Two surveys of private nursing homes, designated geriatric wards, and a sample of social service part III homes were carried out in the Brighton Health District using questionnaires supplemented (in the second survey) by some interviews. The dependency of old people in the private nursing homes was more like that of long stay hospital patients rather than that of residents in social services ho...

WHY: Depression is common in late life, effecting nearly five million of the 31 million Americans aged 65 and older. Both major and minor depression are reported in 13% of community dwelling older adults, 24% of older medical outpatients and 43% of both acute care and nursing home dwelling older adults. Contrary to popular belief, depression is not a natural part of aging. Depression is often r...

It has traditionally been the responsibility of the animal science community to develop management, nutrition, health and well-being protocols for animals raised for production purposes. The vast array of scientific inquiry dedicated to production livestock have been instrumental in the management of these animals to optimize a value-based end product. Within the last several decades however, t...

Introduction: Losing items is a time-consuming occurrence in nursing homes that is ill described. An explorative study was conducted to investigate which items got lost by nursing home residents, and how this affects the residents and family caregivers. Method: Semi-structured interviews and card sorting tasks were conducted with 12 residents with early-stage dementia and 12 family caregivers. ...

1Division of Geriatric Psychiatry, New York State Psychiatric Institute, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, 1051 Riverside Drive, Unit 126, New York, NY 10032, USA 2Gertrude H. Sergievsky Center and Taub Institute for Research in Alzheimer’s Disease and The Aging Brain, Department of Neurology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, 630 West 168th Street,...

Late-life depression is a public health problem in the United States. Untreated, depression contributes to poorer health outcomes and increased mortality among older adults. Specifically, Black older adults are at higher risk for misdiagnosis, undertreatment, and more severe depressive symptomatology than other groups. Barriers to identification and treatment of depression in Black older adults...

Introduction.  This article outlines the theory of gerotranscendence - a psychosocial theory of ageing developed by Lars Tornstam, a Swedish Sociology professor. Description of the theory.  Through his theory of gerotranscendence, Tornstam has introduced a new understanding of ageing, stating that human development is a life-long process that continues into old age and that, when optimized, end...

OBJECTIVE to verify the inter and intra-rater reproducibility of the Brazilian adapted version of the Edmonton Frail Scale (EFS) in an elderly group of residents. METHOD in order to test the inter-rater reproducibility, two assessments were independently conducted by two researchers on the same day but at different times, in a sample of 103 elderly. Concerning the intra-rater reproducibility,...

About 16% of the population in Croatia is older than 65 years. Croatia has no register of persons with dementia (PWD), but based on a calculation that 10% of persons over 65 years are affected by dementia, the approximate number of PWD would be 80,000, the majority being patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD). Psychogeriatric departments exist in hospitals, but there are almost no nursing homes...

This article describes the process of developing and implementing a scripted unfolding case study about delirium as part of a continuing education program for nursing staff. This innovative instructional strategy allows learners to evaluate a situation as it unfolds, practice assessment and communication skills, and reflect on potential problems and solutions. Using the detection and treatment ...