Wen Kwang Lim

IMpleMenting Effective infection prevention and control in ReSidential aged carE (IMMERSE): protocol for a multi-level mixed methods implementation study.

Joanne Tropea, Sanne Peters, Jill J Francis, Noleen Bennett, Deirdre Fetherstonhaugh, Kirsty Buising, Lyn-Li Lim, Caroline Marshall, Madelaine Flynn, Michael Murray, Paul Yates, Craig Aboltins, Douglas Johnson, Jason Kwong, Karrie Long, Judy McCahon, Wen K Lim

Journal article  |  2023  |  BMC Geriatr

BACKGROUND: Older people living in residential aged care facilities are at high risk of acquiring infections such as influenza, ga..

Patterns of Objectively Measured Sedentary Behavior and Physical Activity and Their Association with Changes in Physical and Functional Performance in Geriatric Rehabilitation Inpatients.

Anna GM Rojer, Keenan A Ramsey, Marijke C Trappenburg, Carel GM Meskers, Jos WR Twisk, Rose Goonan, Celia Marston, Jacqui Kay, Wen Kwang Lim, Alisa Turbić, Louis Island, Linda Denehy, Selina M Parry, Esmee M Reijnierse, Mirjam Pijnappels, Andrea B Maier

Journal article  |  2023  |  J Am Med Dir Assoc

OBJECTIVES: To examine whether The Ending PyJama (PJ) Paralysis campaign, focused on increasing in-hospital physical activity, aff..

Clinical frailty scale score during geriatric rehabilitation predicts short-term mortality: RESORT cohort study.

Cheng Hwee Soh, Wen Kwang Lim, Esmee M Reijnierse, Andrea B Maier

Journal article  |  2023  |  Ann Phys Rehabil Med

BACKGROUND: Frailty is associated with poor health outcomes, such as functional decline and institutionalization. The Clinical Fra..

Predictors for the Transitions of Poor Clinical Outcomes Among Geriatric Rehabilitation Inpatients

Cheng Hwee Soh, Wen Kwang Lim, Andrea B Maier

Journal article  |  2022  |  JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the associations of morbidity burden and frailty with the transitions between functional decline, instit..

The Association of Changes in Physical Performance During Geriatric Inpatient Rehabilitation With Short-Term Hospital Readmission, Institutionalization, and Mortality: RESORT

Keenan A Ramsey, Anna GM Rojer, Elma van Garderen, Yvette Struik, Jacqueline E Kay, Wen Kwang Lim, Carel GM Meskers, Esmee M Reijnierse, Andrea B Maier

Journal article  |  2022  |  JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION

OBJECTIVES: Geriatric inpatient rehabilitation aims to restore function, marked by physical performance, to enable patients to ret..

Exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis of the questionnaire on Palliative Care for Advanced Dementia (qPAD) using a large sample of staff from Australian residential aged care homes

Joanne Tropea, Caroline A Brand, Wen K Lim, Graham Hepworth, Sue Finch

Journal article  |  2022  |  INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OLDER PEOPLE NURSING

BACKGROUND: The Questionnaire on Palliative Care for Advanced Dementia (qPAD) is increasingly being used to assess residential age..

COVID-19 pandemic 2020: a tertiary Melbourne hospital's experience

Brodie Farrow, Asha Bonney, Kasha P Singh, Steven Tong, Louis Irving, Wen Kwang Lim, Seok Lim, Douglas Johnson, Caroline Marshall, Kirsty Buising, Belinda Liu, Benjamin Cowie, Megan Rees, Alistair Miller

Journal article  |  2022  |  INTERNAL MEDICINE JOURNAL

BACKGROUND: The COVID-19 pandemic has affected different parts of Australia in distinct ways across 2020 and 2021. In 2020, Melbou..

Diagnostic imaging for suspected pulmonary embolism during pregnancy and postpartum: A comparative radiation dose study

Jodie Tester, Megan Rees, Diane Pascoe, Victoria Earl, Paul Einsiedel, Wen Kwang Lim, Louis Irving, Gary Hammerschlag

Journal article  |  2022  |  JOURNAL OF MEDICAL IMAGING AND RADIATION ONCOLOGY

INTRODUCTION: To compare the radiation dose exposure and diagnostic efficiency of computed tomographic pulmonary angiography (CTPA..

Healthcare providers' experiences with advance care planning and goals of patient care medical treatment orders in residential aged care facilities: an explanatory descriptive study.

Ruth S Martin, Barbara J Hayes, Anastasia Hutchinson, Paul Yates, Wen Kwang Lim

Journal article  |  2022  |  Intern Med J

BACKGROUND: Advance care planning (ACP) is a process by which people communicate their healthcare preferences and values, planning..

Albumin and C-reactive protein relate to functional and body composition parameters in patients admitted to geriatric rehabilitation after acute hospitalization: findings from the RESORT cohort

Jeanine M Van Ancum, Camilla SL Tuttle, Rene Koopman, Mirjam Pijnappels, Carel GM Meskers, Sanjoy K Paul, Wen Kwang Lim, Esmee M Reijnierse, Gordon S Lynch, Andrea B Maier

Journal article  |  2022  |  EUROPEAN GERIATRIC MEDICINE

PURPOSE: Albumin and C-reactive protein (CRP) are non-specific markers of inflammation, which could affect muscle tissue during ac..