[Care situation for hospitalized patients with cognitive disorders].

abstract：:Depression in old age is common and also dangerous due to somatic comorbidity and suicide; however, it is often not recognized and not adequately treated. Psychotherapy is almost never offered to the elderly. However, clinical experience, single-case studies and some controlled trials show effectiveness--at least to t...

journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie

authors： Wächtler C

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prevalence of chronic pain increases with age. The awareness of pain in geriatric patients is more difficult than in younger people because of various reasons. The occupational groups of the geriatric team might be different in respect of discerning symptoms of pain. 126 geriatric patients were enrolled in this st...

journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie

authors： Schuler M,Neuhauser T,Hauer K,Oster P,Razus D,Hacker M

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For the prevention and rehabilitation of fall-related fractures, not only functional status is important. It is necessary to describe the level of help and care needed at the time the fracture happened and its changes after a certain period. Investigations of the changes in the need of help and care after a fall-relat...

journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie

authors： Bäuerle D,Specht-Leible N,Voss E

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:World War II (WWII) is probably the most distressing and fatal historical event in Europe's recent past. Research on mental and physical health sequelae of these traumatic experiences from WWII has only started recently. OBJECTIVES:An overview on the findings from several population-based studies investigat...

journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie

authors： Glaesmer H

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Up to now, images of ageing are considered unilaterally from an individualising perspective in which the cause for negative images as well as the starting point for potential change is localised in cognitive attitude patterns. In this contribution we plead for a conceptual extension of the research on images of ageing...

journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie

authors： Amrhein L,Backes GM

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aging of the Italian population is an emerging public health priority. In 2025 Italy is expected to have the highest world median age with nearly half of the population over 50 years old. To avoid an unbearable burden of disease and disability on future generations, we must identify areas for intensive disease and...

journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie

authors： Baggio G

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Activities of daily living (ADL), such as walking, often involve the added complexity of walking while doing other activities (i.e. dual task walking). A complex walking task may require a greater motor and mental capacity, resulting in decrements in gait performance not seen for simple walking tasks. AIM:T...

journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie

authors： Schott N

更新日期：2015-12-01 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：:Chronic or repeated stress can induce a damage of neurons, especially in hippocampus, by which the degree of damage differs in various species. Sapolski has reported that there is a correlation between hippocampal degeneration, disturbed feedback reaction, and hypersecretion of glucocorticoids. The aim of this study w...

journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie

authors： Martin R,al-Scheibani AH,Martin H

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:National and international data networks for data transfer and communication are playing an increasingly important role in science and medicine. These networks already exist on a regional, national and international scale. The biggest international network, the Internet, offers more than 300 sites referring to "aging"...

journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie

authors： Hager K

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A large number of published overview and original articles provide evidence and declare the need for immediate, appropriate preventive lifestyle measures to prevent the development of dementia and Alzheimer's disease (AD). However, despite this, there are great difficulties in drafting effective guidelines in this fie...

journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie

authors： Polidori MC,Pientka L

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Results of a longitudinal study about the transition to retirement are presented. 329 persons were interviewed three times (quantitative study) and 20 persons conducted a semi-structured diary (qualitative study), covering in both groups a two-year period (from half a year before retirement to one and a half years aft...

journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie

authors： Mayring P

更新日期：2000-04-01 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：:In this review, studies on number processing and calculation in demented patients are summarized. Single cases, group studies and our own examinations all show that acalculia is a frequent symptom of dementia and correlates with severity of dementia. While calculation and numeral transcoding deficits are often promine...

journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie

authors： Kalbe E,Kessler J

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The HILDE project proceeds from a theoretical conception of quality of life which considers both the significance of objective living conditions claimed in the Swedish level of living approach and the significance of processes of subjective perceptions and judgements accentuated in the American quality of life approac...

journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie

authors： Becker S,Kaspar R,Kruse A

更新日期：2006-10-01 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：BACKGROUND:The number of multiple chronically ill older people is increasing and multimorbidity is associated with high utilization of health services. Integrated care management is increasingly used to address this problem; however, there is a substantial lack of reliable data on its effectiveness in this target group...

journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie

authors： Göhner A,Bitzer EM,Dreher E,Farin-Glattacker E,Heimbach B,Kohler K,Maun A,Metzner G,Voigt-Radloff S

更新日期：2021-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The regional impact of old age pension systems has received little attention. For example, the German statutory pension insurance ("gesetzliche Rentenversicherung", GRV) was hitherto to the greatest extent discussed in the context with the situation in West and East Germany. However, the benefits of old age pension sy...

journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie

authors： Fachinger U,Stegmann M

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to validate the German translation of the originally English Fullerton Advanced Balance Scale (FAB-D). The 10-item test battery is a performance-based measure that addresses the multiple dimensions of balance. The German FAB-D using a forward-backward procedure was examined by a sample of...

journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie

authors： Schott N

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 25 patients (10 male, 15 female) with systemic sclerosis aged between 28 and 79 years the biological age was determined. Alterations in the sense of "premature aging" were observed in the mean and developed stronger in male patients. They have to be counted in a greater part on the real process of disease. Compared...

journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie

authors： Sauer I,Ries W,Mittag M,Haustein UF

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The aim of this study was to evaluate possible age-related changes in mesenteric artery and portal venous blood flow dynamics in relation to systemic haemodynamics in order to delineate putative haemodynamic changes relevant for postprandial hypotension in the elderly. Studies were performed over a wide age-...

journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie

authors： Wicklein S,Mühlberg W,Richter B,Sieber CC

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The geriatric screening according to AGAST (Arbeitsgruppe Geriatrisches Basisassessment) contains functional and diagnosis related items, and risk indicators of prognostic relevance, particularly in hospitalized patients. In a retrospective, cohort study, we compared the screening results in 250 consecutive patients o...

journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie

authors： von Renteln-Kruse W,Ebert D

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mobile geriatric rehabilitation can be provided in the setting of nursing homes, short-term care (STC) facilities and exclusively in private homes. OBJECTIVE:This study analyzed the common features and differences of mobile rehabilitation interventions in various settings. MATERIAL AND METHODS:Stratified b...

journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie

authors： Pippel K,Meinck M,Lübke N

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Geriatric medicine in Germany is faced with an increasing demand for continuous documentation and evaluation of its effectiveness and efficiency. Hence, the Federal Association (FA) of Clinical Geriatric Departments (Bundesarbeitsgemeinschaft der Klinisch-Geriatrischen Einrichtungen e.V.) has funded a workin...

journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie

authors： Borchelt M,Vogel W,Steinhagen-Thiessen E

更新日期：1999-02-01 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：:The BRD social security system contains numerous regulations concerning the smoothness of regulating social security benefits between unemployment benefit to pension benefit. Raising the retirement age for unemployed will lead to long-term unemployment or to a decreasing pension payment in the case of early retirement...

journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie

authors： Behrend C

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cholinesterase inhibitor tacrine exerts a marked therapeutic effect only at a dose which is not tolerated by many patients because of the gastrointestinal side effects and hepatotoxicity of the drug. In patients who tolerate a high dose of tacrine the mean increase in cognitive abilities is roughly equivalent to t...

journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie

authors： Kurz A,Marquard R,Mösch D

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Over the last 10 years the German pension system has undergone several reforms including the abandonment of early retirement policies and an increase in the statutory retirement age. Consequently, the average retirement age has increased and future retiree cohorts have adjusted the retirement expectations an...

journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie

authors： Hess M

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The paper reviews the present state of gerontological research in South Africa and provides examples of relevant studies. So far, most of the research has focused on socioeconomic conditions, e.g, financial status, living arrangements, and intergeneration family relations. During recent years another topic has gained ...

journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie

authors： Sagner A

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although internet usage among older adults is steadily increasing, there is still a digital divide between generations. Younger internet users seem to be more open towards new media. Recent studies showed the negative influence of computer anxiety on internet usage. It is not known how older adults deal with...

journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie

authors： Haesner M,Steinert A,O'Sullivan JL,Steinhagen-Thiessen E

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00