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  1. The number of people of advanced age (85 years and older) is increasing and health systems may be challenged by increasing health-related needs. Recent overseas evidence suggests relatively high levels of well...

    Authors: Karen J Hayman, Ngaire Kerse, Lorna Dyall, Mere Kepa, Ruth Teh, Carol Wham, Valerie Wright-St Clair, Janine Wiles, Sally Keeling, Martin J Connolly, Tim J Wilkinson, Simon Moyes, Joanna B Broad and Santosh Jatrana
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2012 12:33
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

    The Erratum to this article has been published in BMC Geriatrics 2017 17:127

  2. Functional decline is associated with increased risk of mortality in geriatric patients. Assessment of activities of daily living (ADL) with the Barthel Index (BI) at admission was studied as a predictor of su...

    Authors: Lars E Matzen, Ditte B Jepsen, Jesper Ryg and Tahir Masud
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2012 12:32
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  3. A thorough understanding of the literature generated from research in care homes is required to support evidence-based commissioning and delivery of healthcare. So far this research has not been compiled or de...

    Authors: Adam L Gordon, Phillipa A Logan, Rob G Jones, Calum Forrester-Paton, Jonathan P Mamo and John RF Gladman
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2012 12:31
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  5. Heart failure is likely to be particularly prevalent in the nursing home population, but reliable data about the prevalence of heart failure in nursing homes are lacking. Therefore the aims of this study are t...

    Authors: Mariëlle AMJ Daamen, Jan PH Hamers, Anton PM Gorgels, Hans-Peter Brunner-la Rocca, Frans ES Tan, Marja P van Dieijen-Visser and Jos MGA Schols
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2012 12:29
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  6. The Activity in GEriatric acute CARe (AGECAR) is a randomised control trial to assess the effectiveness of an intrahospital strength and walk program during short hospital stays for improving functional capaci...

    Authors: Steven J Fleck, Natalia Bustamante-Ara, Javier Ortiz, María-Teresa Vidán, Alejandro Lucia and José A Serra-Rexach
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2012 12:28
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  7. Little is known of the importance of social support in the associations between psychological distress and somatic health problems and socio-economic factors among older adults living at home. The objectives o...

    Authors: Hege Bøen, Odd Steffen Dalgard and Espen Bjertness
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2012 12:27
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  8. Older adults receiving inpatient rehabilitation have low activity levels and poor mobility outcomes. Increased physical activity may improve mobility. The objective of this Phase II study was to evaluate the f...

    Authors: Catherine M Said, Meg E Morris, Michael Woodward, Leonid Churilov and Julie Bernhardt
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2012 12:26
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  9. Current model of medication supply to R(RACFs) in Australia is dependent on paper-based prescriptions. This study is aimed at assessing the use of a centralized medication chart as a prescription-less model fo...

    Authors: Kreshnik Hoti, Jeffery Hughes and Bruce Sunderland
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2012 12:25
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  10. It is well known that older adults are often vulnerable to malnutrition. This action research was conducted to develop a nutrition education package for promoting healthy ageing and reducing risk of chronic di...

    Authors: Suzana Shahar, Siti Nur’Asyura Adznam, Suriah Abdul Rahman, Noor Aini Mohd Yusoff, Zaitun Yassin, Fatimah Arshad, Noor Ibrahim Mohamed Sakian, Mohmad Salleh and Asnarulkhadi Abu Samah
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2012 12:24
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  11. Physical exercise has the potential to affect cognitive function, but most evidence to date focuses on cognitive effects of fitness training. Cognitive exercise also may influence cognitive function, but many ...

    Authors: Jelena Jovancevic, Caterina Rosano, Subashan Perera, Kirk I Erickson and Stephanie Studenski
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2012 12:23
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  12. 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 incont...

