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[Cheerfulness and humor in older age : Results of current studies.]Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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Source: Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie - January 21, 2010 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Hirsch RD, Ruch W Tags: Z Gerontol Geriatr Source Type: journals

[Joint contractures in older age : A systematic literature review.]Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
CONCLUSION: The majority of clinical trials investigating contracture as outcome parameter do not provide a clear definition. However, the success of contracture prevention and treatment in clinical trials and practice can only be judged in the presence of a clear definition. Thus, it appears especially difficult to use contracture as a quality indicator for nursing homes. PMID: 20069303 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie)
Source: Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie - January 14, 2010 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Gnass I, Bartoszek G, Thiesemann R, Meyer G Tags: Z Gerontol Geriatr Source Type: journals

[Development of laughter and humour throughout the lifespan.]Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Humor and laughter are fundamental elements of human communication throughout the lifespan. The understanding of humor, humor production (e. g. joking) and functionality of humor (e. g. as a coping strategy) evolve in the course of a lifetime and are essentially determined by cognitive, verbal and social abilities. This review outlines the landmarks in the development of humor and laughter from early childhood to older age. In all stages of life, humor fulfils important functions; in the elderly, however, the function of humor as a coping mechanism gains in importance. Yet, humor processing, such as understanding of hu...
Source: Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie - December 25, 2009 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Falkenberg I Tags: Z Gerontol Geriatr Source Type: journals

[The clown doctor : An introduction.]Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This article presents the field of activity of a clown doctor in geriatric settings as well as an overview of current scientific research on the topic and the effects on persons with dementia and nursing staff. It will be become clear that the clown doctor is a supporting therapeutic intervention. Through the clown representation, it is possible to obtain access to and interact with a person with dementia, thus, maintaining social contact of the patient with his/her environment. This effect leads to an increase of well-being and contributes to a reduction of problematic behavior. In addition to reduced workload and relief ...
Source: Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie - December 25, 2009 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Rösner M Tags: Z Gerontol Geriatr Source Type: journals

A lifetime of fear of being laughed at : An aged perspective.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This paper reviews recent literature on gelotophobia (i.e., the fear of being laughed at) with an emphasis on age-specific aspects. Research with two instruments, the GELOPH and PhoPhiKat questionnaires, is presented with special attention being given to sociodemographic correlates and differences in intelligence, character strengths, personality, emotion, and humor. Quite consistently gelotophobes tend to misread positively motivated smiling and laughter (e.g. in social interactions, photographs or auditorily presented) and have lower values in many, but not all, components of humor. They have a low propensity to joy ...
Source: Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie - December 17, 2009 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Platt T, Ruch W, Proyer RT Tags: Z Gerontol Geriatr Source Type: journals

Humor as a character strength among the elderly : Empirical findings on age-related changes and its contribution to satisfaction with life.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
CONCLUSION: The study contributes to the understanding of humor across the lifespan and underlines the importance of studies among the elderly within a framework of positive psychology. PMID: 20012063 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie)
Source: Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie - December 11, 2009 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Ruch W, Proyer RT, Weber M Tags: Z Gerontol Geriatr Source Type: journals

[Humor and the brain : Neurobiological aspects.]Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This article provides an overview on the structures involved and findings concerning the neuropsychological faculties necessary for joke comprehension, e.g., working memory and mental flexibility. On the other hand, there are also many aspects of humor, like joke production, that are not neuropsychologically well studied; an overview of current knowledge will be given. In addition, there is little research on the effect of aging on the different aspects of cerebral humor processing. PMID: 20012064 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie)
Source: Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie - December 11, 2009 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Wild B Tags: Z Gerontol Geriatr Source Type: journals

Sinn für Humor bei Alteren : Untersuchungen mit einer deutschen Fassung der Sense-of-Humor-Scale.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Sinn für Humor bei Alteren : Untersuchungen mit einer deutschen Fassung der Sense-of-Humor-Scale. Z Gerontol Geriatr. 2009 Dec 11; Authors: Proyer RT, Ruch W, Müller L Empirical studies on humor among the elderly are lacking. Based on the model of sense of humor by Paul McGhee, different age groups are compared (n=979) in the present study. Data suggest that playfulness and sense of humor are stable across different age groups (in a cross-sectional design) but that elderly participants were highest in positive mood. However, they also indicated that they laughed less and less easily than younger parti...
Source: Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie - December 11, 2009 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Proyer RT, Ruch W, Müller L Tags: Z Gerontol Geriatr Source Type: journals

