BACKGROUND the ageing demographic means that increasing numbers of older people will be attending emergency departments (EDs). Little previous research has focused on the needs of older people in ED and there have been no evaluations of comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) embedded within the ED setting. METHODS a pre-post cohort study of the impact of embedding CGA within a large ED in t...

BACKGROUND/AIMS The fatigue, resistance, ambulation, illnesses, and loss of weight (FRAIL) scale is a screening tool for frailty status using a simple 5-item questionnaire. The aim of this study was to evaluate the clinical feasibility and validity of the Korean version of the FRAIL (K-FRAIL) scale. METHODS Questionnaire items were translated and administered to 103 patients aged ≥ 65 years w...

BACKGROUND Testosterone may be an important factor causing depression in the elderly men. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between testosterone levels and depressive symptoms in older men in Amirkola, Iran. METHODS This cross- sectional study is a part of the Amirkola Health and Aging Project (AHAP) that involves people aged 60 and above living in Amirkola, a small ...

BACKGROUND Up to 65% of elderly patients are protein-energy undernourished at admission or acquire nutritional deficits while hospitalised. OBJECTIVES The aims of this project were: 1) to assess the quality of care concerning nutrition among geriatric units; 2) to assess the impact of implementive nutritional interventions on nutritional status and on the length of hospitalisation. DESIGN T...

In September 2010, the Cancer and Aging Research Group, in collaboration with the National Cancer Institute and the National Institute on Aging, conducted the first of three planned conferences to discuss research methodology to generate the highest quality research in older adults with cancer and then disseminate these findings among those working in the fields of cancer and aging. Conference ...

UNLABELLED This self-directed learning module highlights the physiatric approach to the older adult. It is part of the study guide on geriatric rehabilitation in the Self-Directed Physiatric Education Program for practitioners and trainees in physical medicine and rehabilitation (PM and R) and geriatric medicine. This article specifically focuses on the advantages of the physiatric approach, PM...

Setting A home health service in a geriatric assessment and rehabilitation hospital in New Zealand. Participants 240 people who were >75 years of age (mean age 81 y, 68% women) and were living in their own homes. Exclusion criteria were inability to walk around their own residence, current receipt of physiotherapy, or inability to understand the study. 88% of participants completed 1 year of fo...

AIM To ascertain health priorities of older patients and treatment priorities of their general practitioners (GP) on the basis of a geriatric assessment and to determine the agreement between these priorities. METHODS The study included a sample of 9 general practitioners in Hannover, Germany, and a stratified sample of 35 patients (2-5 patients per practice, 18 female, average age 77.7 years...

OBJECTIVE There have been no studies describing the occurrence of untreated medical condition(s) in elders with depression who self-neglect. This study compares the prevalence of depression as indicated by an abnormal score ( > or = 5) on the Geriatric Depression Scale-Short Form (GDS-SF) between self-neglecters and matched non self-neglecting community-dwelling elders. It also describes the re...