Home-based Rehabilitation After Inpatient Rehabilitation: Utilization Rate and Characteristics of Referred Patients.

Objective: To determine the utilization rate of a home-based rehabilitation program after an inpatient rehabilitation stay, and to investigate the profile of users.

Design: Observational study.

Setting: Inpatient rehabilitation facility in a tertiary hospital.

[Subacute cerebellar ataxia, an uncommon SARS-CoV-2 complication infection in older adults].

Cerebellar ataxia can be caused by neoplasia, toxics (drugs, heavy metals, alcohol), infection, vascular lesions or auto-immune and paraneoplastic pathologies. Neuroimaging must be performed urgently in case of sudden onset and serologies as well as a lumbar puncture should be performed. Several case reports of ataxia associated with COVID-19 have been published, however the underlying pathogenic mechanisms remain unclear.

Effectiveness of Information Sessions About COVID-19 Vaccines in Healthcare Professionals Working in Geriatrics.

To determine change in (a) perceived knowledge about COVID-19 vaccines; (b) level of confidence in transmitting information about vaccines; and (c) intention to get vaccinated; among healthcare professionals (HCP) working in a Swiss academic geriatric department who attended a 30-minute information session about COVID-19 vaccines. At the session's end, a self-administered questionnaire collected information about socio-demographics, personnel, and/or relatives' experience with COVID-19. In addition, participants were asked to rate their: (a) perceived knowledge about COVID-19 vaccines; (b) level of confidence in transmitting information about COVID-19 vaccines to patients and relatives; and (c) intention to get vaccinated; before and after the session.

Fighting social isolation in times of pandemic COVID-19: the role of video calls for older hospitalized patients.

Background: Loneliness and social isolation are associated with anxiety and psychological discomfort, especially amongst the oldest and fragile persons.

Aims: SILVER evaluates the acceptance of video calls by old hospitalized patients and their relatives during the ban on visits due to the COVID-19. Moreover, SILVER evaluates if the use of different communication technology is associated with different outcomes in terms of anxiety, fear of self and of others' death and mood.

COVID-19 Outbreak at a Geriatric Rehabilitation Facility: The Silent Threat of Asymptomatic Patients with High Viral Loads.

Data about outbreaks of nosocomial COVID-19 disease within geriatric rehabilitation facilities are scarce. In this retrospective case series analysis, we describe such an outbreak, determine the proportion of a-/presymptomatic patients, the median time before symptom onset among presymptomatic patients and investigate whether the viral load differs between patients with and without symptoms. Typical and atypical symptoms were retrieved from the electronic medical records of patients who tested positive for COVID-19 disease during their stay at a 95-bed geriatric rehabilitation facility.