In the English journal Physiotherapy of May, 1959, an article entitled "Medical and Vocational Co-operation of the Aging", by Rudd and Feingold, gives some interesting figures for America. They start at the age of 45 years, pointing out the difficulty that people over that age have in ...
The Role of Geriatrics in a Family Practice Residency Program In an attempt to clarify the role of geriatrics in family practice, the program at St. Joseph's Hospital and Nursing Home of Yonkers is outlined. The objective of this Family Practice Program are: 1) to assist in identifying needs...
The improvement of the quality of care and long-term care research, as well as better recognition for the health care professionals who work in this arena is clearly an important role of the geriatrician (153,154). A research agenda has been set by the IAGG-GARN nursing home group (155)...
etc.In future,we should carry on the therapeutic and preventive research on cerebral and vascular diseases and malignant tumors.Moreover our attention should be paid to those disease,which may develop into serious threat to healthy longevity in the aged,such as senile dementia,osteoporosis and die...
Home healthcare professionals' perspectives on quality dimensions for home pharmaceutical care in Japan Fujita, Kenji;Kushida, Kazuki;Moles, Rebekah J.;Chen, Timothy F. 35-43 Change in number of potentially inappropriate medications impacts on the nutritional status in a convalescent rehabilitation ...
The majority of persons with dementia (PWD) are mainly cared for by their family members in the home. Evidence is however scarce on family caregivers’ psychosocial burden and quality of life in Asian countries including Malaysia. This study describes the baseline data of a telephone-delivered psy...
comprehensive geriatric assessment, or home visits in the first year; 22 afternoons of nursing home, subacute, and geriatric psychiatry training in year 2; and a 4-week inpatient/outpatient geriatrics rotation in the third year of residency. In addition, changes in knowledge and personal attitudes...
This practically oriented series presents state of the art knowledge on the principal diseases encountered in older persons and addresses all aspects of management, including current multidisciplinary diagnostic and therapeutic approaches. It is intended as an educational tool that will enhance the everyday...
It is uncertain how many people who live in the United States are homebound. Objectives To develop measures of the frequency of leaving and ability to leave the home and to use these measures to estimate the size of the homebound population in the US population. Design, Setting, and ...
Subsequently, changes to the German Clinical Trials Register entry will be made. Intervention The new form of healthcare Stay@Home – Treat@Home (STH) focuses on establishing an interdisciplinary and trans-sectoral network for low-threshold outpatient care in the home of care dependent individuals....