The start of caring for an elderly dependent family member: a qualitative metasynthesis.

abstract：BACKGROUND:More than six million American Indians live in the United States, and an estimated 1.6 million will be aged ≥65 years old by 2050 tripling in numbers since 2012. Physical functioning and related factors in this population are poorly understood. Our study aimed to assess lower body functioning and identify th...

journal_title：BMC geriatrics

authors： Goins RT,Schure M,Jensen PN,Suchy-Dicey A,Nelson L,Verney SP,Howard BV,Buchwald D

更新日期：2018-01-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In Japan, there is a large increase in the number of elderly persons who potentially need home-visit nursing services (VNS). However, the number of persons using the VNS has increased only little in comparison to the number of individuals who use home social services, which are also covered by the Long-Term ...

journal_title：BMC geriatrics

authors： Kashiwagi M,Tamiya N,Sato M,Yano E

更新日期：2013-01-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The early screening of frail individuals and of patients with complex care needs are challenges that countries witnessing population aging face. Homecare nurses are actors of choice in meeting these challenges, yet they need means of identifying frail and complex patients in their routine practice. The fraXi...

journal_title：BMC geriatrics

authors： Ludwig C,Busnel C

更新日期：2019-08-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Falls are the leading cause of fatal and non-fatal injuries among older adults. Exercise programs appear to reduce fall risk, but the optimal type, frequency, and duration of exercise is unknown. External perturbations such as tripping and slipping are a major contributor to falls, and task-specific perturba...

journal_title：BMC geriatrics

authors： Lurie JD,Zagaria AB,Pidgeon DM,Forman JL,Spratt KF

更新日期：2013-05-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Effective fall prevention exercise for community-dwelling older adults requires (i) challenging balance exercise, (ii) offered at least 3 hrs/ week, and (iii) on an ongoing basis, to reduce falls. Community exercise programs are a potential implementation strategy for fall prevention exercise; however, the e...

journal_title：BMC geriatrics

authors： Sibley KM,Touchette AJ,Singer JC,Dubberley KMA,Oates AR

更新日期：2019-07-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is currently no validated questionnaire available to assess total sedentary time in older adults. Most studies only used TV viewing time as an indicator of sedentary time. The first aim of our study was to investigate the self-reported time spent by older persons on a set of sedentary activities, and t...

journal_title：BMC geriatrics

authors： Visser M,Koster A

更新日期：2013-07-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Geriatric evaluation and management has become standard care for community dwelling older adults following an acute admission to hospital. It is unclear whether this approach is beneficial for the frailest older adults living in permanent residential care. This study was undertaken to evaluate (1) the feasib...

journal_title：BMC geriatrics

authors： Harvey P,Storer M,Berlowitz DJ,Jackson B,Hutchinson A,Lim WK

更新日期：2014-04-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Frailty is a geriatric syndrome that diminishes potential functional recovery after any surgical procedure. Preoperative surgical risk assessment is crucial to calibrate the risk and benefit of cardiac surgery. The aim of this study was to test usefulness of FRAIL Scale and other surgical-risk-scales and ind...

journal_title：BMC geriatrics

authors： Berastegui Garcia E,Camara Rosell ML,Moret Ruiz E,Casas Garcia I,Badia Gamarra S,Fernandez Gallego C,Delgado Ramis L,Julia Almill I,Llorens Ferrer A,Romero Ferrer B,Bayes Genis A,Muñoz Guijosa C

更新日期：2020-10-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Nutritional status of the older people is affected by various life-style factors. Although dietary habit is one of the life-style factors, it is unknown which of older home-care recipients' dietary habits are associated with malnutrition. The purpose of this study was to examine the association of dietary va...

journal_title：BMC geriatrics

authors： Tsuji T,Yamamoto K,Yamasaki K,Hayashi F,Momoki C,Yasui Y,Ohfuji S,Fukushima W,Habu D

更新日期：2019-07-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The development of ambulatory emergency care services, now called 'Same Day Emergency Care' (SDEC) has been advocated to provide sustainable high quality healthcare in an ageing population. However, there are few data on SDEC and the factors associated with successful ambulatory care in frail older people. W...

