Role of Neuroinflammation in Adult Neurogenesis and Alzheimer Disease: Therapeutic Approaches by Almudena Fuster-Matanzo, María Llorens-Martín, Félix Hernández, Jesús Avila

“…Neuroinflammation, a specialized immune response that takes place in the central nervous system, has been linked to neurodegenerative diseases, and specially, it has been considered as a hallmark of Alzheimer disease, the most common cause of dementia in the elderly nowadays. Furthermore, neuroinflammation has been demonstrated to affect important processes in the brain, such as the formation of new neurons, commonly known as adult neurogenesis. …”
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Effects of long-term prophylaxis with bromhexine hydrochloride and treatment with high colchicine doses of COVID-19 by Krasimir Marinov, Tsanko Mondeshki, Hristo Georgiev, Violeta S. Dimitrova, Vanyo Mitev

“…Effects of long-term prophylaxis with BHH are present with two cases of elderly women with severe comorbidity. After long-term prophylactic use of BHH from 3 to 6 months, one did not fall sick from COVID-19 and the other passes it almost asymptomatically, even though all their family members fell ill. …”
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Urethral Polyembolokoilamania: An Unusual Manifestation of Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD) by Reem M. A. Shafi, Laura Suarez, Maria I. Lapid

“…We highlight clinical considerations of managing urethral polyembolokoilamania in an elderly patient without a previous neurocognitive disorder diagnosis. …”
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Fall detection via human posture representation and support vector machine by Kaibo Fan, Ping Wang, Yan Hu, Bingjie Dou

“…Accidental falls of elderly people are a major cause of fatal injuries, especially for those living alone. …”
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Dysphagia and trismus: an unusual case of tetanus by Antonio Villa, Marianna Gregorio, Francesca Bassi, Alessandra Perego, Maria Francesca Donato, Vilma Galimberti, Maria Grazia Bellotti, Antonella Cheldi

“…Tetanus is a life-threatening infection that is rare in the developed world; it is more frequent in the elderly people and immunocompromised patients. We report a case of a 53-year-old woman who presented with dysphagia, mouth pain and trismus. …”
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A Review of Mobile Robotic Telepresence by Annica Kristoffersson, Silvia Coradeschi, Amy Loutfi

“…These systems, which are primarily used in the context of promoting social interaction between people, are becoming increasingly popular within certain application domains such as health care environments, independent living for the elderly, and office environments. In this paper, an overview of the various systems, application areas, and challenges found in the literature concerning mobile robotic telepresence is provided. …”
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Functional Evaluation of Asibot: A New Approach on Portable Robotic System for Disabled People by Alberto Jardón, Concepción A. Monje, Carlos Balaguer

“…Our main objective is to develop a new concept of portable robot able to support the elderly and those people with different levels of disability during the execution of daily tasks, such as washing their face or hands, brushing their teeth, combing their hair, eating, drinking, and bringing objects closer, among others. …”
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Multidisciplinary ML Techniques on Gesture Recognition for People with Disabilities in a Smart Home Environment by Christos Panagiotou, Evanthia Faliagka, Christos P. Antonopoulos, Nikolaos Voros

“…Gesture recognition has a crucial role in Human–Computer Interaction (HCI) and in assisting the elderly to perform automatically their everyday activities. …”
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Maps and Memory, Rights and Relationships by Sian Sullivan

“…In particular, oral histories recording individual experiences in-depth, especially those of elderly people prompted by return to remembered places of past dwelling, can historicise and deepen recognition of complex cultural landscapes that today carry high conservation value.…”
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Protein-Protein Interactions Inferred from Domain-Domain Interactions in Genogroup II Genotype 4 Norovirus Sequences by Chuan-Ching Huang, Chuan Yi Tang

“…Vulnerable populations including young children and elderly and immunocompromised people often require hospitalization and may die. …”
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Stem cells in Osteoporosis: From Biology to New Therapeutic Approaches by Vasilis Paspaliaris, George Kolios

“…Since osteoporosis is a disease affecting the elderly and the aging of the world’s population is constantly increasing, it is expected that the incidence of osteoporosis and its financial burden on the insurance systems will increase continuously and there is a need for more understanding this condition in order to prevent and/or treat it. …”
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Water fetching and musculoskeletal health across the life-course in Sub-Saharan Africa: A scoping review. by Soren Meeuwisse, Susan J Elliott, Alexa Bennett, Videsh Kapoor

