Browsing by Subject "Older adults"
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Assessment of older adults' decision-making capacity in relation to independent living: The role of occupational therapy
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Medicine. Discipline of Occupational Therapy, 2022)Introduction Decision-making capacity (DMC) is the extent to which an individual is capable of understanding and remembering information and using this to make and communicate their choices regarding their personal, financial ... -
Associations between cognitive function, actigraphy-based and self-reported sleep in older community-dwelling adults: Findings from the Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing
(Wiley, 2020)Objective: Cognitive impairment is prevalent in older ages. Associations with sleep are well established; however, ambiguity remains in which sleep characteristics contribute to this impairment. We examined cross-sectional ... -
Care Models/Pathways for Managing Multimorbidity
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Comprehensive geriatric assessment and clinical outcomes of frail older adults with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma: a metanalysis
(2023)Introduction. Comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) is used to personalize cancer treatments in frail older adults. However, its utility to guide treatments in frail older patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma ... -
Earlier physical therapy input is associated with a reduced length of hospital stay and reduced care needs on discharge in frail older inpatients: an observational study
(2019)Background and purpose: Pressures on hospital bed occupancy in the English National Health Service have focused attention on enhanced service delivery models and methods by which physical therapists might contribute to ... -
Effect of Area-Level Socioeconomic Deprivation on Risk of Cognitive Dysfunction in Older Adults.
(2018)OBJECTIVES: To investigate the relationship between area‐level deprivation and risk of cognitive dysfunction. DESIGN: Cross‐sectional analysis. SETTING: The Trinity, Ulster, and Department of Agriculture (TUDA) ... -
Enabling older adults with intellectual disability to become physical activity leaders in their community: Pilot study
(2023)People with intellectual disabilities (ID) have high levels of sedentary behaviour and co-morbid health conditions. There is also increased longevity for this group which is an incredible success story but one which also ... -
Ethical Issues in the New Digital Era: The Case of Assisting Driving
(Intechopen, 2020)Mobility is associated with driving a vehicle. Age-related declines in the abilities of older persons present certain obstacles to safe driving. The negative effects of driving cessation on older adults’ physical, mental, ... -
Examining the breadth and burden of chronic kidney disease in community-dwelling older adults
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Medicine. Discipline of Clinical Medicine, 2017)Introduction: Chronic kidney disease (CKD), characterised by reductions in glomerular filtration rate (GFR), is associated with premature mortality and end stage kidney disease. Older adults have the highest prevalence of ... -
Examining the utility of cystatin C as a confirmatory test of chronic kidney disease across the age range in middle-aged and older community-dwelling adults
(2018)Background: Cystatin C has been proposed as a confirmatory test of chronic kidney disease (CKD). This is most applicable to older individuals with CKD, the majority of whom have a creatinine-based estimated glomerular ... -
Executive functioning independently predicts self-rated health and improvement in self-rated health over time among community-dwelling older adults
(2016)Objectives: Self-rated health, as distinct from objective measures of health, is a clinically informative metric among older adults. The purpose of our study was to examine the cognitive and psychosocial factors associated ... -
High prevalence of dementia among community dwelling older adults in receipt of state funded home care packages: implications for health care planning
(2017)Objectives: The majority of people living with dementia in Ireland reside in their own homes, some supported by formal or informal home care. This audit aimed to estimate the prevalence of dementia and suspected cognitive ... -
The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Mental Health of Older Adults with an Intellectual Disability in Ireland.
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Nursing & Midwifery. Discipline of Nursing, 2024)Background On the 11th of March 2020, the World Health Organisation declared COVID-19 a global pandemic. Governments around the world took unprecedented actions to implement public health measures to control the spread of ... -
Investigating the needs and concerns of older adults with multimorbidity and their healthcare professionals for conceivable digital psychotherapeutic interventions
(2022)Multimorbidity, defined as the concurrent experience of more than one chronic health condition in an individual, affects ∼65% of people over 65 and 85% of those over 85 years old with 30% of those also experiencing mental ... -
Irish Journal of Paramedicine
(Irish College of ParamedicsIE, 2019-06-01)Commentary: Non-technical attributes in paramedicine: Is situational judgement testing the solution? / Ryan Bennett, Brett Williams -- Original Research Indicators of paramedic service use by community dwelling older adults ... -
Local NO2 concentrations and asthma among over-50s in Ireland: A microdata analysis
(2021)Background: Links between air pollution and asthma are less well established for older adults than some younger groups. Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) concentrations are widely used as an indicator of transport-related air pollution, ... -
Local NO2 concentrations and asthma among over-50s in Ireland: a microdata analysis
(2020)Background: Links between air pollution and asthma are less well established for older adults than some younger groups. Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) concentrations are widely used as an indicator of transport-related air pollution, ...