journal_title：BMC geriatrics

authors： Elias TCN,Bowen J,Hassanzadeh R,Lasserson DS,Pendlebury ST

更新日期：2021-01-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Reduced glomerular filtration rate and increased asymmetric dimethylarginine (ADMA) are prevalent in elderly people. However, most of the studies that have examined the association between the two conditions were performed in patients with renal dysfunction, but not in the general elderly population. Thus, w...

journal_title：BMC geriatrics

authors： Choi HR,Lee SW,Jeon DH,Hur NW,Youm Y,Kim HC

更新日期：2019-12-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The risk associated with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) has been decreasing for several years in intensive care departments, but is now increasing in rehabilitation and chronic-care-facilities (R-CCF). The aim of this study was to use published data and our own experience to discuss the r...

journal_title：BMC geriatrics

authors： Minary-Dohen P,Bailly P,Bertrand X,Talon D

更新日期：2003-12-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There are various definitions and diagnostic criteria for dementia, leading to discrepancies in case ascertainment in both clinical practice and research. We reviewed the different definitions, approaches and measurements used to operationalize dementia in health care studies in German nursing homes with the...

journal_title：BMC geriatrics

authors： Palm R,Jünger S,Reuther S,Schwab CG,Dichter MN,Holle B,Halek M

更新日期：2016-04-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Day-care and telephone counseling have been discussed as effective support measures for caregivers of people with cognitive impairment. METHODS:In a two-arm cluster-randomized trial involving multicomponent therapy for cognitively impaired persons in day-care centers and telephone counseling for their careg...

journal_title：BMC geriatrics

authors： Donath C,Luttenberger K,Graessel E,Scheel J,Pendergrass A,Behrndt EM

更新日期：2019-07-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Caregivers of a family member with a chronic disability or illness such as dementia are at increased risk for chronic disease. There are many factors that contribute to dementia caregiver vulnerability and these factors can be challenging to assess in clinical settings. Self-rated health (SRH) is an independ...

journal_title：BMC geriatrics

authors： von Känel R,Mausbach BT,Dimsdale JE,Ziegler MG,Mills PJ,Allison MA,Patterson TL,Ancoli-Israel S,Grant I

更新日期：2019-01-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Valid estimates of health-related quality-of-life (HRQoL) are often difficult to obtain from persons with Alzheimer's disease (AD) and family caregiver proxies. To help assess whether the general public can serve as an alternate source of proxy HRQoL estimates in AD, we examined whether the general public ca...

journal_title：BMC geriatrics

authors： Oremus M,Xie F,Pullenayegum E,Gaebel K

更新日期：2016-02-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Communication skills are known to decrease with advancing cognitive impairment. Analgesic treatment in long-term care may be deficient due to the residents' impaired ability to communicate their pain and needs. Undertreated pain frequently leads to rising BPSD in residents with cognitive impairment, resultin...

journal_title：BMC geriatrics

authors： Bauer U,Pitzer S,Schreier MM,Osterbrink J,Alzner R,Iglseder B

更新日期：2016-06-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Individualized decision making has been recommended for cancer screening decisions in older adults. Because older adults' preferences are central to individualized decisions, we assessed older adults' perspectives about continuing cancer screening later in life. METHODS:Face to face interviews with 116 resi...

journal_title：BMC geriatrics

authors： Lewis CL,Kistler CE,Amick HR,Watson LC,Bynum DL,Walter LC,Pignone MP

更新日期：2006-08-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study investigated the association between non-exercise based estimation of cardiorespiratory fitness (eCRF) and metabolic syndrome (Mets) in Korean adults aged 18 years and older (13,400 women and 9885 men). METHODS:Data from the 2008 and 2011 Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys IV...

journal_title：BMC geriatrics

authors： Lee I,Kim S,Kang H

更新日期：2020-04-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Turning is a common activity for older people, and is one of the activities commonly associated with falls during walking. Falls that occur while walking and turning have also been associated with an increased risk of hip fracture in older people. Despite the importance of stability during turning, there has...

