Geriatrics  

Rebecca Brandes, Elias Miranda, Alice Bonner, Joelle Baehrend, Terry Fulmer and Jennifer Lenoci-Edwards

A disproportionate number of older adult residents of U.S. nursing homes have died during the COVID-19 pandemic. The novelty of the virus spurred frequently changing guidance as nursing facilities navigated response efforts. In May 2020, the 6-month COVID... see more

Mark Forman, Alex Kouassi, Teresa Brandt, Lee Barsky, Cynthia Zamora and Daryl Dekarske

Dysphagia (difficulty swallowing) affects up to 13% of persons 65 years and older and 51% of older persons in nursing homes and can contribute to reduced adherence to oral medications. This was an exploratory, single-center, open-label, randomized, crosso... see more

Kimberley Wilson, Arne Stinchcombe and Sophie M. Regalado

Canada has a unique socio-political history concerning the inclusion of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) people. With aging populations, understanding diverse groups of older adults is paramount. We completed a systematic search and... see more

Ryuichi Ohta, Akinori Ueno, Jun Kitayuguchi, Yoshihiro Moriwaki, Jun Otani and Chiaki Sano

Comprehensive care through family medicine can enhance the approach to multimorbidity, interprofessional collaboration, and community care, and make medical care more sustainable for older people. This study investigated the effect of implementing family ... see more

Kevin Zhai, Azwa Dilawar, Mohammad S. Yousef, Sean Holroyd, Haithem El-Hammali and Marwa Abdelmonem

Virtual reality (VR) describes a family of technologies which immerse users in sensorily-stimulating virtual environments. Such technologies have increasingly found applications in the treatment of neurological and mental health disorders. Depression, anx... see more

Ruth Tappen, Edgar Ramos Vieira, Sareen S. Gropper, David Newman and Cassandre Horne

Over 80% of adults in the US fail to meet the =150 min weekly physical activity guideline; 40% age = 75 are entirely inactive. The study purpose was to understand the reasons why community-dwelling older adults (age = 60) from diverse backgrounds increase... see more

Yuria Ishida, Keisuke Maeda, Yosuke Yamanaka, Remi Matsuyama, Ryoko Kato, Makoto Yamaguchi, Tomoyuki Nonogaki, Akio Shimizu, Junko Ueshima, Kenta Murotani and Naoharu Mori

Dorte Melgaard, Albert Westergren, Conni Skrubbeltrang and David Smithard

Oropharyngeal dysphagia is common in nursing home residents. The objective of this scoping review was to summarize and disseminate the findings from the literature on interventions for dysphagia in nursing home residents. Searches were conducted in four d... see more

Eric Tam, Pedro Kondak Villas Boas, Fernando Ruaro, Juliane Flesch, Jennifer Wu, Amelia Thomas, James Li and Felipe Lopes

Digital health programs offer numerous psychological and physical health benefits. To date, digital programs have been aimed broadly at younger participants, yet older individuals may also benefit. Our study sought to demonstrate user feasibility and sati... see more

Peggy M. Cawthon, Stephanie L. Harrison, Tara Rogers-Soeder, Katey Webber, Satya Jonnalagadda, Suzette L. Pereira, Nancy Lane, Jane A. Cauley, James M. Shikany, Samaneh Farsijani and Lisa Langsetmo

How different measures of adiposity are similarly or differentially related to mobility limitation and mortality is not clear. In total, 5849 community-dwelling men aged =65 years (mean age: 72 years) were followed mortality over 10 years and self-reporte... see more

Stephanie MacLeod, Rifky Tkatch, Sandra Kraemer, Annette Fellows, Michael McGinn, James Schaeffer and Charlotte S. Yeh

Risk of COVID-19 exposure and more severe illness are serious concerns for older adults. Social distancing has worsened existing social isolation, with severe impacts on connectedness among seniors. The pandemic is threatening to cause an extended health ... see more

Tanja Schultz, Felix Putze, Lars Steinert, Ralf Mikut, Anamaria Depner, Andreas Kruse, Ingo Franz, Philipp Gaerte, Todor Dimitrov, Tobias Gehrig, Jana Lohse and Clarissa Simon

I-CARE is a hand-held activation system that allows professional and informal caregivers to cognitively and socially activate people with dementia in joint activation sessions without special training or expertise. I-CARE consists of an easy-to-use tablet... see more

David Moloney, Silvin P. Knight, Louise Newman, Rose Anne Kenny and Roman Romero-Ortuno

Previous research cross-sectionally characterised eight morphological systolic blood pressure (SBP) active stand (AS) patterns using a clinical clustering approach at Wave 1 (W1) of the Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing. We explored the longitudinal stab... see more

Christopher Fang, Nicholas Pagani, Matthew Gordon, Carl T. Talmo, David A. Mattingly and Eric L. Smith

The demand for revision total joint arthroplasties (rTJAs) is expected to increase as the age of the population continues to rise. Accurate cost data regarding hospital expenses for differing age groups are needed to deliver optimal care within value-base... see more

