[Emergency room transfers for residents of the 16th arrondissement of Paris].

Access to care for the population residing in residential facilities for dependent elderly people (Ehpad), i.e. 600,000 people in France in 2019, is a major public health issue.

Molecular investigation of a RSV outbreak in a geriatric hospital.

Background: Acquired infections in hospitalized elderly people are a growing concern. In long-term care facilities with multiple staff and visitor contacts, virus outbreaks are a common challenge for infection prevention teams. Although several studies have reported nosocomial RSV outbreaks in long term care facilities, molecular epidemiology data are scarce.

Potentially inappropriate prescription of antidepressants in old people: characteristics, associated factors, and impact on mortality.

Unlabelled: ABSTRACTBackground:The increasing use of antidepressants (ADs) has raised concerns about their inappropriate use in old people.

Objective: To examine the prevalence of potentially inappropriate prescribing (PIP) of ADs, their associated factors, and their impact on mortality in a sample of old people in France.

Methods: The analysis used data from the SIPAF study, a cross-sectional study consisting of 2,350 people aged ≥ 70 years.

[First year prognosis of patients hospitalized in an acute geriatric ward with a known dementia or newly diagnosed].

In France, only a third of demented patients have an established diagnostic of dementia. Hospitalization is often an opportunity to perform a diagnostic of dementia. Real benefits for patients of such a diagnostic process are unknown.