scholarly journals Psychiatry and the geriatric syndromes – creating constructive interfaces

2017 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. 71-75 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simon Thacker ◽  
Mike Skelton ◽  
Rowan Harwood
Keyword(s):  
Integrated Care ◽  
Elderly People ◽  
Old Age ◽  
Continuity Of Care ◽  
Frail Elderly ◽  
Geriatric Medicine ◽  
Geriatric Syndromes ◽  
Coordinated Care ◽  
Frail Elderly People ◽  
Old Age Psychiatry

SummaryIntegrating mental and physical healthcare is difficult to achieve because of professional and organisational barriers. Psychiatrists recognise the problems resulting from fragmentation of services and want continuity of care for patients, but commissioning and service structures perpetuate these problems. One way forward may be to follow the syndromic model employed by geriatricians as a means of avoiding over-emphasis on diagnosis above the pragmatics of implementing multi-component, coordinated care. Commissioners need to be made aware of the overlap and complementarity of skills possessed by old age psychiatry and geriatric medicine to create joint services for people vulnerable to dementia and delirium. A re-forged alliance between the two specialties will be necessary to turn integrated care for frail, elderly people from rhetoric into reality.

scholarly journals When and why frail elderly people give up independent living: The Netherlands as an example

2001 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-69 ◽  
Author(s):  
NARDI STEVERINK
Keyword(s):  
Theoretical Model ◽  
Elderly People ◽  
Old Age ◽  
Frail Elderly ◽  
Independent Living ◽  
Levels Of Care ◽  
Frail Elderly People ◽  
Care Facilities ◽  
Strong Orientation ◽  
Different Levels

As yet the determinants of the need for nursing homes and old age homes are not clearly understood. This may be due to the fact that care facilities providing different levels of care may yield different predictors of use. Moreover, the absence of theory and ignorance of the problems with ‘use‘ as the dependent variable, may be responsible for this. In this study these issues are addressed explicitly. The study focuses on the need for living in an old age home and a theoretical model predicts under what circumstances frail elderly people will express the need for living in such a home. Findings show that, as hypothesised, loss of comfort and affection are among the main predictors of a strong orientation towards living in an old age home. Resources to counter the loss of comfort and affection – a spouse, income, home adaptations, private help, informal and formal home care – were only partly effective in their hypothesised function of deterring orientation towards living in an old age home. Pressure from others to apply for an old age home had the strongest effect. The findings are discussed and some implications for policy are considered.

Effects of a short eight Tai Chi-forms for the pre-frail elderly people in senior living communities

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Yujie Ge ◽  
Howe Liu ◽  
Qingwen Wu ◽  
Anju Chen ◽  
Zhipeng Gao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Elderly People ◽  
Frail Elderly ◽  
Tai Chi ◽  
Frail Elderly People

Assessment of cardiac autonomic nervous activity in frail elderly people with postural abnormalities and in control subjects

2009 ◽  
Vol 48 (1) ◽  
pp. 121-124 ◽  
Author(s):  
France Mourey ◽  
Laurent Brondel ◽  
Virginie Van Wymelbeke ◽  
Martin Buchheit ◽  
Daniel Moreau ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Elderly People ◽  
Frail Elderly ◽  
Nervous Activity ◽  
Autonomic Nervous Activity ◽  
Autonomic Nervous ◽  
Control Subjects ◽  
Frail Elderly People ◽  
Postural Abnormalities

The eCare Network in Bologna

2014 ◽  
pp. 284-313
Author(s):  
Carla Fiori
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Elderly People ◽  
Frail Elderly ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Social Welfare System ◽  
Frail Elderly People ◽  
Service Outcomes ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Further Development

This chapter describes the outcome of the creation of an eCare Network for frail elderly people in 2005. This was developed over the years as a network of citizens, associations, institutions, and professionals, providing a relational and support ecosystem to frail elderly people. The issue of financial sustainability of the health and social welfare system, in the phase of ongoing demographic revolution, has stimulated the creation of a service that aims to encourage the permanence of frail elderly citizens at home to prevent the onset of frailty or dependency and to improve their quality of life by fighting social isolation through the use of appropriate IT technologies. Community-based voluntary associations also play a key role in the eCare Network for the frail elderly. Finally, in addition to a detailed description of the activities that have been put in place, the service outcomes, innovations, and prospects for further development are illustrated.

scholarly journals Assessment of agreement and time in therapeutic range of capillary versus venous international normalised ratio in frail elderly people in a nursing home

2019 ◽  
Vol 49 (11) ◽  
pp. 1442-1446
Author(s):  
Chloé Sikirdji ◽  
David Costa ◽  
Sandrine Alonso ◽  
Jean‐François Clape ◽  
Michel Amouyal ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Home ◽  
Elderly People ◽  
Therapeutic Range ◽  
Frail Elderly ◽  
Time In Therapeutic Range ◽  
Frail Elderly People ◽  
International Normalised Ratio

Higher dietary variety is associated with better nutritional status in frail elderly people

2002 ◽  
Vol 102 (8) ◽  
pp. 1096-1104 ◽  
Author(s):  
MELISSA A. BERNSTEIN ◽  
KATHERINE L. TUCKER ◽  
NANCY D. RYAN ◽  
EVELYN F. O’NEILL ◽  
KAREN M. CLEMENTS ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nutritional Status ◽  
Elderly People ◽  
Frail Elderly ◽  
Dietary Variety ◽  
Frail Elderly People
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