scholarly journals Birth Parameters Are Associated With Late-Life White Matter Integrity in Community-Dwelling Older People

Stroke ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 40 (4) ◽  
pp. 1225-1228 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan D. Shenkin ◽  
Mark E. Bastin ◽  
Tom J. MacGillivray ◽  
Ian J. Deary ◽  
John M. Starr ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
White Matter ◽  
Older People ◽  
Late Life ◽  
Community Dwelling ◽  
White Matter Integrity ◽  
Community Dwelling Older People

White Matter Hyperintensities Are an Independent Predictor of Physical Decline in Community-Dwelling Older People

Gerontology ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 58 (5) ◽  
pp. 398-406 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacqueline J.J. Zheng ◽  
Kim Delbaere ◽  
Jacqueline C.T. Close ◽  
Perminder Sachdev ◽  
Wei Wen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
White Matter ◽  
Older People ◽  
White Matter Hyperintensities ◽  
Independent Predictor ◽  
Community Dwelling ◽  
Physical Decline ◽  
Community Dwelling Older People

scholarly journals Brain white matter tract integrity and cognitive abilities in community-dwelling older people: The Lothian Birth Cohort, 1936.

2013 ◽  
Vol 27 (5) ◽  
pp. 595-607 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tom Booth ◽  
Mark E. Bastin ◽  
Lars Penke ◽  
Susana Muñoz Maniega ◽  
Catherine Murray ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
White Matter ◽  
Older People ◽  
Birth Cohort ◽  
Cognitive Abilities ◽  
Community Dwelling ◽  
White Matter Tract ◽  
Brain White Matter ◽  
Lothian Birth Cohort ◽  
Community Dwelling Older People

Prioritization and management of calls from older people to GP out-of-hours services

2021 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Suzanne Smith ◽  
Lucia Carragher
Keyword(s):  
Older People ◽  
Service Provision ◽  
Emergency Services ◽  
Oldest Old ◽  
Community Dwelling ◽  
Third Party ◽  
Older Person ◽  
Out Of Hours ◽  
Accident And Emergency ◽  
Community Dwelling Older People

Abstract Background Urgent out-of-hours medical care is necessary to ensure people can remain living at home into older age. However, older people experience multiple barriers to using out-of-hours services including poor awareness about the general practitioner (GP) out-of-hours (GPOOH) service and how to access it. In particular, older people are reluctant users of GPOOH services because they expect either their symptoms will not be taken seriously or they will simply be referred to hospital accident and emergency services. The aim of this study was to examine if this expectation was borne out in the manner of GPOOH service provision. Objective The objective was to establish the urgency categorization and management of calls to GPOOH , for community dwelling older people in Ireland. Methods An 8-week sample of 770 calls, for people over 65 years, to a GPOOH service in Ireland, was analysed using Excel and Nvivo software. Results Urgency categorization of older people shows 40% of calls categorized as urgent. Recognition of the severity of symptoms, prompting calls to the GPOOH service, is also reflected in a quarter of callers receiving a home visit by the GP and referral of a third of calls to emergency services. The findings also show widespread reliance on another person to negotiate the GPOOH system, with a third party making 70% of calls on behalf of the older person seeking care. Conclusion Older people are in urgent need of medical services when they contact GPOOH service, which plays an effective and patient-centred gatekeeping role, particularly directing the oldest old to the appropriate level of care outside GP office hours. The promotion of GPOOH services should be enhanced to ensure older people understand their role in supporting community living.

Ten‐year trends in lifestyle habits among community‐dwelling older people in Taiwan

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hsiao‐Ting Tsou ◽  
Tai‐Yin Wu ◽  
Kuan‐Liang Kuo ◽  
Sheng‐Huang Hsiao ◽  
Sheng‐Jean Huang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Older People ◽  
Community Dwelling ◽  
Lifestyle Habits ◽  
Community Dwelling Older People
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