[Assessment of walking problems in the elderly person]. / Évaluation des troubles de la marche chez la personne âgée.

Walking problems represent a major public health issue in the geriatric population due to their frequency and the dramatic consequences they cause. They also mark a starting point of the physical frailty of elderly people. Their early detection should result in adapted functional rehabilitation in order to reduce the associated complications. Overview of walking problems in the elderly and the clinical means for assessing them.

[Training and action research in a short-stay geriatric oncology unit]. / Recherche-action et formation dans une unité de court séjour oncogériatrique.

A participative action research project was undertaken in a geriatric oncology hospital unit. It resulted in the training of paramedical staff regarding the specific care to be provided to elderly people with cancer.