[Advance care planning and use of health resources among COVID-19 nursing home patients in an integrated health care program for frail elders].

Objectives: To estimate the magnitude and importance of a process of stratification and advance care planning and the use of health resources, among patients in an integrated health care program for frail elderls in nursing homes,that were referred to the hospital with COVID-19.

Material And Methods: Prospective cohort study of patients >64 years old with COVID-19 infection, in a health care program in nursing homes (from 3/15/2020 to 9/15/2020). The identification of patients with palliative needs, the performing and visible registration in electronic health records of the advance care planning and the use of intensive care were assessed.

[Longitudinal follow-up of a population with cognitive complaint: characteristics and progression profile].

Unlabelled: Cognitive complaint is a common cause of consultation among older adults at the primary care level and it may be the first symptom of cognitive impairment, thus its assessment and follow-up are essential for an early diagnosis.

Aim: to describe the baseline neurocognitive profile and evolution of patients with cognitive complaint evaluated at the geriatric assessment unit of the Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires.

Methods: observational study of a retrospective cohort of 518 patients with cognitive complaint who underwent a comprehensive geriatric evaluation and cognitive impairment screening tests at the first visit and follow-up visits.

[Study of the performance of complex activities of daily living in a population of patients with mild cognitive impairment. Mild functional impairment: A new clinical entity?].

Unlabelled: Several papers describe functional changes in the aging population, and its relevance in the early cognitive impairment detection. Alterations in instrumental activities would constitute a diagnostic marker of MCI and predict the progression to Dementia. In order to count on a tool to evaluate the performance in the use of new technologies we have designed a new protocol, Complex Functional Study (CFS), that quantifies performance and functional changes Related to previous states.