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In recent decades, life expectancy has been increasing. This is a historical milestone in the history of humanity. We have never lived so long before. In these circumstances, giving the best care to older adults efficiently is one of the greatest challenges of developed countries. This book explores different initiatives that result in the improvement of health conditions of older adults, such as multicomponent physical exercise programs, interventions that try to avoid loneliness and social isolation, and multidisciplinary assessment, and the treatment of frailty and other geriatric syndromes, of the elderly in various settings such as the Emergency Unit, Orthogeriatrics, and Oncogeriatrics. This book offers different manuscripts to readers, each trying to improve life satisfaction, quality of life, and life expectancy in older adults in different scenarios. It is up to us to achieve these goals. We are sure that these interesting chapters will contribute to improving clinical practices. Following the completion of the Special Issue "Health Care for Older Adults" for the international Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, the Guest Editors felt the satisfaction of having reached 18 published manuscripts and the possibility of transforming this volume into a book. This book was born from the need to show how health and social advances have increased human longevity as never before. We live longer, knowing more and more the epigenetic mechanisms of this longevity, as extended aging also coexists with the least favorable aging trajectories. Among them, a syndrome stands out from the gerontological and geriatric perspective: frailty. Due to the pandemic, a social problem has increased its presence in clinical practice: ageism. Older adults have found it difficult to access the necessary clinical resources due to the simple matter of age. However, at this moment, we are able to detect and to reverse frailty. In the same way, we should aim to prevent loneliness and social isolation, involved in social frailty. Geriatric syndromes are underdiagnosed and undertreated, but clinical and geriatric knowledge provide diagnostic tools and non-pharmacological approaches to prevent and to treat them. All health professionals working together in an interdisciplinary team could improve the clinical practices to develop a quality health care for older adults, improving their life satisfaction and quality of life perception too.

Public health & preventive medicine --- neck stabilization exercise --- nonspecific neck pain --- salt pack --- thermotherapy --- anticholinergic drugs --- pneumonia --- elderly --- potentially inappropriate medication --- pharmacoepidemiology --- infrared thermography --- cutaneous temperature --- skin blood flow --- dementia --- body temperature --- thermal sensation --- thermal comfort --- imaging --- mapping --- environmental temperature --- frailty --- COVID-19 --- aging --- physical activity --- mental health --- social relationships --- social frailty --- older adults --- life satisfaction --- accidental falls --- research hotspot --- CiteSpace --- knowledge domain visualization --- geriatric syndromes --- healthy aging --- exercise --- histones --- DNA methylation --- non-coding RNA --- hip fractures --- geriatric assessment --- orthogeriatric care --- functional recovery --- mortality --- hip fracture surgery --- multidisciplinary care --- predictive model --- hip fracture --- gait recovery --- feasibility --- frailty index --- psychometrics --- reliability --- validity --- ageing --- qualitative research --- primary health care --- loneliness --- social capital --- colorectal cancer --- comprehensive geriatric assessment --- geriatric liaison --- multicomponent programs --- functional capacity --- occupational therapy --- occupational function --- social network --- social isolation --- posterior occlusal support --- maximum occlusal force --- masticatory function --- standing motion --- removable prostheses --- Eichner index --- fracture fixation --- geriatric --- intertrochanteric fractures --- prognostic factors --- Thai --- aged people --- STOPP/START --- Beers criteria --- medical prescriptions for chronic pathologies --- inappropriate prescribing --- nursing --- delirium --- machine learning technique --- random forest --- neck stabilization exercise --- nonspecific neck pain --- salt pack --- thermotherapy --- anticholinergic drugs --- pneumonia --- elderly --- potentially inappropriate medication --- pharmacoepidemiology --- infrared thermography --- cutaneous temperature --- skin blood flow --- dementia --- body temperature --- thermal sensation --- thermal comfort --- imaging --- mapping --- environmental temperature --- frailty --- COVID-19 --- aging --- physical activity --- mental health --- social relationships --- social frailty --- older adults --- life satisfaction --- accidental falls --- research hotspot --- CiteSpace --- knowledge domain visualization --- geriatric syndromes --- healthy aging --- exercise --- histones --- DNA methylation --- non-coding RNA --- hip fractures --- geriatric assessment --- orthogeriatric care --- functional recovery --- mortality --- hip fracture surgery --- multidisciplinary care --- predictive model --- hip fracture --- gait recovery --- feasibility --- frailty index --- psychometrics --- reliability --- validity --- ageing --- qualitative research --- primary health care --- loneliness --- social capital --- colorectal cancer --- comprehensive geriatric assessment --- geriatric liaison --- multicomponent programs --- functional capacity --- occupational therapy --- occupational function --- social network --- social isolation --- posterior occlusal support --- maximum occlusal force --- masticatory function --- standing motion --- removable prostheses --- Eichner index --- fracture fixation --- geriatric --- intertrochanteric fractures --- prognostic factors --- Thai --- aged people --- STOPP/START --- Beers criteria --- medical prescriptions for chronic pathologies --- inappropriate prescribing --- nursing --- delirium --- machine learning technique --- random forest

