Effectiveness of a Supervised Group-Based Otago Exercise Program on Functional Performance in Frail Institutionalized Older Adults: A Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial.

Background And Purpose: Because of its high prevalence and association with negative health-related outcomes, frailty is considered one of the most important issues associated with human aging and its mitigation is among the essential public health goals for the 21st century. However, very few studies have focused on institutionalized older adults, despite the knowledge that frailty can be reversible when identified and treated from its earliest stages. Therefore, the objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of a supervised group-based multicomponent exercise program intervention with or without oral nutritional supplementation on functional performance in frail institutionalized older adults.

[Functional and clinical outcomes in patients admitted to nursing homes after hip fractures. Implementation of a multi-level intervention program].

Background And Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the clinical and functional outcomes of patients discharged to nursing homes after a hip fracture.

Methods: The study included all patients admitted to a group of nursing homes after a hip fracture in 2016. A geriatric assessment protocol was applied, and patients were treated with a specific protocol for 90 days.

Physicians' and Pharmacists' Clinical Considerations for Elderly Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: The IMPLICA2 Study.

Background: Management of elderly patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is complex due to their age-related conditions. Several clinical guidelines provide specific recommendations for management of these patients but little is known about their implementation in clinical practice.

Objective: To describe physician and community pharmacist perceptions and routine clinical practice in the management of elderly T2DM patients.

An educational intervention on drug use in nursing homes improves health outcomes resource utilization and reduces inappropriate drug prescription.

Objective: Inappropriate drug prescription is a common problem in people living in nursing homes and is linked to adverse health outcomes. This study assessed the effect of an educational intervention directed to nursing home physicians in reducing inappropriate prescription and improving health outcomes and resource utilization.

Design: Prospective, randomized, multicenter study.

Inappropriate drug prescription at nursing home admission.

Background: Inappropriate prescriptions are common in older people admitted to nursing homes. Commonly used instruments to detect potential inappropriate prescriptions have limitations that have precluded wide use, and new instruments are needed.

Objective: The goal of this study was to determine the value of the Screening Tool of Older Person's potentially inappropriate Prescriptions/Screening Tool to Alert doctors to the Right, ie appropriate, indicated Treatment (STOPP-START) criteria and the Australian criteria to detect potentially inappropriate drug prescriptions in older people on admission to nursing home care.