Dysbiosis, gut barrier dysfunction and inflammation in dementia: a pilot study.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Most older adults with urinary incontinence use absorbent pads. Because of exposure to moisture and chemical irritating substances in urine, the perineal skin region is always at risk for development of incontinence-associated dermatitis (IAD). The aim of this study was to examine the efficacy of an improved...

journal_title：BMC geriatrics

authors： Sugama J,Sanada H,Shigeta Y,Nakagami G,Konya C

更新日期：2012-05-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The UK, like other developed countries, is experiencing a marked change in the age structure of its population characterised by increasing life expectancy and continuing growth in the older fraction of the population. There is remarkably little up-to-date information about the health of the oldest old (over ...

journal_title：BMC geriatrics

authors： Collerton J,Barrass K,Bond J,Eccles M,Jagger C,James O,Martin-Ruiz C,Robinson L,von Zglinicki T,Kirkwood T

更新日期：2007-06-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Point prevalence studies in care homes show a high use of antibiotics, especially to treat urinary tract infections (UTI). There is a lack of large studies presenting annual antibiotic prescription data in care homes compared to those not in care homes. This study aimed to describe the pattern of antibiotic ...

journal_title：BMC geriatrics

authors： Sundvall PD,Stuart B,Davis M,Roderick P,Moore M

更新日期：2015-06-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:International guidelines recommend adapting the classic emergency department (ED) management model to the needs of older adults in order to ameliorate post-ED outcomes among this vulnerable group. To improve the care for older ED patients and especially prevent unplanned ED readmissions, the URGENT care mode...

journal_title：BMC geriatrics

authors： Devriendt E,Heeren P,Fieuws S,Wellens NIH,Deschodt M,Flamaing J,Sabbe M,Milisen K

更新日期：2018-10-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although population-based studies have shown frailty predicted future falls, their follow-up periods were one year or longer and short-term fall risks associated with frailty are unknown. METHODS:A prospective cohort study nested within a randomised controlled trial was conducted to examine associations bet...

journal_title：BMC geriatrics

authors： Kojima G,Kendrick D,Skelton DA,Morris RW,Gawler S,Iliffe S

更新日期：2015-12-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In Germany, the number of people with dementia living in nursing homes is rapidly increasing. Providing adequate care for their special needs is a challenge for institutions and their staff members. Because of the growing number of people with dementia, changes to the conceptual orientation of nursing homes ...

journal_title：BMC geriatrics

authors： Palm R,Köhler K,Schwab CG,Bartholomeyczik S,Holle B

更新日期：2013-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Many balance and strength tests exist that have been designed for older seniors, often aged ≥70 years. To guide strategies for preventing functional decline, valid and reliable tests are needed to detect early signs of functional decline in young seniors. Currently, little is known about which tests are bein...

journal_title：BMC geriatrics

authors： Bergquist R,Weber M,Schwenk M,Ulseth S,Helbostad JL,Vereijken B,Taraldsen K

更新日期：2019-01-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Currently, primary care for frail older people is reactive, time consuming and does not meet patients' needs. A transition is needed towards proactive and integrated care, so that daily functioning and a good quality of life can be preserved. To work towards these goals, two interventions were developed to e...

journal_title：BMC geriatrics

authors： Bleijenberg N,Drubbel I,Ten Dam VH,Numans ME,Schuurmans MJ,de Wit NJ

更新日期：2012-04-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Physical activity is of vital importance to older peoples' health. Physical activity intervention studies with older people often have low recruitment, yet little is known about non-participants. METHODS:Patients aged 60-74 years from three UK general practices were invited to participate in a nurse-support...

journal_title：BMC geriatrics

authors： Rogers A,Harris T,Victor C,Woodcock A,Limb E,Kerry S,Iliffe S,Whincup P,Ekelund U,Beighton C,Ussher M,Adams F,Cook DG

更新日期：2014-04-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:According to the World Health Organization, the elderly are at the highest risk of injury or death from a fall. Age-related changes in strength, balance and flexibility are degenerative factors that may increase the risk of falling, and an aquatic training may offer a favourable environment to improve these ...

