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  1. Delirium in long‐term care and the myth of Proteus
  2. Assessing frailty at the centers for dementia and cognitive decline in Italy: potential implications for improving care of older people living with dementia
  3. Asymptomatic Aortic Stenosis in an Older Patient: How the Geriatric Approach Can Make a Difference
  4. Innovative Non-Pharmacological Management of Delirium in Persons with Dementia: New Frontiers for Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy?
  5. Advancing the Care of Delirium and Comorbid Dementia
  6. COVID-19 Signs and Symptom Clusters in Long-Term Care Facility Residents: Data from the GeroCovid Observational Study
  7. Assessing the mortality risk in older patients hospitalized with a diagnosis of sepsis: the role of frailty and acute organ dysfunction
  8. Use and Prescription of Direct Oral Anticoagulants in Older and Frail Patients with Atrial Fibrillation: A Multidisciplinary Consensus Document
  9. Truly unexplained falls after evaluation for syncope: A new diagnostic entity with severe prognosis
  10. Delirium Increases In-Hospital and Post-Discharge Mortality in COVID-19 Patients: The FRACOVID Multicenter Prospective Study
  11. Prognostic interplay of kidney function with sarcopenia, anemia, disability and cognitive impairment. The GLISTEN study
  12. The role of frailty in COVID-19 patients
  13. Frailty index predicts poor outcome in COVID-19 patients
  14. Atrial Fibrillation in Older Patients with Syncope and Dementia: Insights from the Syncope and Dementia Registry
  15. Prevalence, clinical correlates, and burden of undiagnosed aortic stenosis in older patients: a prospective study in a non-cardiologic acute hospital ward
  16. Frailty, delirium and the test to assess delirium: how are they related?
  17. Comparing EWGSOP2 and FNIH Sarcopenia Definitions: Agreement and Three-Year Survival Prognostic Value in Older Hospitalized Adults. The GLISTEN Study
  18. Usefulness of implementing a brief cognitive assessment in the daily cardiology practice
  19. Delirium in patients with dementia and in children: Overlap of symptoms profile and possible role for future diagnosis
  20. Memantine Induces Reflex Syncope in Elderly Patients With Dementia: Results From the Syncope and Dementia Study (SYD-Study)
  21. A Rare Diagnosis After the Fall of a 96-Year-Old Woman: Doege-Potter Syndrome
  22. The association between delirium and sarcopenia in older adult patients admitted to acute geriatrics units: Results from the GLISTEN multicenter observational study
  23. Frailty is a predisposing factor for delirium occurrence
  24. Psychomotor delirium subtypes and delirium duration impact patient's survival
  25. Development of dementia in patients with femoral neck fracture who experience postoperative delirium-A three-year follow-up study
  26. Italian intersociety consensus on prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of delirium in hospitalized older persons
  27. Characterization of bronchiectasis in the elderly
  28. Detecting Delirium Superimposed on Dementia: Evaluation of the Diagnostic Performance of the Richmond Agitation and Sedation Scale
  29. Postdischarge Clinical Outcomes in Older Medical Patients with an Emergency Department Stay-Associated Delirium Onset
  30. “Delirium Day”: a nationwide point prevalence study of delirium in older hospitalized patients using an easy standardized diagnostic tool
  31. The role of comprehensive geriatric assessment and functional status in evaluating the patterns of antithrombotic use among older people with atrial fibrillation
  32. Etiology of Syncope and Unexplained Falls in Elderly Adults with Dementia: Syncope and Dementia (SYD) Study
  33. Length of Stay in the Emergency Department and Occurrence of Delirium in Older Medical Patients
  34. The Effect of an Impaired Arousal on Short- and Long-Term Mortality of Elderly Patients Admitted to an Acute Geriatric Unit
  35. Hip Fracture Surgery and Survival in Centenarians
  36. Delirium Specialists Survey
  37. Takotsubo cardiomyopathy in an 81-year-old woman after injection of bone cement during hemiarthroplasty: An orthogeriatric case report
  38. Delirium superimposed on dementia: a survey of delirium specialists shows a lack of consensus in clinical practice and research studies
  39. Delirium as a marker of vulnerability in the elderly
  40. The Association Between the Probability of Sarcopenia and Functional Outcomes in Older Patients Undergoing In-Hospital Rehabilitation
  41. Underdetection of delirium in acute-hospital medical wards
  42. Delirium superimposed on dementia: A quantitative and qualitative evaluation of informal caregivers and health care staff experience
  43. Delirium superimposed on dementia: A quantitative and qualitative evaluation of patient experience
  44. P-232: Assessing sarcopenia in older hospitalized patients. Feasibility and prevalence estimates of the EWGSOP algorithm
  45. Sarcopenia and malnutrition in acutely ill hospitalized elderly: Prevalence and outcomes
  46. Effect of the Overlap Syndrome of Depressive Symptoms and Delirium on Outcomes in Elderly Adults with Hip Fracture: A Comment
  47. P0811 : Sofosbuvir-based direct-acting antivirals treatment for elderly chronic hepatitis C patients: A cost-effectiveness analysis
  48. Severe Hypoglycemia Is Associated With Antidiabetic Oral Treatment Compared With Insulin Analogs in Nursing Home Patients With Type 2 Diabetes and Dementia: Results From the DIMORA Study
  49. The “syncope and dementia” study: a prospective, observational, multicenter study of elderly patients with dementia and episodes of “suspected” transient loss of consciousness
  50. Sofosbuvir-based all-oral treatment for elderly chronic hepatitis C patients: A cost-effectiveness analysis
  51. Simultaneous bilateral femoral neck fracture and end-stage renal disease in a 76-year-old woman: a case report
  52. Delirium symptoms during hospitalization predict long-term mortality in patients with severe pneumonia
  53. Hip fracture in centenarians: Retrospective analysis of an orthogeriatric unit reveals the limitations of the current research
  54. Corrigendum to ‘Validation of the 4AT, a new instrument for rapid delirium screening: a study in 234 hospitalised older people’
  55. Association Between Statin Use at Admission to Inpatient Rehabilitation and Functional Status at Discharge among Older Patients
  56. Obesity paradox in patients with aortic valve stenosis. Protective effect of body mass index independently of age, disease severity, treatment modality and non-cardiac comorbidities
  57. Concordance between DSM-IV and DSM-5 criteria for delirium diagnosis in a pooled database of 768 prospectively evaluated patients using the delirium rating scale-revised-98
  58. P356: Severe hypoglycemia is associated with oral anti-diabetic treatment in older demented persons with type 2 diabetes
  59. Knowledge on delirium of Italian healthcare professionals: a survey
  60. Mini Nutritional Assessment and Functional Status As Predictors of Development of Pressure Ulcers in Acute Setting of Care
  61. Duration of Postoperative Delirium Is an Independent Predictor of 6-Month Mortality in Older Adults After Hip Fracture
  62. Impact of delirium and disability on 6-month mortality
  63. Delirium Superimposed on Dementia Strongly Predicts Worse Outcomes in Older Rehabilitation Inpatients
  64. Is it time for a “pneumo-geriatrician” for frail old patients with respiratory diseases?
  65. The management of community-acquired pneumonia in the elderly
  66. Geriatric multidimensional assessment for elderly patients with acute respiratory diseases
  67. Validation of the 4AT, a new instrument for rapid delirium screening: a study in 234 hospitalised older people
  68. The management of hip fracture in the older population. Joint position statement by Gruppo Italiano Ortogeriatria (GIOG)
  69. P.5.f.002 Consensus and variations in opinions on delirium care: a survey of the European Delirium Association
  70. Predictors of Rehospitalization Among Elderly Patients Admitted to a Rehabilitation Hospital: The Role of Polypharmacy, Functional Status, and Length of Stay
  71. Anesthesia and post-operative delirium in elderly patients undergoing hip fracture surgery
  72. Postoperative delirium and pre-fracture disability predict 6-month mortality among the oldest old orthogeriatric patients
  73. Efficacy of Higher Dose 13.3 mg/24 h Rivastigmine Patch on Instrumental Activities of Daily Living in Patients with Mild-to-Moderate Alzheimer's Disease
