Old age known and unknown – chosen reflections on contemporary old age by Elżbieta Dubas

“…They include fragmentary knowledge of corporeality, mentality and spirituality of an elderly person, difficult existential topics, among them the experience of death and loneliness, issues requiring “verification”, e.g. the cult of youth and outsideness, the needs of the elderly, care and help in old age, the role of a family, the attitude to development and activity, change and hurry, predictability and preparing for old age and also the so called gerontological taboo: denying old age and spirituality, pushing away the question of passing and transcendentalism, accompanying an elderly person in their journey. …”
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The changes of neurologic functions of rats in the modeling of hemorrhagic stroke by V. N. Bibikova

“…It was defined, that in the structure of neurologic deficit unilateral process prevails, and in the gerontological aspect dynamics of the bilateral process with low spontaneous recoveryprevail.…”
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Cognitive-Motor Dual Task Interference Effects on Declarative Memory: A Theory-Based Review by Phillip D. Tomporowski, Ahmed S. Qazi

“…These observations have implications for the role of physical activity in education, rehabilitation, and gerontological settings.…”
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Behavioral Interventions in Long-Term Care Facilities during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Case Study by Carlos Dosil-Díaz, David Facal, Romina Mouriz-Corbelle

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Effectiveness of a low-salt diet in rural hypertensive patients: A systematic review by Muhammad Asri, Andi Masyitha Irwan, Elly Lilianty Sjattar, Yudi Hardianto

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Pelvic floor muscle contraction automatic evaluation algorithm for pelvic floor muscle training biofeedback using self-performed ultrasound by Miyako Muta, Toshiaki Takahashi, Nao Tamai, Motofumi Suzuki, Atsuo Kawamoto, Hiromi Sanada, Gojiro Nakagami

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Design, implementation, and evaluation of Youth Peer Support Training to improve quality of life and stress among homebound and bedridden older adults by Boonyada Wongpiomoln, Chanidawadee Sayuen, Ladda Pholputta, Nitchapanrawee Phengphol

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Dietary Patterns of 479 Indonesian Adults and Their Associations with Sodium and Potassium Intakes Estimated by Two 24-h Urine Collections by Dianis Wulan Sari, Maiko Noguchi-Watanabe, Satoshi Sasaki, Noriko Yamamoto-Mitani

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The association between nurses’ burnout and objective care quality indicators: a cross-sectional survey in long-term care wards by Sameh Eltaybani, Noriko Yamamoto-Mitani, Ayako Ninomiya, Ayumi Igarashi

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Incontinence-Associated Dermatitis in Older Intensive Care Patients: A Review and Case Report by Qiao G, Banharak S

“…Guojin Qiao,1 Samoraphop Banharak2 1Nursing Department, Affiliated Hospital of Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, Guizhou, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Gerontological Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, ThailandCorrespondence: Samoraphop Banharak, Department of Gerontological Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand, Email sbanharak@kku.ac.thBackground: Incontinence-Associated Dermatitis is a serious skin injury causing suffering, secondary infection, and inducing almost six times more pressure sore than normal skin patients. …”
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Implementation of an active aging model in Mexico for prevention and control of chronic diseases in the elderly by Correa-Muñoz Elsa, Martínez-Maldonado María, Mendoza-Núñez Víctor

“…This establishes the formation of 40 gerontological promoters (GPs) from among the older adults themselves. …”
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Assumptions of good practices in home care for the elderly: a systematic review by Rosalina Aparecida Partezani Rodrigues, Alexandre de Assis Bueno, Francine Golghetto Casemiro, Alan Nogueira da Cunha, Lucas Pelegrini Nogueira de Carvalho, Vanessa Costa Almeida, Nayara Araújo dos Reis, Fernanda Laporti Seredynskyj

“…Conclusion: According to evidence, good practices in gerontological and nursing home care fundamentally depend on constant planning and reorganization, so that they are indeed comprehensive and contextualized. …”
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Visualising Old Age by Christensen Christa Lykke

“…The study gains theoretical inspiration from media and cultural-gerontological theories concerning the cultural influence of media representations of older people, and the connected perceptions of what it means to be and to grow old. …”
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Nursing diagnoses of impaired memory and chronic confusion for older adults: diagnostic content validation by Priscilla Alfradique de Souza, Kay Coalson Avant, Andrea E. Berndt

“…Using these updated nursing diagnoses, nurses have the potential to improve accuracy and quality of care for elderly patients, contributing to more accurate nursing gerontological care.…”
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Aging: the experience of nurses working in a hospital by Maria de Lourdes Dias Braz, Beatriz Aparecida Ozello Gutierrez, Glaucia Martins de Oliveira Alvarenga, Jeane Roza Quintans, Aparecida Bernardes dos Santos, Rosa Yuka Sato Chubaci

