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Fuel poverty, older people and cold weather: An all-island analysis [PDF]

, 2011
Executive Summary This report covers a number of different aspects of fuel poverty and older people. 1. An exploration of existing government survey data from Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland with a particular focus on older people and ...
Barrett, E, Browne, E, Cotter, N, Goodman, PG, McAvoy, H, Monahan, E, Zeka, A   +6 more
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The assessment of pain in older people [PDF]

, 2007
Pain is under-recognised and under-treated in older people. It is a subjective, personal experience, only known to the person who suffers. The assessment of pain is particularly challenging in the presence of severe cognitive impairment, communication ...
Closs, S.J., Collett, B., O'Mahoney, S., Potter, J., Schofield, Pat   +4 more
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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

Interventions to reduce social isolation and loneliness among older people: an integrative review

Health and Social Care in the community, 2018
Loneliness and social isolation are major problems for older adults. Interventions and activities aimed at reducing social isolation and loneliness are widely advocated as a solution to this growing problem.
C. Gardiner, G. Geldenhuys, M. Gott
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Multi‐omic characterization of consensus molecular subtype 1 (CMS1) colorectal cancer with dampened immune response improves precision medicine

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
This study highlights the importance of multi‐omic analyses in characterizing colorectal cancers. Indeed, our analysis revealed a rare CMS1 exhibiting dampened immune activation, including reduced PD‐1 expression, moderate CD8+ T‐cell infiltration, and suppressed JAK/STAT pathway.
Livia Concetti, Manuel Scimeca, Julia Bischof, Jonathan Woodsmith, Massimiliano Agostini, Cristina Fiorani, Yufang Shi, Eleonora Candi, Gerry Melino, Alessandro Mauriello, Giuseppe S. Sica   +10 more
wiley   +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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Schizophrenia in older adults [PDF]

, 2011
Although the number of persons over the age of 55 with schizophrenia is expected to double over the next 20 years, the research data on older people with schizophrenia is limited.
American Psychiatric Association, Bleuler, Bleuler, Bridge, Collier, Collier, Collier, Elizabeth Collier, Jeanne M. Sorrell, Palmer, Roth, Snowden, World Health Organization   +12 more
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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
doaj   +1 more source

Establishing the core elements of a frailty at the front door model of care using a modified real-time Delphi technique

BMC Emergency Medicine, 2023
Background Innovations in models of care for older adults living with frailty presenting to the emergency department (ED) have become a key priority for clinicians, researchers and policymakers due to the deleterious outcomes older adults experience due ...
Íde O’Shaughnessy, Christine Fitzgerald, Aoife Whiston, Patrick Harnett, Helen Whitty, Des Mulligan, Marian Mullaney, Catherine Devaney, Deirdre Lang, Jennifer Hardimann, Brian Condon, Christina Hayes, Alison Holmes, Louise Barry, Claire McCormack, Megan Bounds, Katie Robinson, Margaret O’Connor, Damien Ryan, Denys Shchetkovsky, Fiona Steed, Leonora Carey, Emer Ahern, Rose Galvin   +23 more
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STOPP/START criteria for potentially inappropriate prescribing in older people: version 2

Age and Ageing, 2014
Purpose: screening tool of older people's prescriptions (STOPP) and screening tool to alert to right treatment (START) criteria were first published in 2008. Due to an expanding therapeutics evidence base, updating of the criteria was required.
D. O’Mahony, D. O’Sullivan, S. Byrne, M. O’Connor, C. Ryan, P. Gallagher   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source