Many families considering posthospital care options are ill-prepared and in need of
guidance. They may not know the range of available options, the relative benefits of each, or …

Background Rehabilitation for older people has acquired an increasingly important profile
for both policy‐makers and service providers within health and social care agencies. This …

Background: Elderly patients who leave an acute care hospital after a stroke or a hip fracture
may be discharged home, or undergo postacute rehabilitative care in an inpatient …

髋部骨折通常是指股骨颈及股骨转子间骨折, 是影响老年人健康的主要疾病,
也是导致老年人行动障碍的首要原因. 1990 年全球髋部骨折病例中近一半发生于欧洲 …

Objective To examine differences in rehabilitation outcomes across 3 post-acute care (PAC)
rehabilitation settings for patients after hip fracture repair. Design Prospective, observational …

Background Metastatic bone disease is a substantial burden to patients and the healthcare
system as a whole. Metastatic disease can be painful, is associated with decreased survival …

INTRODUCTION: Patients with proximal femoral fractures present a difficult problem to
health care systems in view of their complex presentations and co-morbidities. Traditionally …

OBJECTIVE: Depression, apathy (amotivation) and cognitive impairment are common
comorbidities in hip fracture patients, which may adversely affect functional outcome of …

DeJong G, Horn SD, Smout RJ, Tian W, Putman K, Gassaway J. Joint replacement
rehabilitation outcomes on discharge from skilled nursing facilities and inpatient …

Objective. To explore the effect of diabetes on short‐term (30 days after fracture) and 1‐year
outcomes for fragility hip fracture patients. Methods. We conducted a retrospective cohort …