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G Asbjørnsen

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PubMed2000

[Are old patients able to get up from the floor?].

BACKGROUND: Inability to get up from the floor after an accidental fall is a frightening and potentially dangerous experience. Especially elderly individuals living alone are exposed to this. MATERIAL AND METHODS: In a geriatric five-day ward 206 patients living alone were tested for their ability to rise from the floor. This was carried out under safe conditions in a training room. Those who failed were offered instruction and training given by a physiotherapist, up to five sessions. The training programme is described. RESULTS: 154 patients (75%) were able to get up unaided within two minutes. The time needed varied considerably. Of the 52 who failed 39 accepted training, and 22 finally managed to get up independently. INTERPRETATION: Teaching elderly patients living alone how to get up from the floor is often successful and will probably reduce the risk of being unable to get up for an extended period of time.

Accidental Falls↗
PubMed1998

[Urinary incontinence in women in a geriatric ward].

101 elderly female patients participated in a multidisciplinary programme for the diagnosis and management of urinary incontinence. Their median age was 81 years. 83 patients had been incontinent for more than 12 months. In only 23 patients was incontinence recognised as a problem prior to admission, and 69 patients claimed that they had never received any treatment for their disability. Urge and mixed incontinence were found to be the most prevalent forms, based on symptoms and simple measurements. After assessment, one to six measures were implemented for each patient in order to counteract internal and external causes of incontinence. The patients were reviewed after 6-8 weeks. 60 patients claimed there was an improvement, including 20 who described themselves as "much improved", and seven who had become continent. It is suggested that a hospital stay may provide a suitable opportunity to undertake primary assessment and treatment of incontinence in elderly women.

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PubMed1994

[A five-day ward for the hospitalized elderly. Dynamics, diagnosis and economics].

A geriatric five-day unit of 15 beds was studied continuously for 12 months. There were 330 admissions, mainly referrals from general practitioners via the outpatient clinic. Multiple pathology and loss of function were common. The opinion of colleagues within other specialties was sought on 133 occasions. 39% of the patients received physiotherapy, 27% received occupational therapy and 13% the services of a social worker. Compared with the cost of running a conventional ward of the same size, the financial savings are estimated to be fully NOK 750,000.

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PubMed1989

[Elderly patients at a medical department. Their functional capacity upon admission as a predictor of a long stay in the hospital].

Data were recorded on mental function, urinary continence, ability to dress, falls, mobility, and vision in 340 patients aged 75 and over on admission to a medical department. Three months later, 213 patients had been discharged, 41 were still in hospital, 64 had died, and 22 had been transferred to another hospital or returned to a nursing home. Impairment of any of the functions tested, except vision, was associated with prolonged length of stay. Only two of 135 patients with no disability were still in hospital after three months, while for patients with three or more disabilities the number was 15 out of 56. Increasing age was associated with a tendency to prolonged length of stay. No such tendency was found among those who lived alone.

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PubMed1978

[Cytostatics].

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Antineoplastic Agents↗