Knowledge, attitude and practice of family caregivers on pressure injury prevention for community-dwelling older adults: a cross-sectional study in an Indonesia City.

Background: Older adults in Indonesia are mostly living at home with their families. Informal care provided by family caregivers is essential to prevent older adults from getting pressure injuries (PIs). The objectives of this study were to examine the knowledge, attitude and practice of family caregivers regarding PI prevention among community-dwelling older adults in Indonesia.

Patients' and health professionals' perspectives regarding shared decision making in the psychiatric inpatient setting - A multiple qualitative case study.

Objective: Shared decision-making is one promising approach to promoting recovery and person-centred care but seems challenging for implementation in clinical practice. This study aimed to explore how patients and health professionals experience shared decision-making and its facilitators and barriers.

Methods: A multiple qualitative case study design was chosen, using a constant comparative method.

Nurses' perspectives on old age and caring for adults aged 80 years and older: a cross-sectional study in long-term care.

Background: Older care receivers of long-term care at home or in residential care are in sustained and close contact with nurses. Consequently, nurses' attitudes towards older adults and their care influences the quality of the delivered care. There is a dearth of research on long-term care nurses' attitudes towards older adults.

Influence of bacterial swimming and hydrodynamics on attachment of phages.

Bacteriophages ("phages") are viruses that infect bacteria. Since they do not actively self-propel, phages rely on thermal diffusion to find target cells-but can also be advected by fluid flows, such as those generated by motile bacteria themselves in bulk fluids. How does the flow field generated by a swimming bacterium influence how it encounters phages? Here, we address this question using coupled molecular dynamics and lattice Boltzmann simulations of flagellated bacteria swimming through a bulk fluid containing uniformly-dispersed phages.

Evaluation of the usefulness and understandability of information leaflets on fall prevention from the perspective of hospital patients and their relatives.

Background: Falls are a major problem among adults over 60 years. Multiple preventive measures must be taken. Written information leaflets can support the knowledge transfer and positively influence recall of the information provided.

"The supreme discipline of Nursing"-A qualitative content analysis of nurses' opinions on caring for people eighty years of age and older.

Introduction: Nurses often experience stress and feel under time pressure when working with older people, increasing their job dissatisfaction. Especially people 80 years of age and older often require more complex and a greater measure of care, as the risk of care dependency is higher in this age group. This study was conducted to collect nurses' experiences and opinions regarding the care of people 80 years of age and older, as well as to learn more about how nurses perceive this care.

Optimal motility strategies for self-propelled agents to explore porous media.

Microrobots for, e.g., biomedical applications, need to be equipped with motility strategies that enable them to navigate through complex environments.

A novel model for biofilm initiation in porous media flow.

Bacteria often form biofilms in porous environments where an external flow is present, such as soil or filtration systems. To understand the initial stages of biofilm formation, one needs to study the interactions between cells, the fluid and the confining geometries. Here, we present an agent based numerical model for bacteria that takes into account the planktonic stage of motile cells as well as surface attachment and biofilm growth in a lattice Boltzmann fluid.

Roles, mutual expectations and needs for improvement in the care of residents with (a risk of) dehydration: A qualitative study.

Aim: Examining the perspectives of formal and informal caregivers and residents on roles, mutual expectations and needs for improvement in the care for residents with (a risk of) dehydration.

Design: Qualitative study.

Methods: Semi-structured interviews with 16 care professionals, three residents and three informal caregivers were conducted between October and November 2021.

Health and social needs of older adults in slum communities in Ghana: a phenomenological approach used in 2021.

Slum-dwellers lack several essential amenities (such as water, sanitation, and electricity) which make them more vulnerable than non-slum dwellers. As there is limited to no access to health and social care services in slums, the slum environment is expected to be an even more dangerous environment for older adults, negatively impacting their quality of life (QoL). To provide an overview of the perceived (unmet) health and social care needs and how it affects the QoL, this study aims to explore the self-perceived health and social needs of older adults in urban slums in Ghana.

Obesity and its associated factors in older nursing home residents in three European countries-Secondary data analyses from the "International Prevalence Measurement of Care Quality".

Background: The prevalence of obesity has risen in recent decades and reached epidemic proportions worldwide. The proportion of those living with obesity is also increasing in nursing homes. This could impact the nursing care required, equipment and facilities provided, and morbidity in these settings.

MDSuite: comprehensive post-processing tool for particle simulations.

Particle-Based (PB) simulations, including Molecular Dynamics (MD), provide access to system observables that are not easily available experimentally. However, in most cases, PB data needs to be processed after a simulation to extract these observables. One of the main challenges in post-processing PB simulations is managing the large amounts of data typically generated without incurring memory or computational capacity limitations.

Cultural competence among nursing students and nurses working in acute care settings: a cross-sectional study.

