Publications by authors named "D Ni Chroinin"
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- A study looked at how having dementia affects older people in hospitals in Australia and if it leads to more complications.
- They gathered data on patients aged 60 and older with and without dementia from several hospitals over ten years.
- Results showed that older people with dementia had a longer hospital stay and faced higher risks for issues like falls, pressure injuries, and delirium compared to those without dementia.
Objective: Given the importance of advance care planning (ACP) in the context of a pandemic, we aimed to assess current adherence to local policy recommending ACP in all hospitalised adult patients with suspected or proven COVID-19 at Liverpool Hospital, Sydney, Australia.
Design: A retrospective cohort study.
Setting: A tertiary referral and teaching hospital.
Background: Delirium is an acute disorder of attention and cognition with an incidence of up to 70% in the adult intensive care setting. Due to the association with significantly increased morbidity and mortality, it is important to identify who is at the greatest risk of an acute episode of delirium while being cared for in the intensive care. The objective of this study was to determine the ability of the cumulative deficit frailty index and clinical frailty scale to predict an acute episode of delirium among adults admitted to the intensive care.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe current study explored the impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on staff in residential aged care facilities (RACFs). A hardcopy, voluntary, anonymous survey was circulated to local RACFs (June-July 2020), exploring challenges, staffing effects, mood within RACFs, and staff perceptions of supports. Overall, 105 staff members responded, which were mainly nursing personnel (67.
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- The study analyzed the link between frailty and the risk of subsequent fractures in older adults who experienced a minimal trauma fracture.
- It found that higher levels of frailty were associated with an increased likelihood of experiencing another fracture after adjusting for factors like age, sex, and the site of the first fracture.
- The research suggests the importance of routinely assessing frailty in older adults after they suffer an initial fracture to better prevent future injuries.