It was not the intent of this project to draw conclusions from the type of choices made by the nurses as they gave priority to various kinds of patient care. The results of the questionnaire solely allowed for input by the nurses into the construction of the course outline. Two major ...
October 12 marks the 20th World Day for Palliative Care. The theme of the event is "Look and Share: Ten Years of Peace and Detente resolutions". The "palliative care Resolution" here refers to the "Resolution 67.19" adopted by the World Health Assembly 10 years ago in 2014, entitled "Str...
BACKGROUND: As an adjunct to the general and cancer-specific clinical and diagnostic examinations, comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) is an integral tool that examines factors affecting the course of disease and the outcome of treatment. The principal areas of focus of the CGA include the pat...
it may be anticipated that, without any change to existing policies, this burden will increase. There is a need to raise awareness of IMD, within and across medical specialties involved in the care of older adults,
In contrast, there are few opportunities of preventive exercise for highly aged people endangered by or actually in need of care. For example, they would not be able to easily go to training facilities; standard exercises may be too intensive and therefore be harmful to them; orientation ...
Discussion: The outline offers insights into a novel and comprehensive project that combines geriatric co-management with digital support tools to improve inpatient surgical care and continuity of care of older adults. Trial registration: German clinical trials registry (Deu...
BackgroundAs an adjunct to the general and cancer-specific clinical and diagnostic examinations, comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) is an integral tool that examines factors affecting the course of disease and the outcome of treatment. The principal areas of focus of the CGA include the ...
Italy. Similar courses have also been started in Australia and India. They are all open to global candidates. This course is a valuable educational opportunity for upskilling the medical and broader healthcare workforce [75,76]. The course has been an enormous success, and has been referenced ...
Figure 3. Outline of the interactive informational scenario for the presentation of COVID-19 precautionary measures. 2.2.3. Assessment Tools The evaluation of this study was carried out using a questionnaire. To take into account the specificity of each group of participants included, two versions...