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Challenges in organizing care networks for the elderly in two regions of Brazil
(Curitiba, 2010-07)
The global trend of ageing populations is present in Brazil. Brazilian society is going through an intensive process of transformation, where young adults are increasingly fewer, thus raising the question of who will take ...
A population-based retrospective cohort study of end-of-life emergency department visits by people with dementia: multilevel modelling of individual- and service-level factors using linked data
(2023)
Background: emergency department (ED) visits have inherent risks for people with dementia yet increase towards the end-of-life. Although some individual-level determinants of ED visits have been identified, little is known ...
Food intake and nutritional status of hospitalised older people
(2011-09-01)
Background and aims. Disease is influenced by the nutritional status of the individual. We have assessed the relationship between nutritional status and food intake among recently hospitalised older people. Methods. A ...
Food intake and nutritional status of hospitalised older people
(2011-09-01)
Background and aims. Disease is influenced by the nutritional status of the individual. We have assessed the relationship between nutritional status and food intake among recently hospitalised older people. Methods. A ...
Standard set of health outcome measures for older persons
(BioMed Central, 2018)
BACKGROUND: The International Consortium for Health Outcomes Measurement (ICHOM) was founded in 2012 to propose consensus-based measurement tools and documentation for different conditions and populations.This article ...
From Hospital to Home Care: Creating a Domotic Environment for Elderly and Disabled People
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2016-05-13)
Advances in medicine have led to a significant increase in human life expectancy and, therefore, to a growing number of disabled elderly people who need chronic care and assistance [1]. The World Health Organization reports ...
Úlcera por pressão em idosos institucionalizados: um guia para cuidadores
(Universidade Tecnológica Federal do ParanáCuritibaPrograma de Pós-Graduação em Engenharia Biomédica, 2014-11-09)
Pressure Ulcers (PU) are areas of localized soft tissue ischemic necrosis caused by prolonged pressure higher than the capillary pressure with or without shear, related to posture which usually occurs over a bony prominence ...
Hospital length of stay among older people treated with flexible and integrative psychiatric service models in Germany
(Facultad de Medicina y Ciencia, 2019)
Objective Since 2012, a new law (</n>64b, Book V of the Social Security Code [SGB V]) regulates the implementation of flexible and integrative psychiatric treatment projects (FIT64b) in Germany. FIT64b allows rapid discharge ...
A randomized trial of a screening, case finding, and referral system for older veterans in primary care
(WILEY, 2007)
OBJECTIVES: To test whether a system of screening, assessment, referral, and follow-up provided within primary care for high-risk older outpatients improves recognition of geriatric conditions and healthcare outcomes.