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A patient-centred ICF-based comprehensive framework for rehabilitation in Austria: Development and implementation Open
Objective Austria's rehabilitation system lacked personalisation, alignment with the International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health (ICF), and measurable quality indicators. To address these gaps, a unified change mana…
Integrated nutritional care in long-term care: From theory to evidence-based practice Open
Against the background of ageing societies and worldwide growing populations with complex care needs, the reorganization of health and social care provision from fragmented towards integrated healthcare is becoming essential. Nutritional c…
View article: Associations between plasma osteopontin, sex, and 2-year global and cardiorenal outcomes in older outpatients screened for CKD: a secondary analysis of the SCOPE study
Associations between plasma osteopontin, sex, and 2-year global and cardiorenal outcomes in older outpatients screened for CKD: a secondary analysis of the SCOPE study Open
Background Plasma osteopontin (pOPN) is a promising aging-related biomarker among individuals with and without kidney disease. The interaction between sex, pOPN levels, and global and cardiorenal outcomes among older individuals was not pr…
Goal Setting for Participatory Person-Centered Geriatric Rehabilitation—From Function-Centered Rehabilitation towards Digitally Supported Personalized and Integrated Care for Older People Open
As chronic illness is common among older people, self-care practices for older people are needed to control health status, to prevent possible complications and to ensure optimal quality of life. The literature has demonstrated that integr…
Frailty and anticoagulants in older subjects with atrial fibrillation: the EUROSAF study Open
Aims Literature regarding anticoagulants in older people affected by atrial fibrillation (AF) is limited to retrospective studies, poorly considering the importance of multidimensional frailty. The main objective of this study is to evalua…
Effectiveness of multi-professional educational interventions to train Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA) – a Systematic Review Open
Introduction: As the world population ages, health and social care professionals are increasingly confronted with patients with chronic long-term conditions and multimorbidity, requiring an extensive assessment and integrated care manageme…
Innovative approaches to service integration addressing the unmet needs of irritable bowel syndrome patients and new approaches for the needs of IBS patients Open
Background Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a common multifactorial condition that affects the large intestine and is characterized by chronic and relapsing abdominal pain and altered bowel habit. IBS is due to a combination of genetic, e…
View article: The relevance of geriatric assessments on the association between chronic kidney disease stages and mortality among older people: a secondary analysis of a multicentre cohort study
The relevance of geriatric assessments on the association between chronic kidney disease stages and mortality among older people: a secondary analysis of a multicentre cohort study Open
Background age-adapted definition of chronic kidney disease (CKD) does not take individual risk factors into account. We aimed at investigating whether functional impairments influence CKD stage at which mortality increases among older peo…
Clinical Interventions to Improve Nutritional Care in Older Adults and Patients in Primary Healthcare – A Scoping Review of Current Practices of Health Care Practitioners Open
Sonja Lindner-Rabl,1 Valentina Wagner,1 Andreas Matijevic,1 Carolin Herzog,1 Christina Lampl,1 Julia Traub,2 Regina Roller-Wirnsberger1 1Medical University of Graz, Department of Internal Medicine, Research Unit for Aging and Old Age Medic…
Chefs in Future Integrated Healthcare – Current State and Innovation Needs: A First Overview of the NECTAR Project (aN Eu Curriculum for Chef gasTro-Engineering in Primary Food Care) Open
People in need of care, chronic or acute, often present problematic food intake and special nutritional needs. Integrated, person-centred and pro-active food and nutritional care delivery has been proven effective for people in health care…
Public health and clinical approach to proactive management of frailty in multidimensional arena. Open
Engagement needs of older people with a focus on functionally rather than disease management as primary objective is considered as an overarching concept, also embracing adherence, compliance, empowerment, health literacy, shared decision-…
Development of a Binational Framework for Active and Healthy Ageing (AHA) Bridging Austria and Slovenia in a Thermal Spa Region Open
In view of ongoing demographic developments resulting in a longer life expectancy of the European population, the creation of “age-friendly” environments represents an initiative picked up by the European Union and its Member States to ena…
Strategy for Deployment of Integrated Healthy Aging Regions Based Upon an Evidence-Based Regional Ecosystem—The Styria Model Open
In 2013, the European Commission founded the platform European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Aging as a communication and innovation network in this domain. The goal of the current study was the development of an integrated …
The role of health determinants in the influenza vaccination uptake among older adults (65+): a scope review Open
Background: Although the burden of influenza infection is the highest in older adults, vaccination coverage remains low, despite this age group being more vulnerable than others. Aims: Given the current pandemic of SARS-CoV-2, it was the a…
Can Integrated Care Help in Meeting the Challenges Posed on Our Health Care Systems by COVID-19? Some Preliminary Lessons Learned from the European VIGOUR Project Open
The COVID-19 pandemic puts health and care systems under pressure globally. This current paper highlights challenges arising in the care for older and vulnerable populations in this context and reflects upon possible perspectives for diffe…
Evidence of Inter-Professional and Multi-Professional Interventions for Geriatric Patients: A Systematic Review Open
The current demographic shift raises the demand for provision of health care tailored to the complex care needs for older adults. Given the growing number of national care plans and best practice models there is an urgent need to build evi…
The clinical and therapeutic challenge of treating older patients in clinical practice Open
Due to the demographic shift complex care management of older multimorbid patients with changing functional capacities has become core clinical business for many stakeholders in western health care systems. It is the aim of the mini‐review…