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The Care-of-the-Elderly Health Guide [PDF]
Journal of Primary Care & Community Health, 2021 Introduction: The Evidence-Based Care of the Elderly Health Guide is a clinical guide with cross-references for care recommendations. This guide is an innovative adaptation of the Rourke Baby Record to support elderly care. In 2003, the guide was published with an endorsement from the Health Care-of-the-Elderly Committee of the College of Family ...
Jean A.C. Triscott +5 more
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Cardiovascular health of the elderly
Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease, 2016 Within the Osservatorio Epidemiologico Cardiovascolare/Health Examination Survey 426 men and 376 women, ages 75-79 years, randomly selected from the general population were examined. Participation rate was 50%; within men 78% were hypertensives, 36% had high serum cholesterol, 28% were diabetics, 25% were obese; within women 81% were hypertensives, 55%
Simona Giampaoli, Diego Vanuzzo
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Defining the Health Problems of the Elderly [PDF]
Annual Review of Public Health, 1982 The rapidly growing number of elderly in this country, and their dispropor tionate contribution to the steadily rising cost of health care, have focused considerable attention on the health problems and needs of this segment of our population. The nearly 23 million Americans older than 65 currently represent 11 % of the population, yet they account ...
J G, Ouslander, J C, Beck
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Falls and associated risk factors in a sample of old age population in Egyptian community
Frontiers in Public Health, 2023 IntroductionFalling is a major health problem among old age persons and are the sixth cause of mortality and morbidity among them. Assessing the prevalence of falls among elderly in an Egyptian community and investigating its associated risk factors ...
Abd El Hamied Ibrahim El Sayed +6 more
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Factors associated with frailty syndrome in the rural elderly [PDF]
Revista Brasileira de EnfermagemObjective: determine the prevalence and factors associated with frailty syndrome (FS) in the elderly in the rural population of Pelotas. Method: Quantitative, analytical, transversal study conducted with 820 elderly subjects registered in the Family ...
Patrícia Mirapalheta Pereira de Llano +5 more
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Physical activity in promoting health of the elderly
Health Problems of Civilization, 2018 Ageing, as a physiological process in human ontogenesis, is inevitable. However, it can assume a mild form. What can slow down involutionary processes within the limits of optimal human abilities and biological needs is physical activity.
Urszula Parnicka
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Food quality of long elderly and non-communicable chronic diseases
Semina: Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde, 2021 The quality of the food of long-lived elderly and its relationship with non-communicable chronic diseases was evaluated. This a cross-sectional study with a population basis that was conducted in Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil, which is part of a larger ...
Ana Cristina Martins Passos +4 more
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Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care, 2021 Objective Strengthening primary healthcare with highly qualified nurses in acute care units or teams is a new Danish initiative intended to detect acute diseases and the deterioration of chronic diseases and to develop treatment for outpatients.
Stine Emilie Junker Udesen +4 more
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Geriatrics, Gerontology and Aging, 2023 Objective: To investigate changes in the frailty levels of older adults in a context of high social vulnerability. Methods: We conducted a prospective cohort study. Data were collected from 2 surveys conducted in 2015 and 2018.
Ana Laura Costa Menezes +8 more
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