Cardiac Rehabilitation for Frail Older People.
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-33330-0_13
Abstract: Comprehensive cardiac rehabilitation programmes include multifactorial components to optimise cardiovascular risk reduction, promote healthy behaviours and an active lifestyle, reduce disability and improve health and wellbeing. There is compelling evidence that older people with certain… read more here.
Keywords: older people; rehabilitation frail; cardiac rehabilitation; frail older ... See more keywords
Validity and reliability of assessing strength and balance improvements by videoconference in pre-frail and frail older adults.
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DOI: 10.1007/s40520-025-03268-1
Abstract: Assessing older adults’ physical function via videoconferencing technology is acceptable and feasible, enabling researchers and practitioners to monitor mobility remotely. However, validity of remote assessment in pre-frail and frail older adults, and its ability to… read more here.
Keywords: frail frail; frail older; frail; pre frail ... See more keywords
Development and validation of an instrument to measure beliefs in physical activity among (pre)frail older adults: An integration of the Health Belief Model and the Theory of Planned Behavior.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2021.03.009
Abstract: OBJECTIVE To develop and evaluate the psychometric properties of an instrument assessing beliefs in physical activity based on the integration of the Health Belief Model (HBM) and the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) among (pre)frail… read more here.
Keywords: pre frail; frail older; beliefs physical; older adults ... See more keywords
Is the experience of chronic pain different in frail older adults? A cross-sectional exploratory study
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DOI: 10.1055/s-0045-1812302
Abstract: Abstract Background Chronic pain is highly prevalent in frail older adults, resulting in reduced mobility and poor quality of life. However, research on the experience of chronic pain among frail older adults is scarce. Objective… read more here.
Keywords: pain; chronic pain; frail older; experience ... See more keywords
‘Do you have a future when you are 93?’ Frail older person’s perceptions about the future and end of life – a qualitative interview study in primary care
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DOI: 10.1080/02813432.2022.2139348
Abstract: Abstract Objective To explore frail older persons’ perceptions of the future and the end of life. Design Qualitative content analysis of individual semi-structured interviews. Setting Nine primary health care centres in both small and middle-sized… read more here.
Keywords: perceptions future; end life; older persons; life ... See more keywords
Feasibility of home-based cardiac rehabilitation in frail older patients: a clinical perspective
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DOI: 10.1080/09593985.2022.2025549
Abstract: ABSTRACT (a) Background Home-based cardiac rehabilitation (CR) is an attractive alternative for frail older patients who are unable to participate in hospital-based CR. Yet, the feasibility of home-based CR provided by primary care physiotherapists (PTs)… read more here.
Keywords: based cardiac; home; older patients; feasibility ... See more keywords
Comprehensive geriatric assessment of frail older people: ideals and reality
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DOI: 10.1080/13561820.2018.1508130
Abstract: ABSTRACT We explored different professionals’ views on and experiences of comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) of frail older people. Forty-six professionals working in hospitals, primary care, or municipal health and social care participated in 10 focus… read more here.
Keywords: older people; frail older; person; geriatric assessment ... See more keywords
A Toolkit for Community-Based, Medicaid-Funded Case Managers to Introduce Advance Care Planning to Frail, Older Adults: A Pilot Study.
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DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2020.0200
Abstract: Background: Advance care planning (ACP) among frail, older adults receiving in-home care is low. Leveraging case managers to introduce ACP may increase engagement. Objective: Pilot an ACP-Toolkit for case managers and their clients. Design: Feasibility… read more here.
Keywords: frail older; case; managers introduce; care ... See more keywords
Perceptive-cognitive and physical function in pre-frail older adults: exergaming vs traditional multicomponent training.
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DOI: 10.1089/rej.2020.2302
Abstract: Research highlights the benefits of regular traditional multicomponent training in older adults. The potential effect of exergames on perceptive-cognitive and physical function in pre-frail older adults is still little explored. The study aimed to compare… read more here.
Keywords: pre frail; frail older; training; multicomponent ... See more keywords
Atypical presentation of COVID-19 in a frail older person
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DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afaa068
Abstract: Abstract Common symptoms of pandemic coronavirus disease (COVID-19) include fever and cough. We describe a 94-year-old man with well-controlled schizoaffective disorder, who presented with non-specific and atypical symptoms: delirium, low-grade pyrexia and abdominal pain. He… read more here.
Keywords: atypical presentation; presentation covid; covid frail; frail older ... See more keywords
Risk from low blood pressure in frail older adults: diastolic pressure and pulse pressure are important.
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DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afaa084
Abstract: Blood pressure measurement with a cuff in patients with stiff arteries can be misleading, with false elevation of the diastolic pressure. Coronary flow, and most of the cerebral blood flow occur during diastole. There is… read more here.
Keywords: frail older; blood pressure; diastolic pressure; pulse pressure ... See more keywords