#geriatrics — Public Fediverse posts

Digital #health should reduce inequalities, not widen them. Yet many studies on perioperative #digital tools exclude older adults with #frailty, multimorbidity, or cognitive/sensory impairments

#DigitalHealth #Geriatrics #HealthEquity #Aging #DigitalGap #Literacy

https://academic.oup.com/ageing/article/55/6/afag165/8704047?login=true

Geriatric #Medicine Competencies in #Postgraduate Training Programs Across Specialties

Identifying gaps in postgraduate training to strengthen geriatric competencies and improve #care for #aging populations

#Geriatrics #Geriatrician #Frailty

https://agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/jgs.70652

I don’t want to live to the age 100. I hate shuffleboard and the smell of Depends makes me gag.

#age #old #thoughts #geriatrics

Strengthening Long-Term #Care Systems: WHO's Strategic Approach and the Development of Global #Standards

"...The development of Global Standards for #LTC represents a significant milestone in efforts to strengthen #health and social care systems' response to population #aging. Yet standards alone do not create change..."

#Geriatrics #Ageing #Frailty

Free PDF available👇
https://kwnsfk27.r.eu-west-1.awstrack.me/L0/https:%2F%2Fauthors.elsevier.com%2Fc%2F1nZ-h5QyCqRdXh/1/0102019fe0de75c2-922479b6-27e6-41a2-a052-114acc15d304-000000/uAUTUc8nDmEchIAndC3d5QJLDr4=473

Prevalence of food #allergies in older adults: A systematic #review and meta-analysis

"...Older adults show meaningful rates of self-reported #food allergies and sensitization, with cow's milk, peanut, and egg emerging as frequent sensitizing foods. However, the prevalence of clinically confirmed food allergies remains poorly defined. ..."

#Research #Aging #Nutrition #Care #Health #Geriatrics

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1939455126002619?via%3Dihub

Examining #falls rates across health #care settings for older adults in Canada: Implications for population level estimates of risk

#Geriatrics #Health #Prevention #Frailty #Aging

Free PDF available here👇
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This documentary is about how elderly poor people in Japan are stealing for survival. These elderly people stated they are fed & that unlike in public - they are not judged as lesser than but treated more like equals, in prison.

Unreported World is from Japan where prisons are becoming retirement homes for a growing number of elderly convicts. Krishnan Guru-Murthy investigates why a geriatric crime wave is gripping the country.

As traditional multi-generational families break down, millions of elderly Japanese people are being left in isolation and poverty. With pensions failing to cover the rising cost of living, many are turning to petty theft to survive. As a result, Japan has seen a surge in elderly crime - one in four people arrested here are over 60.

Guru-Murthy spends a day on the front line of this social crisis, joining Yu Itoh, a self-styled "G-man”, specialising in catching shoplifters. At a supermarket in Tokyo the store detective explains that up to 70 percent of those he catches are over 65, usually stealing everyday essentials.

For some, like 94-year-old Fukuda, the desperation is so great they’ve committed serious crimes just to return to the warmth and security of a cell. But some elderly people are making novel uses of their age, selling their experience to young clients wanting an “instant grandma” to guide them in a modern Japan, where all generations are increasingly living alone.

The government is now introducing rehabilitation programmes to give prisoners skills that will help them cope with life on the outside.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=A3Jbk49tCr8

#AsianMastodon #Japan #Elderly #StealingForSurvival #Geriatrics #SocialIssues #ElderlyIsolation

RE: https://mastodon.social/@macesari/116794310604457010

As a reminder, please continue disseminating it!

#Delirium #Geriatrics #Care #Guidelines #CallForExperts #WHO #Ageing #Aging #OlderPersons #Health #Medications #Polypharmacy #Drugs #MedMastodon

📢 Call for experts
#WHO is developing a new Guideline on the Prevention, Diagnosis and Management of #Delirium in Older Adults, including #medication safety and #deprescribing

WHO is recruiting a #Guideline Development Group and External Review Group: geriatricians, neurologists, pharmacologists, nurses, policy experts, and more. LMIC experience highly desirable.
🗓️ Deadline: 26 July 2026

#Geriatrics #Delirium #WHO #Care

Link to the call (pleasse disseminate)👇
https://www.who.int/news-room/articles-detail/call-for-experts--who-guideline-on-the-prevention--diagnosis-and-management-of-delirium-in-older-adults-(including-medication-safety-and-deprescribing)

Another study using the "date of birth" for risk stratification in clinical #care

High risk of #ageism

Waiting for recommendations using #capacity and #function in the decision-making process for older people

#RoadToAgeism #Geriatrics #Cancer #Medicine #Prevention #MedMastodon

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/2847311

Barriers to Delirium Screening in Long-Term Settings

#Geriatrics #Frailty #Care #Ageing #MedSky

https://www.jamda.com/article/S1525-8610(26)00146-5/abstract?rss=yes

Postoperative delirium—a sudden, severe state of confusion and inattentiveness following surgery under anesthesia—is the strongest predictor of long-term cognitive decline in older adults.
#Geriatrics #Psychiatry #CognitiveNeuroscience #InternalMedicine #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/06/psyc06092601.html

Hi! Time for an updated #introduction!

