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Decrease in the usual walking speed and body fat percentage associated with a deterioration in long-term care insurance certification levels [PDF]
PeerJBackground In Japan, the number of older adults requiring long-term care insurance (LTCI) is increasing and the cost is becoming a social problem. In these fields, the role of geriatric rehabilitation includes maintaining the physical function and LTCI ...
Yohei Sawaya +6 more
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Blood pressure control in Türkiye: A primary healthcare pilot study
Preventive Medicine ReportsHypertension is present in almost a third of Türkiye’s adult population. The Ministry of Health of the Republic of Türkiye in conjunction with the World Health Organization, rolled out a pilot primary health care model from February 2019 to 2020 to ...
Banu Ekinci +12 more
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Revista Brasileira de Geriatria e Gerontologia, 2017 Objective: to characterize Long Term Care Facilities for the Elderly (LTCFs) from the Metropolitan Region of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil in terms of administrative and care aspects.
Tatiana Teixeira Barral de Lacerda +5 more
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Rethinking care for the sick elderly [PDF]
, 2003 It is well established that Geriatrics and Gerontology are specialties in their own right meriting separate tertiary and primary care training.1 Health Care for the elderly also forms a newly added subject to the field of biomedical ethics.2 Demographic ...
Fiorini, Anthony, Mallia, Pierre
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Revista Brasileira de Geriatria e GerontologiaObjective: To investigate polypathology among elderly persons treated at a referral center in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. Methodology: An analytical documentary study with a cross-sectional quantitative approach was performed.
Thaynara Rocha de Souza +3 more
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Informal care in the context of long-term health care for the elderly in Slovenia: A qualitative study [PDF]
, 2021 Danica Rotar Pavlič +3 more
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State pensions and the well-being of the elderly in the UK [PDF]
, 2006 This paper presents the trends seen over the last quarter of the 20thCentury in various indicators of the well-being of the elderlyalongside those seen for the young.
Banks, J +3 more
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The significance of healthy aging for older persons who participated in health education groups
Revista Brasileira de Geriatria e GerontologiaIntroduction: Different terms have been used to describe the aging process while avoiding the negative consequences of advanced age. In this context healthy aging assumes a more extensive meaning than the absence of disease, and includes a process of ...
Daiany Borghetti Valer +3 more
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Prevalence and factors associated with fragility syndrome in older adults attending
Horizonte Médico, 2017 Objectives: To identify the prevalence and factors associated with fragility syndrome in older adults attending the EsSalud (Peruvian Social Security Health Insurance) primary health care service, Chiclayo - Peru.
Milton Carlos Gonzáles-Mechán +2 more
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Health Status of Georgia's Elderly [PDF]
, 2005 This fiscal impact summarizes the health status of the elderly in ...
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