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Kōtuitui, 2022 Aotearoa, New Zealand’s (NZ) initial pandemic response has been held up internationally as a model of social cohesion and compassion, made salient by the ‘team of five million’ messaging promoted by the New Zealand government.
Tessa Morgan +9 more
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The Use of Physician Assistants for Health and Wellness in Aging Populations [PDF]
, 2020 The Use of Physician Assistants for Health and Wellness in Aging Populations Desiree Longmire, Depts. of Kinesiology and Health Science, Biology, & Chemistry, with Dr. Christine Booker, Dept.
Longmire, Desiree
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Family Caregivers’ Knowledge of Delirium and Preferred Modalities for Receipt of Information [PDF]
, 2014 Delirium is a life-threatening, frequently reversible condition that is often a sign of an underlying health problem. In-hospital mortality alone for older adults with delirium ranges from 25% to 33%.
Boaz, Lesley +2 more
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International Journal of Ageing and Later Life, 2018 Gerontology has a longstanding tradition of researching the relationship between older adults and their socio-spatial environments. However, environmental gerontology often shares a positivistic understanding of space as either a “prosthetic” or a ...
Anna Wanka +2 more
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Geriatrics, 2022 The demand for home dental care is increasing, but how it should be involved in the continuation of life at home for elderly people who need care has not been examined.
Yoko Wakasugi +6 more
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Visual Acuity does not Moderate Effect Sizes of Higher-Level Cognitive Tasks. [PDF]
, 2016 Background/study contextDeclining visual capacities in older adults have been posited as a driving force behind adult age differences in higher-order cognitive functions (e.g., the "common cause" hypothesis of Lindenberger & Baltes, 1994, Psychology ...
Allen, Philip A +3 more
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From gerontology to geroscience: a synopsis on ageing
Anthropological Review, 2020 Biological ageing can be tentatively defined as an intrinsic and inevitable degradation of biological function that accumulates over time at every level of biological organisation from molecules to populations.
Chmielewski Piotr Paweł
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Provider Perspectives on the Influence of Family on Nursing Home Resident Transfers to the Emergency Department: Crises at the End of Life. [PDF]
, 2015 Background. Nursing home (NH) residents often experience burdensome and unnecessary care transitions, especially towards the end of life. This paper explores provider perspectives on the role that families play in the decision to transfer NH residents to
Bui, Nhat +6 more
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Renewing Universities of the Third Age : challenges and visions for the future [PDF]
, 2009 The University of the Third Age [UTA] has developed into a global success story. Whether holding a ‘top-down’ administrative arrangement or embodying a culture of self-help, there can be no doubt as to the triumph of UTAs in meeting the educational ...
Formosa, Marvin
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How is the Frequency of Volunteering Associated with the Well-Being of Older Adults?: A Mini Review
Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics PlusVolunteering in the advancing years has received abundant attention amongst the ageing population. A mini review of past studies on the key concepts of volunteerism with regard to the research area on the well-being of OAs and the types of evidence ...
Karen Gan, M Ger +1 more
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