Assessing the changing care needs of home care clients is challenging due to the increasing multimorbidity and heterogeneity of geriatric syndromes, including frailty, functional decline, and cognitive impairment. We described the correlation between subjective judgment of changes in self-sufficiency and m...
Family ratings of quality of end-of-life (EOL) care increased up to 2019 in a previous study on Dutch nursing home residents with dementia, while quality of dying did not. This study examines if these trends have continued based on newly collected data (2019–2024).
Although low handgrip strength (HGS) is a well-established biomarker of aging and mortality, the prognostic significance of HGS asymmetry remains underexplored. This study sought to determine the associations of HGS asymmetry patterns with frailty, comorbidities, mortality risk, and life expectancy in a la...
To evaluate the impact of shared decision making (SDM) on successful long-term care (LTC) service utilization and early readmissions among high-risk hospitalized patients.
The study aimed to explore the association between the combination of osteoporosis and sarcopenia and the prevalence of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) in Chinese community-dwelling older adults.