Journal ArticleAging and Health Research · March 1, 2023
Delirium affects up to 50% of hospitalized older adults, contributing to poor outcomes. Family members can be engaged in delirium identification, prevention, and management. Rapid cycle improvement methodology was utilized to create a new educational hando ...
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Chapter · February 18, 2022
The interactions between social and community factors and health status are extraordinarily complex, especially for older adults. This chapter provides a brief overview of the demography of ageing and then focuses on how societal structures and constructs ...
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Chapter · February 18, 2022
Sexuality is an important component of quality of life throughout the lifespan, and its expression is dependent on biological, psychological, and social factors. This chapter describes the sexual health of older adults; issues pertaining to ageing and chro ...
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Journal ArticleAm J Med · January 2022
This review summarizes best practices for the perioperative care of older adults as recommended by the American Geriatrics Society, American Society of Anesthesiologists, and American College of Surgeons, with practical implementation strategies that can b ...
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Chapter · January 1, 2022
Older adults are prone to declines in physical function and cognition that can threaten their independence and quality of life. Traditional biomedical assessment focused on diagnosing and treating individual diseases can miss early manifestations of declin ...
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ConferenceWorld J Surg · January 2021
BACKGROUND: Geriatric collaborative care models improve postoperative outcomes for older adults. However, there are limited data exploring how preoperative geriatric assessment may affect surgical cancellations. METHODS: This is a single-center retrospecti ...
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Journal ArticleJ Am Med Dir Assoc · December 2020
Accurate and timely transmission of medical records between skilled nursing facilities and acute care settings has been logistically problematic. Often people are sent to the hospital with a packet of paper records, which is easily misplaced. The COVID-19 ...
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Journal ArticleClin Geriatr Med · November 2020
This article explores the role of prevention in healthy aging from the perspective of individualized prevention in the clinic and population-based prevention with system-level support. The traditional medical model has significant limitations to effectivel ...
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ConferenceJ Am Geriatr Soc · September 2020
BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: Acute hospitalization may be an ideal opportunity to introduce palliative care to dementia patients, who may benefit from symptom management and goals of care discussions. We know little about patients who receive inpatient palliativ ...
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Journal ArticleJ Am Geriatr Soc · April 2020
Discharge decision making for hospitalized older adults can be a complicated process involving functional assessments, capacity evaluation, and coordination of resources. Providers may feel pressured to recommend that an older adult with complex care needs ...
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Journal ArticleAnesth Analg · January 2020
Deciding whether to pursue elective surgery is a complex process for older adults. Comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) can help refine estimates of benefits and risks, at times leading to a delay of surgery to optimize surgical readiness. We describe ...
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