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In recent decades, life expectancy has been increasing. This is a historical milestone in the history of humanity. We have never lived so long before. In these circumstances, giving the best care to older adults efficiently is one of the greatest challenges of developed countries. This book explores different initiatives that result in the improvement of health conditions of older adults, such as multicomponent physical exercise programs, interventions that try to avoid loneliness and social isolation, and multidisciplinary assessment, and the treatment of frailty and other geriatric syndromes, of the elderly in various settings such as the Emergency Unit, Orthogeriatrics, and Oncogeriatrics. This book offers different manuscripts to readers, each trying to improve life satisfaction, quality of life, and life expectancy in older adults in different scenarios. It is up to us to achieve these goals. We are sure that these interesting chapters will contribute to improving clinical practices. Following the completion of the Special Issue "Health Care for Older Adults" for the international Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, the Guest Editors felt the satisfaction of having reached 18 published manuscripts and the possibility of transforming this volume into a book. This book was born from the need to show how health and social advances have increased human longevity as never before. We live longer, knowing more and more the epigenetic mechanisms of this longevity, as extended aging also coexists with the least favorable aging trajectories. Among them, a syndrome stands out from the gerontological and geriatric perspective: frailty. Due to the pandemic, a social problem has increased its presence in clinical practice: ageism. Older adults have found it difficult to access the necessary clinical resources due to the simple matter of age. However, at this moment, we are able to detect and to reverse frailty. In the same way, we should aim to prevent loneliness and social isolation, involved in social frailty. Geriatric syndromes are underdiagnosed and undertreated, but clinical and geriatric knowledge provide diagnostic tools and non-pharmacological approaches to prevent and to treat them. All health professionals working together in an interdisciplinary team could improve the clinical practices to develop a quality health care for older adults, improving their life satisfaction and quality of life perception too.

neck stabilization exercise --- nonspecific neck pain --- salt pack --- thermotherapy --- anticholinergic drugs --- pneumonia --- elderly --- potentially inappropriate medication --- pharmacoepidemiology --- infrared thermography --- cutaneous temperature --- skin blood flow --- dementia --- body temperature --- thermal sensation --- thermal comfort --- imaging --- mapping --- environmental temperature --- frailty --- COVID-19 --- aging --- physical activity --- mental health --- social relationships --- social frailty --- older adults --- life satisfaction --- accidental falls --- research hotspot --- CiteSpace --- knowledge domain visualization --- geriatric syndromes --- healthy aging --- exercise --- histones --- DNA methylation --- non-coding RNA --- hip fractures --- geriatric assessment --- orthogeriatric care --- functional recovery --- mortality --- hip fracture surgery --- multidisciplinary care --- predictive model --- hip fracture --- gait recovery --- feasibility --- frailty index --- psychometrics --- reliability --- validity --- ageing --- qualitative research --- primary health care --- loneliness --- social capital --- colorectal cancer --- comprehensive geriatric assessment --- geriatric liaison --- multicomponent programs --- functional capacity --- n/a --- occupational therapy --- occupational function --- social network --- social isolation --- posterior occlusal support --- maximum occlusal force --- masticatory function --- standing motion --- removable prostheses --- Eichner index --- fracture fixation --- geriatric --- intertrochanteric fractures --- prognostic factors --- Thai --- aged people --- STOPP/START --- Beers criteria --- medical prescriptions for chronic pathologies --- inappropriate prescribing --- nursing --- delirium --- machine learning technique --- random forest

