News
American Foundation for the Blind
October 2018
The American Foundation for the Blind (AFB), The Senior Site, designed to help older Americans with age-related eye problems such as macular degeneration and cataracts live independently and...
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Longer lives
September 2018
Longer Lives, a website showing the variation in early death rates has been launched by Public Health England (PHE).
It has been specifically designed to provide local authorities and the NHS...
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Insight into effects of dementia
May 2018
Medical professionals are able to detect subtle changes in the quality of life of people with mild dementia, thanks to a new self-assessment technique that will help improve the timing of additional...
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Epilepsy in later life
April 2018
One third of older people with epilepsy have experienced stigma because of their condition, according to new research by the charity Epilepsy Action.
Older people are now, the charity claims,...
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The eSMAF: a software for the assessment and follow-up of functional autonomy in geriatrics
March 2018
Functional status or disability forms the core of most assessment instruments used to identify mix and level of resources and services needed by older adults who possess common characteristics. The...
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Observational Cohort Study of Pain among Nursing Home Patients
March 2018
Pain is highly prevalent in nursing homes (NH) in several countries. Data about pain in Dutch NH's, where medical care is delivered by specifically trained NH-doctors, are not available. The aim of...
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Depression and Anxiety, an Indicated Prevention (DIP) Protocol in homes for the elderly
March 2018
Depressive and anxiety disorders are a very common, serious and under detected problem in homes for the elderly. Elderly persons in residential homes are at high risk for developing major depressive...
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Essence of Care
February 2018
Essence of Care has been refreshed and now contains 12 benchmarks, following a consultation exercise late in 2009. It aims to support localised quality improvement, by providing a set of established...
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End of life care strategy: First annual report resource
February 2018
In July 2008 the Department of Health published the End of life care strategy - promoting high quality care for all adults at the end of life. This report sets out progress over the first...
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Preventing Falls in The Elderly
February 2018
Falls remain a major public health problem, despite strong growth in the research evidence of effective single and multifactorial interventions, particularly in the community setting. In a BMC...
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Resources
inPractice® Oncology
September 2018
inPractice® Oncology is the only point-of-care clinical reference designed to meet the unique needs of specialists. Full...
National Hip Fracture Database
September 2018
It is estimated that there are 70,000 hip fractures a year in the UK[1] and this is only set to increase as the population...
Challenges to finding treatments for dementia
July 2018
A report by Raj Long, Senior Regulatory Officer at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, sets out what and where hurdles...
Portable Automated Rapid Testing (PART) Auditory Processing
May 2018
Welcome to our application for Portable Automated Rapid Testing (PART), a program designed to assess auditory processing...
UA Balance a motor-cognitive, dual-task training regimen
May 2018
Problem: Over 20 million older adults in the US experience falling annually. Thus, a leading cause of traumatic injuries...
Read by QxMD
March 2018
There are a few ways to browse journal content. The landing screen is Featured Papers, which presents citations from your...
Calculate by QxMD
March 2018
Medical calculators come in all different shapes and sizes – from traditional paper OB wheels to the more tech-savvy app...
Specifically for older adults
March 2018
A website tailored to the needs of older people is now available to the public. This site is easy to navigate, features...
OrthoFlow...the orthopaedic specialist in your pocket!
February 2018
Welcome to OrthoFlow...the orthopaedic specialist in your pocket! This new way of learning is designed to help you diagnose...
Rheumatology Advisor
January 2018
Rheumatology Advisor is a free, simple to use, medical app designed to be the essential resource for rheumatology...
