elderly patients

Elderly fare better when included in decisions on treatment trade-offs

harminka — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 02:35:35 -0500

Halting a medication that treats one ailment because it may worsen another is a treatment trade-off decision that elderly patients with multiple medical conditions would rather take part in, researchers at Yale School of Medicine report in a study published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.

Special journal section explores geriatric assessment

harminka — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 08:11:59 -0500

The latest issue of The Journal of Gerontology: Medical Sciences (Vol. 63, No. 3) features a special section devoted to the phenomenon of multidimensional geriatric assessment - an interdisciplinary diagnostic process to determine the medical, psychological, and functional status of at-risk and frail elderly patients in order to develop a coordinated, integrated plan for treatment and long-term follow-up.

Insomnia may perpetuate depression in some elderly patients

harminka — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 13:04:29 -0500

In addition to being a risk factor for a depressive episode, persistent insomnia may perpetuate the illness in some elderly patients, and especially in those receiving standard care for depression in primary care settings, according to a study published in the April 1 issue of the journal SLEEP.

Reducing use of hospitals by elderly people

harminka — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 13:55:19 -0600

Researchers from the Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health from the University of Granada have carried out a study with patients over 60.

Elderly Medicare, Medicaid patients not receiving quality care

harminka — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 15:43:19 -0500

If the care received by vulnerable older people concurrently enrolled in Medicare and Medicaid was evaluated on a grading scale, it would squeak by with a barely passing mark, a new UCLA study has found.

Drug-free treatments offer hope for older people in pain

harminka — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 13:55:46 -0500

Mind-body therapies, which focus on the interactions between the mind, body and behavior, and the ways in which emotional, mental, social and behavioral factors can affect health, may be of particular benefit to elderly chronic pain sufferers.

Refusal of medical interventions common among chronically ill elderly

harminka — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 07:22:12 -0500

Chronically ill older persons frequently refuse medical and surgical interventions recommended by their physicians, according to a recent study by Yale School of Medicine researchers.

Higher quality outpatient care greatly benefits chronically ill patients

harminka — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 12:07:46 -0600