Inflammation and ageing.

abstract：:Methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) has become an important cause of severe infection in hospitalized patients all over the world. In Germany a significant increase of nosocomial infections due to MRSA has occurred during the last 10 years. Especially elderly patients with chronic illnesses are at increased risk of...

journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie

authors： Albert S,Wichelhaus TA,Schäfer V

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients with dementia (PD) are a special challenge for the healthcare system. They are responsible for 5% of the expenditure in the German healthcare service. The disease-related deficits and the associated need for care leads to the fact that patients are not able to live in their own residence and rely on...

journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie

authors： Lenz F,Schübel J,Neumann R,Bergmann A,Voigt K

更新日期：2020-03-18 00:00:00

abstract：:"Rehabilitation instead of nursing care" is one of the most important entitlements of the social welfare legislation to long-term care. In Germany 1.2 million evaluations per year are done by the experts of the medical review boards of the health insurance funds. As a part of those evaluations the experts also have to...

journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie

authors： Lürken L

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The N‑terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) has an important prognostic value in chronic renal insufficiency; however, most studies have been conducted in patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD). In this study we evaluated the prognostic significance of NT-proBNP in very old patients with s...

journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie

authors： Gao P,Zhu Q,Bian S,Liu H,Xie H

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The first chapter gives a brief overview of dominant perspectives on reminiscence and life review in aging research since the 60s. The scepticism of most age researchers against personal history as a dominant concern of the aged in the late 60s was replaced by a more optimistic view which corresponded with a new Zeitg...

journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie

authors： Coleman PG

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Basic research on aging has moved well beyond describing the aging of physiological systems and developing theories of aging, to the pursuit of mechanistic answers to questions such as: Why do we age? Why do individuals within a population age differently? Why do different species have such different life spans? How d...

journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie

authors： Warner HR

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Dry mouth is a frequently occurrence in elderly people and causes numerous clinical and social problems. OBJECTIVE:To investigate the quality of life in geriatric patients living in nursing homes depending on the subjective sensation of dry mouth and associated oral parameters. MATERIAL AND METHODS:A total...

journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie

authors： Herrmann G,Müller K,Behr M,Hahnel S

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Decubitus is one appropriate quality indicator in health care. Quality- or risk-management in the field of decubitus prevention is of interest for all involved professions. Nursing, medical and administrative staff are equally responsible. Data collection, evaluation and feedback aiming at the highest achievable benef...

journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie

authors： Leffmann CJ

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From its origin to its death the human organism is submitted to functional, material, and morphological changes that are perceptible. These changes permit classifying an individual as young, adult, old, active or infirm. But this estimation is not always correct. Some appear younger, some older than expected from thei...

journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie

authors： Martin P

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Nursing and Living Quality Act (PfleWoqG) regulates the implementation of legally regulated quality inspections and publication of statutory quality inspection reports for residential nursing homes in Bavaria. In the currently valid version, the quality records have to be published but a decision of the ...

journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie

authors： König A,Erling R,Reuschenbach B

更新日期：2020-07-31 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Dementia may influence as a co-morbid condition the management of chronic obstructive airway disease. However, the frequency and the consequences of dementia in older people with chronic obstructive airway disease are largely unknown. PATIENTS AND METHODS:The frequency and the severity of dementia in geriat...

journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie

authors： Frohnhofen H,Heuer HC,Willschrei HP,Falkenhahn C

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using the method of multistate life-tables, the article presents results on active life expectancy on the basis of the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP) and the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID). The transitions into and out of active life are based on event-history analysis and are calculated for different coho...

journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie

authors： Klein T,Unger R

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Early discharge from a rehabilitation center is only possible, if patients are able to do basic transfers independently (e.g., get up from bed and walk to the toilet). Against this background, the Lie-to-Sit-to-Stand-to-Walk Transfer (LSSWT) test was developed in order to quantify complex transfer abilities ...

journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie

authors： Reicherz A,Brach M,Cerny J,Nicolai S,Becker C,Lindemann U

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The number of patients with a cognitive disorder will increase significantly in the coming years due to demographic changes. The number of patients from this group requiring stationary treatment will inevitably increase in all medical specialties. The aim of our survey was to examine how hospitals are prepar...

journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie

authors： Schütz D,Füsgen I

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The quantifying of care needed is an important issue of the long-term care insurance act in Germany. In the last three decades limits of self-sufficiency have been defined in the context of law, medicine, social science and nursing science. Following these approaches this study distinguishes between determining the li...

journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie

authors： Cappell E

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although viewed critically in geriatrics, benzodiazepine use is still common among old people. Before reducing the dosage the following questions must be considered: 1. Are there indications for benzodiazepine treatment and will discontinuation cause relevant rebound symptoms of the initial disorder treated? 2. To wha...

journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie

authors： Wolter DK

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Due to the excellent efficacy of antiretroviral treatment increasingly more people with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infections survive to old age. The national and international definition of older people with HIV infections comprises those aged 50 years and older. Practitioners caring for these patients have t...

journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie

authors： Bogner JR

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Northern Germany Nursing Research Network (Pflegeforschungsverbund Nord) has dedicated itself to developing management instruments intended to optimize the nursing process. It is coordinated by the administrative office of the Institute of Public Health and Nursing Research (Institut für Public Health und Pflegefo...

journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie

authors： Görres S,Reif K,Biedermann H,Borchert C,Habermann M,Köpcke S,Meyer G,Rothgang H

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Functional deficits of elderly patients are often not recognized during routine treatment in acute hospital care. In Germany, there are only limited experiences with the use of standardized assessment-scales in this health care setting. In this study, 112 patients were recruited for a very broad geriatric assessment f...

journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie

authors： Pientka L,Scholten T,Füsgen I

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most frequent form of dementia worldwide. The increasing incidence of AD is due to the dramatic rise in life expectancy. Generally, AD shows a multifactorial etiology and manifests itself only at an older age. However, a small percentage of cases have a monogenic cause, are inherited as...

journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie

authors： Honneth J,Nehen HG,Haseke J

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prolonged suboptimal intake of micronutrients leads via a series of mechanisms to impairment of cognitive performance. Supplementation can correct these deficits. Malnutrition impairs cognitive performance only when micronutrient levels fall below certain critical thresholds. Malnutrition in the elderly is commonly th...

journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie

authors： Stähelin HB

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Psychiatric symptoms in dementia and delirium are associated with a substantially reduced quality of life of patients and their families and often challenging for professionals. Pharmacoepidemiological surveys have shown that, in particular, patients living in nursing homes receive prescriptio...

journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie

authors： Hewer W,Thomas C

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The goal of this study was to perform a structured analysis of the treatment quality and acute complications of geriatric patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) cared for by nursing services and nursing home facilities. Secondly, structural problems and potentials for improvement in the care of multimorbid older peop...

journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie

authors： Bahrmann A,Wörz E,Specht-Leible N,Oster P,Bahrmann P

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This contribution refers to the 2009 Council of Experts Report on health system development and discusses the special care requirements of old people. This includes the geriatric phenomenon of multimorbidity, polypharmacy in old people with multiple diseases, and the need for care. The probability and complexity of mu...

journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie

authors： Kuhlmey A

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM OF THE STUDY:Analysis of differences between oncologic and non-oncologic patients in the first German hospital-based special care unit for palliative geriatrics. METHODS:Systematic analysis of patients' records according to a standardized protocol. RESULTS:A total of 217 patients from a hospital-based special car...

journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie

authors： Genz H,Jenetzky E,Hauer K,Oster P,Pfisterer MH

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A structured geriatric assessment (GA) improves the quality of health care; however, the quality of GA guidelines has hardly been investigated. Eight guidelines were identified by systematically searching guideline databases, web sites of guideline developers, and PubMed. The methodological quality was assessed by two...

journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie

authors： Frese T,Franke M,Keyser M,Rurik I,Sandholzer H

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Because of age-related modifications of the heart, lung, and circulation, several cardiopulmonary parameters present altered normal and reference values with increasing age. Other parameters, for example, arterial blood pressure, change only insignificantly with age. In older age groups it is more difficult to establi...

journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie

authors： Gassmann KG,Lang E

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Symptoms presented by patients with Alzheimer-type dementia do not only reflect organic disturbances only but require a holistic and person-oriented view. Affective and behavioral disturbances are not necessarily secondary to cognitive impairment. Guidelines are presented for a multidimensional treatment involving the...

journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie

authors： Hirsch RD

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study was to describe the pattern of service use (hospitals, homes, ambulatory services) in the year before death. The results are based on administrative data for the elderly inhabitants of the city of Mannheim, who died during one year (n = 2507), as well as on a survey of the next of kin of a...

journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie

authors： Bickel H

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The use of technological innovations can play a significant role in healthy aging and social participation in old age; however, it is not well understood how social contexts can influence or support older adults' use of technology. This study explored the associations between technology use, perceived techno...

journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie

authors： Kamin ST,Beyer A,Lang FR

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00