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Impact of Memory Problems Post-stroke on Patients and Their Family Carers: A Qualitative Study

Frontiers in Medicine, 2020
Background: Memory problems post-stroke are common and for some, these problems could then progress to a dementia illness. Once in the community, stroke-survivors are looked after by their family doctors although there is evidence that these patients may
Eugene Y. H. Tang, Christopher Price, Blossom C. M. Stephan, Louise Robinson, Catherine Exley   +4 more
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Association between multimorbidity and informal long-term care use in China: a nationwide cohort study

BMC Geriatrics, 2023
Background The impact of multimorbidity on long-term care (LTC) use is understudied, despite its well-documented negative effects on functional disabilities.
Shu Chen, Yafei Si, Katja Hanewald, Bingqin Li, Chenkai Wu, Xiaolin Xu, Hazel Bateman   +6 more
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"Cabalgar a hombros de una divinidad destructora"

Journal de Ciencias Sociales, 2023
El siguiente trabajo plantea como objetivo una indagación preliminar de las ideas de Giddens en torno a lo social, expresado en términos de modernidad, confianza básica, sistemas expertos y políticas de riesgo, recorriendo metodológicamente sus ...
Alejandro Klein
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Population trends and ageing policy in Malta [PDF]

, 2013
Malta is no exception to the unprecedented demographic changes that are being experienced by industrial countries. As a result of declining fertility and mortality levels, the Maltese islands have registered a decrease in fertility rates and a major ...
Formosa, Marvin
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The contribution of multiple long-term conditions to widening inequalities in disability-free life expectancy over two decades: Longitudinal analysis of two cohorts using the Cognitive Function and Ageing Studies

EClinicalMedicine, 2021
Background: Disability-free life expectancy (DFLE) inequalities by socioeconomic deprivation are widening, alongside rising prevalence of multiple long-term conditions (MLTCs).
Holly Q Bennett, Andrew Kingston, Ilianna Lourida, Louise Robinson, Lynne Corner, Carol EG Brayne, Fiona E Matthews, Carol Jagger   +7 more
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Pharmacotherapy for hypertension in Sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and network meta-analysis

BMC Medicine, 2020
Background The highest burden of hypertension is found in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) with a threefold greater mortality from stroke and other associated diseases.
Anna Seeley, Josephine Prynn, Rachel Perera, Rebecca Street, Daniel Davis, Anthony O. Etyang   +5 more
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Ageing Population Risks [PDF]

, 2018
An ageing population is a major challenge for every country in the world arising from the declining fertility rate and increasing life expectancy. A longevity risk (the adverse outcome of people living longer than expected) exacerbated by declining equity returns coupled with the record low interest rate environments has significant implications for ...
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Population ageing and immigration policy [PDF]

, 2004
In its simplest interpretation, population ageing is the increase in the average or median age of a population. It is the process by which there is a redistribution of relative population shares away from the younger to the older age ...
Wright, Robert E.
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A Quality Improvement Initiative to Standardize Pneumocystis jirovecii Pneumonia Prophylaxis in Pediatric Patients With Solid Tumors

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Pediatric patients with extracranial solid tumors (ST) receiving chemotherapy are at an increased risk for Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PJP). However, evidence guiding prophylaxis practices in this population is limited. A PJP‐related fatality at our institution highlighted inconsistent prescribing approaches and concerns about
Kriti Kumar, Denise M. Connolly, Ellen Kellington, Elyse Zelunka, Karla Kerrigan, Furqan Shaikh, Paul C. Nathan, Meredith S. Irwin, Sarah Cohen‐Gogo   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Exploring how PRIME-Parkinson care is implemented and whether, how and why it produces change, for who and under what conditions: a protocol for an embedded process evaluation within the PRIME-UK randomised controlled trial

BMJ Open
Introduction The PRIME-UK randomised controlled trial (RCT) aims to establish whether a model of care that seeks to be proactive, integrated and empower participants, caregivers and healthcare professionals can improve outcomes in people with ...
Yoav Ben-Shlomo, Sabi Redwood, Judi Kidger, Emma Tenison, Heather Brant, Emily J Henderson, Fiona Lithander, Katherine Lloyd, Safi Smith   +8 more
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