Aortic Valve Surgery in Patients Over 75 Years Old: Early Results and Predictors of Hospital Mortality by Selman Dumani, Laureta Dibra, Ermal Likaj, Saimir Kuci, Edlira Rruci, Aferdita Veseli, Klodian Krakulli, Andi Kacani, Edvin Prifti, Ilir Tanku, Devis Pellumbi, Alessia Mehmeti, Adelina Musliu, Ali Refatllari, Altin Veshti

“…Conclusions: Aortic valve surgery for elderly patients over 75 can be performed well. Concomitant procedures, prolonged extracorporeal circulation, and emergency intervention expose the patient to a high operative risk. …”
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Prevalence of Malnutrition in Orally and Tube-Fed Elderly Nursing Home Residents in Germany and Its Relation to Health Complaints and Dietary Intake by Dorothee Volkert, Lioba Pauly, Peter Stehle, Cornel C. Sieber

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Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing the Contribution of Proxabrushes with Regular Toothbrushes and Only Regular Toothbrushes to the Oral Health of Thai Elderly by Orachad Gururatana, Warangkana Vejvithee, Narisa Ekpatcha

“…Poor oral hygiene results in oral diseases, potentially leading to serious consequences such as problems with chewing, biting, and swallowing in the elderly. …”
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Role of Psychological Distress in the Assessment of Chronic Illness Care and Self-Management Behaviors of Elderly Patients with T2DM Chronic Complications by Sun X, Wang X, Zhou R, Deng W, Jiang J, Shi Y

“…Notably, the mediating effect accounted for 54.99%.Conclusion: Psychological distress is intricately linked to self-management behaviour among elderly patients suffering from T2DM and chronic complications. …”
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Analysis of solving methods and complexity of algorithmics problems in Lithuanian and Baltic Olympiads by Valentina Dagienė, Jūratė Skūpienė

“…The final (national) one is divided into two parts, there are also elder and younger divisions. Each year there are supplied a lot of tasks. …”
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YAŞLILARIN GÜNDELİK YAŞAM PRATİKLERİ VE SOSYAL ALGILAR: MENEMEN ÖRNEĞİ - EVERYDAY LIFE PRACTICES AND SOCIAL PERCEPTIONS OF THE ELDERLY: EXAMPLE OF MENEMEN by Diren Akyıldız, Ayşe Dericioğulları Ergun

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Interdisciplinary collaboration across secondary and primary care to improve medication safety in the elderly (IMMENSE study): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial by Liv Mathiesen, Jeanette Schultz Johansen, Kjerstin Havnes, Kjell H. Halvorsen, Stine Haustreis, Lillann Wilsgård Skaue, Elena Kamycheva, Kirsten K. Viktil, Anne Gerd Granås, Beate H. Garcia

“…Introduction Drug-related problems (DRPs) are common in the elderly, leading to suboptimal therapy, hospitalisations and increased mortality. …”
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Recording of Falls in Elderly Fallers in Northern Greece and Evaluation of Aging Health-Related Factors and Environmental Safety Associated with Falls: A Cross-Sectional Study by Dimitrios Lytras, Evaggelos Sykaras, Paris Iakovidis, Konstantinos Kasimis, Ioannis Myrogiannis, Anastasios Kottaras

“…Background. Elderly falls constitute a global problem with huge social and economic aspects. …”
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Assessment of satisfaction with quality of stationery long-term social care system: the Stavropol Territory case by E. V. Nemtseva, K. V. Bagmet, E. V. Ivanova, K. A. Samofatova

“…The purpose of the article is to assess satisfaction with quality of long–term stationary social care system for elderly population in the Stavropol Territory, as well as to identify problem areas in its functioning and form a set of management solutions to eliminate them. …”
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Prevalence and correlates of loneliness in the later life—insights from Longitudinal Ageing Study in India (LASI) Wave-1 by Priya Srivastava, Manushi Srivastava

“…Context: Loneliness is a psychosocial problem that can affect anyone at any age in any circumstances, but it has become a serious issue of concern among the elderly. …”
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Application of Internet Plus nursing services in the management of chronic diseases among the elderly (“互联网+护理服务”在老年慢性病患者管理中的应用) by LI Jiao (李娇), CAI Miaomiao (蔡苗苗)

“…This paper summarizes the application status of "Internet Plus nursing service" in elderly chronic patients in China, including relevant policy support, service items, patient participation and application effects, and analyzes the existing problems in home nursing services for elderly chronic patients based on "Internet Plus nursing service" in China. …”
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Analysis of the development of China's long-term care system by Čen Mengsuan

“…Although everyone may eventually require long-term care, given the current coverage of China's longterm care system, this paper focuses on the elderly. The purpose of this paper is to review the development and problems of China's long-term care system over the past ten years. …”
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Communicating Environmental Problems as a Basis for Creating Sustainable Family Habits. CRO Laudato Si’ Research Results by Miriam Mary Brgles, Marija Žagmešter Kemfelja, Suzana Obrovac Lipar

“…The results show that communication on environmental problems in the family is democratic and open. The vast majority of respondents (97%) mostly or completely agreed with the statement: “It is necessary to point out the importance of environmental problems in one's own family and society”. …”
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Correlations between caregiver competence, burden and health-related quality of life among Chinese family caregivers of elderly adults with disabilities: a cross-sectional study us... by Yan Shi, Shuzhen Niu, Silian Ding, Songqi Wu, Jiajia Ma

“…Early identification and targeted measures are needed to reduce the burden and problems in caregiving.…”
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The clinical method in geriatrics by Ángel Julio Romero Cabrera, Alfredo Darío Espinosa Brito

“…Taking into account the special health problems of elderly, the geriatric evaluation is the cornerstone for the medical attention of these patients in the implementation of a global dimension of the clinical method. …”
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Depresi dan Kesepian Pada Lanjut Usia Saat Pandemi COVID-19 by Esti Widiani, Nurul Hidayah, Abdul Hanan

“… The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has had a psychological impact on the elderly. The elderly are prone to experiencing psychosocial problems or mental disorders when isolating themselves or withdrawing from community activities, one of which is the COVID-19 pandemic. …”
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Contextual Awareness Service of Internet of Things User Interaction Mode in Intelligent Environment by Lingling Song

“…Finally, the experimental results show that the rule-pruning-based service demand reasoning algorithm combined with the evidence theory algorithm optimizes the system, which can better perceive the situation of the elderly living alone and can well reason about the elderly’s service demand, which is of great significance for solving the life and safety problems of the elderly.…”
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Active Aging for Individuals with Parkinson’s Disease: Definitions, Literature Review, and Models by Seyed-Mohammad Fereshtehnejad, Johan Lökk

“…For this purpose, biomedical databases have been assessed using relevant keywords to find out appropriate articles. Movement problems of PD affect physical activity, psychiatric symptoms lessen social communication, and cognitive impairment could worsen mental well-being in elderly with PD, all of which could lead to earlier retirement and poorer quality of life compared with healthy elderly. …”
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IMPLEMENTASI KEBIJAKAN KAWASAN RAMAH LANSIA DI KABUPATEN DHARMASRAYA, PROVINSI SUMATERA BARAT by M Iqbal Sarabayan Pazka, Ria Ariany, Desna Aromatica

“…The high number of elderly people, namely 7.01%, is the basis for the Dharmasraya Regency Government to make the elderly one of the regional problems that must be resolved. …”
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Prehospital Emergency Service Use for Substance-Related Issues before and during COVID-19 by Esra Kabadayi Sahin, Eren Usul

“…This study shows that the elderly group is at higher risk for substance-related medical problems. …”
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