The objective of this study was to examine the incidence of new onset depressive symptoms and associated factors over a 1-year period in an older Chinese suburban population.
The objectives of this study were to assess demographic trends of a long-term care institution (LTCI) for the aged throughout 24 years and to discuss the results considering regulations and demographic, socioeconomic, and epidemiological changes in Brazil during this period.
Early research reported that older adults who stopped walking when they began a conversation were more likely to fall in the future. As a systematic measure of dual-task performance, Verghese and colleagues developed the Walking While Talking (WWT) test, in which a person walks at a normal pace while recit...
Many geriatric patients who would benefit from a stay in an acute geriatric ward (AGW) are not identified because of the lack of objective and standardized predictive measures for rehabilitation success. We thus aimed to develop 2 easy-to-use, standardized predictive scores, Discharged Home Score (DHS) and...
Throughout Europe, the number of older adults requiring acute hospitalization is increasing. Admission to an acute geriatric unit outside of a general hospital could be an alternative. In this model of acute medical care, comprehensive geriatric assessment and rehabilitation are provided to selected older ...