AIMS AND OBJECTIVES To explain the relationship between a positive nurse practice environment (NPE) and implementation of evidence-based practices. To describe the components of NICHE (Nurses Improving Care for Healthsystem Elders) programmes that contribute to a positive geriatric nursing practice environment. BACKGROUND The NPE is a system-level intervention for promoting quality and patien...

As the human life-span grows longer with developments in modern medicine and the birth rate slows, the rapid aging of the world population has become a major global demographic trend [1]. Korea is no exception. According to the National Statistics Office, the Korean population over the age of 65 years in 2014 accounted for 12.7% of the total population [2]. This figure increased more than twice...

Background: Health services for the elderly are becoming increasingly important in industrialized nations, and comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) is one of the procedures designed to improve the health of this sector of the population. In 2003 a survey among Belgian geriatricians showed that despite the interest of the geriatric teams for comprehensive geriatric assessment, it was not use...

Care of the elderly population with diabetes may not be restricted to the management of hyperglycemia, associated risk factors, and specific diabetic complications. An integrated approach should also include the assessment and management of gerontological problems. Both diabetes mellitus and aging interact toward the direction of the increased incidence of geriatric syndromes. Education is a co...

www.ijhrs.com Background: Community Integration is associated to wellbeing of a person. Various studies done on geriatric population suggest that due to physical, cognitive and psychological factors the participation of this population in community reduces which in turn affects wellbeing and quality of life of the this population. However there are not many scales which can determine integrati...

Recently, the geriatric population in Korea has grown to comprise approximately 10% of the total population, and anemia has become a significant problem among elderly patients. Many elderly patients have anemia due to nutritional deficiency, chronic inflammation, or comorbid diseases; however, in a significant fraction of the patients with anemia, the cause remains obscure. Anemia of any degree...

conclusions: the current review is aimed at analyzing and managing various clinical aspects of hypothyroidism in hospitalized elderly, and critically ill geriatric patients. context: articles in various international and national bibliographic indices were extensively searched with an emphasis on thyroid and hypothyroid disorders, hypothyroidism in elderly hospitalized patients, hypothyroidism ...

In recent years, antipsychotic medications have increasingly been used in pediatric and geriatric populations, despite the fact that many of these drugs were approved based on clinical trials in adult patients only. Preliminary studies have shown that the "off-label" use of these drugs in pediatric and geriatric populations may result in adverse events not found in adults. In this study, we uti...

Geriatric patients comprise a rapidly expanding age segment of the population of developed countries. It is the fastest growing population segment in the United States. Individuals older than 65 years of age currently represent 13% of the US population, but the US Census Bureau projects that by 2050, they will represent more than 21%. Accidental injurywas the fifthmost frequent cause ofmortalit...

Background: In India, spontaneous reporting of adverse drug reactions (ADRs) by healthcare professionals was initiated in 2010. The drug safety issues for geriatric population are critical due to age-related physiological changes, pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics changes. Objective: Our objective was to assess the spontaneous reports of adverse drug reactions, observed in geriatric patient...