Medical Gerontology: Recent submissions
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The aesthetic and cultural pursuits of patients with stroke
(2013)Background: There has been an increasing interest in the arts in health care, with a suggestion that the arts and aesthetics can augment patient outcomes in stroke and other illnesses. Designing such programmes requires ... -
Multiprofessional Views on Older Patients' Participation in Care Planning Meetings in a Hospital Context
(2013)Care planning meetings (CPMs; sometimes referred to as family meetings) for older patients involve group decision-making between the multidisciplinary team, the older person and their family. However, service user participation ... -
High on-treatment platelet reactivity on commonly prescribed antiplatelet agents following transient ischaemic attack or ischaemic stroke: results from the TRinity AntiPlatelet responsiveness (TRAP) study.
(2013)Background and purpose The prevalence of ex vivo ‘high on-treatment platelet reactivity’ (HTPR) to antiplatelet regimens in patients with ischaemic cerebrovascular disease (CVD) is uncertain. Methods HTPR was assessed ... -
2012 - That was the year that was
(2013)Geriatric medicine has an encyclopaedic sweep, reflecting the complexity of both the ageing process and of our patient group. Keeping up with, and making sense of, the relevant scientific literature is challenging, especially ... -
Dementia - a geriatric syndrome
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Increased platelet activation in early symptomatic versus asymptomatic carotid stenosis and relationship with microembolic status: Results from the Platelets And Carotid Stenosis (PACS) Study.
(2013)Abstract Background: Cerebral microembolic signals (MES) may predict increased stroke risk in carotid stenosis. However, the relationship between platelet counts or platelet activation status and MES in symptomatic ... -
Nursing home residents attending the emergency department: clinical characteristics and outcomes.
(2013)Nursing home (NH) residents represent the frailest group of older people, and providing gerontologically attuned care that addresses these frailties is often a challenge within the emergency department (ED). This study ... -
Ageing, cognitive disorders and professional practice.
(2013)Background: the workforce is ageing. The contribution of older workers is considerable. Their occupational health profiles differ from those of younger workers. Objective: we wished to establish whether consideration ... -
Driving assessment for maintaining mobility and safety in drivers with dementia.
(2013)Abstract Background Demographic changes are leading to an increase in the number of older drivers: as dementia is an age-related disease, there is also an increase in the numbers of drivers with dementia. Dementia can ... -
The future cost of stroke in Ireland: an analysis of the potential impact of demographic change and implementation of evidence-based therapies
(2013)Background and purpose: this paper examines the impact of demographic change from 2007 to 2021 on the total cost of stroke in Ireland and analyses potential impacts of expanded access to stroke unit care and thrombolytic ... -
Towards Realistic and Flexible Advance Care Planning
(2013)The suffering of the many Irish people who bought houses at the height of the economic boom with variable mortgages is a topical and telling demonstration of the difficulties of planning for the future. What seemed like a ... -
Frequent inaccuracies in ABCD(2) scoring in non-stroke specialists' referrals to a daily Rapid Access Stroke Prevention service.
(2013)Abstract The ‘accuracy’ of age, blood pressure, clinical features, duration and diabetes (ABCD2) scoring by non-stroke specialists referring patients to a daily Rapid Access Stroke Prevention (RASP) service is unclear, ... -
Health and aging: development of the Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing.
(2013)To assist researchers planning studies similar to The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA), concerning the development of the health assessment component, to promote use of the archived data set, to inform researchers ... -
Epidemiology of Syncope/Collapse in Younger and Older Western Patient Populations.
(2013)Syncope is a common problem which can be remarkably debilitating and associated with high health care costs; its true incidence is difficult to estimate due to variation in definition, differences in population prevalence ... -
Discharge of patients to long-term care from a large acute hospital over a 12-year period.
(2013)Abstract Background Several factors may be important in determining the discharge of patients to long-term care from the acute hospital. Aims We aimed to look at factors associated with discharge to long-term care from ...
