Effects of Community-Based Physical-Cognitive Training, Health Education, and Reablement among Rural Community-Dwelling Older Adults with Mobility Deficits.

Reablement services are approaches for maintaining and improving the functional independence of older adults. Previous reablement studies were conducted in a home environment. Due to the limited evidence on the effects of multicomponent interventions and reablement in a community-based context, this study aimed to develop and evaluate the effect of community-based physical-cognitive training, health education, and reablement (PCHER) among rural community-dwelling older adults with mobility deficits.

Assessing the facilities and healthcare services for heart failure: Taiwan versus European countries.

Background/purpose: The present study was designed to evaluate the local cardiology infrastructure and services for heart failure (HF) care in Taiwan hospitals and to compare the HF care with the hospitals in European countries.

Methods: Available data from a total of 98 medical centers and regional hospitals in Taiwan were analyzed. Each facility was given a single copy of the questionnaire between September and December 2019, and service records were extracted from the National Health Insurance Database.

Hypoglycemia associated with bacteremic pneumococcal infections.

Objectives: To evaluate the prevalence and associated presentations of hypoglycemia in bacteremic pneumococcal infections, and serotypes of the isolates.

Methods: This was a retrospective study of 70 episodes of pneumococcal bacteremia that occurred in 2004 and 2005.

Results: We found hypoglycemia (plasma glucose<3.