Preliminary Data for the Geriatric Nurse Liaison Model ...
Preliminary Data for the Geriatric Nurse Liaison Model ...
Bisphosphonate use reduces the risk of hip and spine fractures, particularly among individuals with osteoporosis defined by the presence of a vertebral fracture or bone mineral density, ...
When eating difficulties arise, feeding tubes are not recommended for older adults with advanced dementia. Careful hand feeding should be offered because hand feeding has been shown to be as good as tube feeding for the outcomes of death, aspiration pneumonia, ...
The role of the orthogeriatrician has grown over the last few years. Orthogeriatrics was primarily involved in the care and management of fragility hip fractures, but has recently been expanded to provide specialist care to patients admitted with other various fractures, the spine, pelvis, appendicular, and those suffered from major trauma.
Healthy aging is an important goal for older adults, clinicians, and society.1 Identifying potentially modifiable factors to improve the probability of healthy aging may enhance length and quality of life and reduce healthcare costs.
Frailty is a concept that represents a state of increased vulnerability to adverse outcomes [1, 2]. Every individual accumulates physical and psychological deficits during their life, and the greater the number of deficits, the frailer the individual is [3].