[Effect of ambulatory geriatric rehabilitation on polypharmacy and potentially inappropriate medication-an observational study].

abstract：:In China, fundamental changes in population development have occurred during the past 50 years. The demographic transition in China required only a few years, while in most European countries this process took several decades. The fertility and mortality rates have declined very quickly, like in Japan and South Korea....

journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie

authors： Liu T,Flöthmann EJ

更新日期：2013-07-01 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：: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：:This paper explores the role of the family and its contribution to quality of life in old age under a comparative perspective, looking at different European welfare states (Norway, Germany, Spain and Israel). The literature demonstrates a consistent association between well-being and social networks in old age. Interg...

journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie

authors： Tesch-Römer C,Motel-Klingebiel A,von Kondratowitz HJ

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three strategies are followed in handling the key issue within the field of action of care an services for the elderly: securing the material needs of those requiring care, creating appropriate care structures, and providing an effective counselling back-up to alleviate interface problems. Those latter, process-orient...

journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie

authors： Wissert M

更新日期：1998-10-01 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:Since the mid-1990s, supervised shared-housing arrangements (SHA; assisted living facilities) have developed as a specific type of small-scale living facility for elderly care-dependent persons with dementia in Germany, offering services different than those in residential care. Neither a uniform and binding...

journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie

authors： Wolf-Ostermann K,Worch A,Meyer S,Gräske J

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Aged skin is the sum of chronological und UV-induced aging. Light-exposed skin is unattractive, with irregular pigmentation, roughness und scaliness. The skin is often dry and itches. METHODS:The present paper provides an overview of diseases of aging skin and describes how to prevent or reduce disease by p...

journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie

authors： Proksch E

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is ongoing controversy whether patients show better functional outcomes when care is provided in acute geriatric (AG) or internal medicine (IM) departments. OBJECTIVE:This study compared the recovery of acutely ill patients concerning activities of daily living (ADL) and instrumental activities of dai...

journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie

authors： Friedli M,Schuetz P,Conca A

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sheltered living groups are enjoying great popularity in Germany. They represent an alternative to home care on the one hand and to nursing homes on the other hand. Under German law they face a conflict situation and must fulfil many legal requirements, which confront the foundation and operation with legal barriers. ...

journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie

authors： Klie T

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Selected activities of daily living are used to describe the micro-area (dwelling), mezzo-area (quarter) and exo-area (outside the quarter). In a survey of 115 elderly people, the five-year-changes from 1985/86 to 1990/91 in their areas of mobility in a working class district are documented. Special interest is given ...

journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie

authors： Karl F

更新日期：1995-09-01 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：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：:The results of the determination of hematologic values from 262 men and 242 women, participants of an aging study and half of each group 44.4 +/- 0.9 and 63.0 +/- 0.9 (men) and 44.4 +/- 0.9 and 62.8 +/- 0.8 years old (women), respectively, are compared. In men, one analyte (hemoglobin decreasing) and four indices show...

journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie

authors： Martin H,Langenhan K,Huth M,Sauer I,Weisbrich C

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:While hemiendoprothesis has been established in the treatment of hip fractures of aged people because of less operative trauma, better effectiveness and satisfying functionality, surgical management of trochanteric fractures is still in discussion. In our study, we found no severe difference of living conditions or mo...

journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie

authors： Reich I,Herrwerth V,Marintschev I,Gebert L

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The global shift in demographics towards aging populations is leading to a commensurate increase in age-related disease and frailty. It is essential to optimise health services to meet current needs and prepare for anticipated future demands. This paper explores issues impacting on people living with cognitive impairm...

journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie

authors： Gill N,Hammond S,Cross J,Smith T,Lambert N,Fox C

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

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:Sleep disorders are common among nursing home residents. However, the possible involvement of psychological factors has been given little attention up until now. We investigated nursing home residents' perspective on psychological factors and sleep disorders within the nursing home environment. MATERIALS AN...

journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie

authors： Herrmann WJ,Flick U

更新日期：2014-04-01 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：BACKGROUND:Cooperation between psychosomatic and geriatric medicine is still sporadic and rarely institutionally integrated. At the same time, however, nearly half of geriatric inpatients suffer from psychopathological symptoms of clinical relevance. The patterns of interactions between patients and professionals of th...

journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie

authors： Lindner R,Foerster R,von Renteln-Kruse W

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Low vitamin D blood levels are highly prevalent in elderly people, particularly in nursing home residents (NHR). A relation between vitamin D levels and physical function (PF) is described in several studies in older adults; however, data on NHR are scarce and there is presently no information on the time cou...

journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie

authors： Diekmann R,Winning K,Bauer JM,Uter W,Stehle P,Lesser S,Bertsch T,Sieber CC,Volkert D

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:After a pilot study in 2010 in segregated wards for patients with dementia in nursing homes (DWB) and in community-based living communities for older people with dementia (DWG), major differences in the proportion of mentally stressed employees were found (DWB: 57%, DWG: 26%) as well as in the proportion of employees ...

journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie

authors： Werner B,Leopold D

更新日期：2020-10-01 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：BACKGROUND:In the course of demographic developments, an increase of vascular surgical procedures including major amputations in very elderly, multimorbid geriatric patients is expected. Due to the high vulnerability of these patients, geriatric rehabilitation directly following the acute inpatient treatment is likely ...

journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie

authors： Grund S,Mettlach M,Kieser M,Rath K,Schäfer HG

更新日期：2018-04-01 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：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：:Programmes containing health-enhancing physical exercise should be evaluated using standards that are just as rigorous as those required for drug development. In contrast to new medicines, exercise programmes are highly complex. This has to be taken into account when designing the research plan. In order to illustrate...

journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie

authors： Hinrichs T,Brach M,Bucchi C,Moschny A,Wilm S,Thiem U,Platen P

更新日期：2013-01-01 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：:Efforts to improve the quality of care mainly depend on sufficient capacities of staff qualifications. Professional training is of primary importance to prepare for new tasks and to reduce educational deficits. The results of an empirical study carried out by the Federal Department of Family Affairs and the Kuratorium...

journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie

authors： Kühnert S,Gassmann R

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00