Roger E. Thomas

The COVID-19 pandemic identifies the problems of preventing respiratory illnesses in seniors, especially frail multimorbidity seniors in nursing homes and Long-Term Care Facilities (LCTFs). Medline and Embase were searched for nursing homes, long-term car... see more

Alexa L. Siegfried, Alycia Bayne, Laurie F. Beck and Katherine Freund

In the United States, older adults (age 65 and older) rely on private automobiles for transportation. For those who stop driving, access to alternative modes of transportation is important for health, wellbeing, mobility, and independence. This paper expl... see more

Tina Hansen, Rikke Lundsgaard Nielsen, Morten Baltzer Houlind, Juliette Tavenier, Line Jee Hartmann Rasmussen, Lillian Mørch Jørgensen, Charlotte Treldal, Anne Marie Beck, Mette Merete Pedersen, Ove Andersen, Janne Petersen and Aino Leegaard Andersen

There is evolving evidence for an association between dysphagia and sarcopenia in older adults. For optimizing the acute health care initiative across health care settings, this study investigated prevalence and time-course of dysphagia in older patients ... see more

Xuan Di, Rongye Shi, Carolyn DiGuiseppi, David W. Eby, Linda L. Hill, Thelma J. Mielenz, Lisa J. Molnar, David Strogatz, Howard F. Andrews, Terry E. Goldberg, Barbara H. Lang, Minjae Kim and Guohua Li

Emerging evidence suggests that atypical changes in driving behaviors may be early signals of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and dementia. This study aims to assess the utility of naturalistic driving data and machine learning techniques in predicting in... see more

Shelley A. Sternberg, Shiri Shinan-Altman, Ladislav Volicer, David J. Casarett and Jenny T. van der Steen

Palliative care including hospice care is appropriate for advanced dementia, but policy initiatives and implementation have lagged, while treatment may vary. We compare care for people with advanced dementia in the United States (US), The Netherlands, and... see more

Anna Tsiakiri, Konstantinos Vadikolias, Grigorios Tripsianis, Pinelopi Vlotinou, Aspasia Serdari, Aikaterini Terzoudi and Ioannis Heliopoulos

The current study aims to investigate the influence of socio-demographic factors on the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) test results in a Greek-speaking population consisting of a sample of healthy older adults, individuals with mild cognitive impair... see more

Antonino C. Tralongo, Roberto S. Fratamico, Chiara Russo, Andrea Sbrana, Andrea Antonuzzo and Marco Danova

Brett Davis, Yi-Hsuan Liu, James Stampley, G. Craig Wood, Diane C. Mitchell, Gordon L. Jensen, Xiang Gao, Nancy W. Glynn, Christopher D. Still and Brian A. Irving

More perceived physical fatigability and poor diet quality are associated with impairments in physical function in older adults. However, the degree to which more perceived fatigability explains the association between poor diet quality and low physical f... see more

Margaret Dunham, Antonio Bonacaro, Patricia Schofield, Liz Bacon, Fotios Spyridonis and Hadi Mehrpouya

(1) Background: Older people’s chronic pain is often not well managed because of fears of side-effects and under-reporting. Telehealth interventions, in the form of smartphone applications, are attracting much interest in the management of chronic disease... see more

Gabriella C. Dong and Mengting Li

Existing studies on traumatic events focused on children, while it has been understudied in older adults. This study aims to examine prevalence, frequency, and severity of life events in older Chinese Americans. The data were drawn from the Population Stu... see more

Eduardo Teixeira, Hélder Fonseca, Florêncio Diniz-Sousa, Lucas Veras, Giorjines Boppre, José Oliveira, Diogo Pinto, Alberto Jorge Alves, Ana Barbosa, Romeu Mendes and Inês Marques-Aleixo

The availability of wearable devices (WDs) to collect biometric information and their use during activities of daily living is significantly increasing in the general population. These small electronic devices, which record fitness and health-related outc... see more

Jack M. Guralnik, Jerome N. Feige, Anurag Singh and Roger A. Fielding

Aging is a primary risk factor for the progressive loss of function, disease onset, and increased vulnerability to negative health-related outcomes. These clinical manifestations arise in part from declines in mitochondrial, metabolic, and other processes... see more

David G Smithard, Nadir Abdelhameed, Thwe Han and Angelo Pieris

Discussion regarding cardiopulmonary resuscitation and admission to an intensive care unit is frequently fraught in the context of older age. It is complicated by the fact that the presence of multiple comorbidities and frailty adversely impact on prognos... see more

Takeshi Yoda, Bumnet Saengrut, Benjamas Suksatit, Kanae Kanda, Hiromi Suzuki, Rujee Rattanasathien, Rujirat Pudwan and Hironobu Katsuyama

This study aimed to establish the quality of life and mental health status among older Japanese people living in Chiang Mai, Thailand. We conducted a questionnaire survey among Japanese retired people aged 50 years or over who had been living in Thailand.... see more

Motofumi Suzuki, Megumi Kodaira, Keiko Suyama, Taro Murata and Haruki Kume

Urinary and fecal incontinence as well as skin pressure injury are common healthcare problems in nursing homes; however, the prevalence and related risk factors were not well understood in the Japanese special elderly nursing home settings. We surveyed th... see more