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BMC Geriatrics: highlights of 2018

As global populations age, new questions and challenges arise in geriatric care. BMC Geriatrics publishes important research addressing these topics, from exercise and sleep to screening for frailty and overall health, and more. Here are some of our most interesting papers from 2018.

Announcing the launch of In Review

BMC Geriatrics, in partnership with Research Square, is now offering In Review. Authors choosing this free optional service will be able to:

Share their work with fellow researchers to read, comment on, and cite even before publication
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Associations with rates of falls among home care clients in Ontario, Canada: a population-based, cross-sectional study

Authors: Derek R. Manis, Caitlin McArthur and Andrew P. Costa

Content type: Research article

27 February 2020
Predictors of healthcare utilisation among poor older people under the livelihood empowerment against poverty programme in the Atwima Nwabiagya District of Ghana

Authors: Williams Agyemang-Duah, Charles Peprah and Francis Arthur-Holmes

Content type: Research article

27 February 2020
Do healthcare needs-based population segments predict outcomes among the elderly? Findings from a prospective cohort study in an urbanized low-income community

Authors: Jia Loon Chong, Lian Leng Low, David Bruce Matchar, Rahul Malhotra, Kheng Hock Lee, Julian Thumboo and Angelique Wei-Ming Chan

Content type: Research article

27 February 2020
The care capacity goals of family carers and the role of technology in achieving them

Authors: Myles Leslie, Robin Patricia Gray, Jacquie Eales, Janet Fast, Andrew Magnaye and Akram Khayatzadeh-Mahani

Content type: Research article

27 February 2020
Effect of a polyphenol-rich dietary pattern on intestinal permeability and gut and blood microbiomics in older subjects: study protocol of the MaPLE randomised controlled trial

Authors: Simone Guglielmetti, Stefano Bernardi, Cristian Del Bo’, Antonio Cherubini, Marisa Porrini, Giorgio Gargari, Nicole Hidalgo-Liberona, Raul Gonzalez-Dominguez, Gregorio Peron, Raul Zamora-Ros, Mark S. Winterbone, Benjamin Kirkup, Paul A. Kroon, Cristina Andres-Lacueva and Patrizia Riso

Content type: Study protocol

26 February 2020

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Pain in elderly people with severe dementia: A systematic review of behavioural pain assessment tools

Authors: Sandra MG Zwakhalen, Jan PH Hamers, Huda Huijer Abu-Saad and Martijn PF Berger

Content type: Research article

27 January 2006
Is the Timed Up and Go test a useful predictor of risk of falls in community dwelling older adults: a systematic review and meta- analysis

Authors: Emma Barry, Rose Galvin, Claire Keogh, Frances Horgan and Tom Fahey

Content type: Research article

1 February 2014
A best practice fall prevention exercise program to improve balance, strength / power, and psychosocial health in older adults: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Authors: Yves J Gschwind, Reto W Kressig, Andre Lacroix, Thomas Muehlbauer, Barbara Pfenninger and Urs Granacher

Content type: Study protocol

9 October 2013
Early and late signs that precede dying among older persons in nursing homes: the multidisciplinary team’s perspective

Authors: Helene Åvik Persson, Anna Sandgren, Carl-Johan Fürst, Gerd Ahlström and Lina Behm

Content type: Research Article

4 June 2018
Pain assessment for people with dementia: a systematic review of systematic reviews of pain assessment tools

Authors: Valentina Lichtner, Dawn Dowding, Philip Esterhuizen, S José Closs, Andrew F Long, Anne Corbett and Michelle Briggs

Content type: Research article

17 December 2014

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Aims and scope

BMC Geriatrics is an open access journal publishing original peer-reviewed research articles in all aspects of the health and healthcare of older people, including the effects of healthcare systems and policies. The journal also welcomes research focused on the aging process, including cellular, genetic, and physiological processes and cognitive modifications.

Editor

Tovah Honor Aronin, BioMed Central, USA

Manuscript Editor

Oliver Cocks, BioMed Central, UK

Section Editors

Ian Cameron, University of Sydney, Australia
Kee-Lee Chou, The Hong Kong Institute of Education, Hong Kong
Danan Gu, United Nations, USA
Koen Milisen, KU Leuven, Belgium
John Tower, University of Southern California, USA
Pieter Jelle Visser, Vrije Universiteit Medical Center, Netherlands

Danan Gu, Section Editor

Danan Gu earned a Ph.D. degree in demography in Peking University in 2001. He works at the United Nations Population Division since 2009. He is Section Editor of BMC Geriatrics since 2012.

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Associations with rates of falls among home care clients in Ontario, Canada: a population-based, cross-sectional study

Predictors of healthcare utilisation among poor older people under the livelihood empowerment against poverty programme in the Atwima Nwabiagya District of Ghana

Do healthcare needs-based population segments predict outcomes among the elderly? Findings from a prospective cohort study in an urbanized low-income community

The care capacity goals of family carers and the role of technology in achieving them

Effect of a polyphenol-rich dietary pattern on intestinal permeability and gut and blood microbiomics in older subjects: study protocol of the MaPLE randomised controlled trial

Pain in elderly people with severe dementia: A systematic review of behavioural pain assessment tools

Is the Timed Up and Go test a useful predictor of risk of falls in community dwelling older adults: a systematic review and meta- analysis

A best practice fall prevention exercise program to improve balance, strength / power, and psychosocial health in older adults: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Early and late signs that precede dying among older persons in nursing homes: the multidisciplinary team’s perspective

Pain assessment for people with dementia: a systematic review of systematic reviews of pain assessment tools

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Section Editors

Danan Gu, Section Editor

BMC Series blog

How can we sustain family carers’ capacity to care? What carers need and how technology can help provide it

Human Pancreas Organoids: A step closer to understanding biology & treating disease

What influences men to take part in weight loss programs?

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