  74. Consensus and variations in opinions on delirium care: a survey of European delirium specialists
  75. Assessing Risk Factors for Unsafe Driving in a Group of Elderly Adults Undergoing Rehabilitation
  76. Riabilitazione motoria degli anziani affetti da malattie psicogeriatriche
  77. SOFA score predicts 30-day mortality in the elderly
  78. The Meaning of Delirium
  79. The Effect of Poststroke Delirium on Short-Term Outcomes of Elderly Patients Undergoing Rehabilitation
  80. Early onset versus late onset in Alzheimer’s disease: What is the reliable cut-off?
  81. A Score to Predict the Development of Adverse Clinical Events after Transition from Acute Hospital Wards to Post–Acute Care Settings
  82. Antipsychotic Prescription: The Logic of Medicine Versus the Logic of the Patients
  83. Tools to Detect Delirium Superimposed on Dementia: A Systematic Review
  84. Dialogue on Geriatrics: How Should We Fix the Problem?
  85. Role of functional impairment and surgical delay in elderly patients undergoing hip fracture surgery
  86. Hospitalization of nursing home residents
  87. Future Direction of Geriatrics: “Gerogeriatrics”: A Comment
  88. Understanding terminology of delirium and long-term cognitive impairment in critically ill patients
  89. Music, music therapy and dementia: A review of literature and the recommendations of the Italian Psychogeriatric Association
  90. Anticoagulation management in hip fracture patients: A clinical conundrum
  91. Efficacy of the 13.3 mg/24 h rivastigmine patch on instrumental activities of daily living in the OPtimising Transdermal Exelon In Mild-to-moderate Alzheimer's disease (OPTIMA) study: Prospective subgroup analysis by disease severity and time-to-meet d...
  92. A sudden decline in mobility status as an early sign of acute infection in elderly patients: evidence from three case reports
  93. Rehabilitation of Elderly Adults with Severe Cognitive Impairment: It is Time for Evidence
  94. Managing Functional and Cognitive Decline in Patients with Mild-to-Moderate Alzheimer's Disease: A 48-Week, Randomized, Double-Blind Evaluation of 13.3 mg/24 h (15 cm{superscript 2}) Versus 9.5 mg/24 h (10 cm{superscript 2}) Rivastigmine Patch (P04.193)
  95. Commentary on the Editorial “Music therapy for dementia”
  96. Addendum to ‘Efficacy of music therapy treatment based on cycles of sessions: A randomised controlled trial’ (Raglio et al., 2010)
  97. Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy in an Elderly Patient With Severe Alzheimer's Disease: A Case Report
  98. The Specificity of Geriatric Rehabilitation: Myth or Reality? A Debate from an Italian Perspective
  99. Music interventions against agitated behaviour in elderly persons with dementia: a cost-effective perspective
  100. A prognostic model predicting recovery of walking independence of elderly patients after hip-fracture surgery. An experiment in a rehabilitation unit in Northern Italy
  101. Outcomes of Nonagenarian Patients After Rehabilitation Following Hip Fracture Surgery
  102. Randomized, Double-Blind, Parallel-Group, 48-Week Study for Efficacy and Safety of a Higher-Dose Rivastigmine Patch (15 vs. 10 cm2) in Alzheimer’s Disease
  103. Are Fluctuations in Motor Performance a Diagnostic Sign of Delirium?
  104. Rehabilitation of Older Adults with Hip Fracture: Cognitive Function and Walking Abilities
  105. The Role of Physicians in Nursing Homes: A Comment
  106. Subcortical and deep cortical atrophy in Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration
  107. FREQUENCY OF MALNUTRITION IN OLDER ADULTS: A COMMENT
  108. Loss of function mutations in the progranulin gene are related to pro-inflammatory cytokine dysregulation in frontotemporal lobar degeneration patients
  109. Genetic Background Predicts Poor Prognosis in Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration
  110. Sharing Transnational Experiences of Psychogeriatric Units Dedicated to the Management of Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms in Demented Patients
