Framing Later Life Vulnerability during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Content Analysis of Newspaper Coverage in Canada and the United States
This study explores vulnerability narratives used in relation to older adults and others during the COVID-19 pandemic. A mixed-method content analysis was conducted of 391 articles published in two major newspapers in Canada and the USA during the first wave of the pandemic. The findings indicated that during the early months of the pandemic, limited attention was directed towards its impact on older adults or other 'vulnerable' subpopulations in both countries. Where evident, intrinsic (individual-level) risk factors were most consistently used to frame the vulnerability of older adults. In contrast, vulnerability was mor...
Source: Canadian Journal on Aging - April 29, 2024 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Margaret J Penning Sean D Browning Kazi Sabrina Haq Bodhin Kidd Source Type: research
Key Learnings from 'Seniors of Canada': A Community Project Aimed to Disrupt Ageism
This article highlights insights gained since the inception of the project, including three key learnings: (1) Building bridges across academia and community, (2) Intergenerational connection and digital tools, and (3) The power of visual storytelling. We provide a practical overview of a successful knowledge mobilization/community outreach project and showcase the power of bridging academia and community for social change.PMID:38679950 | DOI:10.1017/S0714980824000151 (Source: Canadian Journal on Aging)
Source: Canadian Journal on Aging - April 29, 2024 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Stephanie Hatzifilalithis Rachel Weldrick Kelsey Harvey Source Type: research
Preoperative Drug Monitoring in Management of Patients with Hip Fracture on Treatment with Direct Oral Anticoagulants
(Source: Clinical Interventions in Aging)
Source: Clinical Interventions in Aging - April 29, 2024 Category: Geriatrics Tags: Clinical Interventions in Aging Source Type: research
TYG Index as a Novel Predictor of Clinical Outcomes in Advanced Chronic Heart Failure with Renal Dysfunction Patients
(Source: Clinical Interventions in Aging)
Source: Clinical Interventions in Aging - April 29, 2024 Category: Geriatrics Tags: Clinical Interventions in Aging Source Type: research
Association of sodium –glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors with changes in comprehensive geriatric assessment in elderly diabetic patients with heart failure: Data from MAGIC‐HF
(Source: European Journal of Heart Failure)
Source: European Journal of Heart Failure - April 29, 2024 Category: Cardiology Authors: Giuseppe Armentaro,
Velia Cassano,
Valentino Condoleo,
Marcello Magurno,
Marcello Divino,
Carlo Alberto Pastura,
Sofia Miceli,
Raffaele Maio,
Franco Arturi,
Marta Letizia Hribal,
Antonio Brunetti,
Giorgio Sesti,
Giuseppe Massimo Claudio Rosano Tags: Research Letter Source Type: research
Use of headphones for the delivery of music programs for people with dementia in long-term care homes: a scoping review protocol
Introduction
Dementia affects the quality of life. Excessive noise in care environments can exacerbate stress and related symptoms. Headphone-based music interventions may help improve the quality of life for people with dementia in long-term care homes. This review aims to explore and synthesise research on headphone-based music interventions for people with dementia in long-term care homes, focusing on enablers and barriers to implementing headphone-based music interventions.
Methods and analysis
Joanna Briggs Institute guidance for scoping review and Preferred Reporting Items for Scoping Reviews and Meta-analyses exten...
