BACKGROUND Delirium remains a major nosocomial complication of hospitalized elderly. Predictive models for delirium may be useful for identification of high-risk patients for implementation of preventive strategies. OBJECTIVE Evaluate specific factors for development of delirium in a geriatric ward setting. METHODS Prospective cross-sectional study comprised 675 consecutive patients aged 79...

Following the global trend of population aging, China became an aging society at the end of the 20th century. The ever-growing medical demands of the elderly, the lag in medical insurance policy, and the late development of geriatric services make the present situation of public health in China worrying. To meet these challenges, the Beijing municipal government has actively adjusted its develo...

Thanks to the global improvement of health care and living conditions, the world population is aging. Already, in developed countries half of the cancers occur in patients aged 70 and older. In booming Asian nations, such as South Korea, the aging trend is particularly striking, and therefore geriatric oncology is rapidly coming at the foreground of oncology practice. As older patients have a v...

The association of faecal incontinence with constipation and confusion in the elderly is well recognised but the anal function of faecally incontinent geriatric patients is poorly understood. Anal studies were therefore performed on 99 geriatric patients (49 with faecal incontinence, 19 continent patients with faecal impaction and 31 geriatric control patients with normal bowel habit) and 57 yo...

Reforms to postgraduate training in the U.K. may affect recruitment to geriatric medicine. In 2005, a questionnaire survey was undertaken to determine the factors favouring geriatric medicine as a career choice and whether these might be used to influence recruitment. In all, 1036 responses to the questionnaire were received (response rate 56.4%); 4% of the respondents decided to specialise in ...

CRD summary The conclusion of this review was not explicitly stated. The authors stated that differences among studies made it difficult to draw definitive conclusions, although they did make recommendations for future research. Poor reporting of review methods, an inadequate quality assessment of the included studies and an inadequate summary of the studies make it difficult to evaluate the ev...

A clinical check list for testing speech and parietal function as well as memory was used on 200 people admitted to a psychogeriatric assessment unit and repeated four to six weeks later, to see whether those with true dementias could be identified. The finding of errors in all three areas, particularly at the second test, accurately predicted cases with a poor outcome at six months follow-up. ...

Improving hospital care for frail older people requires expertise, leadership and resources as these patients have multiple complex needs. One innovative solution to providing the skilled care necessary is to train experienced nurses to become advanced nurse practitioners (ANPs). Such roles encompass activity previously undertaken by medical staff, together with leadership, teaching, research a...

The increasing number of people aged over 75 in Britain makes heavy demands on health and social services. To obtain accurate information for rational allocation of resources to domiciliary and residential services a group of 98 housebound women over 75 were compared with a group of 99 women of the same age in residential care. They had a similar range of physical disorders with the exception t...

Methods: The study population consisted of communitydwelling adults aged 65 years and older admitted to the hospital with 1 of 9 selected conditions (n=375). A geriatric nurse practitioner performed a comprehensive medication assessment in the patient’s home within 24 to 72 hours after institutional discharge. The assessment focused on what older patients reported taking in comparison with the ...