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The Association between Household Type and Self-rated Health of the Elderly in Korea: Analysis of the National Survey of Older Koreans 2017 [PDF]
, 2022 Background: In Korea, the population is rapidly aging, and the types of households for the elderly are also diversifying. The self-rated health of the elderly is a valuable health indicator that can comprehensively represent the overall quality of life ...
김태현, 정우진
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The effects of Taiwan's National Health Insurance on access and health status of the elderly [PDF]
, 2010 The primary objective of this paper is to evaluate the impact of Taiwan's National Health Insurance program (NHI), established in 1995, on improving elderly access to care and health status.
Yu-Hsuan Lin +7 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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Trends in the Health of the Elderly [PDF]
Annual Review of Public Health, 2004 Health among the older population as measured by most dimensions has improved during the last two decades. Mortality has continued to decline, and disability and functioning loss are less common now than in the past. However, the prevalence of most diseases has increased in the older population as people survive longer with disease, and the reduction ...
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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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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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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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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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A public health approach to social isolation in the elderly [PDF]
, 2020 The recent pandemic has highlighted the impact of social isolation on health. District and community nurses are in daily contact with vulnerable, elderly clients for whom the norm is a world with little social contact.
Gould, J.
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