  111. Diagnosing Delirium
  112. Efficacy of music therapy treatment based on cycles of sessions: A randomised controlled trial
  113. Action Observation Treatment Improves Recovery of Postsurgical Orthopedic Patients: Evidence for a Top-Down Effect?
  114. Understanding the Underpinnings of the Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration: Evidence for Benign and Malignant Forms
  115. Clinical Instability as a Predictor of Negative Outcomes Among Elderly Patients Admitted to a Rehabilitation Ward
  116. THE OVERLAP SYNDROME OF DEPRESSION AND DELIRIUM IN ELDERLY PATIENTS: A COMMENT
  117. Delirium superimposed on dementia is more predictive of adverse outcomes than dementia alone
  118. Establishing short-term prognosis in Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration spectrum: Role of genetic background and clinical phenotype
  119. Depressive Symptoms and One Year Mortality among Elderly Patients Discharged from a Rehabilitation Ward after Orthopaedic Surgery of the Lower Limbs
  120. Moderate to severe depressive symptoms and rehabilitation outcome in older adults with hip fracture
  121. Motor Recovery After Rehabilitation and Long-Term Clinical Outcomes
  122. Clinical Complexity and Occam's Razor: Navigating Between Scylla and Charibdy of the Geriatric Practice. A Case of Secondary Hypertension in a Very Old Patient
  123. DEMENTIA, DELIRIUM, AND DEPRESSION IN PATIENTS WITH HIP FRACTURE: 1+1 DOESN'T ALWAYS MAKE 2
  124. Revisiting Brain Reserve Hypothesis in Frontotemporal Dementia: Evidence from a Brain Perfusion Study
  125. Is early-onset clinically different from late-onset frontotemporal dementia?
  126. AUTHORS' RESPONSE TO LETTER FROM LAURILA AND COLLEAGUES
  127. Depressive symptoms combined with dementia affect 12-months survival in elderly patients after rehabilitation post-hip fracture surgery
  128. Subcortical Vascular Lesions Predict Falls at 12 Months in Elderly Patients Discharged From a Rehabilitation Ward
  129. P3-003: Comorbidity, functional and nutritional status in demented and non-demented patients stratified by age
  130. White Matter Changes in Corticobasal Degeneration Syndrome and Correlation With Limb Apraxia
  131. Delirium as the Sixth Vital Sign
  132. Progranulin genetic variations in frontotemporal lobar degeneration: evidence for low mutation frequency in an Italian clinical series
  133. Composition of the Rehabilitation Team in Postacute Care
  134. Efficacy of Music Therapy in the Treatment of Behavioral and Psychiatric Symptoms of Dementia
  135. Delirium in older people: an epiphenomenon of incipient death or a separate biological process?
  136. Outcomes at 12 Months in a Population of Elderly Patients Discharged From a Rehabilitation Unit
  137. Delirium Superimposed on Dementia Predicts 12-Month Survival in Elderly Patients Discharged From a Postacute Rehabilitation Facility
