Some books available in the Library
- Abc of dementia
- Acute medical illness in old age
- Blackwell’s primary care essentials: geriatrics
- Brocklehurt’s textbook of geriatrics and gerontology
- The dimensions of elder abuse
- Elder abuse: critical issues in policy and practice
- Epidemiology in old age
- Geriatric medicine: an evidence-based approach
- Geriatric physical diagnosis : a guide to observation and assessment
- Geriatrics in orthopaedics
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Accidental Falls Evidence Summary
COVID-19 and elderly/geriatric/aged patients – pubmed results
CONCLUSION: The cognitive battery used was able to identify cognitive deficits related to executive function, memory, attention and language. Identifying patterns of cognitive deficits associated with COVID-19 is necessary to distinguish cognitive impairments associated with COVID-19 from other dementias.
CONCLUSION: Sex-specific therapeutic strategies are essential for effectively managing risk factors for Alzheimer's Desease in older adulta. For women addressing emotional needs through connection and support is key, while for men, interventions should focus on fostering purpose and rebuilding social roles. These tailored approaches not only reduce depressive symptoms but also enhance overall well-being contributing to the prevention of long-term health risks such as cognitive decline and...
CONCLUSION: Our study highlighted the significant interplay between educational attainment, which contributes to cognitive reserve, and the neurological manifestations of long COVID. Higher educational attainment may confer resilience against cognitive decline associated with long COVID. While long COVID was linked to lower global cognitive scores, no specific cognitive domain appeared particularly vulnerable. These findings underscore the importance of prioritizing support for vulnerable...
CONCLUSION: The results of this study indicate a high prevalence of Cognitive and Functional Disability, Frailty, Fatigue, and Dyspnea after the initial diagnosis of Covid-19. Accurate and early identification of CPS symptoms in the elderly is important to provide adequate treatment, prevent long-term complications and improve the quality of life of this population.
CONCLUSION: Collectively, our findings put inflammation as a primary correlate of acute and persistent AD-related molecular changes in COVID-19 patients, urging careful follow-up of COVID-19 survivors with lingering inflammation or cognitive symptoms for possible risk of future AD.
CONCLUSIONS: Low TLR7 levels were associated with severe COVID-19, and together with OAS1 expression were modulated over time according to severity. While TLR7 expression decreased across all severity groups as the disease resolved, OAS1 expression persisted in severe cases with higher viremia.
CONCLUSION: More than 1 in 10 working-aged men were NEET in 2022. Adjusted models showed higher odds of past-year SUDs but lower rates of alcohol use disorder. Targeted interventions should include age-appropriate, culturally tailored, and substance-specific treatment programs to improve public health.
CONCLUSION: This study highlights the role of D-dimer as a predictive biomarker for PE in COVID-19 patients. The identified cut-off value offers a practical threshold for clinical decision-making, balancing sensitivity and specificity. Further studies are needed to validate these findings in broader population.
CONCLUSION: The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted traditional end-of-life and mourning practices. The society-wide implementation of public health measures sought to prevent the spread of COVID-19, particularly among our vulnerable populations, but had a deep impact on the dying, death, and bereavement experience in Ireland. This paper gives voice to the bereavement experience of families, friends, and communities and highlights ways to support people who are grieving.
CONCLUSION: This analysis provides a detailed cognitive characterisation of patients with Long Covid, highlighting potentially unique cognitive trajectories in these individuals. These findings emphasise the importance of providing clear, specific clinical guidance for detection, monitoring and treatment of cognitive impairment in this patient group.
Recent articles from selected Journal RSS feeds/ News feeds
Best Practices in Nursing Care to Older Adults With Dementia (Full-text available via NHS Athens)
Elderly Health Journal
New England Journal of Medicine- Geriatrics/Aging
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Posted: December 11, 2025, 12:00 am
Among adults 65 years of age or older, a high-dose influenza vaccine did not result in a significantly lower incidence of hospitalization for influenza or pneumonia than a standard-dose vaccine.
Posted: December 11, 2025, 12:00 am
In adults 65 to 79 years of age, there appeared to be fewer hospitalizations for influenza or pneumonia with high-dose influenza vaccine than with the standard dose, with a similar incidence of serious adverse events.
Posted: December 11, 2025, 12:00 am
Artificial intelligence is increasingly being positioned as a tool for transforming rural care delivery, but it must be integrated into the social support network that sustains patients in their homes and communities.
Posted: December 4, 2025, 12:00 am
After 60 years of cogitation about normal-pressure hydrocephalus, the results of a worthy randomized trial that assessed the effects of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) shunting are now published in the Journal.1 No one seems to want to own idiopathic normal-pressure hydrocephalus. The symptoms are neurologic, the treatment...
Posted: December 4, 2025, 12:00 am
Idiopathic normal-pressure hydrocephalus typically causes gait, cognitive, and urinary impairment. The diagnosis is aided by a medical evaluation, imaging findings, and tests that predict improvement with CSF shunting.
Posted: December 4, 2025, 12:00 am
Results from recently published, peer-reviewed studies support the safety and effectiveness of immunizations against Covid-19, RSV, and influenza.
Posted: December 4, 2025, 12:00 am
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Posted: December 4, 2025, 12:00 am
Twelve former commissioners of the FDA express concern that the agency’s recent moves will undermine a regulatory model designed to ensure vaccine safety, effectiveness, and availability.
Posted: December 3, 2025, 12:00 am
In high-grade asymptomatic carotid stenosis, addition of stenting to medical therapy led to a lower risk of stroke over a 4-year period. Endarterectomy did not lead to a significant benefit.
Posted: November 21, 2025, 12:00 am
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Posted: November 21, 2025, 12:00 am
Sometimes, as patients near the end of life, eliciting and fulfilling a simple wish can lead to acceptance and a peaceful death — a lesson absorbed by a physician during a week of ice cream.
Posted: November 20, 2025, 12:00 am
In older patients with frailty who were receiving antihypertensive drugs and had a systolic blood pressure below 130 mm Hg, reducing antihypertensive drugs did not lead to lower all-cause mortality over 4 years than usual care.
Posted: November 20, 2025, 12:00 am
When a patient’s family struggles to grasp what enrolling him in hospice will mean, a physician recognizes the limits of the standard script about hospice care.
Posted: November 13, 2025, 12:00 am
Opioid deprescribing is advised when risks of opioid use outweigh benefits. A tailored, patient-centered plan with gradual dose reduction, monitoring, and support can improve outcomes and reduce harm.
Posted: November 6, 2025, 12:00 am
In this episode of NOS, Lisa Rosenbaum and her guests consider the ideals and realities of primary care — and the expectations and misunderstandings that are contributing to its current crisis.
Posted: October 30, 2025, 12:00 am
In this randomized trial, reduction in knee pain at 3 months was similar in participants assigned to home exercise alone and those assigned to home exercise, motivational text messages, and standard physical therapy.
Posted: October 30, 2025, 12:00 am
Use of prior authorization in traditional Medicare has historically been limited. But in June 2025, CMS announced the WISeR model, which will expand technology-enabled prior authorization.
Posted: October 16, 2025, 12:00 am
Female-pattern hair loss increases with age and varies according to age at onset and hormone status. Treatments include minoxidil, antiandrogens, and nondrug options such as platelet-rich plasma or light or laser therapy.
Posted: October 16, 2025, 12:00 am
In rural South Africa, home-based hypertension care — delivered by community health workers and supported by remote nurses — led to a lower mean systolic blood pressure than clinic-based care.
Posted: October 2, 2025, 12:00 am
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