“…There is a need for gerontological education so that nurses can properly discuss and plan a healthy aging process and achieve a dignified old age.…”
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Kesejahteraan subjektif warga tua di Malaysia: kes warga tua desa Kelantan by Wan Ahmad, Wan Ibrahim, Redzuan, Ma'arof, Emby, Zahid, Hamid, Abdul Halin

“…Purpose – Within the gerontological kepustakaane, human and social capitals have been widely assumed to enhance subjective well-being of the elderly. …”
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Local low‐frequency vibration accelerates healing of full‐thickness wounds in a hyperglycemic rat model by Daijiro Haba, Qi Qin, Chihiro Takizawa, Sanai Tomida, Takeo Minematsu, Hiromi Sanada, Gojiro Nakagami

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Performance on verbal fluency in late-onset schizophrenia is more preserved than in early-onset schizophrenia by E. Abdullina, G. Rupchev, M. Savina, Y. Panikratova, E. Kucherova, V. Sheshenin, M. Morozova

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Shared heritability and functional enrichment across six solid cancers by Xia Jiang, Hilary K. Finucane, Fredrick R. Schumacher, Stephanie L. Schmit, Jonathan P. Tyrer, Younghun Han, Kyriaki Michailidou, Corina Lesseur, Karoline B. Kuchenbaecker, Joe Dennis, David V. Conti, Graham Casey, Mia M. Gaudet, Jeroen R. Huyghe, Demetrius Albanes, Melinda C. Aldrich, Angeline S. Andrew, Irene L. Andrulis, Hoda Anton-Culver, Antonis C. Antoniou, Natalia N. Antonenkova, Susanne M. Arnold, Kristan J. Aronson, Banu K. Arun, Elisa V. Bandera, Rosa B. Barkardottir, Daniel R. Barnes, Jyotsna Batra, Matthias W. Beckmann, Javier Benitez, Sara Benlloch, Andrew Berchuck, Sonja I. Berndt, Heike Bickeböller, Stephanie A. Bien, Carl Blomqvist, Stefania Boccia, Natalia V. Bogdanova, Stig E. Bojesen, Manjeet K. Bolla, Hiltrud Brauch, Hermann Brenner, James D. Brenton, Mark N. Brook, Joan Brunet, Hans Brunnström, Daniel D. Buchanan, Barbara Burwinkel, Ralf Butzow, Gabriella Cadoni, Trinidad Caldés, Maria A. Caligo, Ian Campbell, Peter T. Campbell, Géraldine Cancel-Tassin, Lisa Cannon-Albright, Daniele Campa, Neil Caporaso, André L. Carvalho, Andrew T. Chan, Jenny Chang-Claude, Stephen J. Chanock, Chu Chen, David C. Christiani, Kathleen B. M. Claes, Frank Claessens, Judith Clements, J. Margriet Collée, Marcia Cruz Correa, Fergus J. Couch, Angela Cox, Julie M. Cunningham, Cezary Cybulski, Kamila Czene, Mary B. Daly, Anna deFazio, Peter Devilee, Orland Diez, Manuela Gago-Dominguez, Jenny L. Donovan, Thilo Dörk, Eric J. Duell, Alison M. Dunning, Miriam Dwek, Diana M. Eccles, Christopher K. Edlund, Digna R Velez Edwards, Carolina Ellberg, D. Gareth Evans, Peter A. Fasching, Robert L. Ferris, Triantafillos Liloglou, Jane C. Figueiredo, Olivia Fletcher, Renée T. Fortner, Florentia Fostira, Silvia Franceschi, Eitan Friedman, Steven J. Gallinger, Patricia A. Ganz, Judy Garber, José A. García-Sáenz, Simon A. Gayther, Graham G. Giles, Andrew K. Godwin, Mark S. Goldberg, David E. Goldgar, Ellen L. Goode, Marc T. Goodman, Gary Goodman, Kjell Grankvist, Mark H. Greene, Henrik Gronberg, Jacek Gronwald, Pascal Guénel, Niclas Håkansson, Per Hall, Ute Hamann, Freddie C. Hamdy, Robert J. Hamilton, Jochen Hampe, Aage Haugen, Florian Heitz, Rolando Herrero, Peter Hillemanns, Michael Hoffmeister, Estrid Høgdall, Yun-Chul Hong, John L. Hopper, Richard Houlston, Peter J. Hulick, David J. Hunter, David