  138. C-reactive protein levels and delirium in a rehabilitation ward
  139. DELIRIUM SUBTYPES AND 1-YEAR MORTALITY AMONG ELDERLY PATIENTS DISCHARGED FROM A POST-ACUTE REHABILITATION FACILITY
  140. Subcortical vascular lesions and functional recovery in older patients with gait disorders
  141. Extrapyramidal symptoms in Frontotemporal Dementia: Prevalence and clinical correlations
  142. Does cognitive performance affect physical therapy regimen after hip fracture surgery?
  143. Evidence of White Matter Changes on Diffusion Tensor Imaging in Frontotemporal Dementia
  144. DELIRIUM AND FUNCTIONAL RECOVERY IN ELDERLY PATIENTS
  145. Functional correlates of Apolipoprotein E genotype in Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration
  146. BODY WEIGHT–SUPPORTED TREADMILL IN THE PHYSICAL REHABILITATION OF SEVERELY DEMENTED SUBJECTS AFTER HIP FRACTURE: A CASE REPORT
  147. Blood Pressure and Cognitive Impairment in the Elderly
  148. OUTCOMES OF OLDER PEOPLE ADMITTED TO POSTACUTE FACILITIES WITH DELIRIUM
  149. CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE AND EXECUTIVE DYSFUNCTION IN GERIATRIC DEPRESSION
  150. SUBCORTICAL VASCULAR DISEASE DETECTED WITH COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY AND 1-YEAR PHYSICAL DECLINE IN HIGH-FUNCTIONING OLDER ADULTS
  151. Predictors of delirium during in-hospital rehabilitation in elderly patients after hip arthroplasty
  152. REHOSPITALIZATION AND TRANSFERS TO NURSING FACILITIES IN ELDERLY PATIENTS AFTER HIP FRACTURE SURGERY
  153. STAFF TRAINING AND USE OF SPECIFIC PROTOCOLS FOR DELIRIUM MANAGEMENT
  154. Effects of cholinesterase inhibitors appear greater in patients on established antihypertensive therapy
  155. Geriatric pocket guide and geriatricians in the rehabilitation of older patients
  156. Results of a multi-level therapeutic approach for Alzheimer’s disease subjects in the “real world” (CRONOS project): a 36-week follow-up study
  157. Feeding Tube Use in Italian Nursing Homes
  158. Feeding tube use in Italian nursing homes: The role of cultural factors
  159. Establishing an Optimal Therapeutic Range for Coumarins
  160. P1-049 Cognitive impairment is an independent predictor of functional recovery after hip fracture surgery but not after elective hip arthroplasty
  161. P1-338 Factors predicting the treatment response to cholinesterase inhibitors in Alzheimer's dementia
  162. Blunted reduction in night-time blood pressure is associated with cognitive deterioration in subjects with long-standing hypertension
  163. Subcortical Vascular Lesions Predict Functional Recovery After Rehabilitation in Patients with L-Dopa Refractory Parkinsonism
  164. HIGH TECH AND HIGH TOUCH
  165. A QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION ON ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE PATIENTS TREATED WITH CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS
  166. MOOD, BEHAVIOR AND MEMORY
  167. Frailty is the main predictor of falls in elderly patients undergoing rehabilitation training
  168. Caregiving and Age: The Case of a Very Old Sister of a Patient with Alzheimer's Disease
  169. Medical Comorbidity and Complexity of the Rehabilitative Procedures for Older Patients with Functional Impairments
  170. Executive dysfunction and depressive symptoms in cerebrovascular disease
  171. An unusual case of spontaneous and remitting functional decline in an elderly man: Is “functional delirium” a clinical entity?
  172. Let's Strip the King: Eligibility Not Safety Is the Problem of Anticoagulation for Stroke Prevention in Elderly Patients With Atrial Fibrillation
  173. Increased Blood Pressure Variability May Be Associated With Cognitive Decline in Hypertensive Elderly Subjects With No Dementia
  174. Anticoagulation Treatment in Disabled Patients
  175. Is C-reactive protein an independent risk factor for essential hypertension?
  176. The Management of Adverse Clinical Events in Nursing Homes: A 1-Year Survey Study
  177. In reply to Belmin et al.:
  178. In reply to Cheng
  179. In reply to Park et al.:
  180. Geriatric Assessment and Anticoagulation in Elderly Patients With Chronic Atrial Fibrillation
  181. Atrial Fibrillation and Cognitive Disorders in Older People
  182. Dementia is a major predictor of death among the Italian elderly
  183. A rare case of successful antibiotic therapy in an elderly man with a retarded aorto-bifemoral graft infection
  184. UNDERUSE OF ANTICOAGULATION IN OLDER PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC ATRIAL FIBRILLATION: MALPRACTICE OR ACCURACY?
  185. Special Care Units for Demented Patients: A Multicenter Study
  186. The Bedford Alzheimer Nursing Severity Scale for the Severely Demented
  187. 135 Efficacy of special care units for the behaviorally disturbed patient: a research project