2025 April - 28 articles
Background: Aging is a lifelong process, and many chronic diseases and geriatric syndromes are influenced by lifestyle factors. For active aging and maintaining functional capacity facilitate health, there are essential aspects in geriatric care. Our...
Background: Chinese Americans, the largest Asian American subgroup in the U.S., face linguistic, cultural, and socio-economic barriers to dementia prevention. To promote brain health in this population, a culturally tailored community approach is ess...
Aim/Objectives: To investigate whether frailty predicts adherence to psychotropic drug treatment or adverse drug reactions, within 6 months after treatment initiation. Methods: A prospective cohort study including 77 patients over the age of 65, trea...
Background/Objectives: Cancer remains a significant global health issue in the 21st century, accounting for 16.8% of all deaths and 22.8% of noncommunicable disease (NCD) deaths globally. This study investigated the impact of a novel integrated rehab...
Introduction: This study aimed to develop a service model for daycare centers for the elderly through community participation using participatory action research methods. The objectives were threefold: (1) to investigate the current situation of the...
Background: The one-year mortality risk for elderly patients undergoing proximal femur fracture repair surgery is three to four times higher compared to the general population. Other than time to surgery, risk factors for postoperative morbidity and...
Background/Objectives: Dysphagia, a prevalent condition among older adults, poses significant health risks if not accurately assessed and managed. Instrumental assessments (IAs) like videofluoroscopic swallowing study (VFSS) and fiberoptic endoscopic...
Background/Objectives: Inflammatory sarcopenia, characterized by muscle weakness exacerbated by chronic systemic inflammation, has emerged as a critical factor in fall risk among older adults. While previous studies have examined sarcopenia and infla...
Background: Motor impairments following stroke contribute to deficits in functional mobility. Traditionally, these impairments are quantified by mean-level motor performance. However, this mean-level approach neglects the well-established fact that m...
Allergic rhinitis (AR), traditionally considered as a childhood condition, is increasingly recognized among older adults, driven by rising life expectancy and environmental factors. Although allergic sensitization declines with age, AR prevalence in...
Background/Objectives: Posture is a significant indicator of health status in older adults. This study aimed to develop an automatic posture assessment tool based on sagittal photographs by validating recognition models using convolutional neural net...
Objective: This scoping review aims to explore and synthesize the core competencies and skills required for primary care nurses conducting comprehensive geriatric assessments. Comprehensive geriatric assessments have become integral to providing holi...
Objective: The aim of our study was to introduce a Mandarin Chinese version of the oral frailty assessment and explore the relationship between oral frailty and sarcopenia. A total of 409 elders (171 male, 238 female) participated in surveys using th...
Background/Objectives: In older patients, falls constitute a significant public health concern and a major cause of hospital admission. Fall-risk-increasing drugs (FRIDs) represent a key risk factor for falls. Therefore, modifying these drugs represe...
Background/Objectives: The steady increase in the global older adult population highlights critical challenges, including the development of preventive strategies to extend healthy life expectancy and support independence in activities of daily livin...
(1) Background: The accelerated aging of the population raises concerns about the diet of older adults due to its relationship with health and quality of life. This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of poor diet quality and its association wi...
Renal aging is a physiological process characterized by structural and functional changes in the kidneys. The presence of disorders or pathologies can exacerbate these age-related changes, potentially leading to organ dysfunction. Chronic kidney dise...
Purpose: Heart failure (HF) impairs physical performance and increases the incidence of orthostatic hypotension (OH). Individuals with OH have a higher risk of falls, which are a major source of morbidity and mortality in older adults. Dietary protei...
Background/Objectives: Lower-extremity weakness in older adults is often overlooked, yet it can have reversible or medical causes that contribute to increased falls. Common factors include vision disturbances, impaired balance due to otolith dysfunct...
Background: This study investigates the relationship between bite force and grip strength as indicators of frailty in older adults. Frailty syndrome, characterized by increased vulnerability to adverse health outcomes, poses significant challenges in...
Objectives: The main objective of this cross-sectional study was to investigate if there are significant differences in cognition between a group of older adults with subjective cognitive decline (SCD) and cognitively intact controls. Methods: An ini...
Background/Objectives: The Rapid Geriatric Assessment (RGA) is a tool designed to screen for frailty, sarcopenia, anorexia related to aging, and cognitive impairment. This study aimed to translate and validate the RGA for use among Italian community-...
Background/Objectives: Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the most common form of dementia, characterized by an irreversible decline in cognitive function. The pathogenesis of several neurodegenerative disorders has been linked to changes in the gut microbi...
Background/Objectives: Friends and family members of people who are discharged from hospital after a fracture often take on caring roles, since these patients have reduced independence during recovery. Previous literature suggests that these individu...
Background: Experiences of dental pain among older people living with dementia, particularly those residing in care homes, have been identified as an under-researched area. There is an urgent need for initiatives, co-developed with experts according...
Background/Objectives: Diarrhoea in older adults can lead to dehydration and malnutrition, impaired gut barrier function, and reduced quality of life. Unresolved inflammation during diarrhoea episodes contributes to relapse and complications. This ra...
Background/Objectives: Hemodialysis (HD) patients with advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD) are highly vulnerable to complications from SARS-CoV-2 infection. Anemia management in this population is complex, particularly due to erythropoietin resista...
Background and Objectives: Subthreshold depression (StD) presents with depressive symptoms similar to major depressive disorder (MDD) but of lower intensity. Despite its milder form, StD is significantly prevalent in the older population, affecting u...
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