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pro vyhledávání: '"Eamonn Cooney"'
Publikováno v:
Age and Ageing. 48:iii17-iii65
Background Up to 50% of referrals from nursing homes to emergency departments (ED) are considered inappropriate. Interventions such as the introduction of advanced practice registered nurses to nursing homes, and community matrons in other jurisdicti
Autor:
Jennifer Maher, Christina Donnellan, Siobhan Ryan, Ciara Pender, Isweri Pillay, Eamonn Cooney, Aine O'Reilly, Karen Sayers, Binish Baburaj, Vince Athanasiyar
Publikováno v:
Age and Ageing. 48:iii17-iii65
Background Interdisciplinary frailty assessment teams are in development throughout Ireland. Clinical pharmacy assessment (CPA) improves patient outcomes. Review is time consuming. Prioritising patients using frailty-specific toolkits should result i
Autor:
Jennifer Maher, Karen Sayers, Ciara Pender, Isweri Pillay, Christina Donnellan, Siobhan Ryan, Eamonn Cooney, Athanasiyar Vince, Aine O'Reilly
Publikováno v:
Age and Ageing. 48:iii17-iii65
Background The variable indicator of placement (VIP) tool is designed to identify patients at risk of frailty. The risk of harm in a frail older person increases as the number of prescribed drugs increases. Polypharmacy may be either appropriate or i
Autor:
Christina Donnellan, Siobhan Ryan, Jennifer Maher, Aine O'Reilly, Ciara Pender, Isweri Pillay, Eamonn Cooney, Karen Sayers
Publikováno v:
Age and Ageing. 48:iii17-iii65
Background Malnutrition plays a key role in the pathogenesis of frailty and nutritional interventions may reduce the incidence. Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA) is the gold standard in assessment once frailty has been identified. Recent Nutri
Autor:
Eamonn Cooney, Karen Sayers, Jennifer Maher, Aine O'Reilly, Christina Donnellan, Siobhan Ryan, Ciara Pender, Isweri Pillay
Publikováno v:
Age and Ageing. 48:iii17-iii65
Background The Variable Indicative of Placement risk (VIP) was developed in order to identify, at the time of hospital admission, those who need liaison geriatrics and those who do not (Vandewoude et al, 2008). It was derived from physical and cognit
Autor:
Ciara Pender, Isweri Pillay, Karen Sayers, Eamonn Cooney, Christina Donnellan, Siobhan Ryan, Aine O'Reilly, Jennifer Maher
Publikováno v:
Age and Ageing. 48:iii17-iii65
Background The prevalence of dysphagia rises with age. It is associated with increased dependency and mortality (Smithard, 2016). The Irish Association of Speech & Language Therapists (IASLT) only supports swallow screening by trained nursing staff p
Autor:
Siobhan Ryan, Eamonn Cooney, Karen Sayers, Aine O'Reilly, Jennifer Maher, Binish Baburaj, Christina Donnellan, Isweri Pillay
Publikováno v:
Age and Ageing. 48:iii17-iii65
Background Detection of delirium risk may improve outcomes. We assessed the prevalence of patients at risk of delirium assessed by a trained interdisciplinary team. Methods An interdisciplinary team: dietitian, physiotherapist and speech and language
Autor:
Ciara Pender, Isweri Pillay, Christina Donnellan, Eamonn Cooney, Siobhan Ryan, Karen Sayers, Binish Baburaj, Jennifer Maher
Publikováno v:
Age and Ageing. 48:iii17-iii65
Background Enduring Power of attorney (EPA) is a simple legal document. A person can choose a specific individual(s) to take care of both personal and financial affairs in the event of losing mental capacity in the future. The objective of this study