Humor as a character strength among the elderly : Theoretical considerations.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Positive psychology is a scientific approach within psychology that focuses on research on what is best in people. Within this framework, humor is understood as a character strength. The article gives a brief overview on positive psychology and implications for aging (positive aging, successful aging) with an emphasis on the contribution of humor. Humor as a strength of character and its measurement by various approaches are discussed. It is argued that there is a lack of empirical data about humor in the elderly. Potential benefits of considering humor in research but also in practice are discussed. PMID: 20012066...
Source: Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie - December 11, 2009 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Ruch W, Proyer RT, Weber M Tags: Z Gerontol Geriatr Source Type: journals

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Source: Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie - December 1, 2009 Category: Geriatrics Tags: Z Gerontol Geriatr Source Type: journals

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Source: Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie - December 1, 2009 Category: Geriatrics Tags: Z Gerontol Geriatr Source Type: journals

[Special care requirements of elderly and old people : As reflected in the new Council of Experts Report.]Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This contribution refers to the 2009 Council of Experts Report on health system development and discusses the special care requirements of old people. This includes the geriatric phenomenon of multimorbidity, polypharmacy in old people with multiple diseases, and the need for care. The probability and complexity of multiple diseases increase with age. About half the German citizens who are over 65 have three or more relevant chronic diseases. Multimorbity often causes elderly people to concomitantly consume many different pharmaceuticals. Twenty percent of the insurance holders aged 70-99 who were prescribed drugs in 2...
Source: Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie - November 13, 2009 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Kuhlmey A Tags: Z Gerontol Geriatr Source Type: journals

[Health promotion for the elderly : Results of the"HealthPROelderly" study.]Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This article presents the project and six selected guidelines which are of special importance for health promotion at the local level. PMID: 19885694 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie)
Source: Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie - November 4, 2009 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Reichert M, Lis K Tags: Z Gerontol Geriatr Source Type: journals

[Health inequalities among the aged.]Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The aim of this article is to provide an overview of the current state of research concerning health inequalities among the aged. First, health inequalities are introduced as a general phenomenon. Then, the magnitude of inequalities in elderly populations is described for different health indicators. In particular, analyses of the association between education and depressive symptoms based on a European dataset are presented. Subsequently, different hypotheses on age differences in health inequalities and possible explanations for social inequalities in health in elderly populations are discussed. Finally, some consequ...
Source: Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie - October 28, 2009 Category: Geriatrics Authors: von dem Knesebeck O, Vonneilich N Tags: Z Gerontol Geriatr Source Type: journals

[Health care policy in an aging society.]Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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Source: Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie - October 28, 2009 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Naegele G, Schaeffer D Tags: Z Gerontol Geriatr Source Type: journals

[Perspectives for professionally sufficient and adequate care of ageing patients.]Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This contribution deals with the question of how existing health care systems can be sufficiently and adequately adapted to ageing patients in general, and to patients with special needs for nursing care and assistance. Simultaneously, it advocates explicit consideration of the dimensions of social inequality and health hazards related to biographical factors. It demonstrates that health care involves much more than just adequate medical care in the event of illness. The reasons that change is needed are given and reform options for relevant segments of health care (such as medical practitioners, hospital care, health ...
Source: Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie - October 7, 2009 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Naegele G Tags: Z Gerontol Geriatr Source Type: journals