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Sarcopenia represents the decline in skeletal muscle mass and function with age, characterized by the muscle fiber's quality, strength, muscle endurance, and metabolic ability decreasing, as well as the fat and connective tissue growing.Reduction of muscle strength with aging leads to loss of functional capacity, causing disability, mortality, and other adverse health outcomes. Because of the increase of the proportion of elderly in the population, sarcopenia-related morbidity will become an increasing area of health care resource utilization.Diagnostic screening consists of individuation of body composition, assessed by DEXA, anthropometry, bioelectrical impedance, MRI, or CT scan. Management is possible with resistance training exercise and vibration therapy, nutritional supplements, and pharmacological treatment.The book includes articles from different nationalities, treating the experimental and medical applications of sarcopenia. The consequences of sarcopenia in frailty are treated in relation to other associated pathologies or lesions, as femoral neck fractures and hepatocellular carcinoma.

Medicine --- muscle-mass --- sleep efficiency --- sleep duration --- insomnia --- sarcopenia --- quality of life --- osteoporosis --- postmenopausal women --- sedentary behaviour --- aged --- exercise --- motivation --- hepatoma --- myokine --- decorin --- walking distance --- survival --- muscle strength --- resistance training --- randomized controlled trial --- nutritional status --- nutritional screening tools --- hospitalized older patients --- resistance exercise training --- muscle regulatory factors --- deconditioning --- skeletal muscle --- elderly --- hypertrophy --- multimorbidity --- polypathological patients --- frailty --- oxidative stress --- telomere length --- apoptosis --- spirometry --- urea --- fatigue --- respiratory system --- skeletal muscles --- lipids --- transaminases --- falls --- resistance exercise --- vibration --- electrical stimulation --- hip fracture --- diagnosis --- treatment --- prevention --- dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry --- bisphosphonate --- β-hydroxy-β-methylbutyrate --- exercise intervention --- fall risk --- balance --- anxiety --- depression --- sleep quality --- type 2 diabetes --- physical activity --- muscle mass --- protein intake --- accelerometer --- aerobic exercise training --- mitochondria --- endurance --- fractures --- ageing fractures --- complications --- recovery --- rehabilitation --- nutritional supplements --- physical therapy --- cognition --- brain-body cross-talk --- older persons --- prevalence --- physical functional performance --- epidemiologic studies --- aging --- panoramic ultrasound --- echogenicity --- specific force --- isokinetic dynamometry --- muscle quality --- strength --- older adults --- diagnostic criteria --- clinical

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People who have chronic diseases spend a significant amount of time in self-management in out-of-hospital environments, in their homes and in their community settings. These patients have different disease statuses and management requirements, so providing personalized care is key.Personalized care is a collaborative process that should be used in chronic condition management in which patients, caregivers, and healthcare providers identify and discuss problems caused by or related to the patient's condition and then develop plans and goals to empower patients.Personalized care can improve aspects of physical health, mental health, and the ability to self-manage conditions. Thus, a personalized care approach could greatly benefit patients with chronic conditions.In this book, we have included 20 articles that expand the current knowledge on the personalized care approach to diagnosing and treating chronically ill patients.

fibromyalgia --- physical functioning --- obesity --- pain catastrophizing --- pain acceptance --- chronic pain --- rehabilitation --- clinical psychology --- performance-based test --- dual-tasking --- cognitive function --- postural control --- older adults --- Parkinson disease --- personalized medicine --- clinical exercise --- exercise prescription --- boot camp --- physiotherapy --- compliance --- qualitative --- empowerment --- medication acceptability --- intentional nonadherence --- decision --- self esteem --- pharmacology --- rheumatology --- autoimmune --- adolescent --- nursing --- review literature --- sexuality --- virtual reality --- pain --- fatigue --- quality of life --- meta-analysis --- temporomandibular disorders --- surface electromyography --- aerobic exercise --- therapeutic exercise --- diabetes mellitus --- SGLT-2 inhibitors --- antidiabetic agents --- cardiovascular outcomes --- personalized therapy --- sleep --- chronic liver disease --- informal caregiver --- caregiver --- bibliometrics --- data analysis --- needs --- intervention --- patient-focused care --- aged --- disease prevention --- health promotion --- nursing education --- nursing students --- mental disorders --- mental illness --- social stigma --- students --- ageism --- stereotyping --- prejudice --- discrimination --- assessment --- aging --- stroke --- ischemia --- biomarkers --- mortality risk --- patient adherence --- glaucoma --- personalized care --- patient compliance --- child --- child abuse --- maltreatment --- neglect --- risk factors --- family --- caregivers --- child protective services --- advanced nursing practice --- rehabilitation nursing --- transitional care --- hospital discharge --- continuity of care --- hip fracture --- older person --- returning home --- safety --- n/a

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Sarcopenia represents the decline in skeletal muscle mass and function with age, characterized by the muscle fiber's quality, strength, muscle endurance, and metabolic ability decreasing, as well as the fat and connective tissue growing.Reduction of muscle strength with aging leads to loss of functional capacity, causing disability, mortality, and other adverse health outcomes. Because of the increase of the proportion of elderly in the population, sarcopenia-related morbidity will become an increasing area of health care resource utilization.Diagnostic screening consists of individuation of body composition, assessed by DEXA, anthropometry, bioelectrical impedance, MRI, or CT scan. Management is possible with resistance training exercise and vibration therapy, nutritional supplements, and pharmacological treatment.The book includes articles from different nationalities, treating the experimental and medical applications of sarcopenia. The consequences of sarcopenia in frailty are treated in relation to other associated pathologies or lesions, as femoral neck fractures and hepatocellular carcinoma.

muscle-mass --- sleep efficiency --- sleep duration --- insomnia --- sarcopenia --- quality of life --- osteoporosis --- postmenopausal women --- sedentary behaviour --- aged --- exercise --- motivation --- hepatoma --- myokine --- decorin --- walking distance --- survival --- muscle strength --- resistance training --- randomized controlled trial --- nutritional status --- nutritional screening tools --- hospitalized older patients --- resistance exercise training --- muscle regulatory factors --- deconditioning --- skeletal muscle --- elderly --- hypertrophy --- multimorbidity --- polypathological patients --- frailty --- oxidative stress --- telomere length --- apoptosis --- spirometry --- urea --- fatigue --- respiratory system --- skeletal muscles --- lipids --- transaminases --- falls --- resistance exercise --- vibration --- electrical stimulation --- hip fracture --- diagnosis --- treatment --- prevention --- dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry --- bisphosphonate --- β-hydroxy-β-methylbutyrate --- exercise intervention --- fall risk --- balance --- anxiety --- depression --- sleep quality --- type 2 diabetes --- physical activity --- muscle mass --- protein intake --- accelerometer --- aerobic exercise training --- mitochondria --- endurance --- fractures --- ageing fractures --- complications --- recovery --- rehabilitation --- nutritional supplements --- physical therapy --- cognition --- brain-body cross-talk --- older persons --- prevalence --- physical functional performance --- epidemiologic studies --- aging --- panoramic ultrasound --- echogenicity --- specific force --- isokinetic dynamometry --- muscle quality --- strength --- older adults --- diagnostic criteria --- clinical