Blog
21 July 2014
Person-Centred Care (PCC) is an approach with a high capacity to improve the quality of services and guide good professional practice in gerontology...
15 July 2014
Urinary incontinence increases with age and has a great impact on a personal and social level, altering a person's quality of life, isolating them...
04 July 2014
In recent years there has been a growing interest in Person Centred Care (PCC) in the elderly care services sector.
Although the PCA has been an...
26 June 2014
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common arrhythmia in the general population, affecting 4% of patients over 65 and up to 15% of those over 80. It...
09 June 2014
About two months ago I found out on Facebook about a special case, a Catalan baby who was three months old with a rare disease that in turn caused...
30 May 2014
In an editorial in the prestigious Lancet of 15 March 2014, the crisis in the global care system for the elderly at a Western level (Global elderly...
15 May 2014
The second set of recommendations for health professionals and families has been published this year on the American Geriatrics Society website,...
06 May 2014
Once again, in 2013, with the support of the American Society of Geriatrics, a series of recommendations have been established by the American Board...
25 April 2014
On 28 April, World Day for Safety and Health at Work will be celebrated, this year focusing on the Use of Chemicals in the Workplace.
According to...
08 April 2014
We are pleased to announce the publication in March 2014 of a review of Delirium in elderly patients by Dr. Sharon Inouye, the main researcher and...