This has been called the Century of the Common Man. But since the common manis living longer and has aspirations of living to be a hundred, we might more appropriately call it, as someone has suggested, the Century of the Centenarian.1 Today the common man's life expectancy at birth is 65 years or more. In some areas of Florida and California every fifth person is over 65.1 It is estimated that...

Insomnia is a common complaint that can have significant daytime consequences. The prevalence of chronic insomnia may increase with age. The management of late-life insomnia can be complicated because aging is associated with normal changes in sleep structure, continuity, and timing, as well as a higher rate of medical and psychiatric disorders. A thorough evaluation and conceptualization of pa...

We aimed to describe the instructions that Alzheimer patient caregivers receive before they participating in the Neuro-geriatrics Center; analyze the applicability of the instructions received at the Neuro-geriatrics Center in everyday home care; and identify the coping and adaptation mechanisms found in these caregivers. We adopted a qualitative approach, in this descriptiveexploratory case st...

Geriatric syndrome is common among older patients on dialysis. Basic knowledge about its prevalence and management is crucial for nephrologists to provide standard patient care. In busy clinical settings, up-to-date and holistic medical care can be delivered to elderly dialysis patients by collaboration of nephrology and geriatrics teams, or in part by training nephrology fellows the basics of ...

Dario Leosco,1* Guido Iaccarino,2* Ersilia Cipolletta,2 Domenico De Santis,1 Eliana Pisani,1 Valentina Trimarco,2 Nicola Ferrara,3 Pasquale Abete,1 Daniela Sorriento,2 Franco Rengo,1 and Bruno Trimarco2 1Chair of Geriatrics and 2Chair of Internal Medicine, Department of Clinic Medicine, Cardiovascular, and Immunological Sciences, University of Naples “Federico II,” 80131 Naples; and 3Department...

BACKGROUND Frailty is a new prognostic factor in cardiovascular medicine due to the aging and increasingly complex nature of elderly patients. It is useful and meaningful to prospectively analyze the manner in which frailty predicts short-term outcomes for elderly patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS). METHODS Patients aged ≥ 65 years, with diagnosis of ACS from cardiology department an...