[Suspension of geriatric admissions in France in 2023: a national PUGG survey of the French Society of Geriatrics and Gerontology].

France is experiencing exceptionally high closures of hospital geriatric beds, which increases the difficulties of access to geriatric care for the oldest and most frail French citizens. The French Society of Geriatrics and Gerontology (SFGG) conducted a national survey in January 2023 among French geriatricians and gerontologists with the aim of drawing up an inventory of the closure of hospital geriatric beds in France and the reasons for these closures. The online survey was carried out among the 1,600 members of the SFGG between January 8 and 22, 2023.

Manifesto for the rights of older people.

The French Society of Geriatrics and Gerontology (SFGG) stands against ageism and strives to combat it in all its forms. The SFGG has warned about the persistence of age discrimination and the emergence of new forms of ageism alongside traditional stereotypes. The SFGG took a position on the occasion of the 70 anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in December 2018.

[Statement for the rights of the elderly].

The SFGG (French Society of geriatrics and gerontology) stands up against ageism and fights it in all its forms of expression. The SFGG warns about the persistence of age discrimination and the emergence of new forms of ageism alongside traditional stereotypes. The SFGG has taken a position on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in December 2018.

National French Survey of Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Symptoms in People Aged 70 and Over.

Unlabelled: The objective of this national French survey was to determine the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) semiology in seniors (n = 353; mean, 84.7 ± 7.0 years).

[Geriatric units at the beginning of the 2020 COVID-19 epidemic in France].

The COVID-19 epidemic that started in November in China became a national epidemic from March 16, 2020 with the declaration of population containment in order to reduce the spread of the virus in France. From March 17 to March 27, 2020, the monitoring unit of the French society of geriatrics and gerontology decided to conduct a survey to analyze the implementation of the mobilization of geriatric units, given that this epidemic had shown that it resulted in excess mortality mainly among the elderly. The survey was able to bring together the response of 34 services, nine of which were located in a high epidemic cluster zone.

Designing dementia-friendly gardens: A workshop for landscape architects: Innovative Practice.

Conception and construction of nursing homes focuses mostly on architectural design. The cost of gardens and amount of work they require is usually underestimated. This often results in inaccessible, unfit and poorly designed outdoor spaces.

Dance interventions for people with dementia: systematic review and practice recommendations.

Objectives: Dance interventions are pleasant social activities that are often offered to people with dementia in care settings. Effectiveness of dance as a psychosocial intervention for people with dementia has been studied to some extent, but several methodological issues remain unexplored. This review aimed to analyze studies on dance interventions for people with dementia and to identify practice recommendations for the development of these interventions.

Designing gardens for people with dementia: literature review and evidence-based design conceptual frame.

More and more dwelling facilities for people with dementia invest gardens as convivial, resourceful, and relational places. However, there is a demand for scientific evidence of such statements. The aims of this literature review are to enlighten scientific evidence concerning uses and therapeutic virtues of garden for people with dementia, and to contribute to an evidence-based design approach by identifying key dimension of garden design.

Assistive Technologies to Address Capabilities of People with Dementia: From Research to Practice.

Assistive technologies became pervasive and virtually present in all our life domains. They can be either an enabler or an obstacle leading to social exclusion. The Fondation Médéric Alzheimer gathered international experts of dementia care, with backgrounds in biomedical, human and social sciences, to analyze how assistive technologies can address the capabilities of people with dementia, on the basis of their needs.

Predictive Factors of Rapid Cognitive Decline in Patients with Alzheimer Disease.

Aim: To determine predictive factors associated with rapid cognitive decline (RCD) in elderly patients suffering from Alzheimer disease (AD).

Methods: Patients suffering from mild to moderate AD were included. RCD was defined as the loss of at least 3 points on the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) over 12 months.

[Sensory functions and Alzheimer's disease: a multi-disciplinary approach].

Relations between sensory functions and Alzheimer's disease are still under-explored. To understand them better, the Fondation Médéric Alzheimer has brought together a multi-disciplinary expert group. Aristote's five senses must be enhanced by today's knowledge of proprioception, motor cognition and pain perception.

Dementia beyond 2025: Knowledge and uncertainties.

Given that there may well be no significant advances in drug development before 2025, prevention of dementia-Alzheimer's disease through the management of vascular and lifestyle-related risk factors may be a more realistic goal than treatment. Level of education and cognitive reserve assessment in neuropsychological testing deserve attention, as well as cultural, social, and economic aspects of caregiving. Assistive technologies for dementia care remain complex.

Factors associated with caregivers' underestimation of quality of life in patients with Alzheimer's disease.

Objective: The aim of this study was to identify the factors associated with differences between how Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients and their caregivers rate the patient's health-related quality of life (QoL).

Methods: Cross-sectional, multicentre study. Patients were 65 years or more, suffering from mild to moderate AD, native French speakers, with a main caregiver.

A new multimodal geriatric discharge-planning intervention to prevent emergency visits and rehospitalizations of older adults: the optimization of medication in AGEd multicenter randomized controlled trial.

Objectives: To determine whether a new multimodal comprehensive discharge-planning intervention would reduce emergency rehospitalizations or emergency department (ED) visits for very old inpatients.

Design: Six-month prospective, randomized (Zelen design), parallel-group, open-label trial.

Setting: Six acute geriatric units (AGUs) in Paris and its surroundings.

International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics: a global agenda for clinical research and quality of care in nursing homes.

A workshop charged with identifying the main clinical concerns and quality of care issues within nursing homes was convened by the International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics, with input from the World Health Organization. The workshop met in Toulouse, France, during June 2010. Drawing on the latest evidence and mindful of the international development agenda and specific regional challenges, consensus was sought on priority actions and future research.

Five years treatment with strontium ranelate reduces vertebral and nonvertebral fractures and increases the number and quality of remaining life-years in women over 80 years of age.

Introduction: Longevity has resulted in a greater proportion of the population entering a time of life when increasing bone fragility and falls predispose to fractures, particularly nonvertebral fractures. Women over 80 years of age constitute 10% of the population but contribute 30% of all fractures and 60% of all nonvertebral fractures. Despite this, few studies have examined antifracture efficacy of treatments in this high-risk group and none has provided evidence for benefits beyond 3 years.

Transcultural adaptation and psychometric validation of a French-language version of the QoL-AD.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to assess the psychometric properties and the transcultural adaptation into French of the quality-of-life in Alzheimer's disease (QoL-AD).

Methods: A total of 120 patient-proxy pairs were recruited in six French hospitals and one French-speaking Swiss hospital to take part in the study. The patients presented mild to moderate AD (MMSE > or = 10).

Strontium ranelate reduces the risk of vertebral and nonvertebral fractures in women eighty years of age and older.

Unlabelled: Strontium ranelate produces an early and sustained reduction of both vertebral and nonvertebral fractures in patients > or = 80 years of age.

Introduction: About 25-30% of the population burden of all fragility fractures in the community arise from women > or = 80 years of age, because this population is at high risk for all types of fracture, particularly nonvertebral fractures. Despite this, evidence that therapies reduce the risk of both vertebral and nonvertebral fractures in this group is lacking.