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Review of early dialysis now needed
The public perception that pursuit of dialysis is always in patients’ best interests should be replaced by a more realistic view of the “sad truth” about early dialysis initiation in elderly patients,...
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55% of elderly ED visits preventable
Photo by Garo/Phanie/Rex Features By June Shannon. More than half of all emergency department (ED) attendances by elderly nursing home residents could be prevented with enhanced community supports,...
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Elderly patients go under-represented in clinical trials — Tallaght Hospital...
Prof Des O'Neill By Lloyd Mudiwa. Despite being the most significant consumers of healthcare resources and medications worldwide, older participants are under-represented in clinical trials, raising...
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Getting all ‘TeKi’ on patients
Ahead of eHealth week in Dublin in May, Catherine Reilly examines one initiative from Spain that uses Microsoft’s motion-sensing input device Kinect for its Xbox to monitor the health of elderly...
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The ‘perfect doctor’ cannot be attained in imperfect conditions
Photo by Image Broker / Rex Features Dear Editor, I have been based in Co Laois for the past three-and-a-half years as a general practitioner and am concerned with the reducing care for our elderly...
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New adult Community Falls Service accepting GP and hospital referrals
By Gary Culliton. A new Community Falls Service has been launched at St Mary’s Hospital and is available to all elderly patients in the Dublin North City catchment area, who have had a fall or are at...
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Half elderly patients don’t want to be resuscitated
Pic: Jacob Wackerhausen/Getty Half of the elderly residents surveyed in a public nursing home in Ireland have said that they did not want to be resuscitated in the event of a cardiac arrest, with more...
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Dutch doctors withhold treatment for older patients
Dutch doctors withhold or withdraw treatment in a substantial proportion of elderly patients, reveals research published online in the Journal of Medical Ethics. But their decisions don’t seem to be...
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