Health-related quality of life of elderly living in the rural community and homes for the elderly in a district of India : Application of the short form 36 (SF-36) health survey questionnaire.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The present investigation aimed to assess the health-related QoL (HRQoL) of elderly people living in two settings: (i) rural community and (ii) homes for the elderly in a district of South India. The data are drawn from elderly (>60 years of age) sampled from both settings. The short form 36-item health survey (SF-36) was administered to all respondents. The average scores for several domains, including total physical health, total mental health and overall health (total SF-36 score) were around 50, which can be interpreted as a moderate level of health-related QoL. Residents living in a home for the elderly scored ...
Source: Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie - October 6, 2009 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Varma GR, Kusuma YS, Babu BV Tags: Z Gerontol Geriatr Source Type: journals

[Underweight in elderly persons : A retrospective analysis of 3821 forensic autopsies in Hamburg.]Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
CONCLUSION: Underweight at the time of death is observed more often in the very old. This is associated with the need for professional nursing care and also the occurrence of pressure sores. Less than 5% of persons with tumors were included. The results underscore the need of early detection of people at risk of malnutrition when growing older. PMID: 19806291 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie)
Source: Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie - October 6, 2009 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Kottusch P, Püschel K, von Renteln-Kruse W Tags: Z Gerontol Geriatr Source Type: journals

[The meaning of work during early retirement.]Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Since the mid-1990s, many German companies have used the part-time retirement scheme (Altersteilzeit) as an opportunity to release older workers. This was often consistent with the interests of the workers themselves. This paper explores whether workers who participate in this early retirement scheme would like to continue to work. A survey of all the workers in one company who participated in the part-time retirement scheme revealed that those already retired would more often like to continue working than employees who are still awaiting retirement. To a greater extent, early retirees would also like to return to work...
Source: Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie - October 6, 2009 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Aleksandrowicz P, Fasang A, Schömann K, Staudinger UM Tags: Z Gerontol Geriatr Source Type: journals

Körperliches Training älterer mit Insulin behandelten Typ 2-Diabetiker : Langzeiteffekte auf die Stoffwechsellage und den BMI.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Körperliches Training älterer mit Insulin behandelten Typ 2-Diabetiker : Langzeiteffekte auf die Stoffwechsellage und den BMI. Z Gerontol Geriatr. 2009 Oct 7; Authors: Biesenbach G, Bodlaj G, Sedlak M, Pieringer H, Kiesling G ZUSAMMENFASSUNG: HINTERGRUND: Körperliche Aktivität ist eine wichtige Therapie des Diabetes. Die Akzeptanz eines Trainingsprogramms und dessen Wirkung auf die Stoffwechsellage und das Körpergewicht bei mit Insulin behandelten Typ-2-Diabetikern wurde untersucht. PATIENTEN UND METHODEN: Studienteilnehmer waren 72 Diabetiker im Alter von >/=50 Jahren. Zu Beginn der...
Source: Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie - October 6, 2009 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Biesenbach G, Bodlaj G, Sedlak M, Pieringer H, Kiesling G Tags: Z Gerontol Geriatr Source Type: journals

[Cases from the area between geriatrics and trauma surgery : Examples from the medical arbitration board.]Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Medical arbitration boards ("Schlichtungsstellen", expert panels for extrajudicial malpractice claim resolution) try to settle claims of suspected malpractice between patients and their physicians and to avoid court trials. Numerous studies found an increasing incidence of adverse events with rising age. Injuries that occur in the hospital are frequently beyond the specialty of the treating physician. Therefore, the physician has to broaden his diagnostic view beyond the borders of his own specialty to recognize injuries in his patients and to prevent malpractice claims.In this paper, we report on adverse events in eld...
Source: Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie - October 3, 2009 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Lucke C, Westermann K, Lucke M, Schellmann WD, Wohlers C Tags: Z Gerontol Geriatr Source Type: journals

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Authors: PMID: 19795156 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie)
Source: Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie - September 30, 2009 Category: Geriatrics Tags: Z Gerontol Geriatr Source Type: journals

