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Strengths Based Character Education for the Elderly: A Quasi-Experimental Study

Psicologia: Teoria e Pesquisa, 2021
This study aimed to analyze an intervention on Strengths Based Character Education for the Elderly (Educafi) and its effects on the variables character strengths, psychological well-being, life satisfaction and depressive symptoms.
Eduarda Rezende Freitas, Altemir José Gonçalves Barbosa, Carmem Beatriz Neufeld   +2 more
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Integrated Care for Older People in France in 2020: Findings, Challenges, and Prospects

International Journal of Integrated Care, 2021
Background: We analyze here major changes over the last decade in the French healthcare system for older people, in terms of the integrated care concept.
Emma Bajeux, Aline Corvol, Dominique Somme   +2 more
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The challenge of cultural gerontology [PDF]

, 2014
Over the last decade, Cultural Gerontology has emerged as one of the most vibrant elements of writing about age (Twigg, J., & Martin, W. (Eds.) (2015). The Routledge handbook of cultural gerontology. London: Routledge). Reflecting the wider Cultural Turn,
Helen Q. Kivnick, Julia Twigg, Wendy Martin   +2 more
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GERONTOLOGY ISSUES IN GYNECOLOGY

Опухоли женской репродуктивной системы, 2014
According to data from World Health Organization (WHO) the median duration of life of the world population has been increasing over the last years.In Russia, the proportion of women among the population aged 70 years and over account for 75%.One of the ...
B. G. Nummayev, V. V. Kuznetzov, L. T. Mamedova, T. M. Shatalova   +3 more
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Health, community and development : towards a social psychology of participation [PDF]

, 2000
Population ageing is one of the major contemporary issues facing societies across the world. Originally framed as a major social and economic challenge, demographic ageing is now beginning to be seen as offering huge potential to individuals as well as ...
Bernard, Brown, Buffel, Campbell, Cheng, Cong, Cotten, Emlet, Flick, Golant, Guo, Hoffman, Hosegood, Howarth, Keating, Kirkby-Geddes, Knodel, Lehning, Li, Lui, Lui, Martinson, McCall, Means, Menec, Nelson, Phillipson, Raymond, Roos, Roos, Scharf, Scharlach, Stephens, Sum, Tang, Vasunilashorn, Wahl, Walsh, Warburton, Warburton, Warburton, Wiles, World Health Organization (WHO), World Health Organization (WHO)   +43 more
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Envelhecer nos finais do século XX. Desafio à gerontologia e geriatria.

Acta Médica Portuguesa, 1995
This article concerns teaching and training in medical geriatrics and gerontology. A synoptic overview of this subject in developed countries is presented.
M Helena-Saldanha
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Multidissiplinêre beskouinge op veroudering vanuit ‘n pastorale perspektief

HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2009
Multiprofessional aspects of ageing seen from a pastoral perspective This article describes existing research on gerontology, and explores the role of pastoral care.
Elsona Malan, Yolanda Dreyer
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Crossroads of the academy: advice from a sometimes mistaken, but victorious trajectory

Geriatrics, Gerontology and Aging, 2023
An academic trajectory is marked by victories and defeats, hits and misses. Each trajectory is personal and unique. It's common to find oneself at a crossroads, with no clear choice or segue to the next step. At such times, we rely on advice from mentors
Ivan Aprahamian
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Who will treat older patients? Should medical education focus more on activities aimed at displaying positive attitudes toward older people? The prevalence of ageism among students of medical and health sciences

Frontiers in Public Health, 2022
In the conditions of an aging society, a justification is found to explain the issue of the attitude of future health care workers, who are to care for elderly people in the future, toward these people, which will make it possible to predict in advance ...
Marta Podhorecka, Jakub Husejko, Agnieszka Woźniewicz, Anna Pyszora, Kornelia Kȩdziora-Kornatowska   +4 more
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Rejuvenation by cell reprogramming: A new horizon in gerontology [PDF]

, 2018
The discovery of animal cloning and subsequent development of cell reprogramming technology were quantum leaps as they led to the achievement of rejuvenation by cell reprogramming and the emerging view that aging is a reversible epigenetic process. Here,
Brown, Oscar Alfredo, Canatelli Mallat, Martina, Chiavellini, Priscila, Goya, Rodolfo Gustavo, Hereñú, Claudia Beatriz, Lehmann, Marianne   +5 more
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