Autonomy, independence, and participation of nursing home habitants addressed by assistive technology: a scoping review.

Context: Assistive technologies have been identified by researchers and public policies of the Western world to be promising tools to face the challenge of maintaining quality of life of older people, and especially for nursing home habitants. Independence, autonomy, and participation are major determinants of quality of life of nursing homes habitants. Maintaining quality of life is nowadays a priority for public health policies and institutions of the where the population is growing older every year.

[Supporting psychobehavioral disorders at home and in institutions: a systemic approach].

Caring for people with Alzheimer's disease and related disorders is a complex process, that of a chronic illness. Psychological and behavioral symptoms associated to dementia can appear in all neuro-degenerative diseases to varying degrees, and depend on numerous factors that need to be understood in order to take appropriate action. We propose a systemic approach to psychological and behavioral symptoms, with a view to preventing their onset or reducing their severity.

Identification of unknown impurities J, RRT 2.2, 2.4, 2.6 and 3.4 in tetralysal® capsules.

Tetralysal® is a Galderma oral drug product (DP) marketed for the treatment of acne. Tetralysal® is sold in capsules containing either 150 mg or 300 mg of the drug substance. In the British Pharmacopoeia monograph for Lymecycline Capsules, the impurities already specified in the drug substance (A-G), visible in the European Pharmacopoeia 〈1654〉, are also specified together with an unidentified impurity at RRT 1.

Assessment of Food Intake Assisted by Photography in Older People Living in a Nursing Home: Maintenance over Time and Performance for Diagnosis of Malnutrition.

Malnutrition is related to poor outcomes. Food intake semi-quantitative assessment is helpful for malnutrition screening. Aims: to assess maintenance over one month of one-day semi-quantitative assessment of food intake (primary aim) and its performance in diagnosing malnutrition (secondary aim) in older people living in a nursing home.