Clinical profiles of older adults in French Caribbean nursing homes: a descriptive cross-sectional study.

Background: Nursing homes in the Caribbean are scarce and the characteristics of their residents have not been previously documented. This study aimed to describe the clinical profiles of residents living in nursing homes in Guadeloupe and Martinique (French West Indies).

Methods: This is a cross-sectional study of the baseline screening data from the KASEHPAD (Karukera Study of Ageing in nursing homes) study.

Association between Polypharmacy and Hospitalization among Older Adults Admitted to Emergency Departments for Falls in Guadeloupe: A Retrospective Cohort Study.

Falls are a common geriatric syndrome in older people. Falls are associated with adverse health events such as dependency, unplanned emergency admissions and death. This study aimed to identify the factors associated with fall severity, such as diabetes, hypertension, heart disease, cognitive decline and polypharmacy, as well as sociodemographic characteristics in patients aged 70 years and over admitted to the emergency department in Guadeloupe.

Frailty index, mortality, and length of stay in a geriatric short-stay unit in Guadeloupe.

Context: The COVID-19 pandemic has placed a tremendous stress on healthcare systems and caused reorganization. As the pandemic intensifies, identifying the profile of patients with COVID-19 was primordial in order to predict negative outcomes and organize healthcare resources. Age is associated with COVID-19's mortality, but for obvious ethical reasons, chronological age cannot be the sole criterion for predicting negative outcomes.

[The opinion of private duty nurses in Martinique on the vaccination of elderly subjects].

Improving immunisation coverage for older adults is a public health issue. Since 2008, nurses have been authorised to vaccinate this population against influenza without a medical prescription. One study examined the opinions of a sample of 78 private duty nurses in Martinique on influenza and anti-tetanus vaccination of elderly populations.