Abstract Aim Screening is one of the most important ways for early frailty detection that contributes to its prevention and timely treatment. The aim of this study was to determine the diagnostic value of the Persian version of the Tilburg Frailty Indicator (P-TFI) in the frailty screening. Method This …

Impaired motor function is a prominent characteristic of aging. Inflammatory processes and oxidative stress from advanced glycation end-products are related to impaired motor function and could plausibly be a contributing factor to the pathogenesis of paratonia, a specific motor disorder in people with …

BACKGROUND: Acute hospitalization may lead to posthospital syndrome, but no studies have investigated how this syndrome manifests and geriatric syndromes are often used as synonym. However, studies on longitudinal associations between syndromes and adverse outcomes are scarce. We aimed to analyze longitudinal …

Aim: Living with a chronic condition or a disability at older age impacts social participation. Social connections and social activities seem interrelated leading to heterogeneous patterns in social participation. The aim of this study was to identify a typology in social participation among older adults …

Background: To investigate trends over age by comorbidity status for the risk of limitations in individual activities of daily living for community-living older persons.Methods: A longitudinal population-based study was conducted in 9,319 community-living Dutch persons …

Background: Home care professionals regularly observe drug-related problems during home care provision. Problems related to the process of the medication therapy could involve discrepancies in medication prescriptions between the hospital discharge letter and the medication administration record lists …

Over de verandering van motorische functie bij mensen met dementie, de verschillende manifestaties, paratonie en verklarende modellen over de gunstige effecten van lichaamsbeweging.

The ideal tool for determination of malnutrition risk or malnutrition in long term care (LTC) is elusive. This study compares prevalence, association with resident risk factors and sensitivity (SE) and specificity (SP) of malnutrition or risk categorization in 638 residents from 32 LTC homes in Canada …

Mensen met een verstandelijke beperking worden steeds ouder. Daardoor wordt dementie steeds prominenter in de gehandicaptenzorg. Hoe ernstiger de verstandelijke beperking, des te ingewikkelder achteruitgang in functioneren en dementie zijn vast te stellen. Voor mensen met (zeer) ernstige verstandelijke …