[Disease sequelae on function in persons 70 years and older and the acceptance of a new supporting network, the NetzWerk GesundAktiv (NWGA)].

Background: The growing need of nursing care as life expectancy increases is a problem. The Netzwerk AktivGesund (NWGA) tries to change this development in a positive way. In a pilot region of the city of Hamburg, persons 70 years and older were invited by their health insurance companies to participate in the NWGA supportive network.

[The "Hamburg home visit for older citizens" : Development, execution and acceptance in 4716 older people in 15 months].

Background: Preventive home visits are part of communal programs for older citizens. The city of Hamburg promoted the pilot project "The Hamburg home visit for older citizens" in two city districts. The voluntary program is offered to persons on their 80th birthday, without comprehensive assessment and is performed by visitors with a background in healthcare or social work.

The inter-relationship between depressed mood, functional decline and disability over a 10-year observational period within the Longitudinal Urban Cohort Ageing Study (LUCAS).

Background: The WHO defines 'healthy ageing' as 'the process of developing and maintaining the functional ability'. Late-life depression and frailty compromise well-being and independence of older people. To date, there exists little research on the interaction of the dynamic processes of frailty and depression and only a few studies were longitudinal.

[Effectiveness of "Active health promotion in old age" : Results regarding compression of morbidity by target groups in 13.8 years of observation in LUCAS].

Background And Objective: Healthy ageing as defined by the World Health Organization (WHO) is the development and maintenance of functional competence. Unfavourable ageing is described by the term frailty and is characterised by a decline in functional reserves. The frailty process can be influenced in a positive way.

Geriatric patients with cognitive impairment.

Background: Hospitals are now faced with increasing numbers of cognitively impaired patients aged 80 and older who are at increased risk of treatment complications. This study concerns the outcomes when such patients are treated in a specialized ward for cognitive geriatric medicine.

Methods: Observation of a cohort of 2084 patients from 2009 to 2014, supplemented by a sample of 380 patients from the hospital cohort of the Longitudinal Urban Cohort Ageing Study (LUCAS) for the years 2010 and 2011.