journal_title：BMC geriatrics

authors： Asmidawati A,Hamid TA,Hussain RM,Hill KD

更新日期：2014-09-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Involving nursing home patients and their relatives in end-of-life care conversations and treatment decisions has recently gained increased importance in several Western countries. However, there is little knowledge about how the patients themselves and their next-of-kin look upon involvement in end-of-life ...

journal_title：BMC geriatrics

authors： Gjerberg E,Lillemoen L,Førde R,Pedersen R

更新日期：2015-08-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Daughters-in-law have played an important role in informal care-giving arrangements within East Asian traditional norms. The aim of this study was to measure the impact of daughter-in-law care-giving on the survival of care recipients. We prospectively examined the associations between different types of kin...

journal_title：BMC geriatrics

authors： Nishi A,Tamiya N,Kashiwagi M,Takahashi H,Sato M,Kawachi I

更新日期：2010-08-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Research indicates that exercise can have a positive effect on both physical and mental health in nursing home patients with dementia, however the lasting effect is rarely studied. In a previously published article we investigated the immediate effect of a 12 weeks functional exercise program on physical fun...

journal_title：BMC geriatrics

authors： Telenius EW,Engedal K,Bergland A

更新日期：2015-12-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Individual Cognitive Stimulation Therapy (iCST) is a one to one, carer led psychosocial intervention for people with dementia, adapted from group Cognitive Stimulation Therapy (CST). It is increasingly recognised that involving service users in research is key to developing interventions and treatments that ...

journal_title：BMC geriatrics

authors： Yates LA,Orrell M,Spector A,Orgeta V

更新日期：2015-02-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Due to the gradual loss of function, it is crucial for persons with dementia to discuss advance care planning in due course. However, nursing home staff, residents and their families feel uncomfortable to start this type of conversation, resulting in unknown (care) preferences. 'We DECide optimized' will pro...

journal_title：BMC geriatrics

authors： Goossens B,Sevenants A,Declercq A,Van Audenhove C

更新日期：2019-02-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Caregiver interventions may help improve the quality of informal care. Yet the lack of a systematic framework specifying the targets and outcomes of caregiver interventions hampers our ability to understand what has been studied, to evaluate existing programs, and to inform the design of future programs. Our...

journal_title：BMC geriatrics

authors： Van Houtven CH,Voils CI,Weinberger M

更新日期：2011-11-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Vascular dementia (VaD) is the second most common form of dementia. However, there were mixed evidences about the association between blood pressure (BP) and risk of VaD in midlife and late life and limited evidence on the association between pulse pressure and VaD. METHODS:This is a population-based observ...

journal_title：BMC geriatrics

authors： Peng M,Chen G,Tang KL,Quan H,Smith EE,Faris P,Hachinski V,Campbell NRC

更新日期：2017-10-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Nearly one in every seven Americans is 65 years and older, facing day-to-day challenge of aging. Although interest in healthy aging is growing, most of the efforts are directed towards understanding the perceptions of older adults. Little is known about the perspectives of community-based practitioners who w...

journal_title：BMC geriatrics

authors： Dev R,Zaslavsky O,Cochrane B,Eagen T,Woods NF

更新日期：2020-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cross-sectional relationships between physical activity and health have been explored extensively, but less is known about how physical activity changes with time in older people. The aim of this study was to assess baseline predictors of how objectively measured physical activity changes with time in older ...

journal_title：BMC geriatrics

authors： Clarke CL,Sniehotta FF,Vadiveloo T,Argo IS,Donnan PT,McMurdo MET,Witham MD

更新日期：2017-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Elderly patients are vulnerable to adverse drug reactions (ADRs). Drug-related readmissions (DRRs) can be a major consequence of ADR. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the effects of a ward-based, comprehensive pharmaceutical care service on the occurrence of DRRs as the endpoint in dependent-living...

journal_title：BMC geriatrics

authors： Lenssen R,Schmitz K,Griesel C,Heidenreich A,Schulz JB,Trautwein C,Marx N,Fitzner C,Jaehde U,Eisert A

更新日期：2018-06-04 00:00:00