Effect of teriparatide on repair of femoral metaphyseal defect in ovariectomized rats.

abstract：:An enhanced inflammatory state - i.e. "inflammatory/pathogen burden" - in the elderly on the one hand results from physiological immunosenescence and on the other hand is modified by the individual immune history: the latter is determined by sequential infectious/pathogenic events ("multiple hits"). Immunosenescence m...

journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie

authors： Müller-Werdan U

更新日期：2007-10-01 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：:Increasing evidence in managing polypharmacy in the growing elderly population with a higher prevalence of multiple chronic disease is the basis for this paper. Poor adherence, drug-drug interactions, drug-disease interactions, and inappropriate medication challenge the prescriptions of health care providers in this g...

journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie

authors： Dovjak P

更新日期：2012-08-01 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：PURPOSE OF THE STUDY:In this study the relevance of sense of coherence (SOC) for coping with an illness was examined in subjects with Parkinson's disease. According to Antonovsky's model (1997) the sense of coherence is an important resource when it comes to dealing with stressors. To take into consideration the integr...

journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie

authors： Pusswald G,Fleck M,Haubenberger D,Auff E,Weber G

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heating of food induces the formation of Maillard reaction products (MRPs) caused by the reaction of reducing sugars with proteins or amino acids. Analogous reactions occur in the human body, eventually forming "Advanced Glycation Endproducts" (AGEs). AGEs accumulate in aging tissues accelerating degenerative-inflamma...

journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie

authors： Webster J,Wilke M,Stahl P,Kientsch-Engel R,Münch G

更新日期：2005-10-01 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：: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：:Rural areas are challenged differently by demographic change than urban areas. Prognostic data for the newly formed German states illustrate very clearly that the safeguarding of sustenance in rural areas requires redirection in order to maintain vivid municipalities that are prepared for the future. Civic engagement ...

journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie

authors： Klie T,Marzluff S

更新日期：2012-12-01 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: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：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 trial "Outpatient Geriatric Rehabilitation (AMBRA)" has been launched to compare two outpatient rehabilitation models close to their place of residence or at home: a mobile rehabilitation team based at a geriatric hospital department and a community-based outpatient rehabilitation center run by GPs. Primary analys...

journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie

authors： Meinck M,Freigang K,John B,Keitel C,Puls E,Robra BP

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Which deficits in cognitive performance indicate the onset of a pathological deterioration process in older persons? AIM AND OBJECTIVES:Based on an established dementia screening test in elderly adults, a differentiation can be made between healthy cognitive performance and the onset of pathological deficit...

journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie

authors： Pauli L,Daseking M,Petermann F,Stemmler M

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Advance directives and durable powers of attorney are two increasingly used tools for patients' precedent autonomy; however, their combined use, as recommended by major institutions in Germany, might in reality result in various discrepancies between the wording and interpretation of the directive and the surrogate's ...

journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie

authors： Schöne-Seifert B,Gutmann T,Klother K,Kolb G

更新日期：2019-12-01 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：BACKROUND:Until recently public health and health services research has not been concerned with people suffering from dementia with a Turkish migration background as a priority. There is little evidence about the situation of this population; however, it is known that these individuals almost always live with their fam...

journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie

authors： Mogar M,von Kutzleben M

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nutritional problems and deficiencies are widespread in geriatric institutions. On the other hand, benefits of different interventions to improve the nutritional situation of elderly people--from amelioration of mealtime ambience to the use of artificial nutrition--have been shown in many studies. In recent years, sev...

journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie

authors： Volkert D

更新日期：2011-04-01 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：BACKGROUND:Research on nonformal education often focuses on participation within employment. Participation of workers decreases with age; however, recent studies show an increase in participation in nonformal education of older workers. It remains, however, unclear if this trend spills over to retirement. OBJECTIVE:In...

journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie

authors： Wiest M,Hoffmann M,Widany S,Kaufmann K

更新日期：2018-12-01 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：:Experience and behavior of dying people are on a lot of variables. Age, cultural background, human relations, personality and environment are some of these determinants. For an appropriate care for the dying it is necessary to perceive and realize the expectations and requirements of the dying person. The human relati...

journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie

authors： Howe J

更新日期：1995-07-01 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：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：BACKGROUND:It has been questioned by researchers in robotics as well in the general public to what extent companion-type robots can support the elderly with the fulfillment of their psychological and social needs. Although these robots have already been used in care settings in Germany, research has referred little to ...

journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie

authors： Baisch S,Kolling T,Rühl S,Klein B,Pantel J,Oswald F,Knopf M

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The study of housing and living spaces has always played a central role in sociogerontological research. For example, living environments are seen as essential influencing factors on the quality of life and personal well-being (or the lack of it) of older people. The study of the relationship between space a...

journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie

authors： Höppner G,Richter AS

更新日期：2020-08-01 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：:Insects can serve as excellent models to show that the genetically determined life span of organisms as well as that of other traits is characterized by high phenotypic plasticity. Depending on different environmental conditions the life cycle strategy can therefore be highly variable. Thus developmental and aging pro...

journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie

authors： Collatz KG

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The number of elderly patients with non-Hodgkin's lymphomas (NHL) is continuously increasing. The diagnostic and staging procedures should be carried out in elderly patients as careful as in younger patients. Furthermore, for treatment decisions geriatric assessment and the patient's preferences concerning therapy are...

journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie

authors： Späth-Schwalbe E

更新日期：2001-08-01 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