Journal of Gerontology and Geriatrics, Volume 70, Issue 4

The aim of our study was to use the DRAS (Dysphagia Risk Assessment Scale) questionnaire in order to identify the percentage of the population over the age of 65 with unrecognized symptoms of dysphagia. The DRAS questionnaire was administered to a gr...

The aim of this study was to investigate malnutrition prevalence and its associated factors in NHs including resident food and liquid intake. We conducted a multicenter observational study in Italian NHs. NHs were recruited using a convenience sample...

Elders’ abuse is a matter of growing public and heath care concern. So far, the real magnitude of the problem is unexplored, especially in frail patients with dementia who experience communicating problems. Self-report screening tools for abuse limit...

To validate a survey tool in Italian, useful for assessing the perceptions and beliefs of healthcare professionals with respect to the person with dementia, with particular attention to the levels of dignity and personality (Personhood) that operator...

This study was conducted to try to understand the barriers encountered by Spanish older adults participating in the study when joining programs or maintaining the practice of physical exercise based on their perceptions. Four focus groups were conduc...

High risk medications use is common at hospitals and poses a major risk for frail older adults. The study aims to determine the association between Potentially Inappropriate Prescriptions (PIPs) and hospital outcome among geriatric patients. A retros...

Resistance training (RT) is a modality of physical training widely prescribed for middle-aged and older women, who tend to suffer declines in functional autonomy, which is the ability to perform activities of daily living independently. We conducted...

SARS-CoV-2 is a virus which is more aggressive in aged patients with associated chronic age-related diseases. Although it is known that clinical picture of COVID-19 is already multifaceted, very little is still known about the infectious syndrome in...

We examined how individual and contextual factors affect resilience in community-dwelling older adults living in urban or rural areas in Northern Iceland. A cross-sectional study, conducted from 2017–2018, randomly sampled community-dwelling older ad...

We presented a case of a 87-year-old woman hospitalized for chronic watery diarrhea, affected by multimorbidities. After excluding other causes of diarrhea by biohumoral and microbiological tests, endoscopy was performed without revealing any macrosc...

Little is known about the relationship between sudden loss, social isolation, and onset of major depressive disorder (MDD) with psychotic features. We report two cases of MDD with psychotic features that developed in older women after the sudden loss...