Source: BMJ Open - April 29, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: Hung, L., Wong, K. L. Y., Huang, K., Cheung, D. S. K., Yeo, M. S., Kim, S. J. Tags: Open access, Geriatric medicine Source Type: research
Association between cognitive impairment and cardiovascular mortality in mature and older adults: A meta-analysis
CONCLUSIONS: Cognitive impairment is a significant predictor of cardiovascular mortality in mature and older adults from the general population. However, future studies are needed to evaluate the specific impact of cognitive impairment on different genders.PMID:38679351 | DOI:10.1016/j.exger.2024.112440 (Source: Experimental Gerontology)
Source: Experimental Gerontology - April 28, 2024 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Ze Fang Qiongfang Zhang Source Type: research
Oral frailty is associated with mortality independently of physical and psychological frailty among older adults
CONCLUSION: Oral frailty is associated with mortality independent of physical and psychological frailty in older adults. The Oral Frailty Index-8 may be useful for identifying individuals at high risk of mortality.PMID:38679352 | DOI:10.1016/j.exger.2024.112446 (Source: Experimental Gerontology)
Source: Experimental Gerontology - April 28, 2024 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Daiki Watanabe Tsukasa Yoshida Yuya Watanabe Keiichi Yokoyama Yosuke Yamada Takeshi Kikutani Mitsuyoshi Yoshida Motohiko Miyachi Misaka Kimura Source Type: research
Association between increased and decreased gut microbiota abundance and Parkinson's disease: A systematic review and subgroup meta-analysis
CONCLUSION: Patients in the PD cohort exhibited distinctive microbiota compositions compared to healthy individuals, with unique differential patterns in gut microbiome abundance at the phylum, family, and genus levels that may be associated wtih PD pathogenesis.PMID:38679353 | DOI:10.1016/j.exger.2024.112444 (Source: Experimental Gerontology)
Source: Experimental Gerontology - April 28, 2024 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Fusheng Bai Lin You Hongyan Lei Xinming Li Source Type: research
Interest of a hospital-based geriatric living lab among inpatients with neurocognitive disorders: the ALLEGRIA cross-sectional study
CONCLUSION: Living lab experimentations appear feasible with older adults, even with those with MNCD. Task support can be offered to those with severe MNCD.PMID:38679008 | DOI:10.1159/000538144 (Source: Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders)
Source: Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders - April 28, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Fr édéric Noublanche Gr égory Ben-Sadoun Lena Carcreff Jennifer Gautier Philippe Allain C édric Annweiler Source Type: research
Determining the relationship of p16INK4a and additional molecular markers of aging with clinical frailty in hematologic malignancy
ConclusionsOur pilot data suggest that multiple blood-based aging biomarkers have potential to identify frailty in older adults with HM.Implications for Cancer SurvivorsWe developed the I2 index to quantify impairments across geriatric domains and discovered that PBTL p16, Hannum, PhenoAge, and DunedinPACE are promising indicators of frailty in HM. (Source: Journal of Cancer Survivorship)
Source: Journal of Cancer Survivorship - April 28, 2024 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: research
Interventions to prevent and treat delirium: An umbrella review of randomized controlled trials
In conclusion, our work indicates that effective treatments to prevent delirium differ across populations, settings, and age groups. Results inform future guidelines to prevent or treat delirium, accounting for safety and costs of interventions. More research is needed in non-surgical settings.PMID:38677599 | DOI:10.1016/j.arr.2024.102313 (Source: Ageing Research Reviews)
Source: Ageing Research Reviews - April 27, 2024 Category: Genetics & Stem Cells Authors: Nicola Veronese Luisa Solimando Francesco Bolzetta Stefania Maggi Jess G Fiedorowicz Arnav Gupta Nicholas Fabiano Stanley Wong Laurent Boyer Guillaume Fond Elena Dragioti Ligia J Dominguez Mario Barbagallo Stefano Romagnoli Giuseppe Bellelli Marco Solmi Source Type: research
The Effect of Intraoperative Patient Positioning on the Success of Intertrochanteric Fracture Surgery in Older Patients
Conclusions: Although PFN surgery using the traction table is longer in terms of surgical time compared to surgery performed in the lateral decubitus position and the supine hemilitotomy position, it is advantageous in terms of better TAD and CDA values and lower complication rates.PMID:38674292 | PMC:PMC11052214 | DOI:10.3390/medicina60040646 (Source: Medicina (Kaunas))
Source: Medicina (Kaunas) - April 27, 2024 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Onur Kaya Bu ğra Kundakçı Cem Önder Vahap Kurt Emre Atmaca Fatih Tun ç Source Type: research
The Role of State Versus Trait Anxiety on Cognition in Older Adults With Major Depressive Disorder
CONCLUSION: In LLD, individual increases in state and trait anxiety were associated with cognitive declines in different domains.PMID:38677962 | DOI:10.1016/j.jagp.2024.03.014 (Source: Am J Geriatr Psychia...)
Source: Am J Geriatr Psychia... - April 27, 2024 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Usha D Persaud Kevin J Manning Rong Wu Beth A Springate David C Steffens Source Type: research
"TiC-TUG": technology in clinical practice using the instrumented timed up and go test-a scoping review
Aging Clin Exp Res. 2024 Apr 27;36(1):100. doi: 10.1007/s40520-024-02733-7.ABSTRACTDigitized assessments have a considerable potential to guide clinicial decision making and monitor progress and disease trajectories. The Timed Up and Go test (TUG) has been long established for assessment in geriatric medicine and instrumented versions (iTUG) have been developed and validated. This scoping review includes studies that applied the iTUG and aims to identify use cases to show where and how iTUG assessment could guide interventions and clinical management. The literature search was limited to peer-reviewed studies that performe...
Source: Aging Clinical and Experimental Research - April 27, 2024 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Melissa J B öttinger Sarah Labudek Daniel Schoene Carl-Philipp Jansen Marios-Evangelos Stefanakis Elena Litz J ürgen M Bauer Clemens Becker Katharina Gordt-Oesterwind Source Type: research
