To evaluate if Geriatric Interdisciplinary Home Rehabilitation could improve walking ability for older people with hip fracture compared with conventional geriatric care and rehabilitation. A secondary aim was to investigate the postoperative length...
The technical possibilities of mass online cognitive testing1 and identification of brain amyloidosis by positron emission tomography (PET) scanning and cerebrospinal fluid analysis,2 which allow early detection of cognitive decline and preclinical...
A recent survey revealed that there are more than 4 million older persons with dementia in Japan, which is equal to a prevalence of approximately 15% of older adults, and close to 4 million older persons have mild cognitive impairment.1 This result...
Recent advances in neuroimaging, cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) assays, and other biomarkers now provide the ability to detect evidence of Alzheimer's disease (AD) pathophysiological process in vivo.1 This stirs the debate about how and when AD is best...
In the early 20th century, hypertension became a topic of major interest and by approximately the mid-century a number of investigators had identified a syndrome/condition in adults younger than 50 to 55 termed “essential hypertension” (sometimes “...
The International Association of Geriatrics and Gerontology (IAGG) Consensus Conference report1 brings a welcome voice to the importance of early detection of cognitive impairment and repeated measures of cognitive function. Early detection has...
We read the recent article published in your journal and written by Ter Borg et al1 with great interest. The study is well designed and its findings are important and remarkable. Ter Borg et al1 found in this cross-sectional study that daily intake...
“Lack of energy” or anergia is a common complaint associated with adverse outcomes in older people. There is a lack of knowledge on this symptom in the nursing home (NH) setting. The aim of this study was to investigate whether lack of energy was...
Potentially avoidable hospitalizations (PAHs) of nursing home (NH) residents are common, costly, and can have significant economic consequences. Telemedicine has been shown to reduce emergency department and hospitalization of NH residents, yet...