    Authors: Junko Sugama, Hiromi Sanada, Yoshie Shigeta, Gojiro Nakagami and Chizuko Konya
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2012 12:22
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  13. The course and outcomes of hip fracture patients are often complicated by the presence of dementia and delirium, referred to as cognitive impairment (CI), which limits access to in-patient rehabilitation. In r...

    Authors: Katherine S McGilton, Aileen Davis, Nizar Mahomed, John Flannery, Susan Jaglal, Cheryl Cott, Gary Naglie and Elizabeth Rochon
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2012 12:21
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  14. Late-life depression is a common condition and a challenging public health problem. A lack of social support is strongly associated with psychological distress. Senior centres seem to be suitable arenas for co...

    Authors: Hege Bøen, Odd Steffen Dalgard, Rune Johansen and Erik Nord
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2012 12:20
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  15. Care for older adults is facing a number of challenges: health problems are not consistently identified at a timely stage, older adults report a lack of autonomy in their care process, and care systems are oft...

    Authors: Maaike E Muntinga, Emiel O Hoogendijk, Karen M van Leeuwen, Hein PJ van Hout, Jos WR Twisk, Henriette E van der Horst, Giel Nijpels and Aaltje PD Jansen
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2012 12:19
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  16. Radical cystectomy (RC) is probably underused in elderly patients due to a potential increased postoperative complication risk, as reflected by their considerable comorbidities. Our objective was to estimate t...

    Authors: Stavros I Tyritzis, Ioannis Anastasiou, Konstantinos G Stravodimos, Aristeides Alevizopoulos, Anastasios Kollias, Antonios Balangas, Ioannis Katafigiotis, Ioannis Leotsakos, Dionysios Mitropoulos and Constantinos A Constantinides
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2012 12:18
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  17. Several studies have shown the influence of the perceptions of aging on the cognitive functioning and the mental and physical health of older people. These relationships have not to date been studied in France...

    Authors: Isabelle Ingrand, Jean Luc Houeto, Roger Gil, Hannah Mc Gee, Pierre Ingrand and Marc Paccalin
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2012 12:17
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  18. 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 ...

    Authors: Nienke Bleijenberg, Irene Drubbel, Valerie H ten Dam, Mattijs E Numans, Marieke J Schuurmans and Niek J de Wit
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2012 12:16
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  19. The centenarian population is gradually increasing, so it is becoming more common to see centenarians in clinical practice. Electrocardiogram abnormalities in the elderly have been reported, but several method...

    Authors: Ramón Rabuñal-Rey, Rafael Monte-Secades, Adriana Gomez-Gigirey, Sonia Pértega-Díaz, Ana Testa-Fernández, Salvador Pita-Fernández and Emilio Casariego-Vales
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2012 12:15
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  20. The use of warfarin in older patients requires special consideration because of concerns with comorbidities, interacting medications, and the risk of bleeding. Several studies have suggested that warfarin may ...

    Authors: Marjorie Neidecker, Aarti A Patel, Winnie W Nelson and Gregory Reardon
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2012 12:14
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  21. The Spiritual Distress Assessment Tool (SDAT) is a 5-item instrument developed to assess unmet spiritual needs in hospitalized elderly patients and to determine the presence of spiritual distress. The objectiv...

    Authors: Stefanie Monod, Estelle Martin, Brenda Spencer, Etienne Rochat and Christophe Büla
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2012 12:13
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  22. Falls are the leading cause of unintentional injury and injury-related death among older people. In addition to physical activity, vitamin D also may affect balance and neuromuscular function. Low serum 25-hyd...

    Authors: Kirsti Uusi-Rasi, Pekka Kannus, Saija Karinkanta, Matti Pasanen, Radhika Patil, Christel Lamberg-Allardt and Harri Sievänen
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2012 12:12
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  24. Comprehensive geriatric assessment has been shown to improve patient outcomes, but the geriatricians who deliver it are in short-supply. A web-based method of comprehensive geriatric assessment has been develo...

