[Ethics, care and ageing during the Covid-19 pandemic].

At the beginning of the Covid-19 epidemic, National forum for ethical reflection on Alzheimer's disease and neurodegenerative diseases conducted a national survey to identify the difficulties encountered by professionals working in the field of old age and autonomy, families and volunteers, and the initiatives they have implemented. Seven major difficulties were identified: the isolation induced by the prohibition of visits, the lack of protective equipment and tests, the difficulties of people with cognitive difficulties in understanding measures to avoid the spread of the epidemic, the sustainability of overwork for professionals, the concern of the families of residents, complex situations at home and difficulties in accessing care. Four initiatives are being implemented: information and training for teams, compensation for interrupted visits, consultations and exchanges between professionals, actions to benefit people living at home.

Contrasted trends in health-related quality of life across gender, age categories and work status in France, 1995-2016: repeated population-based cross-sectional surveys using the SF-36.

Background: Interest in monitoring health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in general populations has increased in the past 20 years, reinforced by population ageing and repeated economic crises. This study aims to identify temporal trends in HRQoL in France between 1995 and 2016 and to assess disparities according to demographic and socioeconomic characteristics.

Methods: Data from repeated population-based cross-sectional surveys conducted in 1995, 2003 and 2016 were used.

Postoperative morbidity and mortality for malignant colon obstruction: the American College of Surgeon calculator reliability.

Background: The American College of surgical risk calculator (SRC) score has never been validated specifically for surgery in emergency. The objective was to evaluate the reliability of this calculator in patients with malignant colon obstruction.

Materials And Methods: We retrospectively have analyzed the morbidity and mortality observed in operated patients.