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Dementia in the oldest old [PDF]
Nature Reviews Neurology, 2013 People over the age of 90 years--the oldest old--are the fastest growing sector of the population. A substantial proportion of these individuals are affected by dementia, with major implications for the individual as well as society. Research on dementia in the oldest old is important for service planning, and the absence of dementia at this ...
Yang, Z, Slavin, MJ, Sachdev, PS
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EClinicalMedicine, 2022 Summary: Background: Cognitive decline is a growing public health concern. However, presently, only a few large-scale studies are available on the prevalence of cognitive decline worldwide, and the relationship between nutrition and cognitive decline ...
Long Feng +7 more
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, 1998 A minimum age of the universe can be estimated directly by determining the age of the oldest objects in the our Galaxy. These objects are the metal-poor stars in the halo of the Milky Way.
Chaboyer, Brian
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Prognosis and quality of life of elderly patients after intensive care
Swiss Medical Weekly, 2012 Ageing of the world’s population raises important questions about the utilisation of the health care system. It is not clear how much should be invested in the last years of life whereas the costs are known to increase in parallel.
Marco Conti, Paolo Merlani, Bara Ricou
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BMC Geriatrics, 2021 Background Very few studies have examined the relationship of oral health with physical functioning and frailty in the oldest old (> 85 years). We examined the association of poor oral health with markers of disability, physical function and frailty in ...
Viviana Albani +12 more
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BMC Geriatrics, 2023 Background Prior studies suggest a changing association between blood pressure (BP) and cognition with aging, however work in the oldest-old has yielded ambiguous results. Potentially, these mixed results can be explained by modifying factors. The aim of
Nienke Legdeur +9 more
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Total Knee Arthroplasty for the Oldest Old
Geriatrics, 2021 The present study describes and compares the early functional results after total knee arthroplasty (TKA) of the oldest-old population (aged over 84 years) and a randomly matched younger septuagenarian cohort so treated.
Carmen da Casa +4 more
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Deriving prevalence estimates of depressive symptoms throughout middle and old age in those living in the community [PDF]
, 2015 BACKGROUND: There is considerable debate about the prevalence of depression in old age. Epidemiological surveys and clinical studies indicate mixed evidence for the association between depression and increasing age. We examined the prevalence of probable
Anstey, Kaarin +5 more
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International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health & Well-Being, 2014 The amount of older people receiving home nursing care is increasing; in rural areas, they are at additional risk because of the distance between people and health care facilities. No specific studies have been found about oldest old men living alone and
Tove M. Ness +2 more
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