Can Dementia Be Delayed? What You Need to Know to Counsel Your Older Patients

2016 ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Emily Morgan ◽  
Bobby Heagerty ◽  
Elizabeth Eckstrom
Keyword(s):  
Older Patients

Aging and Autism

2012 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 69-75 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pamela A. Smith
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Autism Spectrum Disorders ◽  
Patient Group ◽  
Older Patients ◽  
Geriatric Patients ◽  
Recent Literature ◽  
Communication Disorders ◽  
Autism Spectrum ◽  
Need For Support ◽  
Spectrum Disorders

In this article, I will review the available recent literature about the aging population with autism, a patient group that researchers know little about and a group that is experiencing a growing need for support from communication disorders professionals. Speech-language pathologists working with geriatric patients should become familiar with this issue, as the numbers of older patients with autism spectrum disorders is likely to increase. Our profession and our health care system must prepare to meet the challenge these patients and residents will present as they age.

Smoking, Sun Exposure Flag Melanoma Risk in Older Patients

2009 ◽  
Vol 40 (8) ◽  
pp. 17
Author(s):  
RENÉE MATTHEWS
Keyword(s):  
Older Patients ◽  
Sun Exposure ◽  
Melanoma Risk

Intensive Statin Tx Most Effective in Older Patients

2005 ◽  
Vol 38 (11) ◽  
pp. 56
Author(s):  
MITCHEL L. ZOLER
Keyword(s):  
Older Patients

Cochlear Implants Beneficial in Older Patients

2006 ◽  
Vol 39 (16) ◽  
pp. 14
Author(s):  
HEIDI SPLETE
Keyword(s):  
Cochlear Implants ◽  
Older Patients

Older Patients' Stoicism Hinders Pain Management

2008 ◽  
Vol 41 (11) ◽  
pp. 31
Author(s):  
KATE JOHNSON
Keyword(s):  
Pain Management ◽  
Older Patients

Primary Care for Older Patients Will Get Scarcer

2008 ◽  
Vol 41 (17) ◽  
pp. 45
Author(s):  
JOYCE FRIEDEN
Keyword(s):  
Primary Care ◽  
Older Patients

Older Patients Do Try Lifestyle Modification

2008 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 16
Author(s):  
SHERRY BOSCHERT
Keyword(s):  
Older Patients ◽  
Lifestyle Modification

TZD Risks May Trump Benefits in Older Patients

2008 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 12
Author(s):  
MARY ANN MOON
Keyword(s):  
Older Patients

Zinc Depletion Increases Readmission in Older Patients: An Example of Interactions Between Nutrition and Disease

2017 ◽  
Vol 87 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 10-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Salah Gariballa ◽  
Awad Alessa
Keyword(s):  
Nutritional Status ◽  
Inductively Coupled Plasma ◽  
Older Patients ◽  
Controlled Trial ◽  
Prognostic Indicators ◽  
Hospitalised Patients ◽  
Increased Risk ◽  
Co Morbidity ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Poor Nutrition

Abstract. Background: ill health may lead to poor nutrition and poor nutrition to ill health, so identifying priorities for management still remains a challenge. The aim of this report is to present data on the impact of plasma zinc (Zn) depletion on important health outcomes after adjusting for other poor prognostic indicators in hospitalised patients. Methods: Hospitalised acutely ill older patients who were part of a large randomised controlled trial had their nutritional status assessed using anthropometric, hematological and biochemical data. Plasma Zn concentrations were measured at baseline, 6 weeks and at 6 months using inductively- coupled plasma spectroscopy method. Other clinical outcome measures of health were also measured. Results: A total of 345 patients assessed at baseline, 133 at 6 weeks and 163 at 6 months. At baseline 254 (74%) patients had a plasma Zn concentration below 10.71 μmol/L indicating biochemical depletion. The figures at 6 weeks and 6 months were 86 (65%) and 114 (70%) patients respectively. After adjusting for age, co-morbidity, nutritional status and tissue inflammation measured using CRP, only muscle mass and serum albumin showed significant and independent effects on plasma Zn concentrations. The risk of non-elective readmission in the 6-months follow up period was significantly lower in patients with normal Zn concentrations compared with those diagnosed with Zn depletion (adjusted hazard ratio 0.62 (95% CI: 0.38 to 0.99), p = 0.047. Conclusions: Zn depletion is common and associated with increased risk of readmission in acutely-ill older patients, however, the influence of underlying comorbidity on these results can not excluded.

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