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  1. Recent research has shown that wearing multifocal glasses increases the risk of trips and falls in older people. The aim of this study is to determine whether the provision of single-lens distance glasses to o...

    Authors: Mark J Haran, Stephen R Lord, Ian D Cameron, Rebecca Q Ivers, Judy M Simpson, Bonsan B Lee, Mamta Porwal, Marcella MS Kwan and Connie Severino
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2009 9:10
  2. Although most older people living in nursing homes die there, there is a dearth of robust evaluations of interventions to improve their end-of-life care. Residents usually have multiple health problems making ...

    Authors: Sue Hall, Harvey Chochinov, Richard Harding, Scott Murray, Alison Richardson and Irene J Higginson
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2009 9:9
  3. Disability and falls are particularly common among older people who have recently been hospitalised. There is evidence that disability severity and fall rates can be reduced by well-designed exercise intervent...

    Authors: Catherine Sherrington, Stephen R Lord, Constance M Vogler, Jacqueline CT Close, Kirsten Howard, Catherine M Dean, Lindy Clemson, Elizabeth Barraclough, Elisabeth Ramsay, Sandra D O'Rourke and Robert G Cumming
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2009 9:8
  4. Sudden emotions may interfere with mechanisms for keeping balance among the elderly. The aim of this study is to analyse if emotional stress and specifically feelings of anger, sadness, worries, anxiety or str...

    Authors: Jette Möller, Johan Hallqvist, Lucie Laflamme, Fredrik Mattsson, Sari Ponzer, Siv Sadigh and Karin Engström
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2009 9:7
  5. For older persons with complex care needs, accounting for the variability and interdependency in how health dimensions manifest themselves is necessary to understand the dynamic of health status. Our objective...

    Authors: Louise Lafortune, François Béland, Howard Bergman and Joël Ankri
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2009 9:6
  6. Inappropriate prescribing (IP) in older patients is highly prevalent and is associated with an increased risk of adverse drug events (ADEs), morbidity, mortality and healthcare utilisation. Consequently, IP is...

    Authors: Hilary J Hamilton, Paul F Gallagher and Denis O'Mahony
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2009 9:5
  7. The delay in discharge or transfer of care back to the community following an acute admission to the hospital in older adults has long been a recognized challenge in the UK. We examined the determinants and ou...

    Authors: Krishantha H Jasinarachchi, Ibrahim R Ibrahim, Breffni C Keegan, Rajaratnam Mathialagan, John C McGourty, James RN Phillips and Phyo K Myint
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2009 9:4
  8. Small-scale and homelike facilities for older people with dementia are rising in current dementia care. In these facilities, a small number of residents live together and form a household with staff. Normal, d...

    Authors: Hilde Verbeek, Erik van Rossum, Sandra MG Zwakhalen, Ton Ambergen, Gertrudis IJM Kempen and Jan PH Hamers
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2009 9:3
  9. Despite the finding that Parkinson disease (PD) occurs in more than one in every 1000 people older than 60 years, there have been few attempts to quantify how deficits in impairments, activity, participation, ...

    Authors: Meg E Morris, Jennifer J Watts, Robert Iansek, Damien Jolley, Donald Campbell, Anna T Murphy and Clarissa L Martin
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2009 9:2

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