journal_title：BMC geriatrics

authors： Martínez-Carbonell Guillamón E,Burgess L,Immins T,Martínez-Almagro Andreo A,Wainwright TW

更新日期：2019-02-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although physician-rated health is emerging as a potentially useful variable in research, with implications in practice, it has not been analyzed. Moreover, one of its most important aspects, namely, concordance with patients' objective health state, has not been investigated. This study sought to measure co...

journal_title：BMC geriatrics

authors： Damián J,Pastor-Barriuso R,Valderrama-Gama E,de Pedro-Cuesta J

更新日期：2015-07-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:People with dementia describe experiences of loss that threaten their autonomy and ability to contribute to society. They often have difficulties with orientation, loss of roll function, and fear about the future, and need help from others. An increasing body of literature also focuses on how people with dem...

journal_title：BMC geriatrics

authors： Bjørkløf GH,Helvik AS,Ibsen TL,Telenius EW,Grov EK,Eriksen S

更新日期：2019-10-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Improved usual gait speed predicts substantial reduction in mortality. A better understanding of the modifiable factors that are independently associated with improved gait speed would ensure that intervention strategies are developed based on a valid theoretical framework. Thus, we examined the independent ...

journal_title：BMC geriatrics

authors： Liu-Ambrose T,Davis JC,Nagamatsu LS,Hsu CL,Katarynych LA,Khan KM

更新日期：2010-05-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Use of monitoring technologies (e.g. wearable or environmental sensors) in long-term care generates extensive ethical debate, primarily about their potential to enhance resident safety weighed against concerns about their impacts upon resident autonomy. There are a number of other ethical aspects which are f...

journal_title：BMC geriatrics

authors： Hall A,Brown Wilson C,Stanmore E,Todd C

更新日期：2019-05-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Older persons represent a growing share of the population, yet very little is known about their specific healthcare needs, problems, and expectations. IMPROVE is an international research project that seeks to improve elderly persons' involvement in their healthcare. This paper analyzes perceptions of patien...

journal_title：BMC geriatrics

authors： Rotar-Pavlic D,Svab I,Wetzels R

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Falling is common among older people. The Timed-Up-and-Go Test (TUG) is recommended as a screening tool for falls but its predictive value has been challenged. The objectives of this study were to examine the ability of TUG to predict future falls and to estimate the optimal cut-off point to identify those w...

journal_title：BMC geriatrics

authors： Kojima G,Masud T,Kendrick D,Morris R,Gawler S,Treml J,Iliffe S

更新日期：2015-04-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To examine the relationship between social support and depressive symptoms of Chinese family caregivers of older people with disabilities, and to evaluate the role of caregiver burden as a potential mediator of that relationship. METHODS:A survey questionnaire was completed face-to-face by 567 primary famil...

journal_title：BMC geriatrics

authors： Zhong Y,Wang J,Nicholas S

更新日期：2020-01-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Completion of advance directives (ADs) and power of attorney (POA) documents may protect a person's autonomy in future health care situations when the individual lacks decisional capacity. As such situations become naturally much more common in old age, we specifically aimed at providing information on (i) t...

journal_title：BMC geriatrics

authors： Luck T,Rodriguez FS,Wiese B,van der Leeden C,Heser K,Bickel H,In der Schmitten J,Koenig HH,Weyerer S,Mamone S,Mallon T,Wagner M,Weeg D,Fuchs A,Brettschneider C,Werle J,Scherer M,Maier W,Riedel-Heller SG,AgeCoDe & Ag

更新日期：2017-04-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Increasing viscosity can reduce the risk of aspiration into the airway, but excessively thickened food may require more force and effort. We assumed that semi-solid foods with similar viscosities will behave differently in the oropharynx and there might exist the possibility that properties other than viscos...