G. Huntsman, Gregory Idos, Evgeny N. Imyanitov, Sue Ann Ingles, Claudine Isaacs, Anna Jakubowska, Paul James, Mark A. Jenkins, Mattias Johansson, Mikael Johansson, Esther M. John, Amit D. Joshi, Radka Kaneva, Beth Y. Karlan, Linda E. Kelemen, Tabea Kühl, Kay-Tee Khaw, Elza Khusnutdinova, Adam S. Kibel, Lambertus A. Kiemeney, Jeri Kim, Susanne K. Kjaer, Julia A. Knight, Manolis Kogevinas, Zsofia Kote-Jarai, Stella Koutros, Vessela N. Kristensen, Jolanta Kupryjanczyk, Martin Lacko, Stephan Lam, Diether Lambrechts, Maria Teresa Landi, Philip Lazarus, Nhu D. Le, Eunjung Lee, Flavio Lejbkowicz, Heinz-Josef Lenz, Goska Leslie, Davor Lessel, Jenny Lester, Douglas A. Levine, Li Li, Christopher I. Li, Annika Lindblom, Noralane M. Lindor, Geoffrey Liu, Fotios Loupakis, Jan Lubiński, Lovise Maehle, Christiane Maier, Arto Mannermaa, Loic Le Marchand, Sara Margolin, Taymaa May, Lesley McGuffog, Alfons Meindl, Pooja Middha, Austin Miller, Roger L. Milne, Robert J. MacInnis, Francesmary Modugno, Marco Montagna, Victor Moreno, Kirsten B. Moysich, Lorelei Mucci, Kenneth Muir, Anna Marie Mulligan, Katherine L. Nathanson, David E. Neal, Andrew R. Ness, Susan L. Neuhausen, Heli Nevanlinna, Polly A. Newcomb, Lisa F. Newcomb, Finn Cilius Nielsen, Liene Nikitina-Zake, Børge G. Nordestgaard, Robert L. Nussbaum, Kenneth Offit, Edith Olah, Ali Amin Al Olama, Olufunmilayo I. Olopade, Andrew F. Olshan, Håkan Olsson, Ana Osorio, Hardev Pandha, Jong Y. Park, Nora Pashayan, Michael T. Parsons, Tanja Pejovic, Kathryn L. Penney, Wilbert H M. Peters, Catherine M. Phelan, Amanda I. Phipps, Dijana Plaseska-Karanfilska, Miranda Pring, Darya Prokofyeva, Paolo Radice, Kari Stefansson, Susan J. Ramus, Leon Raskin, Gad Rennert, Hedy S. Rennert, Elizabeth J. van Rensburg, Marjorie J. Riggan, Harvey A. Risch, Angela Risch, Monique J. Roobol, Barry S. Rosenstein, Mary Anne Rossing, Kim De Ruyck, Emmanouil Saloustros, Dale P. Sandler, Elinor J. Sawyer, Matthew B. Schabath, Johanna Schleutker, Marjanka K. Schmidt, V. Wendy Setiawan, Hongbing Shen, Erin M. Siegel, Weiva Sieh, Christian F. Singer, Martha L. Slattery, Karina Dalsgaard Sorensen, Melissa C. Southey, Amanda B. Spurdle, Janet L. Stanford, Victoria L. Stevens, Sebastian Stintzing, Jennifer Stone, Karin Sundfeldt, Rebecca Sutphen, Anthony J. Swerdlow, Eloiza H. Tajara, Catherine M. Tangen, Adonina Tardon, Jack A. Taylor, M. Dawn Teare, Manuel R. Teixeira, Mary Beth Terry, Kathryn L. Terry, Stephen N. Thibodeau, Mads Thomassen, Line Bjørge, Marc Tischkowitz, Amanda E. Toland, Diana Torres, Paul A. Townsend, Ruth C. Travis, Nadine Tung, Shelley S. Tworoger, Cornelia M. Ulrich, Nawaid Usmani, Celine M. Vachon, Els Van Nieuwenhuysen, Ana Vega, Miguel Elías Aguado-Barrera, Qin Wang, Penelope M. Webb, Clarice R. Weinberg, Stephanie Weinstein, Mark C. Weissler, Jeffrey N. Weitzel, Catharine M. L. West, Emily White, Alice S. Whittemore, H-Erich Wichmann, Fredrik Wiklund, Robert Winqvist, Alicja Wolk, Penella Woll, Michael Woods, Anna H. Wu, Xifeng Wu, Drakoulis Yannoukakos, Wei Zheng, Shanbeh Zienolddiny, Argyrios Ziogas, Kristin K. Zorn, Jacqueline M. Lane, Richa Saxena, Duncan Thomas, Rayjean J. Hung, Brenda Diergaarde, James McKay, Ulrike Peters, Li Hsu, Montserrat García-Closas, Rosalind A. Eeles, Georgia Chenevix-Trench, Paul J. Brennan, Christopher A. Haiman, Jacques Simard, Douglas F. Easton, Stephen B. Gruber, Paul D. P. Pharoah, Alkes L. Price, Bogdan Pasaniuc, Christopher I. Amos, Peter Kraft, Sara Lindström

