UNLABELLED Educational qualifications are reliable predictors of women's self-assessed health. AIMS To study possible inequalities in health among women with different educational backgrounds working in geriatric care and to find groups that might need special public health measures. METHODS In this cross-sectional questionnaire reaching throughout Iceland, the participants were employees i...

To the Editor: The appropriateness and necessity of the use of physical restraints (PR) is highly controversial (1,2). Many adverse effects of PR use have been reported (3–6). Proposed but debatable reasons for the use of physical restraints include protection of confused elderly in the case of severe psychomotor agitation, delirium, increased risk of falling, or to enable treatment (7–10). Wri...

OBJECTIVE to assess test characteristics of the Medical Outcomes Study SF-36 (Short-Form 36) with residents of nursing homes. RESEARCH DESIGN nursing home residents with 17 or more points on the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) and > or = 3 months residence (128 of 552 screened) were selected randomly. Interviewers administered the SF-36 (repeated after 1 week), Geriatric Depression Scale...

With the demographic and epidemiological changes, an increasing number of older subjects are admitted to hospital. These patients are at increased risk of adverse health outcomes, including functional decline, increased length of stay, institutionalization, geriatric syndromes (e.g. delirium), hospital readmissions and death. Age, basic demographic data, diagnosis and comorbidities are not suff...

The International Society of Geriatric Oncology (SIOG) is a platform to discuss and promote all aspects of science and care for elderly patients with cancer. The biology of aging and cancer are covered, as well as epidemiology, new medical, surgical and radiological treatment modalities, nursing aspects, quality of life and palliative care. This year’s annual conference of SIOG took place in Th...

There are increasing expectations on primary care doctors to shoulder a bigger share of care for patients with common geriatric problems in the community. This study aims to examine the outcomes of a postgraduate training course in geriatrics for primary care doctors. A questionnaire developed by the research team was sent to the course graduates (years 2001-2007). Ninety-eight replies were rec...

In the world of health, Holistic Nursing Care is a standard with multi-disciplinary approach through integrated and holistic assessment. Geriatric patients have complex needs that must be identified to address met by hospital service provide patient survival, quality life satisfaction. nursing care influenced several variables such as geriatric assessment effective communication. addition these...

OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to investigate pain, depression and independence in activities of daily living in geriatric residents of nursing homes, as well as to evaluate the relationship between these parameters. METHODS 186 nursing home residents, aged 65 to 90 years, were enrolled in the study. Their socio-demographic features, depression levels, pain levels and independence in ac...

To the Editor: We wish to compliment Dr Susan D. Horn and colleagues on their clinical trial, ‘‘Beyond CMS quality measure adjustments: Identifying key resident and nursing home facility factors associated with quality measures.’’ Their summary of the controversies surrounding the quality care improvement efforts assist in paving the way for a clearer vision and methodology to positively impact...