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The association between fatigue severity and risk of falls among middle-aged and older Australian stroke survivors
CONCLUSION: This study revealed an association between an increasing risk of falls with increasing severity of post stroke fatigue. Accurate detection and management of fatigue may help reduce the risk of falls and should be the focus of future research.PMID:35796976 | DOI:10.1007/s40520-022-02179-9
Source: Aging Clinical and Experimental Research - July 7, 2022 Category: Geriatrics Authors: David Sibbritt Jessica Bayes Wenbo Peng Jane Maguire Suzy Ladanyi Jon Adams Source Type: research

Rehabilitation Indices associated with sustaining a minimal trauma fracture within 12  months of a stroke in Western Australian.
CONCLUSION: Rehabilitation Indices are associated with a MTF within 12 months poststroke. PMID: 30806020 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Australasian Journal on Ageing - February 25, 2019 Category: Geriatrics Authors: David SM, Chan K, Inderjeeth C, Raymond WD Tags: Australas J Ageing Source Type: research

Use of health and aged care services in Australia following hospital admission for myocardial infarction, stroke or heart failure
Cardiovascular diseases (CVD), including myocardial infarction (MI), stroke and heart failure (HF) are the leading cause of death amongst the older population worldwide. The aim of this study is to investigate...
Source: BMC Geriatrics - October 11, 2021 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Benjumin Hsu, Rosemary J. Korda, Richard I. Lindley, Kirsty A. Douglas, Vasi Naganathan and Louisa R. Jorm Tags: Research Source Type: research

Prognostication accuracy of final destination in poststroke patients requiring transitional care.
CONCLUSION: Functional improvement, that is the Modified Barthel Index, is the best predictor of final destination after transitional care. PMID: 31742852 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Australasian Journal on Ageing - November 18, 2019 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Iddagoda MT, Inderjeeth CA, Chan K, Raymond WD Tags: Australas J Ageing Source Type: research

Risk factors for falls among older Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in urban and regional communities
ConclusionFalls were experienced by one‐quarter of study participants. Fall risk factors identified for older Aboriginal people appear to be similar to those identified in the general population. Understanding of fall risk factors may assist with the development of appropriate and effective community‐led fall prevention programs.
Source: Australasian Journal on Ageing - November 15, 2017 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Caroline Lukaszyk, Kylie Radford, Kim Delbaere, Rebecca Ivers, Kris Rogers, Catherine Sherrington, Anne Tiedemann, Julieann Coombes, Gail Daylight, Brian Draper, Tony Broe Tags: Research Article Source Type: research

Risk factors for falls among older Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in urban and regional communities.
CONCLUSION: Falls were experienced by one-quarter of study participants. Fall risk factors identified for older Aboriginal people appear to be similar to those identified in the general population. Understanding of fall risk factors may assist with the development of appropriate and effective community-led fall prevention programs. PMID: 29143435 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Australasian Journal on Ageing - November 15, 2017 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Lukaszyk C, Radford K, Delbaere K, Ivers R, Rogers K, Sherrington C, Tiedemann A, Coombes J, Daylight G, Draper B, Broe T Tags: Australas J Ageing Source Type: research

Unlucky numbers: Fighting murder convictions that rest on shoddy stats
LEIDEN, THE NETHERLANDS— When a Dutch nurse named Lucia de Berk stood trial for serial murder in 2003, statistician Richard Gill was aware of the case. But he saw no reason to stick his nose into it. De Berk was a pediatric nurse at Juliana Children’s Hospital in The Hague. In 2001, after a baby died while she was on duty, a colleague told superiors that De Berk had been present at a suspiciously high number of deaths and resuscitations. Hospital staff immediately informed the police. When investigators reexamined records from De Berk’s shifts, they found 10 suspicious incidents. Three other hospitals where D...
Source: Science of Aging Knowledge Environment - January 19, 2023 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research

These ants are ballooning with microbe-killing honey
Buried deep underneath the red, sunbaked soil of Australia’s deserts are hidden treasure troves of honey. It’s not the delicacy produced by bees, but rather the only type of honey made by ants. It’s also, a new study confirms, a potentially powerful medicine with antimicrobial properties. Australia’s Indigenous peoples have long used honey from honeypot ants ( Camponotus inflatus ) to treat a variety of maladies, from sore throats to infected wounds. Now, Western scientists are finally getting up to speed. In a study published today in PeerJ , researchers show that the honeypot ant’s honey has...
Source: Science of Aging Knowledge Environment - July 26, 2023 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research