Check out the latest ConsumerAffairs article on #AgingInPlace, featuring the innovative CAPABLE program! Learn how it's helping older adults live independently and thrive in their homes. Read here: consumeraffairs.com/news/aging-in-…

Study Uncovers Connections Between #Obesity and #HeartFailure bit.ly/3yLbTV3

Study Suggests Preoperative Iron Infusions Work Better Than Blood Transfusions for Some #Anemic Patients bit.ly/4dSKlvM

Malnutrition, frailty & sarcopenia: how to best integrate geriatric principles into #ICU/post-ICU care of aging population? Reply 🔓 rdcu.be/dSUtp To 🔓 rdcu.be/dSUtO On editorial 🔓 rdcu.be/dSUt2 on FORECAST study CCCTG 🔓 rdcu.be/dSUuc

How does your diet affect frailty? 🍽️ New research compares the impact of the Mediterranean diet vs. ultra-processed foods in older adults. Learn more: news-medical.net/news/20240906/… Nutrients MDPI #Nutrition #HealthyAging #MedDiet #Frailty

Latest Paper Sharing 🎉 📰Frailty Detection in Older Adults with Diabetes: A Scoping Review of Assessment Tools and Their Link to Key Clinical Outcomes (mdpi.com/2948014) 👥by Ernesto Guevara et al. #mdpijcm #MedTwitte #Diabetes #elderly #Endocrinology

#Hematology Health care utilization and costs for #frail vs nonfrail patients with diffuse large B-cell #lymphoma | ⁦Blood Advances⁩ | American Society of Hematology ⁦ASH⁩ #lymsm #geriheme #frailty ashpublications.org/bloodadvances/…

.Karen Bandeen-Roche enjoys escaping into nature, both near and far. Here she is at the beach in Scotland (1999), land of her forebears. Learn more fun facts to know and tell about our Summer 2024 COAH Champion here: coah.jhu.edu/2024/08/28/sum…

NEW ONLINE: a Personal View from Marco Canevelli, Caitlin Jackson-Tarlton, and Kenneth Rockwood on the importance of frailty assessment in neurological care thelancet.com/journals/laneu…

The best professional advice that .Karen Bandeen-Roche ever received in brief: (1) Be able to "sell" your ideas to stakeholders; and (2) More than taking a seat at the table, take part in the conversations happening at it. More about our #COAHchampion here: coah.jhu.edu/2024/08/28/sum…

Faitna Alex Bottle et al. report in #BMCMedicine that UK hospital admissions involving #multimorbidity or #frailty rose strikingly from 2006 -> 2021. Trend emphasizes the need for the #NHS to adapt to an aging population with complex health needs. bit.ly/3XELtOc

"The #DarziReview fails to recognise the impact of #frailty and cognitive impairment on many older people and on the system. It is also disappointing that social care was out of scope for this review" bgs.org.uk/policy-and-med…

Risk of Frailty According to the Values of the Ankle-Brachial Index in the Toledo Study for Healthy Aging. Quiñónez-Bareiro, F. et al. doi.org/10.14283/jfa.2… #Frailty #Healthy #Aging

Having COPD & frailty increases the chance of poor outcomes. Integrating #frailty assessments into routine #COPD care could identify those most at risk & inform treatments. Can stratified care help GPs manage long-term conditions? Read the #NIHRevidence: evidence.nihr.ac.uk/collection/can…

Schwartz et al ( Miikka Korja) showed mFI-5 & mFI-11 frailty indices predict postoperative outcomes in supratentorial meningioma. Severely frail (≥3) mFI-5 scores demonstrated higher postoperative functional improvement. #JNO

Higher creatinine-to-cystatin ratio is associated with a lower frailty risk and this ratio may be a simple marker for predicting frailty in older adults, reports a study published in #BMCGeriatr bmcgeriatr.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…

AFN Summit 2025: Call for Abstracts! Submissions open TODAY for students, early career researchers & health practitioners. 👵Theme: 'Improving healthcare for people with frailty' 📅 Deadline: 27 Oct 2024 👉 More info: afn.org.au/afn-summit-202… #AFNSummit2025 #Frailty

Associations between Dietary Variety and Frailty in Community-Dwelling Older People Who Live Alone: Gender Differences. Yokoro, M. et al. doi.org/10.14283/jfa.2… #Dietary #Frailty

Association between City-Level Particulate Matter Exposure and Frailty among Middle-Aged and Older Adults in China “ Chronic exposure to particulate matter was significantly associated with increased risk of frailty…” pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39245032/

I have been thinking a lot lately about what makes America what it is today. I’ve been reflecting on Emma Lazarus, an activist poet and supporter of bringing persecuted Jewish families to the US, and her famous poem “The New Colossus”. Here is an excerpt: