Ignatz Nascher first proposed disease and medical care of the aged as a separate specialty and invented the term “geriatrics” in 1909. However, the growth of geriatric medicine and healthcare of the elderly is often attributed to the pioneering work of Majorie Warren who successfully treated and rehabilitated seemingly hopeless elderly patients in the UK in the 1930s. British geriatric medicine...

Introduction Most developed countries use case-mix systems (APRDRG-type) to define the prospective budgets of their hospitals. However, these case-mix systems are based mainly on the main diagnosis and procedures and do not take into account the specificity of geriatric patients. In the present study, we use all geriatric tools (RAI, RUGs, RIM, etc.) to evaluate the needs of acute geriatric hos...

Dr. Holmes is Associate Professor and Chair, Division of Comprehensive Care, University of Colorado School of Dentistry; Dr. Boston is Professor and Chair, Department of Restorative Dentistry, Temple University School of Dentistry; Dr. Budenz is Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Diagnosis and Management, University of the Pacific School of Dentistry; and Dr. Licari is Assistant Profe...

1 Associate Professor, Department of Pediatric Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran 2 Postgraduate Student, Department of Pediatric Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran 3 Statistical Consultant, Dental Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran 4 Assistant Pro...

1DDS, MSc, PhD student, Department of Stomatology, Bauru School of Dentistry, University of São Paulo, Bauru, SP, Brazil. 2Undergraduate student, Bauru School of Dentistry, University of São Paulo, Bauru, SP, Brazil. 3DDS, Bauru School of Dentistry, University of São Paulo, Bauru, SP, Brazil. 4DDS, MSc, PhD, Full Professor, Department of Stomatology, Bauru School of Dentistry, University of São...

a Department of Morphology, School of Dentistry, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria UFSM, Santa Maria, RS, Brazil b School of Dentistry, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria UFSM, Santa Maria, RS, Brazil c Department of Stomatology, School of Dentistry, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria UFSM, Santa Maria, RS, Brazil d Department of Restorative Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Universidade Fede...