@rt_teh

Gerontology health researcher with a mission to add meaningful life to years #frailty #nutrition #hearthealth

Joined May 2014
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Using illness trajectories to inform person centred, advance care planning bmj.com/content/384/bmj-2021… Knowing likely multidimensional trajectories in multimorbidity can help future care planning
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Researchers have found patients with #socialfrailty - feeling disconnected from family, friends, and others - were twice as likely than those without to have experienced a cardiovascular event or died within two years of developing #heartfailure @mnt medicalnewstoday.com/article…
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Lonely heart-failure patients face worse outcomes than sociable peers. #heartfailure #socialfrailty frontiersin.org/articles/10.… – at Merton, London
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New horizons in frailty identification via electronic frailty indices: early implementation lessons from experiences in England and the United States academic.oup.com/ageing/arti…

New horizons in frailty identification via electronic frailty indices: early implementation lessons...

Abstract. Frailty represents an integrative prognostic marker of risk that associates with a myriad of age-related adverse outcomes in older adults. As a c

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Understanding the next generation's needs for aged care housing. “They don’t want to settle for what was traditional retirement age here, they want more lifestyle choice, they want activity, they want to be who they are in the village.” #AgeingWellNZ newsroom.co.nz/2024/02/28/un…

Uncompromising boomers pose new challenge to retirement villages

The silent generation is giving way to boomers expecting a lot more from their lot in life, reports Andrew Bevin

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How is your gait speed? cnn.com/2024/02/18/health/wa…

Gait speed is one of your vital signs, so make sure yours is OK | CNN

Walking speed is gaining traction as a vital sign, providing critical information about physical and mental health risks. Here’s when to get a gait analysis.

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Recently @NHSEngland published their FRAIL Strategy about people with #frailty using same day emergency care services. As services develop, it is important to reflect that 'frailty is everyone’s business.' Find out more here england.nhs.uk/long-read/fra…
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A physical performance measure: "One-leg standing time is a simple measure for loss of skeletal muscle mass and fat deposition in muscle: the J-SHIPP study." Aging Clin Exp Res 36, 7 (2024). doi.org/10.1007/s40520-023-0… @brunovellas @SoutoPhilipe @RollandYves2

One-leg standing time is a simple measure for loss of skeletal muscle mass and fat deposition in...

Aging Clinical and Experimental Research - One-leg standing time (OLST) has been frequently used physical performance measure; however, what muscular characteristics OLST represents remains...

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We observed lower socioeconomic status, higher BMI and living with others predict poorer diet quality in older adults. Sociodemographic and Health Indicators of Diet Quality in Pre-Frail Older Adults in New Zealand mdpi.com/2524038
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A call from Family Doctors to safeguard health from the climate emergency - Sign the Petition! chng.it/s9RTjZ4s via @ChangeAUS
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Multimorbidity increases the risk of dementia: a 15 year follow-up of the SHARE study doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afad0…

Multimorbidity increases the risk of dementia: a 15 year follow-up of the SHARE study

AbstractAims. the literature regarding the association between multimorbidity and dementia is still unclear. Therefore, we aimed to explore the potential a

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More info is reported here rdcu.be/dlCvY
Kia eke kairangi ki te taikaumātuatanga@ageingwellnz7 Sep 2023
Replying to @ageingwellnz @AwessomNz
Older Māori and Pacific people are more likely to die at any given age than non-Māori/non-Pacific. #NZAG2023 @AwessomNz @rt_teh
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Replying to @ageingwellnz @AwessomNz
Older Māori and Pacific people are more likely to die at any given age than non-Māori/non-Pacific. #NZAG2023 @AwessomNz @rt_teh
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Healthy longevity is a critical factor in reducing the healthcare burden and improving the quality of life in older adults. #NZAG2023 @rt_teh
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Replying to @ageingwellnz @rt_teh
Some of the possible solutions to frailty were explored in Dr Teh's earlier study with Ageing Well, the SUPER study: Staying Upright and Eating Well. #NZAG2023 @rt_teh ageingwellchallenge.co.nz/re…
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The team is excited and ready to commence the 2nd phase of the study, more to come!
Kia eke kairangi ki te taikaumātuatanga@ageingwellnz8 Sep 2023
Replying to @ageingwellnz @rt_teh
Thank you for your mahi, @rt_teh!👏 #NZAG2023
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Social Vulnerability and Frailty in Hospitalized Older Adults. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3766… Being socially vulnerable was associated with increased length of stay, having excess hospital days, and being discharged to long term care from hospital. Nice paper, led by @cm_jasmine

Social Vulnerability and Frailty in Hospitalized Older Adults - PubMed

Independent of frailty, being socially vulnerable was associated with increased LOS, designation as ALC, and being discharged to LTC from hospital. Consideration of social vulnerability's influence...

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Educate your patients about the importance of muscle strength 🦵 Prevent #sarcopenia by building muscle in youth and maintaining it in middle age to reduce muscle loss as we age. BUT it is never too late to benefit from improving muscle strength. Here's why👇 🧵Thread
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30312372/

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Interesting research that shows mild exercise significantly boosts cognitive function in older people. #AgeingWellNZ #HealthyAgeing #Heath
Neuroscience News
@NeuroscienceNew19 Jul 2023
A new study finds mild exercise significantly boosts cognitive function in older adults. Three-month low-intensity cycling routine leads to prefrontal cortex efficiency and better executive function, especially in those aged 68-78. neurosciencenews.com/exercis… #neuroscience 1/2
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Have you shared your work on #HealthyAgeing with the global community? Visit the UN Decade's knowledge Platform and make a contribution for a chance to get featured on #PlatformWednesday! ⬇️ decadeofhealthyageing.org
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