I'm Matteo — a geriatrician and researcher.
Professor of Geriatrics (on leave) at the University of Milan, now at WHO working on healthy #ageing and care for older people.

My research focuses on #Frailty and #IntrinsicCapacity, and on preventing the disabling cascade.

Working in #Geriatrics, #PublicHealth, or #aging research? Say "Hi!" and let me know what are you working on👇

#MedMastodon #ScienceMastodon

Daje #ASRoma fino a quando non ci portano via!

Glycemic control in the context of #frailty: a #mortality risk assessment in older diabetic patients

"...These findings challenge the application of uniform #treatment targets and suggest the potential value of personalized, frailty-stratified approaches to #diabetes management in older adults..."

#Geriatrics #Care #Health #CGA #MedMastodon

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40520-026-03385-5?utm_source=springer_etoc&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=CONR_40520_AWA1_GL_DTEC_054CI_TOC-030626&utm_content=etoc_springer_20260603

My grandfather wanted to avoid a long-term #care facility. Keeping that promise was incredibly hard.

He "had a solid financial plan and could afford #caregivers, but it was challenging".

#LongTermCare #Geriatrics

https://www.businessinsider.com/caring-for-grandfather-alzheimers-at-home-2026-5

Assessment of #sleep in older people within comprehensive geriatric assessments: a scoping review

"...Sleep can be assessed by any #healthcare practitioner in the multidisciplinary team..."

#Geriatrics #Frailty #CGA #Health #Care
#MedMastodon

https://academic.oup.com/ageing/article/55/5/afag094/8693233

#Frailty and #IntrinsicCapacity are not competing constructs

Their complementary use supports delivering integrated, person-centred #care for older people, grounded in a holistic, capacity-focused, #multidisciplinary approach

#Geriatrics #PrimaryCare #Health

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https://academic.oup.com/ageing/article-abstract/doi/10.1093/ageing/afag138/8689999?utm_source=authortollfreelink&utm_campaign=ageing&utm_medium=email

#Frailty and #IntrinsicCapacity: integrating complementary concepts to promote healthy #ageing and transformation of #care

"...what unites and differentiates them, and how each contributes to a common understanding of high-quality, integrated care for older people..."

#Geriatrics #Health #Aging #MedMastodon

Full-text👇
https://academic.oup.com/ageing/article/55/5/afag138/8689999

Clinical and #Care Coordination Predictors of Adverse Outcomes in a Geriatric #Emergency Department

"...The existence of an established #PrimaryCare relationship significantly predicted lower in-hospital mortality..."

#Frailty #Geriatrics

https://www.jamda.com/article/S1525-8610%2826%2900117-9/fulltext

Clinical and #Care Coordination Predictors of Adverse Outcomes in a Geriatric #Emergency Department "...The existence of an established #PrimaryCare relationship significantly predicted lower in-hospital mortality..." #Frailty #Geriatrics www.jamda.com/article/S152...

Clinical and Care Coordination...

Designing Consent Processes for #Research With Older Adults Who May Lack Decisional Capacity: A Guide for Investigators

#Ethics #Geriatrics #Science #Medicine

https://agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jgs.70473?af=R

Geriatric #medicine across countries: Specialised workforce, training and system integration challenges

Overview of the current status of #GeriatricMedicine and the professional landscape of #geriatricians

#Geriatrics #Ageing #Aging #Care #MedMastodon

PDF👇
https://authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S2260-1341(26)00021-6

Why Scotland's 400,000 unpaid #carers of working age deserve a better deal

The issue of unpaid carers is being marginalised despite its importance to Scotland’s #economy, writes Dr Louise Lawson

#Scotland #Aging #Ageing #Geriatrics #Care #Geriatrics

https://www.scotsman.com/news/opinion/columnists/why-scotlands-400000-unpaid-carers-of-working-age-deserve-a-better-deal-8165400

Mapping the landscape of geriatric #medicine education, training and practice in #Europe.

#Geriatrics #Ageing #Aging #MedMastodon

https://academic.oup.com/ageing/article/55/4/afag092/8654430?login=false

Have you submitted your abstract yet?
Don't miss the chance to present your #research at the 22nd #EuGMS Congress in the beautiful city of Lille!

"Optimising Function: A Key to Healthy #Ageing".

🔗 Submit here: www.eugms2026.com

#Geriatrics #Aging #Health #Care #OlderPersons #Science #MedMastodon