Zeitschrift Für Gerontologie und Geriatrie

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BACKGROUND: Age, multimorbidity, immunodeficiency and frailty of older people living in nursing homes make them vulnerable to COVID-19 and overall mortality. OBJECTIVE: To estimate overall and COVID-19 mortality parameters and analyse their predictive factors in older people living in nursing homes over a 2-year period. METHOD: Design: A 2-year prospective longitudinal multicentre study was conducted between 2020 and 2022. SETTING: This study involved five nursing homes in Central Catalonia (Spain)...

BACKGROUND: The proportion of prisoners aged 60 years and above is steadily rising both nationally and internationally. With advancing age the risk of developing physical and mental illnesses also increases. International studies have demonstrated a higher prevalence of mental disorders among older prisoners compared to the general population; however, there are few data on this, at least for Germany. OBJECTIVE: Collation of empirical data on the presence of depressive symptoms among older prisoners...

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BACKGROUND: Individual-centered approaches have for a long time defined the gerontological involvement with technology. Despite an approach that expands in terms of space (e.g., neighborhood approaches) or social networks (e.g., caring communities), these approaches are characterized by centering on people as working alone. Material gerontological approaches attempt to theoretically and empirically address this entanglement of humans and technology by decentralizing the human and conceptualizing agency as being distributed among human and nonhuman agents...

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The article reports on the evaluation of the programmes offered by the "60+Tazelenme Üniversitesi" (University of Antalya's Senior Citizens' University) from the users' perspective. 174 users (from a population of 6000 people) evaluated in a differentiated according to 18 characteristics their expectations of the programme before enrolling in the four-semester study programme and the personal benefits of the programme after completing it. The results show a highly differentiated picture of the benefits realized with regard to areas of competence and quality of life...

The unfavorable mutual influence of the kidney and heart functions in acute or chronic kidney and/or heart failure has defined the cardiorenal syndrome (CRS) since a consensus conference in 2004. The pathophysiological considerations and the subsequent treatment approaches determine the classification into five types. The syndrome has a high prevalence in geriatric patients. The interactions of medications on one or the other organ system require an interaction of treatment modalities in order to improve the prognosis and prevent acute deterioration...

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BACKGROUND: The dual nature of socio-technical systems requires new design paradigms that go beyond conventional informatic instrumental approaches. With the realization that digital applications change social practice but also that social influences affect design principles of digital technologies, design principles must be oriented towards real-world practices and thus towards situated forms of appropriation of the intended user groups. This is achieved with newer approaches of practice-based design, which are based on ethnography-based and participatory design principles and share a number of basic assumptions of participatory approaches in gerontology...

BACKGROUND: Residents in nursing homes show a high prevalence of the musculoskeletal syndrome sarcopenia and tend not to achieve current physical activity recommendations. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study is to identify differences in physical activity and sedentary behavior of sarcopenic residents compared with nonsarcopenic and presarcopenic residents. METHODS: Sarcopenia assessment was performed among 63 nursing home residents in Baden-Wuerttemberg (D) using the European Working Group on Sarcopenia in Older People 2 specifications...

BACKGROUND: The approach of socio-technical systems (STS) for a successful life in old age focuses on the combination of technical and sociocultural factors in one. Technological systems have long since ceased to be limited to simple functions; instead, they enable customizable applications, interactive use combined with complex communication and action strands. The associated interactions with the technical system suggest a perspective on interactions and relationships. OBJECTIVE: Research results show that individualizable functions of STSs are rated positively in terms of acceptance and use by older people...

BACKGROUND: In order to cognitively and physically activate people with dementia (MMD) in institutional settings, there are numerous touch-based multimedia applications specifically designed for this target group that are actually being used in practice. In contrast, the use of similar applications in domestic settings has been relatively limited. AIM AND METHOD: This study is based on 11 expert interviews guided by questions and examines design options and requirements for application content as well as requirements for study designs to provide evidence of the effectiveness of touch-based multimedia applications for MMD and their caregiving relatives (PA)...

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