Hip fractures cause severe global disease burden among older adults, leading to impairments in functional ability, quality of life, and excess mortality of more than 20%.1,2 Geriatric patients are vulnerable to perioperative problems, among which...
Nearly all older patients transitioning from hospital to post-acute home health care (HHC) use 5 or more medications (polypharmacy) that include at least 1 potentially inappropriate medication (PIM).1 PIM use worsens geriatric syndromes (eg, falls)...
In Australia, residential aged care facilities (RACFs) serve as necessary health care settings for the well-being of complex, older adult individuals, particularly in managing their medications. Related to other congregate care environments, RACFs...
Implementation of best practice frailty guidelines in residential aged care is currently unclear, and there is a particular scarcity of evidence regarding multifaceted frailty treatments inclusive of medication optimization in these settings,...
The purpose of this study was to determine the associations of vision impairment, hearing impairment, and comorbid vision and hearing impairment [ie, dual sensory impairment (DSI)] on admission to hospital with falls within 3 months of discharge in...
