Insights on #Geroscience Pre-Clinical and Clinical Trials to Promote Healthy #Aging from the Intrinsic Capacity, #Frailty and #Sarcopenia Research Task Force 2025
#Ageing #Health #HealthyAgeing #RCT #Research #Science #Biology
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2260134126000162
Horace (65–8 BC) Roman poet, satirist, soldier, politician [Quintus Horatius Flaccus]
Epistles [Epistularum, Letters], Book 2, ep. 3 “Art of Poetry [Ars Poetica; To the Pisos],” l. 358ff (2.3.358-360) (19 BC) [tr. Palmer Bovie (1959)]
More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/horace/14656/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #horace #homer #homernods #humannature #error #flaw #frailty #genius #greatness #humancondition #imperfection #shortcoming
Good Homer sometimes nods, which gives me a jerk -- But sleep may well worm its way into any long work! [Et idem indignor, quandoque bonus dormitat Homerus; verum operi longo fas est obrepere somnum.] Noting that even the greatest poet, Homer, sometimes produced sub-par work, though they can be…
Invisible in plain sight: The urgent crisis facing older people in #Gaza
A new report by #HelpAge International examines how older people in Gaza are coping following prolonged #conflict, repeated #displacement and the near‑collapse of essential services.
#Palestine #Israel #Genocide #War #OlderPersons #OlderPeople #Ageing #Frailty #Care #Humanitarian #Health
PDF available here👇
https://www.helpage.org/news/invisible-in-plain-sight-the-urgent-crisis-facing-older-people-in-gaza/
Improving the #safety and experience of transitions from #hospital to home: a cluster randomised controlled #trial of an intervention to involve older people in their #care (Your Care Needs You)
#Geriatrics #Frailty #Health #Aging #Ageing #OlderPersons #MedMAstodon
https://academic.oup.com/ageing/article/54/5/afaf142/8153625
The role of pharmacists in geriatric #care: current evidence and practice
#Pharmacy #Pharmacology #Geriatrics #Frailty #Aging #MedMastodon
Introduction Pharmacists are among the most available and frequently consulted healthcare providers supporting older adults. They can actively contribute to thorough geriatric assessments and interventions and are often included in geriatric teams across different care settings. Aim This narrative review aims to compile current knowledge and practical approaches related to pharmacists’ roles in caring for older adults. Methods We searched in three databases and followed the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis (PRISMA) guidelines. Included studies were randomized clinical trials (RCTs) and systematic reviews, published between the years 2014 and 2024 in any language, reporting on the involvement of pharmacists in geriatric care, their interventions and results. Results From 306 identified different records, 32 studies were included in the final synthesis. The majority (22; 68.8%) were systematic reviews, ten were RCTs. The studies reported on the role of pharmacists in geriatric care in diverse settings including home, community, outpatient clinics, hospital, long-term care and residential facilities. While interventions were often multifaceted and complex, they more commonly comprised medication reviews and medication reconciliation. Positive outcomes resulting from pharmacists´ interventions were reported in 71.9% of the studies, mostly focused on medication appropriateness, deprescribing, medication safety and effectiveness. Conclusion Our narrative review highlights the growing evidence supporting the integration of pharmacists into geriatric care teams across diverse clinical settings. Despite heterogeneity among studies and limited high-certainty evidence, the findings underscore the potential of pharmacists to contribute meaningfully to person-centred, multidisciplinary care in this vulnerable population.
Causal relationships between #sarcopenia, #frailty, and #health outcomes: A systematic review of Mendelian randomization studies
#Geriatrics #Care #Research #MedMastodon
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0531556525002827?dgcid=rss_sd_all
What Matters Most to People Living With #Dementia and Their #Care Partners During Emergency Department Visits
#Geriatrics #Frailty #ER #MedMastodon
https://agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jgs.70238?af=R
Just seen another article published on "osteosarcopenic #obesity"...
What about "cardiorespiratory osteosarcopenic obesity" or "urodigestive osteosarcopenic obesity'?
When people thinks that, in #geriatrics, 1 plus 1 gives 2...
Great article on #frailty !!!
"...persistent gap between #algorithmic tools and #clinical needs..."
"...models optimised on #outcomes cannot distinguish between those who lack [...] capacities and those who experience adverse outcomes..."
#MedMastodon #Geriatrics #Aging #Ageing #Medicine #Care #Health #OlderPeople #EasyThingsAreBetter
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