    Authors: Len Gray, Lucy Dakin, Steven Counsell, Helen Edwards, Richard Wootton and Melinda Martin-Khan
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2012 12:10
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  25. Social support has been suggested to positively influence cognition and mortality in old age. However, this suggestion has been questioned due to inconsistent operationalisations of social support among studie...

    Authors: Marion Eisele, Thomas Zimmermann, Mirjam Köhler, Birgitt Wiese, Kathrin Heser, Franziska Tebarth, Dagmar Weeg, Julia Olbrich, Michael Pentzek, Angela Fuchs, Siegfried Weyerer, Jochen Werle, Hanna Leicht, Hans-Helmut König, Melanie Luppa, Steffi Riedel-Heller…
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2012 12:9
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  26. This study sought to determine whether early allied health intervention by a dedicated Emergency Department (ED) based team, occurring before or in parallel with medical assessment, reduces hospital admission ...

    Authors: Glenn Arendts, Sarah Fitzhardinge, Karren Pronk, Mark Donaldson, Marani Hutton and Yusuf Nagree
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2012 12:8
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  27. Hospital related functional decline in older patients is an underestimated problem. Thirty-five procent of 70-year old patients experience functional decline during hospital admission in comparison with pre-il...

    Authors: Annemarie JBM de Vos, Kirsten JE Asmus-Szepesi, Ton JEM Bakker, Paul L de Vreede, Jeroen DH van Wijngaarden, Ewout W Steyerberg, Johan P Mackenbach and Anna P Nieboer
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2012 12:7
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  28. An increasing demand for acute care services due in part to rising proportions of older people and increasing rates of chronic diseases has led to new models of post-acute care for older people that offer coor...

    Authors: Leonard C Gray, Nancye M Peel, Maria Crotty, Susan E Kurrle, Lynne C Giles and Ian D Cameron
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2012 12:6
    Content type: Debate Published on:

  29. Driving retraining classes may offer an opportunity to attenuate some effects of aging that may alter driving skills. Unfortunately, there is evidence that classroom programs (driving refresher courses) do not...

    Authors: Martin Lavallière, Martin Simoneau, Mathieu Tremblay, Denis Laurendeau and Normand Teasdale
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2012 12:5
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  30. Primary care is the principle setting for depression treatment; yet many older African Americans in the United States fail to report depressive symptoms or receive the recommended standard of care. Older Afric...

    Authors: Laura N Gitlin, Lynn Fields Harris, Megan McCoy, Nancy L Chernett, Eric Jutkowitz and Laura T Pizzi
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2012 12:4
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  31. Differentiating amnestic mild cognitive impairment (aMCI) from normal cognition is difficult in clinical settings. Self-reported and informant-reported memory complaints occur often in both clinical groups, wh...

    Authors: Michael Malek-Ahmadi, Kathryn Davis, Christine M Belden, Sandra Jacobson and Marwan N Sabbagh
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2012 12:3
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  32. Following admission to a nursing home, the feelings of depression and burden that family carers may experience do not necessarily diminish. Additionally, they may experience feelings of guilt and grief for the...

    Authors: Eva S van der Ploeg, Cameron J Camp, Barbara Eppingstall, Susannah J Runci and Daniel W O'Connor
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2012 12:2
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  33. The effectiveness and efficiency of nursing-home dementia care are suboptimal: there are high rates of neuropsychiatric symptoms among the residents and work-related stress among the staff. Dementia-care mappi...

    Authors: Geertje van de Ven, Irena Draskovic, Eddy MM Adang, Rogier ART Donders, Aukje Post, Sytse U Zuidema, Raymond TCM Koopmans and Myrra JFJ Vernooij-Dassen
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2012 12:1
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  35. Geriatric patients are at high risk of re-admission after discharge. Pre-existing nutritional risk amongst these patients is of primary concern, with former nutritional intervention studies being largely ineff...

