Association Between Vitamin D Dosing Regimen and Fall Prevention in Long-term Care Seniors [0.03%]
维生素D的给药方案与长期护理老年人跌倒预防之间的关系
Gilbert T Chua,Roger Y Wong
Gilbert T Chua
Introduction: The effectiveness of vitamin D in reducing falls among long-term care (LTC) seniors remains nonconclusive. We reviewed how vitamin D dosing regimen could affect rate of fall and number of fallers among LTC s...
Adverse drug events and associated factors in heart failure therapy among the very elderly [0.03%]
老年人心力衰竭治疗中的不良药物事件及其影响因素分析
Richard Sztramko,Vicky Chau,Roger Wong
Richard Sztramko
Introduction: Heart failure (HF) is common in older adults and standard therapy involves the use of multiple medications. We assessed the nature, frequency, and factors associated with adverse drug events (ADEs) associate...
Your fireplace reading … [0.03%]
你的壁炉旁读书佳作…
Ken M Madden
Ken M Madden
Psychotropic medication use in canadian long-term care patients referred for psychogeriatric consultation [0.03%]
加拿大长期护理机构的精神病学专家会诊患者的抗精神病药物使用情况
Corinne E Fischer,Carole Cohen,Lauren Forrest et al.
Corinne E Fischer et al.
BACKGROUND AND PUSPOSE: Prior studies have shown a high prevalence of psychotropic medication use among patients residing in long-term care homes (LTCHs). The purpose of this study was to examine psychotropic medication use by LTCH patients...
Safa A Elgamal,Eric A Roy,Michael T Sharratt
Safa A Elgamal
Background and purpose: Cognitive decline is a function of normal aging; however, the effect of age on various domains is differential. This study examined the effect of age on verbal fluency and showed how speed of proce...
Barriers to assessing fitness to drive in dementia in nova scotia: informing strategies for knowledge translation [0.03%]
Nova Scotia认知障碍驾驶能力评估障碍：知识转化策略 информ стратегий для knowledge translation
Paige Moorhouse,Laura Hamilton,Tracey Fisher et al.
Paige Moorhouse et al.
Background and purpose: Over half a million Canadians have a diagnosis of dementia, approximately 25-30% of whom continue to drive. Individuals with dementia have a risk of motor vehicle collision up to eight times that o...
What's Behind a Name: The Kaufman Prize of the Canadian Geriatrics Society [0.03%]
卡夫曼奖的由来——加拿大老年医学会颁奖记
David B Hogan
David B Hogan
The Kaufman Prize has been given by the Canadian Geriatrics Society for nearly 30 years, but few Society members are aware of who Kaufman was or why the Prize was named after him. They are equally unclear about the objectives established fo...
A rose by any other name [0.03%]
换一个名字就算真的玫瑰吗
Ken M Madden
Ken M Madden
Papers that might change your practice: review of the introduction of a new screening tool for the identification of cognitively impaired medically at-risk drivers [0.03%]
可能改变临床实践的论文-认知功能受损易感驾驶员筛查工具介绍综述
David B Hogan,Michel Bédard
David B Hogan
Developing guidelines on the assessment and treatment of delirium in older adults at the end of life [0.03%]
濒死老年人谵妄的评估与治疗指南的制定
Susan Brajtman,David Wright,David B Hogan et al.
Susan Brajtman et al.
Background and purpose: Delirium at the end of life is common and can have serious consequences on an older person's quality of life and death. In spite of the importance of detecting, diagnosing, and managing delirium at...