[Effect of whole body vibration on the neuromuscular performance of females 65 years and older : One-year results of the controlled randomized ELVIS study.]Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Sarcopenia is linked to an increased risk of morbidity and mortality in the aging. Whole body vibration (WBV) exercises are currently discussed as a "gentle" alternative to conventional exercises to improve muscle mass. The present study scrutinized whether a multipurpose (exercise) training program using WBV can improve muscle mass and neuromuscular capacity, while lowering fall risk. A total of 151 postmenopausal women were randomized into three groups: exercise group (TG), exercise group with vibration (VTG), and fitness control group (CG). The TG group participated in an exercise program including leg strengthening...
Source: Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie - September 30, 2009 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Kemmler W, V Stengel S, Mayer S, Niedermayer M, Hentschke C, Kalender WA Tags: Z Gerontol Geriatr Source Type: journals

[Options for health care promotion in long-term care : Empirical evidence and conceptual approaches.]Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Using empirical evidence, this paper provides conceptual approaches to prevention and health promotion in long-term care - an area that has gained only limited attention in German discussions on prevention. First, a short analysis of long-term care in Germany is provided; existing problems but also resources with regard to prevention and health promotion in order to identify starting points for the development of interventions are presented. The existing pressure and problem accumulation in long-term care that calls for action on maintaining and promoting the health of long-term care professionals as well as long-term ...
Source: Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie - September 29, 2009 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Schaeffer D, Büscher A Tags: Z Gerontol Geriatr Source Type: journals

[Development of a new screening instrument for geriatric depression : The depression in old age scale (DIA-S).]Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
PURPOSE: The purpose of the study was to develop and validate the depression in old age scale (DIA-S). The DIA-S is a new screening scale for depression, which is comparable to the GDS-15 in terms of practicality but which is more appropriate for the use in geriatric patients. METHODS: The DIA-S and the GDS-15 were validated among a sample of n=331 geriatric inpatients (n=151 depressed subjects and n=180 not depressed subjects), using the Montgomery and Asperg Depression Rating Scale as gold standard criterion for depression. For the comparison of the two scales, item analysis (missing values, difficulty, discriminator...
Source: Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie - September 17, 2009 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Heidenblut S, Zank S Tags: Z Gerontol Geriatr Source Type: journals

[Postural deficits and risk of falling in elderly persons with incipient osteoporosis.]Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
CONCLUSION: IBS is an effective assessment for fall prediction in osteoporosis. Especially peripheral-vestibular regulation mechanisms seem to be of great importance in the evaluated patient group. PMID: 19760358 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie)
Source: Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie - September 17, 2009 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Schwesig R, Becker S, Lauenroth A, Müller K, Leuchte S, Esperer HD, Kluttig A Tags: Z Gerontol Geriatr Source Type: journals

[Effect of increased social support on the well-being of cognitively impaired elderly people.]Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Social relationships are an important factor for maintaining life satisfaction in elderly people. Little is known, however, about the influence of increased social support towards the well-being of cognitively impaired people. This is why two comparative studies in Switzerland and Austria, with 84 cognitively impaired individuals (aged between 65 and 98) with in-patient treatment, used a control group design to examine whether increased social support would have a positive effect on the well-being of these individuals. To this end, interventions in the form of emotional social support through volunteer visitors for dem...
Source: Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie - September 12, 2009 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Oppikofer S, Albrecht K, Martin M Tags: Z Gerontol Geriatr Source Type: journals

[Evidence-based recommendations on primary diagnostics of peripheral arterial occlusive disease in geriatric patients.]Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The prevalence of peripheral arterial occlusive disease (PAOD) is high in elderly patients and its clinical manifestation is often atypical. Comorbidity and morbidity as a consequence of PAOD are significant. Therefore, standardized primary diagnostics are required among geriatric patients. Drawn from a search of the literature, evidence-based recommendations are provided. Pulse palpation and the evaluation of a patient's medical history are obligatory components of primary diagnostics, even in the absence of typical symptoms. In the case of pathological and ambiguous findings, measuring Doppler ankle pressures is sugg...
Source: Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie - September 9, 2009 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Ploenes C, Görtz H, Heimig T, Meisel M, Naumann C, Sultzer R Tags: Z Gerontol Geriatr Source Type: journals

