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Annals of Internal Medicine, 1984
Excerpt To the editor: Dr. Weksler and colleagues (1) propose their Elderplan as a didactic novelty. Indeed it is!
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Excerpt To the editor: Dr. Weksler and colleagues (1) propose their Elderplan as a didactic novelty. Indeed it is!
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Nursing Standard, 1991
The King's Fund Grants Committee has set aside £400,000 to improve services for elderly people. Applications for a share of the money are invited from any organisation which is either a commissioner or provider of such services.
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The King's Fund Grants Committee has set aside £400,000 to improve services for elderly people. Applications for a share of the money are invited from any organisation which is either a commissioner or provider of such services.
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Age and Ageing, 1983
Over a five-year period (1974-78), 2947 patients were admitted to the Coronary Care Unit, Victoria Infirmary, Glasgow, and it was confirmed that 1474 of these patients had had a myocardial infarction. Over 70% were of state pensionable age, that is women over the age of 60 years and men over 65 years.
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Over a five-year period (1974-78), 2947 patients were admitted to the Coronary Care Unit, Victoria Infirmary, Glasgow, and it was confirmed that 1474 of these patients had had a myocardial infarction. Over 70% were of state pensionable age, that is women over the age of 60 years and men over 65 years.
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Ethics of Care in Caring for the Elderly
Southern Medical Journal, 1994While some ethical and value issues are unique to the care of the elderly, many are shared with other age groups in medical practice. Efforts at cost containment and the rationing of medical services are impinging deeply on the elderly and placing physicians in roles that may interfere with the covenant of faithfulness that exists between physician and
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Dignity and the care of the elderly
Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy, 2003The main purpose of this paper is to clarify some senses of dignity that are particularly relevant for the treatment and care of the elderly. I make a distinction between two quite different ideas of dignity, on the one hand the basic kind of dignity possessed by every human being, and on the other hand the dignity which is the result of a person's ...
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Ethics and care for the elderly
International Journal of Nursing Studies, 1985This article uses the case of presenile and senile dementia to discuss ethical concepts that have potential to guide nursing action. The concepts of 'sanctity of life' versus 'quality of life' or 'dignity' are both unsatisfactory for directing nursing intervention whenever proxy judgment is necessary.
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Nutrition in Clinical Practice, 2009
The increasing numbers of older (>65 years) Americans will increase the demand for home health services including support services (nursing, physical therapy, occupational therapy, durable medical equipment, and respiratory therapy), infusion therapies, palliative care, and hospice.
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The increasing numbers of older (>65 years) Americans will increase the demand for home health services including support services (nursing, physical therapy, occupational therapy, durable medical equipment, and respiratory therapy), infusion therapies, palliative care, and hospice.
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Liability in the Care of the Elderly
Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic & Neonatal Nursing, 2004The most common reasons nursing homes are sued are residents' fractures and pressure ulcers. The majority of cases in a sample of 118 nursing home lawsuits resulted in settlement or a plaintiff winning at trial. The most successful method of defending a lawsuit was to dispute the facts.
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2017
This chapter presents ten pearls of wisdom for general practitioners (GPs) for better understanding of elderly care related problems and for more efficient use of resources. These pearls have been acquired from years of experience and evidence-based study by specialists in the field. Asymptomatic bacteriuria is more common than Urinary tract infections
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This chapter presents ten pearls of wisdom for general practitioners (GPs) for better understanding of elderly care related problems and for more efficient use of resources. These pearls have been acquired from years of experience and evidence-based study by specialists in the field. Asymptomatic bacteriuria is more common than Urinary tract infections
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Residential Care for the Elderly
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law, 1992This article maps variations in a standardized way in residential care for elderly people in three Western nations. Measured by the number of available places per person aged sixty-five and over and by the number of staff members per bed in nursing homes, the United Kingdom has the most highly developed standards.
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