scholarly journals Relationship between Aging and Dysphagia in Frail Elderly Persons by Frequency of Choking

2004 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 347-350
Author(s):  
Teruo YOKOI ◽  
Miki KATO ◽  
Mamiko NAGAI ◽  
Miki HAYASHI ◽  
Ryoma NAKAGOSHI
Keyword(s):  
Frail Elderly ◽  
Elderly Persons

scholarly journals Does Fear of Falling Relate to Low Physical Function in Frail Elderly Persons?: Associations of Fear of Falling, Balance, and Gait

2004 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-47 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yumi Higuchi ◽  
Hiroaki Sudo ◽  
Noriko Tanaka ◽  
Satoshi Fuchioka ◽  
Yoshitaka Hayashi
Keyword(s):  
Physical Function ◽  
Frail Elderly ◽  
Fear Of Falling ◽  
Elderly Persons

scholarly journals Differences in Trunk Kinematic between Frail and Nonfrail Elderly Persons during Turn Transition Based on a Smartphone Inertial Sensor

2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alejandro Galán-Mercant ◽  
Antonio I. Cuesta-Vargas
Keyword(s):  
Frail Elderly ◽  
Inertial Sensor ◽  
Angular Displacement ◽  
Population Group ◽  
Study Groups ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Elderly Persons ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Physically Active

Objective. Firstly, to, through instrumentation with theiPhone4smartphone, measure and describe variability of tridimensional acceleration, angular velocity, and displacement of the trunk in the turn transition during the ten-meter Extended Timed-Get-up-and-Go test in two groups of frail and physically active elderly persons. Secondly, to analyse the differences and performance of the variance between the study groups during turn transition (frail and healthy).Design. This is a cross-sectional study of 30 subjects over 65 years, 14 frail subjects, and 16 healthy subjects.Results. Significant differences were found between the groups of elderly persons in the accelerometry (P<0.01) and angular displacement variables (P<0.05), obtained in the kinematic readings of the trunk during the turning transitions. The results obtained in this study show a series of deficits in the frail elderly population group.Conclusions. The inertial sensor found in theiPhone4is able to study and analyse the kinematics of the turning transitions in frail and physically active elderly persons. The accelerometry values for the frail elderly are lower than the physically active elderly, whilst variability in the readings for the frail elderly is also lower than the control group.

scholarly journals Which factors are associated with sarcopenia and frailty in elderly persons residing in the community?

2018 ◽  
Vol 21 (6) ◽  
pp. 755-766
Author(s):  
Ana Paula Pillatt ◽  
Rutiana Silva Patias ◽  
Evelise Moraes Berlezi ◽  
Rodolfo Herberto Schneider
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Vitamin D ◽  
Frail Elderly ◽  
Serum Vitamin ◽  
Serum Levels ◽  
Elderly Persons ◽  
Risk Of Death ◽  
Increased Risk ◽  
Vitamin D Levels ◽  
Low Serum

Abstract Objective: to broaden knowledge about the factors associated with sarcopenia and frailty in elderly persons residing in the community. Method: an integrative systematic review based on the PRISMA recommendations was carried out, using articles published from 2012 to March 2017 in the PubMED, SciELO, Virtual Health Library, CINAHL and Springer electronic databases with the following descriptors: frail elderly, sarcopenia and etiology and their synonyms. The articles identified by the initial search strategy were independently assessed by two researchers, according to the eligibility criteria, and the articles selected were evaluated for methodological quality. Results: the results of this survey show that frailty may be associated with sarcopenia, low serum vitamin D levels, anemia, subclinical hyperthyroidism in men, while the greatest evolution in women was for osteoporosis. An association between sarcopenia and advanced age was also observed, with worsening quality of life, physical-functional capacity, nutritional status and comorbidities, as well as an increased risk of death in sarcopenic elderly persons. Conclusion: this systematic review showed that low serum levels of vitamin D are associated with frailty and factors that predispose this condition. It is therefore important to monitor the serum levels of this vitamin in the elderly population, and it is suggested that new studies are carried out related to supplements of this vitamin in frail elderly persons.

Development of a systematic oral care program for frail elderly persons

2002 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 151-155 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yasunori Sumi ◽  
Yasunori Nakamura ◽  
Yukihiro Michiwaki
Keyword(s):  
Frail Elderly ◽  
Oral Care ◽  
Care Program ◽  
Elderly Persons

scholarly journals Maximal voluntary tongue pressure is decreased in Japanese frail elderly persons

Gerodontology ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. e1078-e1085 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kazuhiro Tsuga ◽  
Mineka Yoshikawa ◽  
Hiroshi Oue ◽  
Yohei Okazaki ◽  
Hirokazu Tsuchioka ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Frail Elderly ◽  
Tongue Pressure ◽  
Elderly Persons

Service Utilization by Well-Organized Frail Elderly Individuals

1992 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
pp. 179-191 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martha N. Ozawa ◽  
Nancy Morrow-Howell
Keyword(s):  
Social Services ◽  
Service Utilization ◽  
Frail Elderly ◽  
Elderly Persons ◽  
Review Of The Literature ◽  
Elderly Individuals ◽  
Visiting Nurses ◽  
Innovative Program

In spite of extensive legislation intended to provide social services for elderly individuals, there is a lingering question about how much elderly persons actually use these services. This article reports findings from a study involving an innovative program called STAES (System to Assure Elderly Services), located in downtown St. Louis, Missouri and in particular finds that frail elderly individuals in the STAES program are using services in greater numbers than the review of the literature seems to suggest. In-home services such as homemaker services and visiting nurses' services are indeed used by elderly individuals who are in greater need than others. Through discussing the objective and operation of this program, the article explains why elderly individuals participating in the STAES program are effective users of publicly provided social services.

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