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Audit and group feedback in nursing home physician groups: lessons learned from a qualitative study

BMC Health Services Research
Background Audit and group feedback (A&F) is an instrument used to encourage healthcare professionals to improve the quality of care. Clinical practice was audited against a set of criteria and fed back to a group by a facilitator.
Gary Y. C. Yeung, Charlotte A. W. Albers, Martin Smalbrugge, Martine C. de Bruijne, Patricia Jepma, Karlijn J. Joling   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Ethnicity, Older People and Palliative Care [PDF]

, 2012
This report brings together established and developing work on older people, ethnicity and palliative care from PRIAE (Policy Research Institute on Ageing and Ethnicity) and the National Council for Palliative Care (NCPC).

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By dawn or dusk—how circadian timing rewrites bacterial infection outcomes

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
The circadian clock shapes immune function, yet its influence on infection outcomes is only beginning to be understood. This review highlights how circadian timing alters host responses to the bacterial pathogens Salmonella enterica, Listeria monocytogenes, and Streptococcus pneumoniae revealing that the effectiveness of immune defense depends not only
Devons Mo, Catherine S. Palmer, Jacqueline M. Kimmey   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Psychological Impact of Hospital Discharge on the Older Person: A Systematic Review

Geriatrics
Introduction: Hospitalisation and prolonged length of stay is associated with deconditioning that risks adverse outcomes after discharge. Less is known about the psychological impact on older people after hospital discharge.
Yasmin Hussein, Sarah Edwards, Harnish P Patel   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Implications of skeletal muscle loss for public health nutrition messages:a brief report [PDF]

, 2015
Age-related skeletal muscle loss, sarcopenia, cachexia and wider malnutrition (under nutrition) are complex in aetiology with interaction of clinical, social and economic factors.
Levy, Louis B, Welch, Ailsa A
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Time after time – circadian clocks through the lens of oscillator theory

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Oscillator theory bridges physics and circadian biology. Damped oscillators require external drivers, while limit cycles emerge from delayed feedback and nonlinearities. Coupling enables tissue‐level coherence, and entrainment aligns internal clocks with environmental cues.
Marta del Olmo, Carolin Ector, Hanspeter Herzel   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Adapting a digital monitoring system for self-management to geriatric COPD rehabilitation: A participatory mixed method study

Digital Health
Introduction Self-management for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is essential in preventing relapse and rehospitalization. This study aimed to adapt a self-management-supporting digital monitoring system that was designed for ...
Suzanne M Debeij, Eléonore F van Dam van Isselt, Marise J Kasteleyn, Heleen V Krabben, Petra Siemonsma, Wilco P Achterberg, Miriam L Haaksma   +6 more
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Older People’s Preferences for Housing and Environment Characteristics

Sustainability, 2020
Population ageing presents significant challenges for many countries, one of which is the provision of adequate housing. Developing understanding of the needs and preferences of ageing societies will be crucial in order to assist in the provision of ...
Emma Mulliner, M. Riley, V. Malienė
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Transferrin receptor 1‐mediated iron uptake supports thermogenic activation in human cervical‐derived adipocytes

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
In this study, we found that human cervical‐derived adipocytes maintain intracellular iron level by regulating the expression of iron transport‐related proteins during adrenergic stimulation. Melanotransferrin is predicted to interact with transferrin receptor 1 based on in silico analysis.
Rahaf Alrifai, Mizuki Seo, Gyath Karadsheh, Fachrur Rizal Mahendra, Máté Á Demény, Ferenc Győry, János András Mótyán, László Fésüs, Endre Kristóf, Rini Arianti   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

A qualitative focus group study on legal experts’ views regarding euthanasia requests based on an advance euthanasia directive

BMC Medical Ethics
Background The Dutch Euthanasia law permits euthanasia in patients with advanced dementia lacking decisional capacity based on advance euthanasia directives.
D. O. Coers, S. H. Scholten, M. E. de Boer, E. M. Sizoo, M. A. J. M. Buijsen, B. J. M. Frederiks, C. J. W. Leget, C. M. P. M. Hertogh   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source