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Adaptation of the Lawton Instrumental Activities of Daily Living Scale to Turkish: Validity and Reliability Study

Annals of Geriatric Medicine and Research, 2020
Background The Lawton Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADL) scale is the most widely used scale for the assessment of IADL in the elderly population.
Emir İbrahim Işık, Seyda Yilmaz, Ismail Uysal, S. Başar   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Daily functioning and dementia

Dementia & Neuropsychologia, 2020
. Dementia is characterized by a decline in memory, language, problem-solving and in other cognitive domains that affect a person’s ability to perform everyday activities and social functioning.
Gabriele Cipriani, Sabrina Danti, Lucia Picchi, Angelo Nuti, Mario Di Fiorino   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Network analysis of the relationships among activities of daily living disability, cognitive impairment, and depression in Chinese older adults. [PDF]

BMC Public Health
Feng X, Wang Y, Chai Y, Feng K, Wang X, Wang R, Wang G, Luo S, Mi Y, Li W.   +9 more
europepmc   +3 more sources

Use of personal call alarms among community-dwelling older people. [PDF]

, 2012
Having a fall and then lying on the floor for an hour or more is known as a ‘long lie’, which are associated with serious injury and an elevated risk of admission to hospital, long-term care, and death.
Brownsell, CHRISTINA R. VICTOR, Field, Levine, Marmot, Marmot, Martin, McKee, Noury, Nunn, Nyman, Prado-Velasco, Punie, Rosenberg, SAMUEL R. NYMAN, Scholes, Skelton, Steel, Taylor, Todd, Victor   +20 more
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Exploring Patterns of Activities of Daily Living in the Home Environment [PDF]

, 2011
Background: Senior citizens tend to live longer and longer independently. Judging whether a senior person is still capable of living on his own is often based on the occurrence of incidents, with all consequences thereof.
Akker, Harm op den, Boerema, Simone T., Hermens, Hermie J., Polen, Freek van, Tönis, Thijs M.   +4 more
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Promoting Independence Through Effective Interventions For Adults With ALS [PDF]

, 2020
PICO Question What are effective occupational therapy interventions for adults with ALS to improve participation in ADLs/IADLs? Objectives Define amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and recognize the prevalence Identify and describe evidence-based ...
Gluchowski, OTS, Renee, Harris, OTS, Hannah, Heineman, OTS, Jaclyn, Kendro, OTS, Kimberly, Malosky, OTS, Heather   +4 more
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The process of decline in advanced activities of daily living: a qualitative explorative study in mild cognitive impairment [PDF]

, 2012
Background: The notion of "minimal impairment in instrumental activities of daily living (i-ADL)" is important in the diagnosis of mild cognitive impairment (MCI), but is presently not adequately operationalized. ADL is stratified according to difficulty,
Cornelis, Elise, DE VRIENDT, PATRICIA, Gorus, Ellen, Mets, Tony, Petrovic, Mirko, Velghe, Anja   +5 more
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Electromechanical and robot-assisted arm training for improving activities of daily living, arm function, and arm muscle strength after stroke.

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2018
BACKGROUND Electromechanical and robot-assisted arm training devices are used in rehabilitation, and may help to improve arm function after stroke.
J. Mehrholz, M. Pohl, T. Platz, J. Kugler, B. Elsner   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Factors affecting the self-rated health of elderly individuals living alone: a cross-sectional study

BMC Research Notes, 2017
Objective In Japan, the number of elderly individuals living alone is continuing to increase as society ages. Although studies have considered quality of life, life expectancy, and gender differences in elderly individuals living alone, only a few have ...
Koji Yoshimitsu, Takayuki Tabira, Masatomo Kubota, Yuriko Ikeda, Kazuhiro Inoue, Yasuaki Akasaki   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Geriatric Psychiatry: Just So You Know

MedEdPORTAL, 2014
Introduction By 2030 about 20% of the U.S. population will be over age 65. The Institute of Medicine report published in 2012 titled “The Mental Health and Substance Abuse Workforce, In Whose Hands?” decries the shortage of specialists in geriatrics and ...
Mary Blazek
doaj   +1 more source