Prognostic association of frailty with post-arrest outcomes following cardiac arrest: a systematic review and meta-analysis

FI Mowbray, D Manlongat, RH Correia, RP Strum… - Resuscitation, 2021 - Elsevier
Objective To synthesize the current evidence examining the association between frailty and
a series of post-arrest outcomes following the provision of cardiopulmonary resuscitation …

External validation of the hospital frailty risk score among hospitalised home care clients in Canada: a retrospective cohort study

LA Turcotte, G Heckman, K Rockwood… - Age and …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Background The Hospital Frailty Risk Score (HFRS) is scored using ICD-10
diagnostic codes in administrative hospital records. Home care clients in Canada are …

Association of admission frailty and frailty changes during cardiac rehabilitation with 5-year outcomes

J Quach, DS Kehler, N Giacomantonio… - European Journal of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Aims Examine the association between (1) admission frailty and (2) frailty changes during
cardiac rehabilitation (CR) with 5-year outcomes (ie time to mortality, first hospitalization, first …

[HTML][HTML] Prognostic association between frailty and post-arrest health outcomes in patients receiving home care: a population-based retrospective cohort study

FI Mowbray, L Turcotte, RP Strum, K de Wit, LE Griffith… - Resuscitation, 2023 - Elsevier
Aim To evaluate the association between frailty and post-cardiac arrest survival, functional
decline, and cognitive decline, among patients receiving home care. Methods Frailty was …

The interRAI COVID-19 vulnerability screener: Results of a health surveillance initiative for vulnerable adults in the community during the COVID-19 pandemic

S Hogeveen, M Donaghy-Hughes, A Nova… - Archives of Gerontology …, 2023 - Elsevier
During the pandemic, the interRAI COVID-19 Vulnerability Screener (CVS) was used to
identify community-dwelling older adults or adults with disabilities at risk of negative …

Implementation evaluation of a stepped approach to home care assessment using interRAI systems in Ontario, Canada

CLJ Sinn, JP Hirdes, JW Poss… - Health & Social Care …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
In Ontario, new home care clients are screened with the interRAI Contact Assessment and
only those expected to require longer‐term services receive the comprehensive RAI‐Home …

Determinants of access of frail, community‐residing older adults to geriatricians in Ontario

S Hogeveen, JP Hirdes, G Heckman… - Journal of the American …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives Little is known about determinants of access to community‐based geriatricians.
The Geriatric 5Ms™ describe geriatricians' core competencies and inform referrals to …

[HTML][HTML] The interRAI CHESS scale is comparable to the palliative performance scale in predicting 90-day mortality in a palliative home care population

N Williams, K Hermans, J Cohen, A Declercq… - BMC Palliative Care, 2022 - Springer
Background Prognostic accuracy is important throughout all stages of the illness trajectory
as it has implications for the timing of important conversations and decisions around care …

[HTML][HTML] Patterns of home care assessment and service provision before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in Ontario, Canada

CLJ Sinn, H Sultan, LA Turcotte, C McArthur… - PLoS One, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Objective The objective was to compare home care episode, standardised assessment, and
service patterns in Ontario's publicly funded home care system during the first wave of the …

[HTML][HTML] Before the COVID-vaccine—vulnerable elderly in homecare

LW Sørbye, EV Grue, S Hogeveen - Nursing Reports, 2022 - mdpi.com
Background: At the beginning of 2020, the COVID-19 virus was spreading all over the world.
Frail elderly were at risk for illness and death. Isolation seemed to be the best solution. The …