... community-dwelling elderly These studies would contribute to the understanding of the roles of nutritional factors on physical function and performances in the elderly It could provide the evidence and justification ... examined the relationship between low haemoglobin and physical performance, muscle strength, and disability in older adults In that study, 1,156 participants aged 65 and above were included and they ... years and above and they measured physical function using performance based tests They reported the association between low haemoglobin and physical performance decline over years andthe association...
... studies among the Indian olderadult community on religiosity and its influence on the well-being of older adults Research on religiosity among the Indian older adults in other parts of the world ... significantly associated with the well being of the grandmothers Another study compared grandmother and grandchildren from 44 Muslim and 42 Hindu families on the effect of family type and psychological adjustment ... crucial role in the lives of theolder adults The social, psychological, economic, and health needs of theolder adults are met by their families The traditional role played by the families is...
... piece, Older Adults and Mental Health: Issuesand Opportunities focuses on the broad range of community-based preventive and treatment services that are available to older adults and their families ... The following provides a brief description of theolderadult population in the United States: § Age Older adults are often categorized by their age: young-old (65-75), the old (75-85), andthe ... old-old (85+) Theolder population itself is getting older Persons 85 years andolder comprise the most rapidly growing segment of the § Gender Most older persons and especially the old and old-old...
... pediatric and young adults compared with older adults; the results of which emphasize the importance of these master regulators in the transcriptional machinery of melanocytic neoplasms and support the ... by their means and standardized by their norms, and then the multi-dimensional scaling components were computed using a Euclidean distance on the resulting centered and scaled sample data The ... patients [1-6] The outcome of melanoma in the younger, as compared to the older, populations has been shown to differ quite substantially In the young adultand pediatric population the issue is...
... of these instruments amongst older adults Methods Design Equivalence investigation between telephone and face-toface administration for the FAI andthe EQ-5D Participants and setting Older adults ... and EQ-5D items the frequency of each possible response was computed to identify whether responses were distributed across the range of possible scores or whether they were at either end of the ... reported they did not undertake paid work while 33 reported that they never drive The Bland-Altman plots for the FAI summary score, and EQ-5D VAS and utility scores are displayed (Figure 1) and not...
... Part 1: the disease and its risk factors Ann Intern Med 2000, 133(8):635-46 Brayne C, Mathews FE, McGee MA, Jagger CA: Health and illhealth in theolder population in England and Wales The Medical ... the onset and persistence of any restriction at three-year follow-up in older adults who completed the KAP at three year follow-up and those lost at follow-up; overall and stratified by age and ... situations" and refers to the personal and societal consequences of health conditions [3] There is a growing interest in such consequences andthe influence of environmental factors on them [17-19]...
... characterize the gait of older adults with a HLGD and their reliance on visual input, we examined the effect of lighting changes on the gait of older adults with a HLGD and compared their response ... of the healthy older adults to walking in near darkness also parallels the effects of an attention demanding task on the gait of healthy young andolder adults [35,36] When healthy young or older ... andthe gap between the two groups widened Among the background and vision measures evaluated (e.g., age, gender, visual acuity, contrast sensitivity), the MMSE andthe Charlson scores were the...
... scored the BMLs by measuring the maximum area of the lesion at baseline and at the first follow-up The observer manually selected the MRI slice with the greatest BML size The BML with the highest ... with the development and progression of OA at multiple sites (hand, knee, hip, and spine) Subjects between the ages of 50 and 80 years where randomly selected from the electoral roll in Southern ... = 704) andthe subjects included in the current study (n = 395) There was a small difference in the WOMAC pain scores between the subjects in the current study [mean pain score 3.2 (standard...
... change the fit indices (see Table for factor loadings and residuals) Together, these findings imply that there are no threats to longitudinal invariance for the revised version of the PACES, andthe ... with the 12 overall model andthe panel agreed that the item should be removed as the perceived meaning of “absorbed” may be dubious The panel also felt there was a fundamental problem with the ... of mostly young and middle-age adults, who have been shown to differ from older adults in their motives for physical activity [20] and perceived experiences of emotion [13, 21] The full 18-item...
... physical activity and with participant characteristics help improve our understanding of the importance of “getting out and about” behaviour for older adults Levels of PA and MVPA in older adults are ... supplied with and briefed on how to complete the daily trips log The daily trips log was used to record details of the days and times when the Actigraph was worn and any trips made away from the home ... age, and BMI was achieved The age and gender of the sample differed minimally from the patient lists from which they were selected The differences in proportions between pooled practice lists and...
