[Recent problems of advanced age in humans. I. General problems].

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：:Frailty is associated with an increased risk of depressive syndromes. This review aims to summarize data on coincidence, clinical presentation, and diagnostic and therapeutic work-up of depression in frail patients. Depressive syndromes in geriatric patients are characterized by increased frequency and intensity of so...

journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie

authors： Kopf D,Hummel J

更新日期：2013-02-01 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：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：:Composition of staff and therapeutic offers of day-hospitals principally are identical with those of geriatric hospitals. But there are peculiarities in their working: They offer a well balanced combination of somato-, physio-, psycho- and sociotherapy which individually must be planned, perpetually controlled and if ...

journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie

authors： Schütz RM

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of palliative care is to help people with a progressive, probably fatal disease to achieve the highest possible quality of life. Any treatment is radically oriented towards the needs of the affected persons and their relatives. Although nursing institutions for seniors are the second most frequent pl...

journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie

authors： Frewer-Graumann S,Teichmüller AK

更新日期：2021-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The existence of a so-called "vitauct process" is discussed by means of the glucocorticoid-induced stimulation of tyrosine aminotransferase activity. Own experiments show that the highest possible stimulation of the enzyme by cortisol and stress in the liver of old Wistar rats is not lower than in young-adult animals....

journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie

authors： Martin H,Benedix M,Dörfelt G,Martin R

更新日期：1996-07-01 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 incidence of diabetes has increased in the recent years. Diabetes is characterized by increased sugar concentrations in the blood. Due to this dysregulation, more carbohydrate-induced modification of proteins - so-called advanced glycation end products (AGEs) - are formed endogenously by non-enzymatic reactions. T...

journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie

authors： Simm A,Navarrete-Santos A,Hofmann B,Bushnaq H,Nass N

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The European Academy for Medicine of Ageing was founded in 1995 by a nucleus group of European professors: Duursma (Utrecht, NL), Evans (Oxford, GB), Michel (Geneve, CH) and Stähelin (Basel, CH). The aim was to get an adequate postgraduate training under the auspices of an international faculty. A whole curriculum con...

journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie

authors： Nikolaus T

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A correlation between asymmetry in electroencephalographs (EEG) and depression has been demonstrated in many studies. To the best of our knowledge there are no studies including oldest old geriatric patients. OBJECTIVE:The objective of this study was to evaluate whether frontal and parietal alpha asymmetry ...

journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie

authors： Kaiser AK,Doppelmayr M,Iglseder B

更新日期：2018-02-01 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：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：:Social inequality in Germany is discussed primarily with regard to educational or social welfare issues. There is a political consensus that more action should be taken to ensure equality of chances and fulfillment of basic needs for everyone. In long-term care these considerations have not yet taken place and there a...

journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie

authors： Möller A,Osterfeld A,Büscher A

更新日期：2013-06-01 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

abstract：:This work is aimed at reviewing 20 years of gerontological intervention research within the social and behavioral domain in German speaking countries. Only controlled studies based on adequate measurement instruments are considered. Literature analyses reveal that the issue of cognitive intervention research is well-c...

journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie

authors： Wahl HW,Tesch-Römer C

更新日期：1998-04-01 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：:Older patients clearly benefit from a kidney transplantation despite multiple comorbidities and complications, particularly with respect to life expectancy. Older patients remaining on dialysis on average die earlier compared to patients who underwent a kidney transplantation. In addition, patients experience a signif...

journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie

authors： Kurschat C

更新日期：2016-08-01 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：:The present investigation aimed to assess the health-related QoL (HRQoL) of elderly people living in two settings: (i) rural community and (ii) homes for the elderly in a district of South India. The data are drawn from elderly (>60 years of age) sampled from both settings. The short form 36-item health survey (SF-36)...

journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie

authors： Varma GR,Kusuma YS,Babu BV

更新日期：2010-08-01 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：: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：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：:Due to the combined effects of a persistent low birth rate, the forthcoming retirement of the "baby-boom generation" and an increasing life expectancy, the German system of "social security" will face severe challenges in the coming decades. The foreseeable doubling of the ratio between pensioners and employees by 205...

journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie

authors： Scherl H

更新日期：2003-04-01 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：: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:Ambulatory geriatric rehabilitation (AGR) is a prevention program for multimorbid patients with the contractual agreement to prevent the need for care and hospital admissions and to promote self-sufficiency. It provides an opportunity to reduce the prevalence of polypharmacy and to discontinue potentially in...

journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie

authors： Kiel S,Zimak C,Schmidt CO,Chenot JF

更新日期：2020-08-01 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：:This paper reports a qualitative study in which the aim was to examine older peoples' beliefs and risk perceptions regarding the use of innovative health technologies in end-of-life care and to relate these beliefs to their ideas about 'natural death'. Pictures, story boards and media extracts were used during intervi...

journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie

authors： Seymour J

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In all, 39 % of people living in Swiss nursing homes suffer from dementia. Detailed data about type and course of symptoms displayed by these patients in their terminal phase are lacking. METHODS:This descriptive, retrospective study analysed 65 nursing documents from deceased people with dementia in four n...

journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie

authors： Koppitz A,Bosshard G,Schuster DH,Hediger H,Imhof L

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00