Gerontology & Geriatric Research

4^th International Conference on Geriatrics & Gerontological Nursing

October 3-4, 2016 | London, UK

Scientific Tracks Abstracts

• HOME ALONE? A MIXED METHODS STUDY OF DIFFERENT PERCEPTIONS OF SOCIAL ISOLATION BETWEEN CARE MANAGERS AND OLDER HOUSEBOUND ADULTS

  Stephen Gethin-Jones

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• GENDER PERSPECTIVES AMONG OLDER PEOPLE LIVING WITH PAIN

  Lena Sandin Wranker, Mikael Rennemark, Johan Sanmartin Berglund and Solve Elmstahl

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• A CULTURALLY-SENSITIVE APPROACH TO ELDERLY CARE

  Gunn-Tove Minde

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• REFLECTIVE STRENGTH-GIVING DIALOGUE: A METHOD DEVELOPED TO SUPPORT OLDER ADULTS IN LEARNING TO LIVE WITH LONG-TERM MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN AT HOME

  Catharina Gillsjo and Mia Berglund

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• INVESTIGATING SOCIAL CAPITAL AND THE OLDER PERSON IN THE MIDLANDS REGION, IRELAND

  Anne Cooney, Mary McDonnell-Naughton, Lorraine Gaffney, Pearse Murphy and Jerry Flynn

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• VITAMINS AS NEUROPROTECTANTS AGAINST OXIDATIVE STRESS CAUSED BY INTERMITTENT COLD EXPOSURE IN THE AGING RAT BRAIN

  Sambe Asha Devi

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• IMPACT OF SERUM ALBUMIN ON FUNCTIONAL STATUS AND HOSPITAL OUTCOME IN OLDEST-OLD INPATIENTS

  Hsin-Yin Hsu, Lee-Ching Hwang, Chen-Hui Lin, Chen-Jung Lin and Jin-Jin Tjung

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• REVISIT, SUBSEQUENT HOSPITALIZATION, RECURRENT FALL AND DEATH WITHIN 6 MONTHS AFTER A FALL AMONG ELDERLY EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT PATIENTS

  Jiraporn Sri-on, Gregory Philip Tirrell, Shan Woo Liu, Jonathan F. Bean and Lewis A Lipsitz

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• OUT OF SIGHT, OUT OF MIND? DOES TERMINATING THE PHYSICAL PRESENCE OF A GERIATRIC CONSULTANT IN THE COMMUNITY CLINIC REDUCE THE IMPLEMENTATION RATE FOR GERIATRIC RECOMMENDATIONS

  Boris Punchik, Tamar Freud, Aya Bidermen, Roni Peleg, Ella Kagan, Alex Barzak and Yan Press

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• PREDICTION OF BODY MASS INDEX IN OLD AGE TO DEMENTIA RISK: A SYSTEMATIC WORLDWIDE LITERATURE REVIEW AND A NEW STUDY FROM CHINA

  Isaac M Danat, Li Wei, Harry HX Wang and Ruoling Chen

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• OXIDATIVE DNA DAMAGE IS ELEVATED IN RENAL PATIENTS UNDERGOING HAEMODIALYSIS

  Mary Hannon-Fletcher

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• EFFECTS OF A SHIFT FROM A MIXED DIET TO A LACTO-VEGETARIAN DIET ON DISEASE RISK MARKERS FOR CANCERS AND CORONARY HEART DISEASES

  Gunnar Johansson

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• SHOULD MEDICAL STUDENTS STUDY SOCIAL GERONTOLOGY?

  Anthea Tinker, Jack Lilly d Cruz, Labib.Hussain, William Tai.Yee.Seng and Sebastian Zaidman

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• A PILOT STUDY OF THE EFFECT OF CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE ON STEADY-STATE DISPOSITION OF WARFARIN AND WARFARIN ALCOHOLS

  Osama Y Alshogran, Francois A Leblond, Vincent Pichette and Thomas D Nolin

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• COST UTILITY ANALYSIS OF LONG ACTING BETA AGONISTS VERSUS LEUKOTRIENE RECEPTOR ANTAGONISTS IN OLDER ADULTS WITH ASTHMA RECEIVING CONCOMITANT INHALED CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY

  Shoroq M Altawalbeh, Joshua M Thorpe, Carolyn T Thorpe and Kenneth J Smith

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• SHOULD WE SCREEN FOR COGNITIVE DECLINE AND DEMENTIA? OLD PROBLEMS AND NEW INSTRUMENTS

  Laura Calza

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