M D'cruz, D Banerjee - Psychiatry research, 2020 - Elsevier
The world has endured over six months of the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Older adults are at disproportionate risk of severe infection and mortality. They are also vulnerable …
J Gong, G Wang, Y Wang, X Chen, Y Chen… - The Lancet Public …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Background An ageing population coupled with an increase in morbidity places a considerable burden on health and social care systems. The aim of our study was to …
Background Parallel to growth of aging and obese populations, the prevalence of metabolic diseases is rising. How body mass index (BMI) relates to frailty and mortality across frailty …
Frailty is a syndrome of growing importance given the global ageing population. While frailty is a multifactorial process, poor nutritional status is considered a key contributor to its …
Background Existing models for forecasting future care needs are limited in the risk factors included and in the assumptions made about incoming cohorts. We estimated the numbers …
N Hurvitz, N Elkhateeb, T Sigawi, L Rinsky-Halivni… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Aging is a complex biological process with multifactorial nature underlined by genetic, environmental, and social factors. In the present paper, we review several mechanisms of …
RO Barker, B Hanratty, A Kingston, SE Ramsay… - Age and …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Background Care home residents have complex care and support needs. There is a perception that the needs of residents have increased, but the evidence is limited. We …
The functioning and cognition of older adults can be influenced by different care contexts. We aimed to compare the functioning profiles and cognition of institutionalized and …
Background Health inequalities persist into old age. We aimed to investigate risk factors for socioeconomic differences in frailty that could potentially be modified through policy …