By Sharon Duca Palmer

Social paintings & Geriatric Services examines many elements about the care of the aged. themes mentioned comprise power sickness incidence, engaging in learn with older humans, cognitive functioning and social integration, workout for the aged, suicide and melancholy within the aged, smoking cessation for aged consumers, healthiness screening, and more.

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The managers gave the selected residents our information sheets ‘expression of interest’ forms (all printed in large font). As some residents were later found to be unable to provide informed consent and a substantial number declined to take part, it was necessary to repeat this process several times to try to achieve the desired sample size. 36 Social Work and Geriatric Services Managers gave the completed expression of interest slips to the researcher (SL), who visited each home a week later to obtain written informed consent from those residents interested in taking part.

Thus, inquiry into SMC may contribute to a risk profile assessment of elderly patients and may identify patients with an increased use of health care services. Background In studies of older patients, the reported prevalence of subjective memory complaints (SMC) shows a huge variation with figures ranging from 10-56% [1,2]. The large variation may be explained by sample selection or by the methods applied for assessing SMC [1]. Studies have consistently associated SMC with depression [2-4], as well as personality traits [5], high age, low education and female gender [1].

Taking Informed Consent Obtaining informed consent from residents is both extremely important and time consuming. Difficulty in recalling details of events from previous weeks was a problem for many residents, and one requiring some flexibility with procedures. A great deal of time and patience was needed to ensure that residents recalled and understood the study, and their role in it, before they consented to take part. Making this extra effort meant that it was possible to hear the voices of people who may otherwise have ‘failed’ the eligibility criteria.

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