Community screening for visual impairment in older people

Article Abstract:

This article evaluates the usefulness of conducting mass screenings for visual impairments among elderly populations. Findings indicate that using self-report questionnaires about visual impairments as a part of a more comprehensive health assessment did not lead to improvements in self-reported vision among older adults.

Research, Surveys, Health surveys, Vision, Geriatric ophthalmology

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Physicians are less willing to treat suicidal ideation in older patients

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This article examines the care and treatment of older patients by their physicians. Data indicate that primary care physicians show age bias in their treatment of suicidal tendencies in older patients.

Analysis, Services, Medical care, Physician and patient, Physician-patient relations, Demographic aspects, Observations, Suicidal behavior, Age discrimination

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The use of oral anticoagulants (warfarin) in older people

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This article discusses the clinical practice guidelines for treating older people for systemic thromboembolism and stroke which involve administering anticoagulants as applied to warfarin.

Drugs, Testing, Physiological aspects, Anticoagulants (Medicine), Anticoagulants, Dosage and administration, Warfarin

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