Introduction: In the context of an aging population, disability-free life expectancy (DFLE) is estimated to assess the quality of life within life expectancy (LE). This article reviews...

Introduction: In France, epidemiological surveillance of frailty and multimorbidity is not yet operational. The main objective of this study was to examine the feasibility of using...

Introduction: The term “frailty” is used in geriatrics to describe the clinical consequences of the decline in a multitude of physiological functions during aging; the cumulative effect...

Objectives: To characterize, based on healthcare utilization, the health status in 2013 of individuals in the year following admission to nursing homes for the elderly (Ehpad), as well...

Introduction: Although the number of homeless people in France increased by 50% between 2001 and 2012, few descriptive studies had been conducted on mortality within this population....

Background: The number of homeless people has risen significantly since the early 2000s, and this population has become more diverse, including, in particular, an increasing number of...

Introduction: Among people living in precarious circumstances, difficulties in accessing food—which stem from a variety of causes—often go hand in hand with difficulties in accessing...

Introduction: The Enfams study, the first French survey exclusively focused on homeless families, aimed to describe the characteristics and health of these households in the...

Skin parasitic infections are a common problem among homeless people. To estimate the prevalence of scabies and body lice among this population, two cross-sectional surveys based on...