... Larish, Logan and Strayer, 1994; Turner and Spreng, 2012) The age range of study participants in studies that investigate EF and depression in older adults is very wide The term olderadult has ... are the studies that comprise the available literature on depression and EF in older adults? Do depressed older adults exhibit more executive functioning deficits than nondepressed older adults? ... about inhibition and depression in older adults However, the indication is that there may be an association between deficits in ability to inhibit and depression in older adults Further studies in...
... intention-to-treat basis as long they were involved in the study and so they were included in the analyses for the period they participated Finally, the adherence to the top three interventions and recommendations ... physiotherapist and a physician (general practitioner) The participants were recruited between January 2005 and June 2009 and they were inhabitants of these two cities The outcomes of the study ... Foundation; and Juho Vainio Foundation These organisations had no role in the design and conduct of the study, in the collection, analysis, and interpretation of the data, or in the preparation,...
... higher the score the lower their risk of falling In assessing risk they look at functional tasks and observe the patient For example, they drop a pen and ask them ‘can you pick the pen up off the ... care] to prevent them wandering’’ (P17); ‘‘you assess their level of frailty and then disorientation, are they lost or confused? They will walk around until they are fatigued and then be more at ... al if they need a Zimmer frame or if their footwear is appropriate?’’ (P22); ‘‘you assess their gait and eye contact Are they walking on their own? Are they swinging their arms? How is their...
... well suited for theolderadultThe equipment is adaptable andthe intensity can be modified to assist or resist depending on the level of the patient (Anderson and Spector, 2000) The potential ... weights and bands, the improvement in the ABC scale could potentially justify the cost of Pilates apparatus The ABC scale is proven to be a valid predictor of balance impairment and falls in older adults ... kicks front, side and back with resistance band (reduce hand support) (Fig 6) Sit to stand Standing with increasingly narrow base of support: feet together Tandem stand, single leg stand (Fig 7) Obstacle...
... Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) The impetus behind the clinical practice guidelines was the increasing prevalence of overweight and obesity in the United States andthe need ... understand the requirements of treatment and believe that he or she can fulfill them?” Practitioner and patient together should select a course of treatment and identify the changes in eating and ... Overweight and Obesity in Adults is largely based on the evidence report prepared by the Expert Panel and describes how health care practitioners can provide their patients with the direction and support...
... information about the site and directs you to other pages on the site Glossary of Computer and Internet Terms for Older Adults This glossary for older adults was prepared by the National Institute ... bar on the right edge and bottom edge of a web A page that lets you move the page to see more of the information it contains The scroll bar on the right moves the web page up and down, andthe scroll ... People often use the term Web to refer to the Internet, but they are not exactly the same thing The World Wide Web operates over the Internet, and it is the most widely used part of the Internet...
... is the first national guidance on the prevention, identification, assessment and management of overweight and obesity in adults and children in England and Wales The guidance aims to: • stem the ... recommendations The public health recommendations are divided according to their key audiences andthe settings they apply to: • the public • the NHS • local authorities and partners in the community ... by 2010 and implementing the Children’s NSFs for England and Wales, the National Healthy Schools Programme (and the Welsh Network of Healthy Schools Schemes), and ‘Every child matters’ and similar...
... they received the most emotional support from their children and from their friends and relatives, at both time points Both men and women received the highest levels of instrumental support and ... transactions among older adults and their children, friends, and relatives may be quite different if the individual does not have a living spouse Third, the results are limited by the fact that the sample ... for the most part, increased These findings are consistent with the social convoy model and with socioemotional selectivity theory, in showing that older adults not lose social support as they...
... power, andthe relative stature and influence of countries, are their economic size and growth, on the one hand, and their military capabilities, on the other While these are certainly not the only ... funds of the extent and sources of their leverage, in the interest of increasing the information available to shareholders of the leveragees In the aftermath of the three financial crises of the past ... descending order to the economies of the U.S andthe EU, with Japan, Korea, and China well below them, but grouped fairly closely to one another, for the time periods covered by the measurements...
... affect the rightsholders’ economic rights in their works, andthe lack of communication of the information contained within the archive means that issues of defamation and content liability are either ... of Scotland, Trinity College, Dublin andthe National Library of Wales) together employ an Agent, who claims on their behalf, and receives and distributes books and periodicals for them The British ... to the world at large, andthe Court held that in determining whether this was the case, the standard to be applied was that of responsible journalism In the case of the on-line articles, the...