up an advance euthanasia directive (AED).
Marina R. Ekkel +5 more
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BMC Geriatrics, 2023 Background The numbers of older people experiencing both homelessness and memory problems are growing, yet their complex health, housing and care needs remain undelineated and unmet.
Penny Rapaport +7 more
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Metabolic Impact of Frailty Changes Diabetes Trajectory
Metabolites, 2023 Diabetes mellitus prevalence increases with increasing age. In older people with diabetes, frailty is a newly emerging and significant complication.
Alan J. Sinclair, Ahmed H. Abdelhafiz
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Risk factors and protective factors of depression in older people 65+. A systematic review
PLoS ONE, 2021 Objectives Identifying risk factors of depression can provide a better understanding of the disorder in older people. However, to minimize bias due to the influence of confounders and to detect reverse influence, a focus on longitudinal studies using ...
Alexander Maier +3 more
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The care of older people [PDF]
BMJ, 2006 The latest “Wanless report” on securing good social care for older people in England1 is a welcome contribution to the debate about caring for older people, and in particular about paying for their care. It completes a trilogy of reports by Sir Derek Wanless, a former banker who was initially commissioned by the Treasury to provide an evidence based ...
Christopher Deeming, Justin Keen
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Synapse: Interactive Guidance by Demonstration with Trial-and-Error Support for Older Adults to Use Smartphone Apps [PDF]
Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and
Ubiquitous Technologies (IMWUT) 6, 3, Article 121 (September 2022), 24 pages, 2022 As smartphones are widely adopted, mobile applications (apps) are emerging to provide critical services such as food delivery and telemedicine. While bring convenience to everyday life, this trend may create barriers for older adults who tend to be less tech-savvy than young people. In-person or screen sharing support is helpful but limited by the help-
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