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Showing 1 to 20 of 85 for “"frail"”.
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Support Networks of Caregivers of Frail Older Adults
… population and the increasing prevalence of frailty have amplified the challenges faced by caregivers. Social support networks play a critical role in shaping caregiver burden, coping mechanisms and overall well-being. Despite their importance, the composition and effectiveness of these …
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Locomotion Traces Data Mining for Supporting Frail People with Cognitive Impairment
The rapid increase in the senior population is posing serious challenges to national healthcare systems. Hence, innovative tools are needed to early detect health issues, including cognitive decline. Several clinical studies show that it is possible to identify cognitive impairment based on the …
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Pharmacotherapy in frail older patients in acute care settings: medicines utilisation and optimisation
Background: Frailty is the most problematic syndrome among older people. It is multifactorial and characterised by decreased reserve and resistance against internal and/or external stressors. Frail patients are at increased risk of adverse drug events, polypharmacy, potentially inappropriate …
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Gender and Caregiving: a Study Among Hispanic and Non-Hispanic White Frail Elders
… elderly people increases, the need for care of frail elders also rises. When looking at elder care, feminist scholars have pointed to the need to consider not only the caregiver's gender, but also the interlocking power relations of gender and raceethnicity. For these reasons, this study …
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A study of transportation needs of selected samples of frail elders in Las Vegas
The purpose of this research was to assess if frail elders in the Las Vegas community had transportation problems and were unable to satisfy their needs. A survey of 103 randomly selected residents (65 and above), was made; The results of the study indicate that a number of factors have a …
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Functional Ability and Hope: A Study of the Frail Elderly Home Health Client Post-hospitalization
… the difference in functional ability and hope in frail elderly home health clients in the Midwest. Data was collected through structured interviews at two weeks post-hospitalization and at three months. The Katz Index of Activities of Daily Living, the Folstein Mini Mental Status Exam, the Herth …
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Deprescribing for frail older adults residing in long-term care facilities: a mixed-methods evaluation
… residing in LTC have a higher degree of physical frailty compared to their community-dwelling counterparts. The physiological changes associated with ageing and frailty can increase the risk of experiencing an adverse event from a medication. Polypharmacy and potentially inappropriate medications …
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Falls and dizziness in frail older people. Predictors, experiences and the effects of a case management intervention
… life. The risk of falls increases with age and frailty level. Dizziness is a strong risk factor for falls, and preventing falls and dizziness in older people is essential. The overall aim of this thesis was to investigate risk factors for falls or dizziness and to explore older people’s …
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Exploring the changing multidimensional experiences of frail older people towards the end of life: a narrative study
… have widened beyond cancer in recent years, yet frail older adults rarely receive such services. There is a need to understand the dynamic multidimensional end-of-life experiences of this group in order to assess how or if a palliative approach could be beneficial. Physical end-of-life …
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THE ETHICAL IMPERATIVES WHICH EMERGE FROM A THEOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE ON DISINTEGRATION AT THE END OF LIFE (FRAIL ELDERLY)
… social attitudes toward disintegration of the frail elderly worsen their morale and physical condition, diminishing the potential of their lives. In Judaeo-Christian doctrine persons are to care for one another universally, regardless of condition. This universalism has not been adequately …
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An evaluation of healthcare professionals’ decision-making in the care of frail older people at end of life
… live with complex co-morbidities, disability and frailty (Kings Fund 2014). Frailty has been acknowledged as a key priority NHS England with the need to provide timely, proactive support for older people as they continue to age (NHS England 2014;2017). Therefore this evaluation aims to evaluate …
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Healthcare consumption, experiences of care and test of and intervention in frail old people. Implications for case management
The overall aim of thesis was to explore frail older people’s experiences of receiving healthcare and/or social services and to investigate healthcare consumption and costs in both men and women and in different age groups in the two years prior to the introduction of long-term municipal care. A …
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How valid and useful is a locally-developed frailty tool for joint decision-making by patients, families and clinicians?
… treatment, has created a need to understand what frailty looks like, how it can be measured, and whether this knowledge can help clinicians and patients arrive at informed treatment decisions. A frailty tool, Frail CHeC, was developed at a regional hospital. It aims to provide a quick method of …
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A Feasibility Study of an Investigation into the Factors of Frailty
… provision for older people a critical issue. Frail people are described by means of their limited functional reserve, or failure to integrate responses in the face of stress when confronted with minor health issues (Rockwood & Hubbard, 2004). A universally acceptable clinical definition of …
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Relationship of exercise tolerance, exercise intensity, and physical performance in frail elderly individuals residing in a long-term care facility
… is limited and non-conclusive among the frail elderly. The purposes of this study were to examine the relationship of physiologic response to activity and physical performance using lower extremity activities, to describe performance capabilities, and to propose thresholds of performance …
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Case management for frail older people. Effects on healthcare utilisation, cost in relation to utility, and experiences of the intervention
… effects of a case management intervention for frail older people on healthcare utilisation and costs in relation to utility. A further aim was to explore the older people’s and case managers’ experiences of the intervention. Study I was a quantitative study comprising ten age cohorts aged …
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Towards the development of an integrated case-finding tool to facilitate the review of anticholinergic prescribing for frail older people
… the review of anticholinergic medicines for frail older people. Methods: Mixed methods, adopting a pragmatic approach. A systematic review, prediction modelling of cohort study data, and qualitative interviews were undertaken. Results: The systematic review found anticholinergic exposure was …
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An exploration of the care needs of frail older persons in Namibia: perspectives and experiences of formal and informal caregivers
… respond to these needs, especially the needs of frail older persons in the care environment. Important strides have been made in developed countries but progress has been slow in less developed countries in the Global South and limited information exists on the care needs of frail older persons …
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