Tag: geriatrics

A large Chinese cohort study finds that handgrip strength adjusted for body mass index predicts fall risk in both older ...

Researchers in China have developed and preliminarily tested a 34-item health management checklist, built on Fitch's Supportive Care Framework and ...

A pilot randomized controlled trial at a Portuguese thermal spa found that two weeks of structured balneotherapy reduced average pain ...

A preliminary Hong Kong trial found that the Sippa dysphagia cup was perceived as a safe drinking aid by older ...

A new systematic review identifies the core components, from discharge planning to caregiver education, that make transitional care programs effective ...

A Thai feasibility study found that a family-based transitional care program delivered through a mobile application significantly improved hip function, ...

A three-year hospital-based study in Hangzhou, China, found that patients aged 65 and older were more than twice as likely ...

A survey of 973 South Korean family caregivers finds that attitudes toward deprescribing are shaped by residents' medication circumstances such ...

A cross-sectional study of 647 older Iranian adults with type 2 diabetes found that higher physical activity was independently associated ...

A new narrative review in European Geriatric Medicine synthesizes the evidence on frailty, cardiac risk, nutrition, delirium, and rehabilitation to ...