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Leveraging Barangay Health Workers to Strengthen Geriatric Care in an Aging Philippines

AGING MEDICINE, EarlyView.
Population aging in the Philippines requires innovative, community‐based approaches to strengthen geriatric care delivery. This article highlights the potential of Barangay Health Workers as frontline partners in promoting healthy aging through early detection, chronic disease monitoring, and coordinated referral services.
Darin Jan C. Tindowen
wiley   +1 more source

A pilot study of marketability and job placement of interdisciplinary Gerontology graduates, at the undergraduate level, in semirural areas of Northern California

, 2015
The problem that this project seeks to examine is that of multidisciplinary placement and job viability for Gerontology graduates. With the growth of the aging population and the desire to adjust the market to the changing needs of the aging population ...
Elizabeth Margaret Near
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Gerontology Times [Fall 1994] [PDF]

, 1994
Gerontology Times, Volume 10, Issue
St. Cloud State University
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Chronotype and Peripheral Clock Genes: Association With Frailty and Insomnia in Mexican Older Adults

AGING MEDICINE, EarlyView.
Chronotype, insomnia, frailty, and peripheral clock gene expression were evaluated in community‐dwelling older adults. Extreme morning chronotype was associated with lower odds of insomnia, whereas women showed higher odds of insomnia. Pre‐frail and frail participants exhibited lower peripheral clock gene expression patterns than robust individuals ...
Citlally E. Ortiz‐Vázquez, Paola Garcia‐delaTorre, Sergio Sánchez‐García, Lorena Aguilar‐Arnal, Lucía Mendoza‐Viveros   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

How much selected are the centenarians today: new insights from the 5-COOP to the Hong Kong Oldest-Old Study

, 2010
The 18th Annual Congress of Gerontology of the Hong Kong Association of Gerontology, Hong Kong, 27th November ...
Cheung, KSL
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Gerontology Times [Fall 1998] [PDF]

, 1998
Gerontology Times, Volume 14, Issue
St. Cloud State University
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Sarcopenia and Sarcopenic Obesity in Postmenopausal Women: Limitations of BMI as a Predictor of Sarcopenic Obesity

AGING MEDICINE, EarlyView.
The prevalence of sarcopenia and sarcopenic obesity is large among community‐dwelling postmenopausal women, and lower body mass index is a significant predictor of both. The finding that low body mass index predicts both sarcopenia and sarcopenic obesity, highlights the limitation of body mass index as a measure of adiposity in the assessment of ...
Remya Rajan, Kripa Cherian, Thomas Paul, Hesarghatta Shyamasunder Asha, Arun Jose, Grace Rebekah, Nihal Thomas, Nitin Kapoor   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

A calling to compassionate care: the need for gerontology education in the seminary

, 2011
An understanding of all aspects of aging is crucial for those who work with elders. Parish priests minister to elder parishioners on a regular basis.
Diane Lynn Walsh
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Gerontology Times [Fall 2003] [PDF]

, 2003
Gerontology Times, Volume 19, Issue
St. Cloud State University
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Cerebral Hemodynamic Changes in Older Adults With Cognitive Complaints According to the Presence of Peripheral Artery Disease

AGING MEDICINE, EarlyView.
Among 132 older adults, 13 had peripheral artery disease (PAD), identified using the ankle–brachial index. Over approximately 13 months, PAD was associated with increasing middle cerebral artery mean flow velocity, with a significant difference in left‐sided velocity change between groups.
SangMi Noh, Hae‐Eun Shin, YongSoo Shim
wiley   +1 more source