BACKGROUND: Sepsis is one of the most frequent reasons for acute intensive care unit (ICU) admission of very old patients and mortality rates are high. However, the impact of pre-existing physical and cognitive function on long-term outcome of ICU patients ≥ 80 years old (very old intensive care patients …

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Objectives to explore attitudes, perceptions, and perceived barriers to and the perceived facilitators of daily oral health care and the actual daily oral health care performances among nursing home staff. Methods A mixed methods study in 21 nursing homes was completed; a) questionnaires for nursing …

Background/Objectives: Homecare staff often take over activities instead of “doing activities with” clients, thereby hampering clients from remaining active in daily life. Training and supporting staff to integrate reablement into their working practices may reduce clients' sedentary behavior and improve …

Na een ziekenhuisopname of functionele achteruitgang worden veel patiënten verwezen naar de geriatrische revalidatiezorg. De kortdurende intensieve zorgafdeling in het Refaja ziekenhuis te Stadskanaal, is één van de geriatrische revalidatieplekken in Noord-Nederland. Door middel van een multidisciplinaire …

BACKGROUND: lifestyle-related secondary prevention reduces cardiac events and is recommended irrespective of age. However, motivation may be influenced by age and disease progression. OBJECTIVE: to explore older cardiac patients' perspectives toward lifestyle-related secondary prevention after a hospital …

Purpose: To examine the development of multidimensional frailty, including physical, psychological and socialcomponents, over a period of seven years. To determine the effects of sociodemographic factors (gender, age, marital status, education, income) on the development of frailty. Methods: : This …

Background There are distinct differences in the implementation of physiotherapeutic care in nursing homes. Both nationally and internationally staffing levels of physiotherapy differ significantly between and within nursing homes. Since legislation or guidelines that specify the parameters of physiotherapy …

Background International studies provide an overview of socio-demographic characteristics associated with loneliness among older adults, but few studies distinguished between emotional and social loneliness. This study examined socio-demographic characteristics associated with emotional and social loneliness. Methods Data …

Presentatie op Jaarcongres Studio GRZ over;Het belang van interprofessioneel samenwerken in de geriatrische revalidatie· Alle disciplines van het interprofessionele team werken met een gezamenlijk revalidatieplan in plaats van met meerdere monodisciplinaire revalidatieplannen · Het belang …