Development and usability testing of an integrated geriatric care model (SMART system) to promote integrated home-based geriatric care | BMC Geriatrics

Development and usability testing of an integrated geriatric care model (SMART system) to promote integrated home-based geriatric care | BMC Geriatrics

Based on the knowledge base previously developed for the integrated geriatric care model [28], the current…

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Assessment of social workers’ educational needs in geriatric competencies and attitudes towards older adults | BMC Medical Education

Assessment of social workers’ educational needs in geriatric competencies and attitudes towards older adults | BMC Medical Education

The proportion of older adults in the general population is increasing every day. According to TUIK…

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Exploring learning communities’ actions and perceived impact on healthy weight approaches across Dutch municipalities | BMC Public Health

Exploring learning communities’ actions and perceived impact on healthy weight approaches across Dutch municipalities | BMC Public Health

Part 1: action lists In total, 609 actions were formulated. LC members formulated on average 4.0…

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Deprescribing psychoactive drugs in older orthogeriatric patients: findings from the GIOG2.0 Italian survey | BMC Geriatrics

Deprescribing psychoactive drugs in older orthogeriatric patients: findings from the GIOG2.0 Italian survey | BMC Geriatrics

Marks R, Allegrante JP, Ronald MacKenzie C, Lane JM. Hip fractures among the elderly: causes, consequences…

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Normal-weight central obesity and cardiometabolic disorders among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians | BMC Medicine

Normal-weight central obesity and cardiometabolic disorders among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians | BMC Medicine

Data sources The study was based on the secondary analysis of the 2018–2019 National Aboriginal and…

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Multicomponent intervention to tailor prescriptions to patients with dementia in an intermediate care hospital: pre-post quasi experimental study | BMC Geriatrics

Multicomponent intervention to tailor prescriptions to patients with dementia in an intermediate care hospital: pre-post quasi experimental study | BMC Geriatrics

Zhao M, Chen Z, Xu T, Fan P, Tian F. Global prevalence of polypharmacy and potentially…

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