[Development and assessment of a MOOC about delirium in geriatric oncology].

Introduction: Among the themes to be addressed by a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on geriatric oncology, one of the priorities was delirium, due to its frequency, complications and difficulties encountered by healthcare professionals in diagnosing and managing delirium. Our study aims to evaluate professional practices in the area of education, regarding the evaluation of the content of a MOOC module about delirium syndrome in geriatric oncology.

Methods: We created a multidisciplinary group to define the scientific content, the pedagogical objectives, the scriptwriting and the development of a training module.

Spreading geriatric oncology culture through professional caregivers: Results of a French massive open online course (MOOC).

Geriatric oncology is based on the synergy between several professionals whose common goal is to improve care for older patients with cancer. This requires sharing a common core of knowledge to facilitate collaboration between them. To date, training in geriatric oncology has been limited in scope and difficult to access for caregivers, particularly nurses and healthcare aides.

[Burden experienced by informal caregivers assisting Alzheimer's patients in the REAL.FR study].

Background: Most AD patients are cared for at home by informal caregivers. The effect of different kind of stressors on caregivers has been referred to as caregiver burden.

Objective: To determine (1) the level of burden of informal caregivers of Alzheimer's patients in a French national sample; (2) the factors associated with a high level of burden.

Association of Alzheimer's disease onset with ginkgo biloba and other symptomatic cognitive treatments in a population of women aged 75 years and older from the EPIDOS study.

Background: Peripheral C4A treatment (cerebral and peripheral vasotherapeutics) and especially Ginkgo biloba extracts are prescribed for a number of symptoms, particularly memory impairment, in elderly patients. It is postulated that because of its pharmacological actions, this treatment could prevent the decline of cognitive function, but no studies have been published to date to test its efficacy in prevention of Alzheimer's disease. The potential association between use of C4A treatments, in particular EGb 761 (standardized Ginkgo biloba extracts), and dementia of the Alzheimer type was investigated.

Body composition in French women 75+ years of age: the EPIDOS study.

Background: There are presently no published data on age-related changes in body composition in French individuals older than 65 or 80 years. This paper presents a cross-sectional study of 7518 community-residing French women older than 75 years.

Methods: We examined age differences changes in body composition and anthropometry between age groups (76-80, 81-85, and 86-95 years of age).