Older adults with dementia are at higher risk for sustaining hip fracture and their long-term health outcomes after surgery are usually worse than those without dementia. Widespread adoption of electronic health records (EHRs) may allow hospitals to better monitor long-term health outcomes in patients with...
Osteoporotic fractures are a common and serious health problem for older adults living in nursing homes (NHs). Risk of fracture increases with age and dementia status, yet gaps in evidence result in controversies around when to start and stop treatment for osteoporosis in NH residents, particularly those w...
Osteoporosis and dementia often coexist, but the association between the 2 diseases remains unclear. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between bone mineral density (BMD) and the risk of incident dementia.
We examined whether the comorbidity burden of patients with hip fracture was associated with quality of in-hospital care reflected by fulfillment of process performance measures.
Osteoporosis is underdiagnosed and undertreated in people living in Residential Aged Care Facilities (RACFs), even though aged-care residents are at greater risk of experiencing fractures than their community-dwelling counterparts. The first (2009) and second (2016) Consensus Conferences on the Treatment o...
To assess the independent effect of delirium on mortality and disability after 1 year of follow-up, in consecutive older patients with hip fracture hospitalized for surgical repair.
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