Frail elderly people
Outcomes of Integrated Community Care Interventions for Frail Elderly People: A Literature Review
... This study aimed to summarize the outcome measures and the significant outcome of effective integrated community care for frail elderly people through a literature review. A literature search was ...
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Relationship between subjective fall risk assessment and falls and fall-related fractures in frail elderly people
... among frail elderly adults who have many risk factors for ...all frail elderly adults using objective measures that can identify only specific ...in frail elderly people, ...
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Determination of whether the association between serum albumin and activities of daily living in frail elderly people is causal
... The strength of the present study is its prospective cohort design, which is suitable for the detection of caus- ative factors. However, this study also has a number of limitations. The sample size was relatively small, ...
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Design of a randomized controlled study of a multi-professional and multidimensional intervention targeting frail elderly people
... Background: Frail elderly people need an integrated and coordinated ...for frail elderly people” is a multi-professional and multidimensional intervention for frail ...
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Fidelity and moderating factors in complex interventions: a case study of a continuum of care program for frail elderly people in health and social care
... Adherence and moderating factors were evaluated with observations, interviews, and document analysis. The second author of this paper conducted non-partici- pant observations of the case managers’ work practices. The CM ...
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Exercise and health in frail elderly people: a review of randomized controlled trials
... “ frail ” older adults, which diminishes comparability among ...11]. Frail older adults often present a comorbidity condition and functional limitations [6], which indicate a strong linkage among these ...
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Differences in trunk accelerometry between frail and non frail elderly persons in functional tasks
... in elderly persons with a high risk of falls during the traditional three meter test, focusing solely on transitions in Si-St and ...in frail and non-frail elderly people ...
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Factors associated with the utilization and costs of health and social services in frail elderly patients
... Conclusions: The results of this study showed municipality-level variation in the utilization of social services, whereas health care services provided for frail elderly people seem to be highly ...
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What does the vibration therapy add? A quasi-experimental, pilot study on the short term effects of whole-body vibration as mode of exercise for nursing home residents aged 80+
... for frail elderly people (in this case, nursing home residents aged 80+) by conducting a small, quasi-experimental study comparing the short term responses of nursing home residents aged 80+ to an ...
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The effects of a muscle resistance program on the functional capacity, knee extensor muscle strength and plasma levels of IL 6 and TNF α in pre frail elderly women: a randomized crossover clinical trial a study protocol
... pre-frail elderly people appear to respond better to interventions, resulting in a greater possibility of modifications that influence muscle ...
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Frail elderly patients’ experiences of information on medication. A qualitative study
... among frail elderly people and what can be done to improve the situation, which is important, since these people often have multiple illnesses, take many medi- cines regularly and consume a ...
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Process Mining in Frail Elderly Care: A Literature Review
... healthcare. Frail elderly people who have an increased risk of adverse outcomes are amongst the main users of healthcare services and understanding healthcare processes for the frail ...
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The everyday ethics of field work research with vulnerable patients.
... The patients included in the study were elderly and had a diagnosis of dementia. Their consent to participate was subject to capacity assessment to consent, consultation with staff and assent of carers [13]. The ...
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<p>Preserved physical fitness is associated with lower 1-year mortality in frail elderly patients with a severe comorbidity burden</p>
... Patients were identified by a general practitioner at the health care center or by the ambulance staff. When they found a person aged 75 years or more and in need of medical inpatient care, they called the geriatric ...
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Effects of comprehensive geriatric assessment on physical fitness in an acute medical setting for frail elderly patients
... patient was instructed to squeeze his/her dominant hand as hard as possible and then relax. The outcome is the peak value (kg) of three attempts, with a short rest (about 1 minute) between each try. If the patient was ...
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The trajectory of decline : a quantitative study to identify variations in the longitudinal functional profile of an Australian nursing home population
... Page 98 of 242 Changes to life expectancy are mainly the result of babies surviving their first year of life. In Australia the mortality rate of infants in 1901-1910 was high which kept the life expectancy low ...
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Interprofessional and integrated care of the elderly in a family health team
... the frail elderly population, but many challenges and barriers can lead to difficulties with fragmented, ineffective, and inefficient ...the frail elderly living in the community and to ...
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Refeeding syndrome in the frail elderly population: prevention, diagnosis and management
... the frail elderly population and is a main topic in geriatric ...the frail elderly, if not recognized in a timely manner and treated ...
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Integrated care for frail elderly compared to usual care: a study protocol of a quasi-experiment on the effects on the frail elderly, their caregivers, health professionals and health care costs
... Though widely acknowledged and pursued, the imple- mentation and evaluation of integrated services for the frail elderly has not yet reached its full potential. Much is still unknown regarding how services ...
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Economic Independence For Mothers of Young Children: Impossible Dream or Agenda For Change?
... for people who have chosen to stay at home, so their kids are not playing in the posh subsidised playground at the local crèche that’s got the latest equipment in it, but they play in the poxy one up the local ...
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