The Edinburgh Fringe Festival is over for the year but Texan, Elaine Liner takes a look back at her Edinburgh experiences and shares some of her marketing secrets. Elaine Liner in Sweater Curse A Yarn About Love. When I finally … Continue reading →
Thursday, 29 August 2013
A tale of The Sweater Curse and social knitworking
Pensioner injured in collision with cyclist
A PENSIONER suffered a head injury after being hit by a cyclist on a busy main road.
Supporting... Benefit Uptake
Seonagh George (pictured, on the right) updates us on her work for the Supporting Active Engagement project. As part of her job, Seonagh will be helping older people claim the benefits that are theirs by right and increase benefit uptake in Northern Ireland.
Scientists find clue to age-related memory loss
Scientists in the US have made a significant breakthrough in discovering what triggers age-related memory loss - possibly leading to new treatments for the condition. {DynamicContent:Social Media...
Social media and older people: The new frontier
I recently contributed to the Web Managers Group blog on how we use social media in our work. The full blog is below: At HelpAge International, we come across amazing stories of older people in the developing world and their resilience on a daily basis. Our ongoing research also reveals astonishin...
Free Coasteering Adventure for over 68s!
Coasteering NI are on a quest to find older people (aged 68+) with amazing qualities to go on a Coasteering adventure with them! This person must be, in no certain order: Outgoing Adventurous Up fo...
Cows trample dog-walking pensioner
An 81-year-old man is seriously injured after being trampled by cows while walking his dog in the Borders.
Man fights to keep mother in care
A County Tyrone man says he will fight to ensure his mother remains in respite care in an NHS care home despite being told the local trust is restricting admissions.
Pensioner died after falling down the stairs in Welwyn Garden City
A PENSIONER died after accidentally falling down the stairs, a coroner has ruled.
The predictive value of self-rated health in the presence of subjective memory complaints on permanent nursing home placement in elderly primary care patients over 4-year follow-up
Background: self-rated health (SRH) predicts nursing home (NH) placement; subjective memory complaints (SMC) too. However, the predictive value of SRH in the presence of SMC is unclear.
Methods: seven-hundred fifty-seven non-nursing home residents ≥65 years from general practices in Central Copenhagen were followed for 4 years (2002–2006). Patients gave information on SRH, cognition (SMC and MMSE), quality of life (EQ-5D) and socio-demographics. Information on comorbidities and permanent NH placement came from registries. The association between SRH (dichotomised into good versus poor) and SMC, and permanent NH placement was assessed using Cox proportional hazard regression adjusted for potential confounders.
Results: NH placement totaled 6.5% at 4-year follow-up. Poor SRH increased NH placement [hazard ratio (HR) = 2.07, 95% CI: 1.11–3.87] adjusted for age, SMC, MMSE, sex and comorbidities. SRH was not associated with NH placement if accounting for additional health information; however, SMC was (HR = 2.47, 95% CI: 1.26–4.86). Increased placement was seen for patients with good SRH and SMC (HR = 6.64, 95% CI: 2.31–19.12), but not among patients with poor SRH and SMC (HR = 1.37, 95% CI: 0.59–3.20) when compared with the reference group (good SRH and without SMC).
Conclusions: both poor SRH and SMC were associated with permanent NH placement risk among elderly primary care patients. However, when SMC was present a reverse association was found for SRH: good SRH increased NH placement. Since SRH is integrated in widely used psychometric instruments, further research is needed to establish the mechanism and implications of this finding.
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