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Dementia
A 2 year multidomain intervention of diet, exercise, cognitive training, and vascular risk monitoring versus control to prevent cognitive decline in at-risk elderly people (FINGER): a randomised controlled trial
Comparison of cognitive and neuropsychiatric profiles in hospitalised elderly medical patients with delirium, dementia and comorbid delirium-dementia
COVID-19 severity and age increase the odds of delirium in hospitalized adults with confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection: a cohort study
COVID-19-challenges for dementia care and research
Dealing with Racist Patients
Diagnosis, Classification and Natural History of Degenerative Dementias
Escitalopram versus risperidone for the treatment of behavioral and psychotic symptoms associated with Alzheimer's disease: a randomized double-blind pilot study.
Folate, Vitamin B6 and Vitamin B12 Intake and Mild Cognitive Impairment and Probable Dementia in the Women’s Health Initiative Memory Study
Forecasting the global burden of Alzheimer's disease.
Frontotemporal lobar degeneration: a consensus on clinical diagnostic criteria.
Geriatric psychiatry review: differential diagnosis and treatment of the 3 D's - delirium, dementia, and depression
Improving identification of cognitive impairment in primary care
Persistent recurrence of hypomania and prosopoaffective agnosia in a patient with right thalamic infarct.
Plasma homocysteine as a risk factor for dementia and Alzheimer's disease.
Prevalence and Incidence Studies of Schizophrenic Disorders - A Systematic Review of the Literature
Prevalence and risk factors for delirium in critically ill patients with COVID-19 (COVID-D): a multicentre cohort study
Protocol for the development of versions of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) for people with hearing or vision impairment
Racism Reported by Direct Care Workers in Long-Term Care Settings
Recommendations on screening for cognitive impairment in older adults
Screening for mild cognitive impairment: If not now, when?
Sensitivity of revised diagnostic criteria for the behavioural variant of frontotemporal dementia.
Summary of the evidence on modifiable risk factors for cognitive decline and dementia: A population-based perspective
The assessment of cognition in visually impaired older adults
The association between mood and anxiety disorders with vascular diseases and risk factors in a nationally-representative sample
The Caregiver Burden of Delirium in Older Adults With Alzheimer Disease and Related Disorders
The diagnosis of dementia due to Alzheimer’s disease: Recommendations from the National Institute on Aging- Alzheimer’s Association workgroups on diagnostic guidelines for Alzheimer’s disease
The GPCOG: a new screening test for dementia designed for general practice.
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Responsive Behaviours
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An international road map to improve pain assessment in people with impaired cognition: the development of the Pain Assessment in Impaired Cognition (PAIC) meta-tool.
Antipsychotic discontinuation after the initiation of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors therapy for the treatment of behavioral and psychological symptoms associated with dementia
Cannabinoids for the Neuropsychiatric Symptoms of Dementia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Delirium in Older People with COVID-19- Clinical Scenario and Literature Review
Development and Psychometric Evaluation of the Pain Assessment in Advanced Dementia (PAINAD) Scale
Difficult Resident or Personality Disorder? A Long-Term Care Perspective
Efficacy of nonpharmacologic interventions for agitation in advanced dementia: a randomized, placebo-controlled trial.
Efficacy of treating pain to reduce behavioural disturbances in residents of nursing homes with dementia: cluster randomised clinical trial
Identifying and Managing Pain in People with Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Types of Dementia: A Systematic Review
Intramuscular Olanzapine in the Management of Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms in Hospitalized Older Adults- A Retrospective Descriptive Study
Management of the behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia
Position Statement of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry Regarding Principles of Care for Patients With Dementia Resulting From Alzheimer Disease
Predictors of the impact of nonpharmacologic interventions for agitation in nursing home residents with advanced dementia.
Progressively Lowered Stress Threshold Model: Understanding Behavioral Symptoms of Dementia
Quantifying the unmet needs of caregivers of people with dementia: a critical review of the quality of measures
Sexual disinhibition and dementia
Simulated presence therapy for dementia (Review)
Systematic review of systematic reviews of non-pharmacological interventions to treat behavioural disturbances in older patients with dementia. The SENATOR-OnTop series.
The MOBID-2 pain scale: Reliability and responsiveness to pain in patients with dementia
Which unmet needs contribute to behavior problems in persons with advanced dementia?
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Wound Care & Pressure Injuries
A systematic review of electrical stimulation for pressure ulcer prevention and treatment in people with spinal cord injuries
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Developing a Wound Care Program in Long-term Care: Changing the Focus from Products to Prevention
Development and Implementation of a Hospital-Acquired Pressure Ulcer Incidence Tracking System and Algorithm
Dressings and topical agents for arterial leg ulcers (Review)
Dressings for treating foot ulcers in people with diabetes: an overview of systematic reviews (Review)
Electrical Stimulation for Pressure Injuries: A Health Technology Assessment.
Electromagnetic therapy for treating pressure ulcers.
