Objectives To investigate the prevalence of frailty in older adults living with dementia and
explore the differences in medication use according to frailty status. Design Systematic …

Objectives To investigate frailty prevalence, cross-sectional associations, predictive validity,
concurrent validity, and cross-cultural adaptations of the FRAIL-NH scale. Design Systematic …

Background The trajectory of frailty in older adults is important to public health; therefore,
markers that may help predict this and other important outcomes could be beneficial …

Background Previous studies have indicated an association between oral hypofunction and
frailty in community-dwelling older adults. However, this issue has not been evaluated in …

Introduction Although various studies have examined availability, access barriers and
patient experiences of rural health services for the ageing population, no synthesis of this …

Background Meeting the complex health needs of an increasing number of older people is a
critical workforce challenge for the Australian health and aged care sectors. Nurses are the …

Objective To investigate symptomatic and preventive medication use according to age and
frailty in Australian and Japanese nursing homes (NHs). Methods Secondary cross-sectional …

Background Understanding how analgesics are used in different countries can inform
initiatives to improve the pharmacological management of pain in nursing homes. Aims To …

Objective Deprescribing opportunities may differ across health care systems, nursing home
settings, and prescribing cultures. The objective of this study was to compare the prevalence …

Background Ensuring safe and effective analgesic use in residential aged care services is
important because older adults are susceptible to analgesic-related adverse drug events …