Background: The increasing cultural diversity in healthcare in European countries, including Austria, has highlighted the need to enhance nurses' cultural competence. Assessing cultural competence and identifying relevant influencing factors can help to improve culturally competent care. The aim of this study was to assess the cultural competence of nurses and nursing students working in Austrian acute care settings and to identify influencing factors using the Cultural Competence Assessment scale.

Nurses' perspectives on caring for and attitudes towards adults aged eighty years and older.

Background: Adults aged 80 years and older form a vulnerable group regarding perceived ageism, because they are often stereotyped as being frail and dependent. Nurses often display biased behaviour and hold negative attitudes towards this age group, due to the fact that they have frequent contact with patients who need complex care. As this frequent contact can negatively influence the quality of care, we performed this study to assess nurses' attitudes towards adults aged 80 and older and their views regarding their care, as well as to identify factors that influence attitudes.

Improving health and social care services for slum-dwelling older adults: Perspectives of health professionals.

Background: Besides confronting the challenges of a growing older population, developing countries are dealing with limited resources and infrastructure, to ensure good health and social care services. One of these developing countries facing these challenges is Ghana. The healthcare system in Ghana currently does not have specialized geriatric services and is funded through the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), private insurance companies and an out-of-pocket expenditure system.

'End of life': a concept analysis.

Background: The concept of end of life (EOL), as in the term end-of-life care, is used synonymously in both palliative and terminal care. Practitioners and researchers both require a clearer specification of the end-of-life concept to be able to provide appropriate care in this phase of life and to conduct robust research on a well-described theoretical basis.

Aims: The aim of this study was to critically analyse the end-of-life concept and its associated terminology.

Urinary incontinence prevalence and management in nursing homes in Austria, the Netherlands, Turkey and the United Kingdom: A multi-site, cross-sectional study.

Objectives: The aim of this study is to describe and compare the prevalence rates of urinary incontinence as well as the management of urinary incontinence in the nursing home setting in Austria, the Netherlands, Turkey and the UK.

Methods: This study is a secondary analysis of the 2017 and 2018 data from a multi-site, cross-sectional study which is performed annually in the nursing home setting in Austria, the Netherlands, Turkey and the UK.

Results: A total of 23,334 nursing home residents was included in this study, most of whom were female.

Care Dependency of Hospitalized Stroke Patients Based on Family Caregivers' and Nurses' Assessments: A Comparative Study.

Stroke impacts care dependency, and thus the patient needs home care after suffering a stroke. This study was carried out to investigate similarities and differences between the assessments made by family caregivers and nurses regarding the care dependency level of stroke patients in Indonesian hospitals. This study was a comparative study of the care dependency of stroke patients.

A Consensus Definition of End of Life from an International and Interdisciplinary Perspective: A Delphi Panel Study.

Those working in the field of palliative care have recognized that many terms are being used synonymously and that clear definitions (or any definitions) for many of these terms are lacking. The synonymous use of the terms palliative and end of life (EOL) can especially lead to conflicts in clinical practice, such as a tardy referral to palliative care. Such conflicts may then result in poorer treatment of patients, for instance, pain management.

The German version of the Cultural Competence Assessment (CCA-G): cross-cultural adaptation and validation study in Austrian acute care settings.

Background: Adapting practices to respond sensitively to increasingly culturally diverse patients can be challenging. Therefore, cultural competence among nurses needs to be assessed to evaluate their current cultural competence and the need for interventions to improve daily nursing practice. Little is known about cultural competence of nurses in German-speaking countries, including Austria, as there is currently no validated tool in German to assess cultural competence in nurses.

Shared Decision Making in the Psychiatric Inpatient Setting: An Ethnographic Study about Interprofessional Psychiatric Consultations.

Shared decision making is increasingly receiving attention in health care and might improve both the quality of care and patient outcomes. Nevertheless, due to its complexity, implementation of shared decision making in clinical practice seems challenging. This ethnographic study aimed to gain a better understanding of how psychiatric inpatients and the interprofessional care team interact during regular interprofessional psychiatric consultations.

Temporary Reactive Response of Axillary Lymph Nodes to COVID-19 Vaccination on F-rhPSMA-7.3 PET/CT in Patients with Prostate Cancer.

Vaccine-associated lymphadenopathy (VAL) is a common finding on F-FDG PET/CT examinations after coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination. However, data regarding VAL on F-rhPSMA-7.3-ligand PET are currently lacking.

Quality of life of older adults and associated factors in Ghanaian urban slums: a cross-sectional study.

Objective: This study provides insight into the quality of life (QoL) of older adults living in urban slums in Ghana.

Design: The study employed a community-based, cross-sectional design to assess QoL among older adults in two slums between April and May 2020. QoL was assessed using the WHO Quality of Life-Brief version (WHOQOL-BREF) questionnaire.