[Prospective comparison of Assessments to evaluate fall risk in a nursing home population.]Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
CONCLUSION: The IBS and the Timed-Up-and-Go Test proved to be the most powerful assessment tools for fall prediction. Furthermore, the IBS is able to provide a purposeful adaption of preventive sensomotoric interventions. PMID: 19688177 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie)
Source: Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie - August 18, 2009 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Schwesig R, Kluttig A, Kriebel K, Becker S, Leuchte S Tags: Z Gerontol Geriatr Source Type: journals

[Arm laboratory for the severly affected arm after stroke : Concept and first results.]Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
In conclusion, the arm laboratory is an interesting option; a controlled study is warranted. PMID: 19685257 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie)
Source: Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie - August 15, 2009 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Buschfort R, Hess A, Hesse S Tags: Z Gerontol Geriatr Source Type: journals

[Changes in labor market participation of older employees in Germany : The perspective of labor market research.]Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
For many years, Germany has been regarded in international comparisons as an example of a generous early retirement culture, resulting in a low labor market participation of older employees. Recently, however, employment rates of older employees have increased remarkably. Reasons are the demographic structure of older persons in Germany, a long-term trend of increasing female labor market participation, and reforms in labor-market policies and pension policies during the last 10 years. Despite an increasing labor market participation of older employees, traditional labor market risks for older persons partly remained, ...
Source: Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie - July 31, 2009 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Brussig M Tags: Z Gerontol Geriatr Source Type: journals

[Age management in operational practice : Drivers, implementation strategies, and effects.]Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Against the background of expected changes in demography, this paper takes a deeper look at the concept of organizational age management. On the basis of the analysis of 32 organizational examples of good practice in age management, this paper seeks to make statements about the drivers, implementation strategies and effects of age management and derive requirements from this. PMID: 19680708 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie)
Source: Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie - July 31, 2009 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Sporket M Tags: Z Gerontol Geriatr Source Type: journals

[Cognitive competence of older workers.]Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The article provides a short overview on cognitive strengths and weaknesses of older workers. The older people who are under the age of 65 years already exhibit changes in performance and neurophysiological measures in laboratory tasks that test fluid intelligence. Apart from deficits, the physiological data of the older people show clear evidence for compensatory strategies. Cognitive performance on the current job is usually less impaired. This can be explained by practice, learning, and selection, which are, however, often linked with higher effort. The cognitive competence of older employees varies exorbitantly, wh...
Source: Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie - July 31, 2009 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Wild-Wall N, Gajewski P, Falkenstein M Tags: Z Gerontol Geriatr Source Type: journals

[Post-retirement activity in Germany.]Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
During recent years, a discussion on work activity of retirees has commenced also in Germany. First, this contribution presents a survey of the North American phenomenon of bridge employment and, second, complements leadoff empirical results on individual motives and favored basic conditions in Germany. Individual and structural preconditions for work activity during retirement are presented as well as possible manifestations of retirement activities. This paper quantifies the extent of work activity of retirees in Germany into their upper seventies. Potential follow-up actions for the three levels individuals, organiz...
Source: Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie - July 31, 2009 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Deller J, Maxin LM Tags: Z Gerontol Geriatr Source Type: journals

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Source: Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie - July 31, 2009 Category: Geriatrics Tags: Z Gerontol Geriatr Source Type: journals

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Source: Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie - July 31, 2009 Category: Geriatrics Tags: Z Gerontol Geriatr Source Type: journals

[Reliability of static posturography in elderly persons.]Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
CONCLUSION: Six parameters proved to have excellent reliability and are recommended to be used in further investigations. Narrow stand with eyes closed should be used as the test position. The tested protocol proved to be reliable. Whether these parameters can be used to predict falls in elderly persons remains to be investigated. PMID: 19639241 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie)
Source: Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie - July 29, 2009 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Bauer CM, Gröger I, Rupprecht R, Tibesku CO, Gaßmann KG Tags: Z Gerontol Geriatr Source Type: journals