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Publisher Correction: Shared heritability and functional enrichment across six solid cancers by Xia Jiang, Hilary K. Finucane, Fredrick R. Schumacher, Stephanie L. Schmit, Jonathan P. Tyrer, Younghun Han, Kyriaki Michailidou, Corina Lesseur, Karoline B. Kuchenbaecker, Joe Dennis, David V. Conti, Graham Casey, Mia M. Gaudet, Jeroen R. Huyghe, Demetrius Albanes, Melinda C. Aldrich, Angeline S. Andrew, Irene L. Andrulis, Hoda Anton-Culver, Antonis C. Antoniou, Natalia N. Antonenkova, Susanne M. Arnold, Kristan J. Aronson, Banu K. Arun, Elisa V. Bandera, Rosa B. Barkardottir, Daniel R. Barnes, Jyotsna Batra, Matthias W. Beckmann, Javier Benitez, Sara Benlloch, Andrew Berchuck, Sonja I. Berndt, Heike Bickeböller, Stephanie A. Bien, Carl Blomqvist, Stefania Boccia, Natalia V. Bogdanova, Stig E. Bojesen, Manjeet K. Bolla, Hiltrud Brauch, Hermann Brenner, James D. Brenton, Mark N. Brook, Joan Brunet, Hans Brunnström, Daniel D. Buchanan, Barbara Burwinkel, Ralf Butzow, Gabriella Cadoni, Trinidad Caldés, Maria A. Caligo, Ian Campbell, Peter T. Campbell, Géraldine Cancel-Tassin, Lisa Cannon-Albright, Daniele Campa, Neil Caporaso, André L. Carvalho, Andrew T. Chan, Jenny Chang-Claude, Stephen J. Chanock, Chu Chen, David C. Christiani, Kathleen B. M. Claes, Frank Claessens, Judith Clements, J. Margriet Collée, Marcia Cruz Correa, Fergus J. Couch, Angela Cox, Julie M. Cunningham, Cezary Cybulski, Kamila Czene, Mary B. Daly, Anna deFazio, Peter Devilee, Orland Diez, Manuela Gago-Dominguez, Jenny L. Donovan, Thilo Dörk, Eric J. Duell, Alison M. Dunning, Miriam Dwek, Diana M. Eccles, Christopher K. Edlund, Digna R. Velez Edwards, Carolina Ellberg, D. Gareth Evans, Peter A. Fasching, Robert L. Ferris, Triantafillos Liloglou, Jane C. Figueiredo, Olivia Fletcher, Renée T. Fortner, Florentia Fostira, Silvia Franceschi, Eitan Friedman, Steven J. Gallinger, Patricia A. Ganz, Judy Garber, José A. García-Sáenz, Simon A. Gayther, Graham G. Giles, Andrew K. Godwin, Mark S. Goldberg, David E. Goldgar, Ellen L. Goode, Marc T. Goodman, Gary Goodman, Kjell Grankvist, Mark H. Greene, Henrik Gronberg, Jacek Gronwald, Pascal Guénel, Niclas Håkansson, Per Hall, Ute Hamann, Freddie C. Hamdy, Robert J. Hamilton, Jochen Hampe, Aage Haugen, Florian Heitz, Rolando Herrero, Peter Hillemanns, Michael Hoffmeister, Estrid Høgdall, Yun-Chul Hong, John L. Hopper, Richard Houlston, Peter J. Hulick, David J. Hunter, David G. Huntsman, Gregory Idos, Evgeny N. Imyanitov, Sue Ann Ingles, Claudine Isaacs, Anna Jakubowska, Paul James, Mark A. Jenkins, Mattias Johansson, Mikael Johansson, Esther M. John, Amit D. Joshi, Radka Kaneva, Beth Y. Karlan, Linda E. Kelemen, Tabea Kühl, Kay-Tee Khaw, Elza Khusnutdinova, Adam S. Kibel, Lambertus A. Kiemeney, Jeri Kim, Susanne K. Kjaer, Julia A. Knight, Manolis Kogevinas, Zsofia Kote-Jarai, Stella Koutros, Vessela N. Kristensen, Jolanta Kupryjanczyk, Martin Lacko, Stephan Lam, Diether Lambrechts, Maria Teresa