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Activity and Culture: The Contribution to Health and Well-being in Later Life [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
A nurse-led multi-agency team worked with older people to develop a model of activity and culture, and evaluate its impact to health and well-being. Underpinned by a needs analysis, the project sought to identify the range of activities that older people
Clarke, Amanda   +6 more
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Combining Three Peripheral Blood Biomarkers to Stratify Rheumatoid Arthritis–Associated Interstitial Lung Disease Risk

open access: yesArthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective The purpose was to evaluate a biomarker score consisting of MUC5B rs35705950 promoter variant, plasma matrix metalloproteinase‐7 (MMP‐7), and serum anti–malondialdehyde‐acetaldehyde (anti‐MAA) antibody for rheumatoid arthritis (RA)–associated interstitial lung disease (ILD) risk stratification.
Kelsey Coziahr   +16 more
wiley   +1 more source

Functional assessment in older people [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Ellis, G.   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Temporal Trends and Short‐ and Long‐Term Mortality of People With Acute Myocardial Infarction and Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Nationwide Cohort Study

open access: yesArthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective We investigated whether a diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) affects the quality of inpatient acute myocardial infarction (AMI) care and long‐term mortality post‐AMI. Methods We analyzed data from 784,091 adults, 6,047 with a diagnosis of RA, from England and Wales hospitalized with AMI between 2005 and 2019 from the Myocardial Ischaemia ...
Megan Butler   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

A quantitative study on the impact of a community falls pharmacist role, on medicines optimisation in older people at risk of falls

open access: yesBMC Geriatrics
Background The World Falls guidance includes medication review as part of its recommended multifactorial risk assessment for those at high risk of falling. Use of Falls Risk Increasing Drugs (FRIDs) along with polypharmacy and anticholinergic burden (ACB)
Paula Crawford   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Feasibility of a new transmural care pathway for advance care planning for older persons: A qualitative study into community care registered nurses’ perspectives

open access: yesInternational Journal of Nursing Studies Advances
Background: Transmural palliative care interventions aim to identify older persons with palliative care needs and timely provide advance care planning, symptom management, and coordination of care. Nurses can have an important role in these interventions;
Patricia Jepma   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

My Home Life: promoting quality of life in care homes [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
A new report from JRF outlines the findings from the My Home Life project. My Home Life is a collaborative initiative between Age UK, City University, the Joseph Rowntree Foundation and Dementia UK promoting quality of life in care homes.
Meyer, J., Owen, T.
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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Youth With Childhood‐Onset Lupus: A Randomized Clinical Trial

open access: yesArthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective Our objective was to determine the feasibility and acceptability of the Treatment and Education Approach for Childhood‐Onset Lupus (TEACH), a six‐session cognitive behavioral intervention addressing depressive, fatigue, and pain symptoms, delivered remotely to individual youth with lupus by a trained interventionist.
Natoshia R. Cunningham   +29 more
wiley   +1 more source

Association Between Symptomatic Knee Osteoarthritis and Target Glycemic Control in Individuals With Type 2 Diabetes

open access: yesArthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective Knee osteoarthritis (OA) commonly affects individuals with type 2 diabetes (T2DM) and is associated with increased risk of diabetes‐related complications. To better understand potential mechanisms, we examined the association between symptomatic knee OA and glycemic control in individuals with T2DM.
Lauren K. King   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Training Cognitive Functions Using DUAL-REHAB, a New Dual-Task Application in MCI and SMC: A Study Protocol of a Randomized Control Trial

open access: yesTechnologies
Background: Current research on Alzheimer’s Disease has progressively focused on Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) as a pre-dementia state, as well as on Subjective Memory Complaint (SMC), as a potential early indicator of cognitive change.
Elisa Pedroli   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

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