Foam dressings for healing diabetic foot ulcers (Review)
How We Decreased the Costs of Wound Care Supplies at a Hospital and Long‑term‑care Home
Hydrogel dressings for healing diabetic foot ulcers (Review)
Mobile Devices as Adjunctive Pain Management Tools
Negative pressure wound therapy for treating pressure ulcers (Review)
Phototherapy for treating pressure ulcers (Review)
Protease-modulating matrix treatments for healing venous leg ulcers (Review)
Repeated use of immersive virtual reality therapy to control pain during wound dressing changes in pediatric and adult burn patients
The Impact of Virtual Reality on Chronic Pain
The venous ulcer continues to be a clinical challenge: an update
Topical silver for treating infected wounds (Review)
Use of virtual reality for treating burned children: case reports
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Falls Prevention
2010 clinical practice guidelines for the diagnosis and management of osteoporosis in Canada: summary
A Pooled Analysis of Vitamin D Dose Requirements for Fracture Prevention
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An interdisciplinary knowledge translation intervention in long-term care- Study protocol for the vitamin D and osteoporosis study (ViDOS) pilot cluster randomized controlled trial
Comparative Effectiveness of Drug Treatments to Prevent Fragility Fractures- A Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis
Comparative trends in incident fracture rates for all long-term care and community-dwelling seniors in Ontario, Canada, 2002-2012.
Direct health-care costs attributed to hip fractures among seniors: a matched cohort study
Fracture Risk Scale (FRS) Added to MDS 2.0 Assessments
Freezing of gait and fall detection in Parkinson’s disease using wearable sensors: a systematic review
Hip Fractures in Long-Term Care: Is the Excess Explained by the Age and Gender Distribution of the Residents?
Hospitalization Rates of Nursing Home Residents and Community-Dwelling Seniors in British Columbia
Postmenopausal Osteoporosis
Quality of Care and Mortality among Long-term Care Residents with Dementia
Recommendations for preventing fracture in long-term care
Relationship between regulatory status, quality of care, and three-year mortality in Canadian residential care facilities- a longitudinal study
Risk of subsequent fracture after prior fracture among older women
Risk of subsequent fracture and mortality within 5 years after a non-vertebral fracture
Survey on Fall Detection and Fall Prevention Using Wearable and External Sensors
Survival and functional outcomes after hip fracture among nursing home residents
The current economic burden of illness of osteoporosis in Canada
The Effect of Fall Biomechanics on Risk for Hip Fracture in Older Adults- A Cohort Study of Video-Captured Falls in Long-Term Care
Type and Location of Wearable Sensors for Monitoring Falls during Static and Dynamic Tasks in Healthy Elderly- A Review
Video capture of the circumstances of falls in elderly people residing in long-term care- an observational study
Warning of an increased risk of vertebral fracture after stopping denosumab
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Congestive Heart Failure
A prospective study of hepatic safety of statins used in very elderly patients
Angiotensin–Neprilysin Inhibition versus Enalapril in Heart Failure
Canadian Cardiovascular Society consensus conference recommendations on heart failure 2006: Diagnosis and management
Cardiovascular Safety of β3-adrenoceptor Agonists for the Treatment of Patients with Overactive Bladder Syndrome
Circadian variation of variability and irregularity of heart rate in patients with permanent atrial fibrillation
Effect of Metoprolol Succinate in Patients with Stable Angina and Elevated Heart Rate Receiving Low-Dose β-Blocker Therapy
Geriatric Medicine Leadership of Health Care Transformation: To Be or Not To Be?
Interpretation of the evidence for the efficacy and safety of statin therapy
Nebivolol versus Carvedilol or Metoprolol in Patients Presenting with Acute Myocardial Infarction Complicated by Left Ventricular Dysfunction
Predictors of first-year nonadherence and discontinuation of statins among older adults- a retrospective cohort study
Spironolactone for Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction
Statins in the Prevention and Treatment of Heart Failure- a Review of the Evidence
The Effect of Spironolactone on Exercise Tolerance and Arterial Function in Older Patients with HEpEF
The first-in-man randomized trial of a beta3 adrenoceptor agonist in chronic heart failure: the BEAT-HF trial.
The neprilysin pathway in heart failure: a review and guide on the use of sacubitril/valsartan
The Prognostic Importance of Impaired Systolic Function in Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction and the Impact of Spironolactone
The Value of Admission Clinical Data for Diagnosing Heart Failure in Long-term Care
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Chronic Pain
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Advances in managing chronic disease. Research, performance measurement, and quality improvement are key
Assessment tools for problematic opioid use in palliative care: A scoping review
Cannabinoids for treatment of chronic non-cancer pain; a systematic review of randomized trials
Cervico-thoracic or lumbar sympathectomy for neuropathic pain and complex regional pain syndrome (Review)
Children's self-reports of pain intensity: scale selection, limitations and interpretation
Complex regional pain syndrome: diagnosis and treatment
Development and psychometric evaluation of the Pain Assessment in Advanced Dementia (PAINAD) scale.
Diagnosis and Management of Neuropathic Pain: A Balanced Approach to Treatment
Efficacy of treating pain to reduce behavioural disturbances in residents of nursing homes with dementia: cluster randomised clinical trial
Guideline for opioid therapy and chronic noncancer pain
Management of chronic pain in older adults
Managing chronic pain in elderly patients requires a CHANGE of approach
Pain assessment for people with dementia: a systematic review of systematic reviews of pain assessment tools
Pain management in patients with dementia
Pharmacological Management of Persistent Pain in Older Persons
Prevalence and impact of pain among older adults in the United States: Findings from the 2011 National Health and Aging Trends Study
The Abbey pain scale: a 1-minute numerical indicator for people with end-stage dementia
The McGill Pain Questionnaire
The role of patient care teams in chronic disease management
UHN Toronto Rehabilitation Institute - Patient Follow-Up Instructions Comprehensive Integrated Pain Program
Validation of proposed diagnostic criteria (the “Budapest Criteria”) for Complex Regional Pain Syndrome
Virtual Reality as a Distraction Technique in Chronic Pain Patients
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