BMC Geriatrics

BMC Geriatrics: highlights of 2017

As 2018 begins we take a look back at some of the most interesting research published in the journal in 2017. As the average life expectancy has increased to its highest ever level, geriatrics-focused research is now more important and prevalent than ever before. Here we look back at five articles worth revisiting in BMC Geriatrics.

Content type: Research article
| 17 August 2018

The contrasting role of technology as both supportive and hindering in the everyday lives of people with mild cognitive deficits: a focus group study

Authors: Eva Lindqvist, Annika PerssonVasiliou, Amy S. Hwang, Alex Mihailidis, Arlene Astelle, Andrew Sixsmith and Louise Nygård
Content type: Research article
| 16 August 2018

The importance of trust-based relations and a holistic approach in advance care planning with people with dementia in primary care: a qualitative study

Authors: Bram Tilburgs, Myrra Vernooij-Dassen, Raymond Koopmans, Marije Weidema, Marieke Perry and Yvonne Engels
Content type: Study protocol
| 14 August 2018

Passive exercise to improve quality of life, activities of daily living, care burden and cognitive functioning in institutionalized older adults with dementia – a randomized controlled trial study protocol

Authors: Marelle Heesterbeek, Eddy A. Van der Zee and Marieke J. G. van Heuvelen
Content type: Study protocol
| 14 August 2018

A digitally supported home-based exercise training program and dietary protein intervention for community dwelling older adults: protocol of the cluster randomised controlled VITAMIN trial

Authors: Jantine van den Helder, Carliene van Dronkelaar, Michael Tieland, Sumit Mehra, Tessa Dadema, Bart Visser, Ben J. A. Kröse, Raoul H. H. Engelbert and Peter J. M. Weijs
Content type: Research article
| 13 August 2018

Early life stress and frailty in old age: the Helsinki birth cohort study

Authors: M. J. Haapanen, M. M. Perälä, M. K. Salonen, E. Kajantie, M. Simonen, P. Pohjolainen, A. K. Pesonen, K. Räikkönen, J. G. Eriksson and M. B. von Bonsdorff

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Content type: Research article
| 27 January 2006

Pain in elderly people with severe dementia: A systematic review of behavioural pain assessment tools

Authors: Sandra MG Zwakhalen, Jan PH Hamers, Huda Huijer Abu-Saad and Martijn PF Berger
Content type: Research article
| 1 February 2014

Is the Timed Up and Go test a useful predictor of risk of falls in community dwelling older adults: a systematic review and meta- analysis

Authors: Emma Barry, Rose Galvin, Claire Keogh, Frances Horgan and Tom Fahey
Content type: Study protocol
| 9 October 2013

A best practice fall prevention exercise program to improve balance, strength / power, and psychosocial health in older adults: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Authors: Yves J Gschwind, Reto W Kressig, Andre Lacroix, Thomas Muehlbauer, Barbara Pfenninger and Urs Granacher
Content type: Research article
| 14 July 2010

A prospective study of symptoms, function, and medication use during acute illness in nursing home residents: design, rationale and cohort description

Authors: William W Hung, Sophia Liu and Kenneth S Boockvar
Content type: Research article
| 17 December 2014

Pain assessment for people with dementia: a systematic review of systematic reviews of pain assessment tools

Authors: Valentina Lichtner, Dawn Dowding, Philip Esterhuizen, S José Closs, Andrew F Long, Anne Corbett and Michelle Briggs

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Aims and scope

BMC Geriatrics is an open access journal publishing original peer-reviewed research articles in all aspects of the health and healthcare of older people, including the effects of healthcare systems and policies. The journal also welcomes research focused on the aging process, including cellular, genetic, and physiological processes and cognitive modifications.

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Tovah Honor Aronin, BioMed Central, USA

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Ian Cameron, University of Sydney, Australia
Kee-Lee Chou, The Hong Kong Institute of Education, Hong Kong
Danan Gu, United Nations, USA
Koen Milisen, KU Leuven, Belgium
John Tower, University of Southern California, USA
Pieter Jelle Visser, Vrije Universiteit Medical Center, Netherlands

Danan Gu, Section Editor

Danan Gu earned a Ph.D. degree in demography in Peking University in 2001. He works at the United Nations Population Division since 2009. He is Section Editor of BMC Geriatrics since 2012.

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The contrasting role of technology as both supportive and hindering in the everyday lives of people with mild cognitive deficits: a focus group study

The importance of trust-based relations and a holistic approach in advance care planning with people with dementia in primary care: a qualitative study

Passive exercise to improve quality of life, activities of daily living, care burden and cognitive functioning in institutionalized older adults with dementia – a randomized controlled trial study protocol

A digitally supported home-based exercise training program and dietary protein intervention for community dwelling older adults: protocol of the cluster randomised controlled VITAMIN trial

Early life stress and frailty in old age: the Helsinki birth cohort study

Pain in elderly people with severe dementia: A systematic review of behavioural pain assessment tools

Is the Timed Up and Go test a useful predictor of risk of falls in community dwelling older adults: a systematic review and meta- analysis

A best practice fall prevention exercise program to improve balance, strength / power, and psychosocial health in older adults: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

A prospective study of symptoms, function, and medication use during acute illness in nursing home residents: design, rationale and cohort description

Pain assessment for people with dementia: a systematic review of systematic reviews of pain assessment tools

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Danan Gu, Section Editor

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Not too much and not too little: the right amount of social network site use may reduce loneliness among mothers of young children

Longer hours on social media may increase teens’ risk of cyberbullying

Can social attachment contribute to problematic Facebook use?

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