Landi, Philip Lazarus, Nhu D. Le, Eunjung Lee, Flavio Lejbkowicz, Heinz-Josef Lenz, Goska Leslie, Davor Lessel, Jenny Lester, Douglas A. Levine, Li Li, Christopher I. Li, Annika Lindblom, Noralane M. Lindor, Geoffrey Liu, Fotios Loupakis, Jan Lubiński, Lovise Maehle, Christiane Maier, Arto Mannermaa, Loic Le Marchand, Sara Margolin, Taymaa May, Lesley McGuffog, Alfons Meindl, Pooja Middha, Austin Miller, Roger L. Milne, Robert J. MacInnis, Francesmary Modugno, Marco Montagna, Victor Moreno, Kirsten B. Moysich, Lorelei Mucci, Kenneth Muir, Anna Marie Mulligan, Katherine L. Nathanson, David E. Neal, Andrew R. Ness, Susan L. Neuhausen, Heli Nevanlinna, Polly A. Newcomb, Lisa F. Newcomb, Finn Cilius Nielsen, Liene Nikitina-Zake, Børge G. Nordestgaard, Robert L. Nussbaum, Kenneth Offit, Edith Olah, Ali Amin Al Olama, Olufunmilayo I. Olopade, Andrew F. Olshan, Håkan Olsson, Ana Osorio, Hardev Pandha, Jong Y. Park, Nora Pashayan, Michael T. Parsons, Tanja Pejovic, Kathryn L. Penney, Wilbert H. M. Peters, Catherine M. Phelan, Amanda I. Phipps, Dijana Plaseska-Karanfilska, Miranda Pring, Darya Prokofyeva, Paolo Radice, Kari Stefansson, Susan J. Ramus, Leon Raskin, Gad Rennert, Hedy S. Rennert, Elizabeth J. van Rensburg, Marjorie J. Riggan, Harvey A. Risch, Angela Risch, Monique J. Roobol, Barry S. Rosenstein, Mary Anne Rossing, Kim De Ruyck, Emmanouil Saloustros, Dale P. Sandler, Elinor J. Sawyer, Matthew B. Schabath, Johanna Schleutker, Marjanka K. Schmidt, V. Wendy Setiawan, Hongbing Shen, Erin M. Siegel, Weiva Sieh, Christian F. Singer, Martha L. Slattery, Karina Dalsgaard Sorensen, Melissa C. Southey, Amanda B. Spurdle, Janet L. Stanford, Victoria L. Stevens, Sebastian Stintzing, Jennifer Stone, Karin Sundfeldt, Rebecca Sutphen, Anthony J. Swerdlow, Eloiza H. Tajara, Catherine M. Tangen, Adonina Tardon, Jack A. Taylor, M. Dawn Teare, Manuel R. Teixeira, Mary Beth Terry, Kathryn L. Terry, Stephen N. Thibodeau, Mads Thomassen, Line Bjørge, Marc Tischkowitz, Amanda E. Toland, Diana Torres, Paul A. Townsend, Ruth C. Travis, Nadine Tung, Shelley S. Tworoger, Cornelia M. Ulrich, Nawaid Usmani, Celine M. Vachon, Els Van Nieuwenhuysen, Ana Vega, Miguel Elías Aguado-Barrera, Qin Wang, Penelope M. Webb, Clarice R. Weinberg, Stephanie Weinstein, Mark C. Weissler, Jeffrey N. Weitzel, Catharine M. L. West, Emily White, Alice S. Whittemore, H-Erich Wichmann, Fredrik Wiklund, Robert Winqvist, Alicja Wolk, Penella Woll, Michael Woods, Anna H. Wu, Xifeng Wu, Drakoulis Yannoukakos, Wei Zheng, Shanbeh Zienolddiny, Argyrios Ziogas, Kristin K. Zorn, Jacqueline M. Lane, Richa Saxena, Duncan Thomas, Rayjean J. Hung, Brenda Diergaarde, James McKay, Ulrike Peters, Li Hsu, Montserrat García-Closas, Rosalind A. Eeles, Georgia Chenevix-Trench, Paul J. Brennan, Christopher A. Haiman, Jacques Simard, Douglas F. Easton, Stephen B. Gruber, Paul D. P. Pharoah, Alkes L. Price, Bogdan Pasaniuc, Christopher I. Amos, Peter Kraft, Sara Lindström

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