Nurses have an essential role to play in ensuring good patient nutrition, particularly in vulnerable groups. However, a lack of attention to the nutrition of frail older people has been identified in a range of settings. A best practice statement was developed to ensure high standards of practice in nutrition for frail older people. It covers five areas: assessment and care planning; promoting a nutritious diet; the care environment; the nurse's managerial role; education and training.
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Clin Interv Aging
January 2025
Department of Infectious Diseases, Wenzhou Central Hospital, Wenzhou, People's Republic of China.
Objective: To understand the current status and analyse the factors influencing frailty in older adults patients with pulmonary tuberculosis.
Methods: This retrospective case-control study included 204 older adults patients with pulmonary tuberculosis. The enrolled patients were divided into a frailty group (n = 101) and a non-frailty group (n = 103).
J Adv Nurs
January 2025
Nursing Science (INS), Department Public Health (DPH), Faculty of Medicine, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
Aim: To implement and evaluate an Advanced Practice Nurse-led transitional care model (AdvantAGE) to reduce rehospitalisation rates in frail older adults discharged from a Swiss geriatric hospital.
Design: The study adopts an effectiveness-implementation hybrid design (Type 1) to simultaneously evaluate the effectiveness of the care model and explore the implementation process.
Methods: The primary outcome, the 90-day rehospitalisation rate, will be evaluated using a matched-cohort design with a prospective intervention group and a retrospective control group.
J Voice
January 2025
School of Nursing, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China. Electronic address:
Background: With an increasing prevalence of frailty among older adults, effective classification and management strategies for frailty have become imperative. Voice biomarkers, offering insights into the overall health status of older adults, hold promise for enhancing the management of this multifaceted geriatric syndrome.
Objectives: This scoping review aims to consolidate existing knowledge regarding the relationship between frailty and voice biomarkers.
Ann Thorac Surg
January 2025
Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV.
Background: As percutaneous therapeutic options expand, the optimal management of severe aortic stenosis (AS) and concomitant coronary artery disease (CAD) is being questioned between coronary artery bypass grafting and surgical aortic valve replacement (CABG+SAVR) versus percutaneous coronary intervention and transcatheter aortic valve replacement (PCI+TAVR). We sought to compare perioperative and longitudinal risk-adjusted outcomes between patients undergoing CABG+SAVR versus PCI+TAVR.
Methods: Using the United States Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services inpatient claims database, we evaluated all patient age 65 and older with AS and CAD undergoing CABG+SAVR or PCI+TAVR (2018-2022).
Exp Gerontol
January 2025
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Affiliated Hospital of Jiangnan University, Wuxi City, Jiangsu Province, China. Electronic address:
Background: Frailty is an important predictor of poor postoperative outcomes in elderly patients with gynaecologic cancer. However, the prevalence and risk factors for frailty in this population remain unclear.
Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted simultaneously in three gynecology departments of a tertiary hospital in China between January and March 2024.
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