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“There is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct, or more uncertain in its success, than to take the lead in the introduction of a new order of thing.” Niccolò Machiavelli (1469–1527) http://www.jamda.com/article/S1525-8610(15)00649-0/pdf Sourced through Scoop.it … Sigue leyendo →

El articulo de Vetrano et al si bien focaliza el tema de la interacción entre multimorbilidad, multifactorialidad y sindromes geriátricos, no acaba de utilizar un nomenclatura homogénea en estos conceptos, por lo que este aspecto resta contundencia al artículo. Añade … Sigue leyendo →

Welcome to The Holy Grail Quest!!   Interesante jornada organizada por el Forum ITESS en el que se destaca la importancia de herramientas de valoración integral, necesariamente comunes entre servicios sociales y sanitarios. La atención compartida, concebida como un modelo … Sigue leyendo →

Origen: Predicting Adverse Health Outcomes in Nursing Homes: A 9-Year Longitudinal Study and Development of the FRAIL-Minimum Data Set (MDS) Quick Screening Tool – Journal of the American Medical Directors Association Objectives To examine the predictive validity of a quick … Sigue leyendo →

European Journal of Internal Medicine published online 28 Nov 2015 Comorbidity is a relevant health determinant in older adults. Co-occurrence of several diseases and other age-associated conditions generates new clinical phenotypes (geriatric syndromes [GS] as falls, delirium etc.). We investigated … Sigue leyendo →

A newly approved drug is available to reverse the blood-thinning effects of dabigatran, marketed as Pradaxa, in emergency or life-threatening situations when bleeding can’t be controlled. Idarucizumab, sold under the brand name Praxbind, binds specifically to dabigatran molecules and neutralizes… … Sigue leyendo →

Comprehensive public health action on population ageing is urgently needed. A longer life brings with it opportunities, not only for older people and their families, but also for societies as a whole. Additional years provide the chance to pursue new … Sigue leyendo →

Ann Intern Med. 2015;162:S1-S34. doi:10.7326/M14-1304   Although effective interventions to improve urinary catheter use have been published, reducing use in hospitals has proved difficult. The 2009 Guideline for Prevention of Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections from the Centers for Disease Control … Sigue leyendo →

Discussing InterRAI related research InSpire II #interRAI pic.twitter.com/1mGDWavKk9 Sourced through Scoop.it from: twitter.com See on Scoop.it – Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment