BACKGROUND:: As more and more cancers occur in elderly people, oncologists are
increasingly confronted with the necessity of integrating geriatric parameters in the treatment …

Background Multimorbidity affects up to one quarter of primary care populations. It is
associated with reduced quality of life, an increased risk of mental health difficulties and …

The management of cancer in the older aged person is an increasingly common problem.
The questions arising from this problem are: Is the patient going to die with cancer or of …

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Aim. The aim of this article is to discuss the concept of frailty and its adequacy in identifying
and describing older adults as frail. Background. Despite the dramatic increase in use of the …

Background. This article will systematically review the methodological characteristics and
results of studies of variables and indices that predict functional decline in older hospitalized …

Purpose: To explore the relationships between subjective quality of life and social
participation of older adults with physical disabilities. Method: A cross-sectional design was …

PRISMA: a new model of integrated service delivery for the frail older people in Canada - PMC
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Background: efficient strategies are needed to provide specialist advice in nursing homes to
ensure quality medical care. We describe a case conference intervention involving a …

This paper draws on semi-structured interviews conducted with 36 older men to examine
how older men's understandings of independence relate to their help seeking behaviours …