Summer Issue 2015

Hello! The editorial board of the Canadian Geriatrics Journal would like to introduce our second issue of 2015. In this issue we present the abstracts from the recent Technology Evaluation in the Elderly Network meeting in Toronto. This group is part of the Canadian Networks of Centres of Excellence (NCE) program, whose mandate is to develop, rigorously evaluate, and ethically disseminate information about the use of technologies for the care of seriously ill elderly patients and their families. In addition to the abstracts of the TEEN meeting, we also have a number of original research articles. Dr. Soham Rej and colleagues(1) attempt to examine, with an observational study, the various psychosocial risk factors that are associated with cognitive decline in patients with late life depression. Dr. Laura Middleton(2) examines through a survey methodology barriers to referring patients with minimal cognitive impairment for cardiac rehabilitation. In a similar vein, Dr. Saad Shakeel(3) presents a meta-analysis identifying the feasibility of physical activity programs for patients admitted to long-term care, and Dr. Jeannette Prorok et al.(4) evaluate the effectiveness of a dementia education program for family medicine residents. Dr. Sanjeev Khanagar and colleagues(5) performed a cross-sectional examination of the oral hygiene status of older adults in long-term care in India. We also would like to present an invited commentary on a structured approach to managing disagreements in a health-care setting, by Dr. Kenneth Rockwood.(6) Have a great summer!