Nutrition, Exercise, Physical Activity, Rehabilitation Recommendations for Older Adults Suffering from Multiple Diseases
A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Exercise and Health-Related Quality of Life".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 April 2024) | Viewed by 327
Special Issue Editors
Interests: frailty; multimorbidity; sarcopenia; dementia; delirium
Interests: frailty; frail elderly; geriatric assessment; cachexia; sarcopenia
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Dear Colleagues,
Aging is a complex process that involves different systems ultimately leading to an alteration in the homeostatic capacity the organism and that impacts on the overall health of older patients.
Older adults are often affected by multiple chronic conditions, have often complex polypharmacy regimens, and experience geriatric conditions such as cognitive impairment, hearing and vision impairment, sarcopenia, and frailty. Patients that are affected by more than two chronic conditions—a condition known as multimorbidity—are also more prone to develop sarcopenia and frailty that can lead to important adverse outcome such as disability, hospitalizations and death. In this scenario, an optimize care plan of these conditions and appropriate non-pharmacological approaches can be key to not only to increase the quality of life of older patients but also to invert the health trajectory and revert frailty. Nutrition and nutritional supplements as well physical activity and rehabilitation programs play a crucial and synergic role in the management and the improvement of these conditions. Papers addressing these topics are invited for this Special Issue, especially those with a practical focus on providing solutions or novel approaches to improve management of older adults with multiple diseases and favour programs that combine dietary and rehabilitative proposal.
Dr. Maria Beatrice Zazzara
Dr. Anna Maria Martone
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- older adults
- nutritional supplements
- nutrition
- sarcopenia
- physical activity
- physical exercise
- frailty
- multimorbidity
- healthy aging
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