Physical frailty prediction model for the oldest old

Treatment of hypertension in the oldest old: a critical role for frailty?

A n 88-year-old woman with chronic hypertension was seen in the internal/geriatric medicine outpatient clinic. She had been treated for high blood pressure (BP) for ≈20 years with a low-dose thiazide, to which an angiotensin-converting enzyme-inhibitor had been added 5 years ago. In addition , after a possible transient ischemic attack 10 years ago, aspirin, omeprazole, and simvastatin had been...

Urinary incontinence in the elderly and in the oldest old: correlation with frailty and mortality.

Urinary incontinence (UI) is very common in the elderly and has personal and social implications. Many authors have pointed out the necessity to analyze UI in correlation with the overall quality of aging, to better understand this syndrome and define measures for its prevention and treatment. In the present study, we addressed this problem by analyzing the UI correlation with frailty, which ha...

Psychiatry and the oldest old.

OBJECTIVE This article reviews the assessment and management of psychiatric problems among the oldest old. METHOD The author reviewed the English-language literature pertinent to the characteristics of people 85 years old or older and the assessment and management of psychiatric disorders in this age group with a special focus on depression in the oldest old. RESULTS Much of the current lit...

Dementia in the oldest old.

PURPOSE OF REVIEW This article discusses some of the unique features of dementia in the oldest old, including some of the most common diagnostic challenges, and potential strategies to overcome them. RECENT FINDINGS Advances include new insight into the role of common risk factors and the effects of multiple underlying neuropathologic features for dementia in the oldest old. In addition, this...

Becoming Oldest-old: Evidence