Risk for unemployment at 10 years following cancer diagnosis among very long-term survivors: a population based study.

Purpose: To clarify the association between cancer diagnosis and subsequent risk of being unemployed at 10 years after diagnosis among very long-term survivors.

Methods: A historical cohort study using prospectively collected data was done which included baseline measurements from the Israeli national census. Only patients who were 50 years old or younger at the time of diagnosis were included in the current study.

Coming of age: health-care challenges of an ageing population in Israel.

Although Israel is still young in years, with relatively high birth rates and older people (individuals aged 65 years or older) constituting only about 11% of its population, the absolute number of older people is growing rapidly. Life expectancy is high, and increasing numbers of people are living to advanced old age (older than 85 years). A wide spectrum of geriatric care is provided within a universal system providing health services to all citizens.

Handgrip Strength in Old and Very Old Adults: Mood, Cognition, Function, and Mortality.

Objectives: To determine the trajectory of handgrip strength (HGS) from age 70 to 90 and its association with mood, cognition, functional status, and mortality.

Design: Prospective follow-up of an age-homogenous representative community-dwelling cohort (born 1920-21) in the Jerusalem Longitudinal Cohort Study (1990-2015).

Setting: Home-based assessment.

Unemployment risk 2 years and 4 years following gastric cancer diagnosis: a population-based study.

Purpose: The needs of gastric cancer survivors have received limited attention. Returning to work after gastric cancer has not yet been described in a population-based study. We aimed to examine the unemployment risk at 2 and 4 years after gastric cancer.

Cardiac Structure and Function and Frailty in Subjects Aged 85 and 86 Years.

Frailty is a biologic syndrome reflecting a state of decreased physiological reserve of increasing importance in cardiovascular disease given the aging of the population. The relation between frailty and indexes of cardiac structure and function remains unclear, particularly in the "oldest old." The objective of this study was to examine the association between cardiac function and frailty in an age-homogenous, community-dwelling population of subjects aged 85 and 86 years.

Unemployment Risk and Decreased Income Two and Four Years After Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis: A Population-Based Study.

Background: Thyroid cancer (TC) often occurs in relatively young patients and has a high cure rate. However, decreased psychological and physical well-being may reduce the work capability of patients with TC. This study aimed to compare the risk for unemployment and decreased income in TC survivors with a matched non-cancer group at two and four years after diagnosis.

Pulmonary artery systolic pressure and mortality in the oldest old.

Objectives: The objectives of the study were to assess pulmonary artery systolic pressure, its association with clinical and echocardiographic variables and its impact on 5-year mortality in a community-dwelling population of the oldest old.

Methods: Subjects were recruited from the Jerusalem Longitudinal Cohort Study. Echocardiography was performed at home, with standard measurements being taken including tricuspid regurgitation (TR) velocity (n = 300).

Prevalence and prognosis of aortic valve disease in subjects older than 85 years of age.

Although degenerative aortic valve disease is common with increasing age, limited data exist regarding prevalence and prognosis of aortic valve disease among the oldest old. Subjects were recruited from the Jerusalem Longitudinal Cohort Study. Echocardiography was performed at home in 498 randomly selected subjects.

Aging, resting pulse rate, and longevity.

Objectives: To examine the relationship between resting pulse rate (RPR) and longevity in individuals aged 70 to 90.

Design: The Jerusalem Longitudinal Cohort Study (1990-2010) is a prospective longitudinal study of a representative cohort born in 1920-21.

Setting: Home-based comprehensive assessment in 1990, 1998, and 2005.

Cardiac structure and function as predictors of mortality in persons 85 years of age.

Individuals aged > 85 years are the world's most rapidly growing age group and have a high incidence of cardiovascular mortality. The objective of this study was to prospectively determine the prognosis of abnormal cardiac structure and function in an age-homogenous, community-dwelling population of subjects born in 1920 and 1921. Subjects were recruited from the Jerusalem Longitudinal Cohort Study.