OBJECTIVE To compare demographics and treatment patterns for dementia patients residing in assisted living facilities (ALF) and skilled-nursing facilities (SNF). DESIGN Cross-sectional, retrospective chart review. SETTING Patients with dementia residing in five assisted living and six skilled-nursing facilities in Western Oregon and Tacoma, Washington. PATIENTS 119 assisted living and 190...

Background: Chronic diseases including hypertension have become a global burden in the older population and are associated with increased mortality and decreased quality of life. The persistence of these diseases could increase the comorbidities and impact older patients who need palliative care services to manage the symptom and improve their quality of life.  This study aims to determine the ...

Enough. The living will has failed, and it is time to say so. We should have known it would fail: A notable but neglected psychological literature always provided arresting reasons to expect the policy of living wills to misfire. Given their alluring potential, perhaps they were worth trying. But a crescendoing empirical literature and persistent clinical disappointments reveal that the rewards...

BACKGROUND In this cross-sectional study, we investigated whether clinical, social, financial, and care variables were associated with different accommodation settings for individuals suffering from severe and persistent mental disorders. METHOD Electronic record data of 250 patients who fulfilled the criteria for persistent and severe mental illness were used. Multiple linear regression mode...

   Background: Pulmonary disorders caused by parasites are common in many tropical regions. Acanthamoeba is an opportunistic parasite, and most of its dangerous complications are seen in patients with immune deficiencies. Considering the high dissemination of Acanthamoeba parasite in water, soil, and fine airborne dust in Iran, this research was performed to study the rate of pulmonary secreti...

BACKGROUND/AIMS We have reported that the eGFR overestimates renal function when glycemic control is poor. It has been reported that eGFR calculated by serum creatinine underestimates GFR in living kidney donors. We compared the utility of the eGFR in diabetic patients, non-diabetic patients and living kidney donors. Forty diabetic patients, 40 non-diabetic patients, and 40 living kidney donors...

background scholars describe poor health literacy as a “silent epidemic,” which is challenging the functioning of healthcare systems all over the world. health literacy is mainly meant as an individual trait which concerns the ability to obtain, process, and understand basic health information in order to effectively navigate the health system. low health literate patients perceive poor self-ef...

background today, despite the efforts of the medical community and healthcare staff along with the advancements in medical technology, patients’ dissatisfaction and complaints have been increased. the present study aimed at making a survey on the patients’ complaints in a large training hospital affiliated to mashhad university of medical sciences (mums).   methods this descriptive, cross-secti...

Generating shared task initiatives in the user-modelling, adaptation and personalization (UMAP) space is difficult, especially given individual difference, privacy concerns and the interactive nature of the space. We put forward that the living labs evaluation paradigm, i.e., observing users in their natural task environments, has potential to overcome these difficulties and to allow for compar...