Concerns about the approval of #lecanemab for Alzheimer’s disease
"...We are concerned about the approval of this #drug with uncertain net benefit that might foster false hope and expectations among people with #Alzheimer’s disease and their #carers and which might further overburden already overstretched #healthcare systems in Europe..."
Sixty seconds on... geriatric BMI.
"...age-related changes in the body are not well captured by BMI and [...] #healthcare professionals should “interpret #BMI with caution in people aged 65 and over..."
#Nutrition #Diet #Geriatrics #Care #Health #Medicine #MedMastodon
🥳 Superproud of this bunch: the management team of the CoClarity #RCT. Submitted the trial protocol today.
CoClarity: A Shared Decision Support Tool to reconsider the use of Anti-Thrombotic Therapy in patients with #cancer in the last phase of life
✅ Lower risk of #thrombosis
🛑 Higher risk of bleeding
❓ When to stop?
Very nice #thesis defense by Jonathan Bogaerts earlie this week. 🧑🏻🎓
Depresribing of antihypertensive medication in the very old, an inspiring topic for lively (and funny) discussion!
🥳 Congratulations, Jonathan!
Age-Related Changes of the Human Eye (Aging Medicine) 2008th Edition (2008) by Carlo Cavallotti PDF
Author: Carlo Cavallotti
File Type: PDF
Download at https://unitedvrg.com/2024/11/08/age-related-changes-of-the-human-eye-aging-medicine-2008th-edition-vrg-pdf-193411555x/
#Geriatrics, #CarloCavallotti
I've always had a difficult relationship with my mom, but now I'm her #caregiver. I'm struggling to set new boundaries with her.
"...I just have to give her the grace I would want if I lost my #memory..."
#Dementia #Care #Health #Frailty #Geriatrics #Alzheimer
https://www.businessinsider.com/sandwich-generation-difficult-relationship-with-mom-caregiver-2025-4
Adherence to #Guideline Recommendations on Psychotropic #Drug Use for Challenging Behavior in #Dementia
"...Of all newly started prescriptions, 17% were evaluated within the recommended 7 days after starting..."
#Geriatrics #Care #Alzheimers #Deprescribing #MedMastodon
https://www.jamda.com/article/S1525-8610(24)00897-1/fulltext?dgcid=raven_jbs_etoc_email
Towards the end-of-life, improving quality of #life may become more important than simply prolonging life.
Non-essential #medications can be detrimental for the person and public #health.
Retrospective study finds #deprescribing practices are not yet commonplace in the final 12 months of life
#Care #PalliativeCare #Geriatrics #Drugs #LessIsMore #MedMastodon #Polypharmacy
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1751991825000786
At our age (60s), it’s important to not try to make good things happen. But also if they’re happening, even at inconvenient times, to let them happen. Of course I’m talking about #BowelMovements #Geriatrics #Boomers
https://www.alojapan.com/1230585/healthcare-administrators-and-hypertension-at-small-to-medium-worksites-in-okinawa-japan/ Healthcare administrators and hypertension at small-to-medium worksites in Okinawa, Japan #general #Geriatrics/Gerontology #HealthCheckups #HealthPromotionAndDiseasePrevention #HealthcareAdministrator #Hypertension #InternalMedicine #Medicine/PublicHealth #news #Obstetrics/Perinatology/Midwifery #Okinawa #OkinawaNews #PublicHealth #VisitingMedicalFacilities #Worksite #沖縄 Asia Pacific Cohort Studies Collaboration. Blood pressure and cardiovasc…
Supporting countries to ensure the continuum of integrated care for older people
"...importance of delivering personalised, comprehensive, coordinated #care to older people, supporting a shift from traditional disease-oriented approach towards more holistic care..."
"...ICOPE is consistent with and based on the large body of evidence built by geriatricians over the past decades..."
#Health #Geriatrics #PrimaryCare #Ageing #Aging #IntegratedCare #PublicHealth
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40520-025-02970-4
Use of #AI decreases with increasing age.
✅ #AI offers a lot of promises also in care for older people
❌ #AI is not tailored to needs of older people
➡️ We have work to do
🔗 JAMA, https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2831965
Very nice #thesis by Jonathan Bogaerts:
📓 High blood pressure and its treatment in the very old - balancing benefits and risks
🧑🎓 Defense April 16th at #Leiden University
😀 really looking forward
When #geriatricians explain that the person with #Alzheimer disease and his #caregiver represent one single entity to #care...
#AD #Health #Neurology #Medicine #Hackman #Geriatrics #Frailty #Social #IntegratedCare #MedMastodon
If only this could have been predicted!
People age so irregularly.
America's aging population faces a growing shortage of geriatric care
"More than 80 million Americans are expected to be older than 65 by 2050,"
"only 174 out of 419 available positions in geriatric specialty programs were filled in 2023, making it one of the most unfilled programs the organization tracks."
Me w/Dr. Matthew Lefferman, a kind dr. He specializes in #geriatrics & goes to the places where his expertise is needed. Here we are @ the Kensington Redondo (he's holding my book, Finding the Right Words: A Story of Literature, Grief, and the Brain), where we watched "Taking Care," a beautiful film honoring Adele Miller, mother to Lauren Miller Rogen & mother-in-law to Seth Rogen. Their foundation, HFC, supports #caregivers of people with #dementia.
Me w/Dr. Matthew Lefferman, a kind dr. He specializes in #geriatrics & goes to the places where his expertise is needed. Here we are @ the Kensington Redondo (he's holding my book, Finding the Right Words: A Story of Literature, Grief, and the Brain), where we watched "Taking Care," a beautiful film honoring Adele Miller, mother to Lauren Miller Rogen & mother-in-law to Seth Rogen. Their foundation, HFC, supports #caregivers of people with #dementia.
Nice presentation by #PhD candidate Denise Abbel about the complex choice to use #antithrombotic therapy in patients with #cancer in the last phase of life:
✅ prevention of thrombic events
❌ risk of bleeding
❓what is more important?
Integrated #care for older people (ICOPE): guidance for person-centred assessment and pathways in primary care, 2nd edition
#ICOPE aims to reorient #health and #social services towards person-centred and coordinated care. It supports the delivery of integrated care for older people within the context of a PHC-oriented #health system
#Geriatrics #Aging #Ageing #Frailty #IntegratedCare #WHO #MedMastodon
Available here👇
https://iris.who.int/handle/10665/380175
