Determinants of hospitalization and length of stay among people with dementia - An analysis of statutory health insurance claims data.

Objective: Dementia is a crucial challenge in acute care hospitals. Using a retrospective claims data cohort, this paper explores dementia patients' acute hospitalization rates, risk factors, and length of stay.

Methods: The study used claims data from AOK PLUS, the largest statutory health insurance service (SHI) in Saxony, a federal state of Germany.

[Administrative Prevalence and Health Care Situation of Dementia Patients in Acute Care Hospitals: An Epidemiological Health Care Study Based on Claims Data of Insured Persons in Saxony].

Objective: The increasing number of people with dementia will challenge the health care system, especially acute care. Using health insurance claims data, the study objective was to examine the regional patterns of the administrative prevalence of dementia, the prevalence of dementia in hospitals and the care situation in hospitals.

Methods: We used 2014 claims data from AOK PLUS, the largest statutory health insurance service in Saxony.

Investigation of Eligible Picture Categories for Use as Environmental Cues in Dementia-Sensitive Environments.

Objectives: Environmental cues, such as pictures, could be helpful in improving room-finding and wayfinding abilities among older patients. The aim of this study was to identify picture categories that are preferred and easily remembered by older patients and cognitively impaired patients and which therefore might be suitable for use as environmental cues in acute care settings.

Methods: Twelve pictures were presented to a sample of older patients ( n = 37).

[Impact of dementia on length of stay and costs in acute care hospitals].

Background: The treatment of patients with dementia in acute care hospitals is becoming increasingly more important. The aim of this study was to investigate and demonstrate aspects of the healthcare situation and resource consumption of dementia patients during their hospital stay in a ward for internal medicine.

Material And Methods: Secondary data from a ward of internal medicine were analyzed on a retrospective and case-related basis.

Environmental Cues in Double-Occupancy Rooms to Support Patients With Dementia.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of different environmental cues in double-occupancy rooms of an acute care hospital to support patients' abilities to identify their bed and wardrobe.

Methods: The quasi-experiment was conducted on a geriatric ward of an acute care hospital. Patients with dementia were included (n = 42).

Impact of the design of the built environment on people with dementia: an evidence-based review.

Objective: In this review the impact of the design of the built environment on people with dementia in long-term care settings is systematically analyzed and summarized. Architects and designers will be provided with credible evidence on which they can confidently base their design decisions. Researchers will be able to determine which environmental aspects have been well investigated and where there are gaps in the current state of the research.

Effectiveness of preventive home visits in reducing the risk of falls in old age: a randomized controlled trial.

Background: Falls in older people are a major public health issue, but the underlying causes are complex. We sought to evaluate the effectiveness of preventive home visits as a multifactorial, individualized strategy to reduce falls in community-dwelling older people.

Methods: Data were derived from a prospective randomized controlled trial with follow-up examination after 18 months.

How to rate the quality of a research paper: introducing a helpful algorithm for architects and designers.

Decision-making, evidence-based design, methodology.

Direct costs associated with depressive symptoms in late life: a 4.5-year prospective study.

Background: Depression in old age is common. Only few studies examined the association of depressive symptoms and direct costs in the elderly in a cross-sectional way. This study aims to investigate prospectively health service use and direct costs over a course of 4.

Health service utilization and costs of depressive symptoms in late life - a systematic review.

Objective: The objective of the study is to systematically analyze and summarize research literature regarding health service use and costs of depressive symptoms in late life.

Design: Relevant articles were identified by systematically searching the databases MEDLINE, Web of Science, PSYNDEXplus, PsycINFO, and Cochrane Library. Keywords were 'depression' or 'depressive*', and 'cost' or 'economic burden' or 'utilization' or 'use' and 'old age' or 'elderly'.

[Psychiatry of the life span?--relevance of age in psychiatric research].

Objective: The aim of this study was to determine to what extent studies published in two German journals took the age of their sample into consideration.

Methods: All publications of the two journals were viewed. Only empirical research papers were included.