A tool to assess nutritional status in older persons was really needed. It took 5 years to design the MNA® (Mini Nutrition Assessment) tool, complete
Without appropriate observation and supports, older adults may suffer negative consequences. Difficulties with home health or self-care tasks that go unrecognized and/or undetected can result in challenges with treatment plan compliance, risk for accident and injury, adverse health outcomes, increased ...
23, we predicted that scores on national identity and collective narcissism (belief in the superiority of one’s country) would be higher in older adults and predict an in-country preference
Also, they are often more readily available for questions that older adults may have about their disorders or treatment. Nurses may teach older adults about measures to help maintain good health, such as diet, safety, stress management, sleep, and exercise. Ot...
This study assessed older, community dwelling, adults prescribed six or more medication. The participants were divided between treatment and current practice arms, with the treatment arm undergoing a Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment in the community and medication review. Results demonstrated that the ...
framework, further tests will also examine interaction effects, to determine whether the magnitude of the treatment effect varies as a function of initial cognitive status, and whether other factors, such as carriage of the ApoE-e4 allele, sex, or initial n-3 status, moderate the treatment ...
Older adults use a large amount of health care services, however the current health care system is not well designed to meet their needs. Primary health care is seen as being the health care system “first point of contact” and as the patient’s medical “home”, helping patients navigate...
15,16 Thus, for 2 physical activity groups, the difference in cognition can be calculated with either of the 2 following equations: Where d indicates Cohen d; MT, the mean of the treatment group; MC, the mean of the control group; SD(Y), the pooled within-group SD of the outcome ...
Furthermore, the participants’ descriptions suggests that older adults living and recovering in their home need additional service options that can fulfil their basic social needs. We advise that outreach services such as Flexible Assertive Community Treatment (FACT) Teams tailored for older adults shou...
Organizational and personal barriers for shared decision-making among home health care nurses and dental hygienists were identified. Of the 24 older adults, 20 had different oral health conditions that objectively indicated the need for treatment. An initial important decision concerned whether the ...