journal_title：BMC geriatrics

authors： Park JW,Lee S,Yoo B,Nam K

更新日期：2020-11-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study examined ethnic differences in ageing perceptions of migrant Turkish and native Dutch elders residing in Rotterdam, and explored whether such differences could be attributed to culture or resources (personal, physical, economic and/or social). METHODS:This study was based on combined data from tw...

journal_title：BMC geriatrics

authors： Cramm JM,Nieboer AP

更新日期：2017-07-21 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:In long-term care (LTC) homes in the province of Ontario, implementation of the Minimum Data Set (MDS) assessment and The Braden Scale for predicting pressure ulcer risk were occurring simultaneously. The purpose of this study was, using available data sources, to develop a bedside MDS-based scale to identif...

journal_title：BMC geriatrics

authors： Poss J,Murphy KM,Woodbury MG,Orsted H,Stevenson K,Williams G,Macalpine S,Curtin-Telegdi N,Hirdes JP

更新日期：2010-09-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In line with a rapidly ageing global population, the rise in the frequency of falls will lead to increased healthcare and social care costs. This study will be one of the few randomized controlled trials evaluating a multifaceted falls intervention in a low-middle income, culturally-diverse older Asian commu...

journal_title：BMC geriatrics

authors： Tan PJ,Khoo EM,Chinna K,Hill KD,Poi PJ,Tan MP

更新日期：2014-06-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Research participation burden, despite being an integral concept in research ethics, is not well-conceptualized in the context of the use of technology in research. This knowledge gap is especially critical for the older adult population as new technology solutions are increasingly embedded in clinical trial...

journal_title：BMC geriatrics

authors： Kabacińska K,Sharma N,Kaye J,Mattek N,Kuzeljevic B,Robillard JM

更新日期：2020-02-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aims of this study are to examine possible associations between left cardiac ventricular measures in sixth decade and cognitive performance, both cross sectionally and longitudinally, and to examine if left cardiac ventricular measures could predict future changes in cerebral blood flow (CBF). METHODS:2...

journal_title：BMC geriatrics

authors： Furuäng L,Wollmer P,Siennicki-Lantz A,Elmståhl S

更新日期：2013-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Comprehensive adoption of culture change via person-centered care (PCC) practices in nursing homes has been slow. Change such as this, requires transformation of organizational culture, frequently generating resistance and slow moving change. This study examined how nursing homes perceive their adoption of P...

journal_title：BMC geriatrics

authors： Cornelison LJ,Hermer L,Syme ML,Doll G

更新日期：2019-04-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite their strong increase, the population of the very old, including near-centenarians and centenarians, represent an unstudied and underserved population. Available studies mostly concentrate on predictors of exceptional longevity, but rarely extend their focus to other areas of functioning. Also, littl...

journal_title：BMC geriatrics

authors： Jopp DS,Park MK,Lehrfeld J,Paggi ME

更新日期：2016-01-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In this paper, we analyse the economic burden of elder care in the Czech Republic by assessing how family members of senior citizens engage in caregiving. To do this, we examined the time and cost associated with caregiving as a function of age, gender, and income of the caregiver. METHODS:A questionnaire c...

journal_title：BMC geriatrics

authors： Maresova P,Lee S,Fadeyi OO,Kuca K

更新日期：2020-05-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Reablement is a philosophy of change in long-term care (LTC). Assessing the knowledge and competence of LTC professionals who provide reablement services is vital in LTC research. This study aimed to develop a scale for the assessment of long-term care reablement literacy (LTCRL) and employ this scale to ass...

journal_title：BMC geriatrics

authors： Yu HW,Chiu TY,Chen PY,Liao TH,Chang WH,Wang MW,Lin PS

更新日期：2020-11-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Balance control, and specifically balance reactive responses that contribute to maintaining balance when balance is lost unexpectedly, is impaired in older people. This leads to an increased fall risk and injurious falls. Improving balance reactive responses is one of the goals in fall-prevention training pr...

journal_title：BMC geriatrics

authors： Batcir S,Livne Y,Lev Lehman R,Edelman S,Schiller L,Lubovsky O,Shani G,Shapiro A,Melzer I

更新日期：2021-01-21 00:00:00