We read with interest the elegant research article written by Trang et al1 who evaluated the mortality rate in elderly and very elderly (>85 years of age) patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) in nursing homes with and without antipsychotic...
Sarcopenia is a major health problem of the older population. The European Working Group on Sarcopenia in Older People (EWGSOP) developed diagnostic criteria for diagnosis of sarcopenia that require assessing muscle mass and strength or physical...
There are limited screening tools to predict adverse postoperative outcomes for the geriatric surgical fracture population. Frailty is increasingly recognized as a risk assessment to capture complexity. The goal of this study was to use a short...
Depression is associated with increased mortality in community samples. The use of antidepressant medication may also increase mortality, however, it is still unclear whether taking antidepressants before or after a diagnosis of dementia influences...
Mendonça et al1 present data obtained from the large prospective longitudinal Newcastle 85+ study. In this very old study population, a possible association was investigated between 1-carbon metabolism biomarkers (vitamins folate and B12, and...
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join It's not uncommon to worry about what our children put in their mouths. Parents everywhere lock up household products, cleaning supplies, and other items that children might eat or swallow thinking it is a treat or...
We thank Gostner et al for their comments on our article “One-Carbon Metabolism Biomarkers and Cognitive Decline in the Very Old: The Newcastle 85+ Study.”1 In their letter to the Editor, Gostner et al highlight the complexity of the underlying...
The SARC-F is a simple sarcopenia screening tool comprising 5 assessment items: strength, assistance walking, rising from a chair, climbing stairs, and falls. The present study aimed to examine the validation of the Korean version of SARC-F for...
The concept of cognitive frailty was originally proposed to describe a clinical condition characterized by the occurrence of both physical frailty and cognitive impairment, in the absence of overt dementia diagnosis.1 Its conception was motivated by...
Use of exercise technologies has benefits for community-dwelling older adults in terms of improved gait and balance. But research on the feasibility of use of exercise technologies in various geriatric health care settings is lacking. Hence, the...
