Mobility programs for the hospitalized older adult: a sco** review

DA Smart, G Dermody… - Gerontology and …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Objectives: This sco** review (a) describes programs to improve mobility in hospitalized
adults and (b) determines the methods used to measure mobility. Method: The Joanna …

Harnessing nursing to diminish ageism

S Dahlke, KF Hunter - International journal of older people …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Background The common practice of making fun of aging and older people demonstrates
that ageism towards older people is socially acceptable. It is so accepted that even those of …

Visual acuity outcomes and anti-VEGF therapy intensity in diabetic macular oedema: a real-world analysis of 28 658 patient eyes

TA Ciulla, JS Pollack, DF Williams - British Journal of Ophthalmology, 2021 - bjo.bmj.com
Background/Aim To assess visual acuity (VA) outcomes and antivascular endothelial growth
factor (anti-VEGF) treatment intensity in diabetic macular oedema (DMO). Methods …

Facilitators and barriers to enhancing physical activity in older patients during acute hospital stay: a systematic review

F Dijkstra, G Van Der Sluis, H Jager-Wittenaar… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
Background To improve older patients' physical activity (PA) behavior, it is important to
identify facilitators and barriers to enhancing PA in older patients (≥ 65 years) during …

Nurse-led mobility program: driving a culture of early mobilization in medical-surgical nursing

RA Jones, S Merkle, L Ruvalcaba… - Journal of nursing …, 2020 - journals.lww.com
Nurse-Led Mobility Program: Driving a Culture of Early Mobil... : Journal of Nursing Care
Quality Nurse-Led Mobility Program: Driving a Culture of Early Mobilization in Medical-Surgical …

Factors associated with physical activity in hospitalized patients with dementia

BF Drazich, B Resnick, M Boltz… - Journal of aging …, 2023 - journals.humankinetics.com
Older adults continue to spend little time engaged in physical activity when hospitalized. The
purpose of this study was to (a) describe activity among hospitalized older adults with …

Muscle strength is longitudinally associated with mobility among older adults after acute hospitalization: The Hospital-ADL study

JJ Aarden, M van der Schaaf, M van der Esch… - PLoS …, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Background 30 to 60% of the acute hospitalized older adults experience functional decline
after hospitalization. The first signs of functional decline after discharge can often be …

[HTML][HTML] Hospitalized older adult: predictors of functional decline

JPA Tavares, LANV Nunes, JCG Grácio - Revista latino-americana de …, 2021 - SciELO Brasil
Objective: to identify the predictors of functional decline in hospitalized individuals aged 70
or over, between: baseline and discharge; discharge and follow-up, and baseline and three …

Older adults experiences with ambulation during a hospital stay: A qualitative study

B King, J Bodden, L Steege, CJ Brown - Geriatric Nursing, 2021 - Elsevier
Older adults often lose their ability to independently ambulate during a hospital stay. Few
studies have investigated older adults' experiences with ambulation during hospitalization …

Factors related to older patients' fear of falling during the first mobilization after total knee replacement and total hip replacement

HT Damar, O Bilik, O Karayurt, FE Ursavas - Geriatric nursing, 2018 - Elsevier
The aim of this study was to determine fear of falling in the first mobilization and affecting
factors in older patients. The study had a descriptive and cross-sectional design. Data were …