Revista española de geriatría y gerontología
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Rev Esp Geriatr Gerontol · May 2021
[Anemia and frailty in older adults from Spain. The FRADEA Study].
The objective was to examine the prevalence of anemia according to the state of frailty and to analyze the relationship between anemia, hemoglobin concentration and frailty in a cohort of Spanish older adults. ⋯ Anemia in older adults, defined according to WHO criteria, is independently associated with frailty.
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Rev Esp Geriatr Gerontol · May 2021
[Liaison geriatrics with nursing homes in COVID time. A new coordination model arrived to stay].
Older people living in nursing homes fulfil the criteria to be considered as geriatric patients, but they often do not have met their health care needs. Current deficits appeared as a result of COVID-19 pandemic. The need to improve the coordination between hospitals and nursing homes emerged, and in Madrid it materialized with the implantation of Liaison Geriatrics teams or units at public hospitals. ⋯ Activity data from a unit at a hospital with a huge number of nursing homes in its catchment area are reported. The objective is to understand the need of this activity in order to avoid the current fragmentation of care between hospitals and nursing homes. This activity should be consolidated in the future.