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Profile: frail elderly women, maintaining independence
Journal of Advanced Nursing, 1990While several published studies have examined the interactions of health status and social support in the general population or elderly segment of the population, there has been no reported study that specifically examines the health status and social support of frail elderly women, aged 85 years and older This study reports on the findings of a ...
M J, Schank, M A, Lough
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Empowering Frail Elderly People
2000This book provides a unique analysis of provider-, environment-, client-, and societal-based obstacles to the empowerment of frail elderly persons in a philosophical framework of social values, as well as an applied framework wherein a variety of international case studies by a distinguished board of contributors provide concrete examples of the ...
Leonard F. Heumann +2 more
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ORAL HEALTH AND THE FRAIL ELDERLY
Care Weekly, 2017The relationships between oral health conditions and frailty have rarely been explored. A systematic review of frailty components and oral health concluded that differences in study population endpoint criteria and study design cannot establish a relationship between frailty and oral health.This study aims to describe the distribution of the OHAT (Oral
L, Rapp +3 more
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Barium enemas in the frail elderly
The American Journal of Medicine, 1992The objective of this investigation was to determine the frequency of and predictors for inadequate barium enemas in the frail elderly.The medical and radiologic records of 171 elderly institutionalized patients (mean age = 85.3 years), who underwent barium enema examinations, were retrospectively reviewed. The study outcome of primary interest was the
Gurwitz, Jerry H. +3 more
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Osteoporosis considerations in the frail elderly
Current Opinion in Rheumatology, 2003Osteoporosis is a growing public health problem throughout the world, in part because of the increasing numbers of people living beyond the age of 65 years. Skeletal fractures are the clinical manifestation of the disease, with older patients the most severely affected. Conditions associated with frailty such as falls and reduced muscle strength likely
Theodore T, Suh, Kenneth W, Lyles
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Revista de enfermeria (Barcelona, Spain), 2004
The author analyzes diverse perspectives about old age throughout our history in order to define the concept of "the fragile elderly person". The author explains what this term means, its characteristics and some useful instruments nurse need be aware of in order to provide better care.
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The author analyzes diverse perspectives about old age throughout our history in order to define the concept of "the fragile elderly person". The author explains what this term means, its characteristics and some useful instruments nurse need be aware of in order to provide better care.
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Home care of the frail elderly
Clinics in Geriatric Medicine, 2004Statistics indicate that as the population ages, there will be an increased need for home care. Despite this increased need and the legal, clinical, and ethical obligations for physicians to participate, little training is available to physicians in the area of home care.
Anna U, Loengard, Jeremy, Boal
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Frail elderly, nutritional status and drugs
Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics, 2004This review focuses on the interactions between nutritional status and drugs in frail elderly persons. Impairment of nutritional status, a component of clinical presentation in the frail elderly, has a major impact on the pharmacology of many drugs devolving from the physiological alterations it generates.
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