Browsing Medical Gerontology (Scholarly Publications) by Subject "Inclusive Society"
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COVID-19 deaths in Irish Nursing Homes: exploring variation and association with the adherence to national regulatory quality standards
(CPEC-LSE, 2020)The COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately affected nursing home residents worldwide, with Ireland having one of the highest reported proportions of COVID-19 deaths in this setting. In Ireland, the publication of a ... -
Driving as a travel option for older adults: Findings from the Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing
(2019)The role of transport in the health and wellbeing of older people is increasingly recognized: driving is the main form of personal transportation across the adult life-span. Patterns of changed mobility and driving cessation ... -
DRNI Survey Data
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The giants of education in geriatric medicine and gerontology
(2022)In 2014, the European undergraduate curriculum in Geriatric Medicine was published to cover the minimum requirements that a medical student should achieve by the end of medical school. In 2019, the European postgraduate ... -
Hospital-associated deconditioning: not only physical, but also cognitive
(2022)Introduction Hospital-associated deconditioning (HAD) or post-hospital syndrome is well recognized as reduced functional performance after an acute hospitalization. Recommendations for the management of HAD are still ... -
How does socio-economic position (SEP) get biologically embedded? A comparison of allostatic load and the epigenetic clock(s)
(Elsevier, 2019)Individuals of lower socio-economic position (SEP) carry a heavier burden of disease and morbidity and live shorter lives on average compared with their more advantaged counterparts. This has sparked research interest in ... -
Multiprofessional Views on Older Patients' Participation in Care Planning Meetings in a Hospital Context
(2013)Care planning meetings (CPMs; sometimes referred to as family meetings) for older patients involve group decision-making between the multidisciplinary team, the older person and their family. However, service user participation ... -
Social disadvantage and social isolation are associated with a higher resting heart rate: evidence from The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA)
(2015)OBJECTIVES: A high resting heart rate (RHR) represents a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease and individuals from poorer backgrounds have a higher RHR compared with their more advantaged peers. This study ... -
Testing the feasibility of a primary-care exercise intervention to prevent and reverse early frailty and build resilience in community-dwelling older adults
(2022)Background: Resistance exercises have been shown to prevent and reverse frailty but their application in clinical practice is low. We wished to test the feasibility of an optimised exercise intervention for mild or pre-frailty ... -
Transitions between degrees of multidimensional frailty among older people admitted to intermediate care: a multicentre prospective study
(2022)Background: Frailty is a dynamic condition that is clinically expected to change in older individuals during and around admission to an intermediate care (IC) facility. We aimed to characterize transitions between degrees ... -
Turkish version of the SHARE-Frailty Instrument for primary care: reliability and validity in the nursing home setting
(2023)In Turkey, physical frailty instruments have not been studied in the nursing home setting. We determined the reliability and validity of a Turkish version of the SHARE-Frailty Instrument for primary care (SHARE-FI) in ...