[CERAD-NP battery: Age-, gender- and education-specific reference values for selected subtests : Results of the German Study on Ageing, Cognition and Dementia in Primary Care Patients (AgeCoDe).]Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This report presents age-, education- and gender-specific reference values for the subtests verbal fluency, word list memory, word list recall and word list recognition as well as the word list savings score of the CERAD-NP battery. The study sample consists of 2891 general practitioners' patients from Germany aged 75 years and older. The study participants had a mean age of 80.2 years (SD=3.6); thus, this report provides reliable reference values for the neuropsychological diagnosis of dementia in older age groups. PMID: 19639242 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie)
Source: Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie - July 29, 2009 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Luck T, Riedel-Heller SG, Wiese B, Stein J, Weyerer S, Werle J, Kaduszkiewicz H, Wagner M, Mösch E, Zimmermann T, Maier W, Bickel H, van den Bussche H, Jessen F, Fuchs A, Pentzek M, Tags: Z Gerontol Geriatr Source Type: journals

[Dementia-friendly architecture : Environments that facilitate wayfinding in nursing homes.]Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Spatial disorientation is among the first manifestations of dementia and a prime reason for institutionalization. However, the autonomy of residents and their quality of live are strongly linked with their ability to reach certain places within the nursing home. Also affected is the efficiency of the institutions and the quality of care provided.The physical environment has a great potential for supporting resident's residual wayfinding abilities. Until now little systematic research has been carried out to identify supportive architectural characteristics.For this exploratory study, extensive data on resident's spatia...
Source: Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie - July 28, 2009 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Marquardt G, Schmieg P Tags: Z Gerontol Geriatr Source Type: journals

[Attitudes toward older people at the beginning and end of medical students' education.]Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
In the present study, 188 first year and 120 sixth year students of the University of Zurich were questioned about their attitudes towards older people, their knowledge concerning aging specific developments, their experiences with older people and their own expectations concerning old age. Structured and standardized questionnaires were used. The data were analyzed using univariate and multivariate statistical methods. The results show a positive image of old age independent of gender and point in time of education. Their positive experiences with older people and their positive expectations concern their own aging re...
Source: Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie - July 28, 2009 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Klaghofer R, Buddeberg C, Schleuniger M, Herta KD Tags: Z Gerontol Geriatr Source Type: journals

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Z Gerontol Geriatr. 2009 Jul 25; Authors: Naegele G, Sporket M PMID: 19629558 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie)
Source: Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie - July 24, 2009 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Naegele G, Sporket M Tags: Z Gerontol Geriatr Source Type: journals

[Diagnostic procedures and frequency of dementia : A prospective study in the daily routine of a geriatric hospital (PAOLA study).]Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study could not clarify in 10.9% (n=111) of all cases whether dementia was present in a patient at the time studied. It was mainly limited due to multiple concomitant morbidities and reduced patient communication skills.We recommend that structured diagnostic procedures and treatments should be performed at specialized centers in order to avoid missing any treatable underlying diseases. In addition, the patients should be followed up at regular intervals. PMID: 19629559 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie)
Source: Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie - July 23, 2009 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Trauschke T, Werner H, Gerlinger T Tags: Z Gerontol Geriatr Source Type: journals

["Retirement at 67" : Prerequisites for the ability of older female jobholders to continue working.]Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The new Retirement Age Adjustment Act, enacted by the Federal Government in spring 2007 to raise the statutory retirement age to 67 years in Germany, poses a challenge for the jobholders concerned as well as for the companies. Especially older female jobholders are exposed to particular risks regarding their ability to continue working due to the cumulative concurrence of age-specific but also additional gender-specific employment patterns and risks. Their employment situation is influenced by age discrimination in terms of recruitment and human resource management. Furthermore, women were and are confronted with speci...
Source: Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie - July 18, 2009 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Leve V, Naegele G, Sporket M Tags: Z Gerontol Geriatr Source Type: journals

[Pre-Therapy in nursing home care : New approaches to persons with severe dementia.]Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
In this contribution the results of a descriptive explorative study are presented, in which the significance of Pre-Therapy techniques for dementia care is examined. The approach was developed by Garry Prouty. In the project the approach was taught by the author to 111 geriatric care staff members and subsequently tried in geriatric care everyday life. The article first presents the theoretical concept of Pre-Therapy as developed from the person-centred approach (Rogers). The experience of the geriatric care staff and the results of transfer to practice are systematically described. Ten everyday examples of dementia ca...
Source: Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie - July 18, 2009 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Pfeifer-Schaupp U Tags: Z Gerontol Geriatr Source Type: journals

