OBJECTIVE To compare the effect of individual educational visits versus group visits using academic detailing to discuss prescribing of highly anticholinergic antidepressants in elderly people. DESIGN Randomised controlled trial with three arms (individual visits, group visits, and a control arm). SETTING Southwest Netherlands. PARTICIPANTS 190 general practitioners and 37 pharmacists org...

Elderly (elderly) is someone who has reached the age of 60 years and over. The aging process in elderly marked by a biological setback that seen as symptoms physical, mental or psychological decline. Some actions can be used to overcome memory decline include recognizing abilities are still possessed, individual therapy doing cognitive therapy, group activity brain exercise. This research quant...

Elder mistreatment is a significant problem in nursing homes. Analysis of databases generated from annual state surveys and formal complaints showed that more than 30% of the nursing homes in the United States were cited for abuse violations that had potential for significant harm to residents. Many frail elders are fearful of residing in facilities because of concerns involving mistreatment. A...

Speech-understanding difficulties observed in elderly hearing-impaired listeners are predominantly errors in the recognition of consonants, particularly within consonants that share the same manner of articulation. Spectral shape is an important acoustic cue that serves to distinguish such consonants. The present study examined whether individual differences in speech understanding among elderl...

“older people are an enormous asset to our societies, not only because a large majority of them continue to work in old age, but also because they convey social values to younger generations” dr. wesum asia/pacific regional conference on ageing 2012 the population ages 65 and over is expected to grow very rapidly in all parts of the world. over the next decades, the elderly population is projec...

BACKGROUND This study explored the effects of an integrated care model aimed at the frail elderly on the perceived health, objective burden, subjective burden and quality of life of informal caregivers. METHODS A quasi-experimental design with before/after measurement (with questionnaires) and a control group was used. The analysis encompassed within and between groups analyses and regression...

objectives the purpose of this study was to determine the types of fall-related injuries and the related risk factors in the elderly population of qom province, iran. patients and methods this retrospective study was performed on 424 elderly people (65 years and over) referred to shahid beheshti hospital, qom, iran, due to falls between 2010 and 2012. the icd-10 codes of external causes of inju...