Frailty and its association with long-term mortality among community-dwelling older adults aged 75 years and over.

Background: Frailty, a significant risk factor for adverse outcomes and mortality, poses an emerging challenge with profound implications for public health and clinical practice. The measurement of frailty offers potential enhancements in healthcare services for older adults. The prevalence of frailty and its association with long-term mortality in a nationwide, unselected population of community-dwelling older adults, particularly those aged 75 and over, has not been previously studied on a large scale in Israel.

[FUNCTIONAL INDEPENDENCE MEASURE SCALE SCORES IN SEVERELY DEPENDENT OLDER ADULTS UPON REHABILITATION COMPLETION FOLLOWING STROKE].

Introduction: : Functional Independence Measure (FIM) is a scale used to evaluate functional status during rehabilitation. The associations between FIM scale scores upon stroke rehabilitation completion and functional status of older adults according to the Israeli Ministry of Health (MOH) guidelines has never been studied until now.

Aims: To study the association between FIM scale scores upon stroke rehabilitation completion and functional status of older adults according to the Israeli MOH guidelines.

[THE MULTIDISCIPLINARY GERIATRIC SURGERY UNIT AT THE CHAIM SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER - FIRST YEAR OF ACTIVITY].

Introduction: Recently, a Geriatric Surgery Unit (GSU) was established in the Sheba Medical Center. The Unit's aims include: professional assessment of surgical candidates, approval of the surgical plan by a multidisciplinary team discussion (MTD), and meeting the specific needs of the geriatric patient undergoing surgery.

Methods: We describe the establishment of the GSU and preliminary results from the first year of its activity (January-December 2022).

Home Versus Hospital Rehabilitation of Older Adults Following Hip Fracture Yields Similar Patient-Reported Outcome Measures.

The increase in hip fractures (HF) due to aging of the population and the rise in attractiveness of services provided at home following the COVID-19 pandemic, emphasize the need to compare outcomes of home versus hospital HF rehabilitation. To date, studies comparing the 2 services have focused primarily on clinical outcomes rather than patient-reported outcomes (PROs). This longitudinal observational study evaluated PROs of older adults with HF in the 2 settings.