    Authors: Anne Marie Beck, Stine Kjær, Birthe S Hansen, Rikke L Storm and Kirsten Thal-Jantzen
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2011 11:90
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  36. Institutionalized older persons have a poor functional capacity. Including physical exercise in their routine activities decreases their frailty and improves their quality of life. Whole-body vibration (WBV) t...

    Authors: Mercè Sitjà-Rabert, Mª José Martínez-Zapata, Azahara Fort-Vanmeerhaeghe, Ferran Rey-Abella, Daniel Romero-Rodríguez and Xavier Bonfill
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2011 11:89
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  37. Several research studies have reported the poor quality of life of family caregivers of persons with Alzheimer's disease (AD). However, factors that influence their quality of life have not been clearly define...

    Authors: Wendy D Duggleby, Jennifer Swindle, Shelley Peacock and Sunita Ghosh
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2011 11:88
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  38. Centenarians are exceptional ageing paradigms, offering valuable information on achieving longevity. Although, there are several studies examining different biomedical factors as determinants of longevity in c...

    Authors: Xanthi Tigani, Artemios K Artemiadis, Evangelos C Alexopoulos, George P Chrousos and Christina Darviri
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2011 11:87
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  39. Unmet need to perform activities of daily living (ADL) is associated with increased use of urgent health services by the elderly. However, the reported associations may be confounded by psychological distress....

    Authors: Jacqueline M Quail, Christina Wolfson and Abby Lippman
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2011 11:86
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  40. Previous evidence indicates that older people allocate more of their attentional resources toward their gait and that the attention-related changes that occur during aging increase the risk of falls. The aim o...

    Authors: Aisling M O'Halloran, Nils Pénard, Alessandra Galli, Chie Wei Fan, Ian H Robertson and Rose Anne Kenny
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2011 11:85
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  41. Almost 90% of residents living in long-term care facilities have limited mobility which is associated with a loss of ability in activities of daily living, falls, increased risk of serious medical problems suc...

    Authors: Susan E Slaughter, Carole A Estabrooks, C Allyson Jones and Adrian S Wagg
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2011 11:84
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  42. Alzheimer's disease (AD) is common among older adults and leads to significant disability. Volatile anesthetic gases administered during general anesthesia (GA) have been hypothesized to be a risk factor for t...

    Authors: Dallas P Seitz, Prakesh S Shah, Nathan Herrmann, Joseph Beyene and Naveed Siddiqui
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2011 11:83
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  45. Osteoporosis is a major health problem, and the economic burden is expected to rise due to an increase in life expectancy throughout the world. Current observational evidence suggests that an elevated homocyst...

    Authors: Janneke P van Wijngaarden, Rosalie AM Dhonukshe-Rutten, Natasja M van Schoor, Nathalie van der Velde, Karin MA Swart, Anke W Enneman, Suzanne C van Dijk, Elske M Brouwer-Brolsma, M Carola Zillikens, Joyce BJ van Meurs, Johannes Brug, André G Uitterlinden, Paul Lips and Lisette CPGM de Groot
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2011 11:80
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  46. Inappropriate medication use (IMU) by elderly people is a public health problem associated with adverse effects on health. There are a number of methods for identifying IMU, some involving clinical judgment an...

    Authors: Lusiele Guaraldo, Fabíola G Cano, Glauciene S Damasceno and Suely Rozenfeld
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2011 11:79
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  47. The ELSA 85 project is a population-based study with the purpose to learn more about the "elderly elderly". The aim of this part of the ELSA 85 study is to explore the effects of childlessness on the psycholog...

    Authors: Josefin Vikström, Marie Bladh, Mats Hammar, Jan Marcusson, Ewa Wressle and Gunilla Sydsjö
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2011 11:78
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  48. 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 wh...

    Authors: Courtney Harold Van Houtven, Corrine I Voils and Morris Weinberger
    Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2011 11:77
    Content type: Research article Published on:
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