By older adulthood, nearly all older adults will have been exposed to at least one potentially
traumatic event, and the majority (93%) of older veterans report exposure to at least one …

Improvements in biomedicine and public health have resulted in a substantial growth of the
older adult population in the United States and other industrialized countries. Indeed, 12.4 …

Traumatic events are widely acknowledged to have long-term impacts on individuals, yet
only recently have health-care professionals begun to assess for and gain an understanding …

Trauma is widespread, and its symptoms can adversely impact wellbeing at end of life, a
time when hospice seeks to maximize quality of life. This article reviews research on trauma …

Exposure to traumatic events can occur across the life span. Although most people respond
to trauma with some level of psychological distress, most return to pretrauma levels of health …

Patients with a history of traumatic life events can become distressed or re-traumatized as
the result of healthcare experiences. These patients can benefit from trauma-informed care …

More than 600,000 veterans die each year. In 2001, 25% of Americans who died were
veterans. However, most veterans do not die in a Veterans' Affairs medical center. Therefore …

Objectives: We provide a review of the literature on posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in
older adults, focusing largely on older US military veterans in two primary areas: 1) …

Practical Geriatrics and loud noises. Vulnerable individuals may misinterpret neutral sensory
stimuli as trauma related and they may be less capable of using avoidance strategies and …

Co-occurring posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms and dementia can result in increased
symptoms, such as suspicion, aggression, and nightmares in Veterans that can be difficult to …