[Dysphagia treatment in a clinical-geriatric setting PEG and functional therapy of dysphagia.]Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion The treatment of dysphagia in the elderly requires a multi-professional setting, differentiated assessment and functional training of oral motor skills and sensation and swallowing techniques. Compared to patients with severe dysphagia, however, patients with mild to moderate dysphagia benefit most from functional training. The results reveal the importance of precise and early diagnosis of swallowing disorders in order to introduce PEG supply early in cases of persistent dysphagia. PMID: 19618229 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie)
Source: Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie - July 18, 2009 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Schulz RJ, Nieczaj R, Moll A, Azzaro M, Egge K, Becker R Tags: Z Gerontol Geriatr Source Type: journals

[Diagnosis and treatment of femural neck fractures from the beginning to operative treatment. : A historical overview.]Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This article also presents an overview on the development of various treatments to stabilise hip fractures: closed reduction and repositioning by internal rotation of the external rotated leg, positioning of the leg on the double inclined splint, different types of extension treatment and finally early operative procedures, when asepsis was established and fractures could be imaged by x-rays. PMID: 19554253 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie)
Source: Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie - June 25, 2009 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Lucke M, Stöckle U, Lucke C Tags: Z Gerontol Geriatr Source Type: journals

[Cognitive training in rehabilitation : A program to treat mild cognitive impairment.]Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
As part of a research project, a behavior therapy-oriented cognitive training program, designed to improve the cognitive ability of middle-aged employees (50 to 59 years), was implemented and evaluated. The goal of the training program was to analyze the cognitive, affective and behavior-related conditions of memory deficits in the workplace. The training focused on two topics: (1) development of new job tasks, (2) lack of time and deadline constraints. A total of 316 patients in the psychosomatic clinic of Bad Neustadt participated in the study. Those who showed cognitive impairments took part in the cognitive trainin...
Source: Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie - June 19, 2009 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Wagner S, Paulsen S, Bleichner F, Knickenberg RJ, Beutel ME Tags: Z Gerontol Geriatr Source Type: journals

[Predicting in-patient falls in a geriatric clinic : A clinical study combining assessment data and simple sensory gait measurements.]Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
CONCLUSION: Significant differences between fallers and non-fallers among geriatric in-patients can be detected for several assessment subscores as well as parameters recorded by simple accelerometric measurements during a common mobility test. Existing geriatric assessment data may be used for falls prediction on a regular basis. Adding sensory data improves the specificity of our test markedly. PMID: 19543681 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie)
Source: Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie - June 19, 2009 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Marschollek M, Nemitz G, Gietzelt M, Wolf KH, Meyer Zu Schwabedissen H, Haux R Tags: Z Gerontol Geriatr Source Type: journals

[Patient view in the assessment of quality of life in old age : Potentials and limits.]Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Quality of life is a multidimensional construct commonly used in geriatric health care. The patient's view is increasingly incorporated in its determination. Pain and satisfaction with life are two important subjective facets of quality of life. Potentials and limits of an integration of the subjective view in seemingly heavily disadvantaged patient populations are discussed using three approaches: 1) Self-reports on pain in aphasic patients can often be obtained by means of nonverbal communication or verbal communication adapted to the disorder. 2) Even in people suffering from dementia, pain can be assessed in self-r...
Source: Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie - June 19, 2009 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Holzhausen M, Bornschlegel U, Fischer T Tags: Z Gerontol Geriatr Source Type: journals

[Achalasia - Which method of treatment to choose for senior patients?]Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion Our operational results and postoperative follow-up show that laparoscopic Heller myotomy with Toupet partial fundoplication is a safe and effective treatment and can be recommended as the method of first choice for senior patients with no contraindication for laparoscopic operation. PMID: 19543683 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie)
Source: Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie - June 19, 2009 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Kala Z, Weber P, Marek F, Procházka V, Meluzínová H, Dolina J, Kroupa R, Hep A Tags: Z Gerontol Geriatr Source Type: journals