“…Gaps in the literature are identified, including the experiences of elderly people and people with various vulnerabilities. …”
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Design of a New Type of Arm Joint Training Instrument with Multi-posture and Multi-motion Forms for Family Use by Wenjun Xu, Jianfeng Zhou, Liwen Zheng, Yuzhen Lin, Huifen Zhu

“…Aiming at the further acceleration of the aging speed in China， and considering the lack of effective exercise for the elderly， their shoulders， elbows and wrist joints often suffer from soreness， pain， and other problems. …”
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Expert Consensus on Key Points of Writing Inpatient Medical Records for Geriatric Rehabilitation Patients by Committee of Geriatric Rehabilitation of Chinese Society of Rehabilitation Medicine

“…It is crucial to comprehensively and accurately express the disease diagnosis, functional assessment, rehabilitation treatment plan, rehabilitation instructions, and record functional changes during the rehabilitation process for elderly rehabilitation patients. Currently, there is no standardized protocol for documenting inpatient medical records of geriatric rehabilitation patients in China's rehabilitation medical institutions. …”
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Domestic violence: Screening and management in South Africa by Deidré Pretorius, Aviva Ruch

“…Different forms of violence exist, such as intimate partner violence, gender-based violence, domestic violence, child abuse, neglect, elder abuse, sexual violence, self-directed violence and collective violence. …”
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Silver economy – a reply to challenges of population aging by Boris Cizelj

“…Actually, the very concept of “elderly” has changed, and the demographic pyramid has turned around the first time in history:  there are more people above 60 years than youngsters below 20 years.  …”
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Clinical benefits and risks of remote patient monitoring: an overview and assessment of methodological rigour of systematic reviews for selected patient groups by Constanze Wartenberg, Helen Elden, Malte Frerichs, Lennart L Jivegård, Kajsa Magnusson, Georgios Mourtzinis, Ola Nyström, Kajsa Quitz, Helen Sjöland, Therese Svanberg, Helena Vallo Hult

“…The selected sixteen patient groups were: patients with asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, children and adolescents with complex needs, children and adolescents with cystic fibrosis, children and adolescents with periodic fever, elderly patients with multiple diseases, patients with eye diseases, heart failure, haematological disease, hypertension, inflammatory bowel disease, neurorehabilitation, Parkinson’s disease, psoriasis, sleep apnea, and specialist maternity care. …”
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Korelasi Fixation Dan Beban Kognitif pada Pengguna Lansia Dengan Eye-Tracking Pada Aplikasi Komunikasi dan Media Sosial by Jasmine Prigel Palupi Prasojo, Aryo Pinandito

“…The findings suggested visual cognitive challenges of mobile applications of elderlies. The findings also highlight how eye-tracking is used as an indicator for mental demand that directs further development of user interface that focus on interaction and usability for elderly. …”
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Preparation, Reliability, and Validity of a Japanese Version of the “Satisfaction of Treatment among Caregivers of Dependent Type 2 Diabetic Patients” Questionnaire by Satoshi Ida, Ryutaro Kaneko, Kanako Imataka, Kaoru Okubo, Yoshitaka Shirakura, Kentaro Azuma, Ryoko Fujiwara, Hiroka Takahashi, Kazuya Murata

“…The STCD2-J questionnaire can be used in Japan as a tool to assess the satisfaction of family caregivers with the treatment of elderly patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus requiring support.…”
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Investigation on willingness of psychiatric nurses to engage in dementia nursing and influencing factors analysis (精神科护士从事失智症护理工作意愿调查及影响因素分析)... by GU Liqin (顾丽琴), JI Caifang (季彩芳), TANG Xiaofang (唐晓芳)

“…The main reasons for unwilling to engage in the nursing work of patients with dementia included: difficulty in communication with elderly dementia patients, high nursing risk and high incidence of accidents, complicated physical diseases associated with the elderly, rapid changes in the disease condition, complex illness, lack of professional ability, lack of sense of value and their own development direction, uneven pay and income. …”
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