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Effect of an educational intervention on nurses’ competence in activities of daily living support in end-of-life care using a pretest–posttest repeated measures design

BMC Palliative Care, 2023
Background Most patients in specialized palliative care units need nursing support to perform activities of daily living (ADL), such as using a toilet or transferring out of a bed or chair.
Heidrun Gattinger, Stefan Ott, Carola Maurer, Brigitte Marty-Teuber, Virpi Hantikainen, André Fringer   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

The relationship between basic, instrumental, and advanced activities of daily living and executive functioning in geriatric patients with neurocognitive disorders

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 2019
Although many studies explored the relationship between executive functions (EF) and activities of daily living (ADLs) in cognitive disorders, previous studies used measurements without well‐defined levels of ADLs.
E. Cornelis, E. Gorus, Nele Van Schelvergem, Patricia De Vriendt   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Difficulties with Activities of Daily Living and Receipt of Care Among Older Adults with Cognitive Impairment: Differences Between Those Living Alone and Those Living with Others

Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, 2022
We compared the prevalence of reporting difficulty with basic and instrumental activities of daily living without help received for persons with cognitive impairment living alone versus those living with others.
Yulin Yang, Kaitlin N. Swinnerton, E. Portacolone, I. Allen, Jacqueline M. Torres, Kate A Duchowny   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

A Comparison and Cross-validation of Models to Predict Basic Activity of Daily Living Dependency in Older Adults [PDF]

Medical Care, 2012
A simple method of identifying elders at high risk for activity of daily living (ADL) dependence could facilitate essential research and implementation of cost-effective clinical care programs.We used a nationally representative sample of 9446 older adults free from ADL dependence in 2006 to develop simple models for predicting ADL dependence at 2008 ...
Wanzhu Tu, Douglas K. Miller, Douglas K. Miller, Daniel O. Clark, Timothy E. Stump   +4 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Interaction between activities of daily living and cognitive function on risk of depression

Frontiers in Public Health
Objective There is a lack of literature about the joint effects of activities of daily living (ADL) limitation and cognitive impairment on depression. This study aimed to estimate the association of ADL limitation and cognitive impairment with depression
Fenghao Zhang, Wenyan Yang
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Impact of an Intervention with Wii Video Games on the Autonomy of Activities of Daily Living and Psychological–Cognitive Components in the Institutionalized Elderly

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2021
As people age, the risk of disease increases and deterioration becomes more noticeable. These changes can increase the risk of cognitive impairment, with negative consequences for the quality of life and the ability to perform activities of daily living (
Maha Jahouh, J. González-Bernal, J. González-Santos, Diego Fernández-Lázaro, R. Soto-Cámara, J. Mielgo-Ayuso   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The unpredictably eruptive dynamics of spruce budworm populations in eastern Canada

Population Ecology, EarlyView.
We examine historical population data for spruce budworm from several locations through the period 1930–1997, and use density‐dependent recruitment curves to test whether the pattern of population growth over time is more consistent with Royama's (1984; Ecological Monographs 54:429–462) linear R(t) model of harmonic oscillation at Green River New ...
Barry J. Cooke, Jacques Régnière
wiley   +1 more source

The bidirectional relationship between activities of daily living and frailty during short-and long-term follow-up period among the middle-aged and older population: findings from the Chinese nationwide cohort study

Frontiers in Public Health
ObjectiveFrailty and activities of daily living (ADL) disability are common conditions among older population. Studies on the bidirectional relationship between frailty and ADL are limited.
Xiaoping Li, Xiaoguang Li, Lu Sun, Liu Yang, Congzhi Wang, Ting Yuan, Yunxiao Lei, Jing Li, Mingming Liu, Dongmei Zhang, Ying Hua, Haiyang Liu, Lin Zhang   +12 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Survey of Basic Daily Living Assistance in Dependency Units during the Morning First Period at Nursing Homes with a Healthcare Dysfunction

Nursing Reports, 2022
(1) Background: It is important to evaluate the attention in the basic activities of daily life in the early hours of the day to evaluate the quality of care and to be able to increase the attention of human resources in case of observing an increase in ...
José Antonio Camacho-Conde, David Juan Muñoz-Arbona   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Review of Assistive Technologies for Activities of Daily Living of Elderly [PDF]

Book chapter in: Assisted Living: Current Issues and Challenges, ISBN: 978-1-53618-446-4, 2020 Nova Science Publishers, Pp. 61 - 84, 2021
One of the distinct features of this century has been the population of older adults which has been on a constant rise. Elderly people have several needs and requirements due to physical disabilities, cognitive issues, weakened memory and disorganized behavior, that they face with increasing age.
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