Preventive steps implemented on geriatric services in the primary health care centers during COVID-19 pandemic.

Background: The emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic has changed the delivery of medical care across the world.  The objective of the study is to understand and document the preventive steps implemented on geriatric services in the primary health care centers during COVID-19 pandemic.

Design And Methods: This is a retrospective study carried on geriatric services utilization (Geriatric clinic- osteoporosis clinic - Memory and dementia clinic) in primary health care centers in Dubai Health Authority in 2020.

Performance Evaluation of Different d-Dimer Cutoffs in Bedridden Hospitalized Elderly Patients.

A rapid and accurate diagnosis of venous thromboembolism (VTE) in the elderly individuals represents a dilemma due to nonspecific clinical presentation, confusing laboratory results, and the hazards of radiological examination in this age-group. d-Dimer test is used mainly in combination with non-high clinical pretest probability (PTP) to exclude VTE. d-Dimer testing retains its sensitivity, however, its specificity decreases in the elderly individuals.

Attitudes of Egyptian nursing home residents towards staying in a nursing home: a qualitative study.

Aim.  The aim of this study was to identify the attitudes of Egyptian nursing home residents towards staying in a nursing home and to differentiate between various types of these attitudes. Background.

Socio-demographic factors related to functional limitations and care dependency among older Egyptians.

Aim: This paper is a report of a study determining the relationship of socio-demographic factors to functional limitations and care dependency among older care recipients and non-care recipients in Egypt.

Background: The population is ageing in Egypt and age-related functional limitations are increasing. Age and gender influence this phenomenon, but its relationship to socio-economic status has not yet been demonstrated for Egypt.

Psychometric properties of the extended Care Dependency Scale for older persons in Egypt.

Aim: The aim of this study was to determine the validity and reliability of the modified Arabic Care Dependency Scale for self-assessment of older persons in Egypt and to compare these self-assessments to proxy assessments by care givers and family members.

Background: The Care Dependency Scale is an internationally used instrument to measure care dependency. The Arabic version may improve data collection on this phenomenon in the Middle East where the population is ageing.

Factors related to the acceptance of home care and nursing homes among older Egyptians: a cross-sectional study.

Background: Socio-demographic changes may deprive older Egyptians from receiving care by family members and raise the question of how they react if they become dependent on help.

Objective: The objective of this study was to determine factors related to the acceptance of home care and nursing homes among older Egyptians.

Design: A two group comparative design based on self-reports.

Cultural adequecy of the care dependency scale for older persons in Egypt: a Delphi study.

Purpose: The aim of this study is to determine the cultural adequateness of the Arabic version of the Care Dependency Scale (CDS), an internationally used instrument to measure care needs by either self-reports or external assessment.

Method: A Delphi study in two rounds about the Arabic version was performed with 37 panelists in Cairo. Acceptance of CDS items was rated on a 4-point Likert-type scale.

Attitudes of older Egyptians towards nursing care at home: a qualitative study.

The aim of this study was to identify the attitudes of older Egyptians towards receiving nursing care at home and to identify the characteristics that allow differentiating between various types of these attitudes. The number of older persons in Egypt requiring nursing care is increasing. Care was traditionally provided by the family, but the social network is changing in bigger cities.