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ICT in Medical Education in Trinidad and Tobago

open access: yes, 2005
Information and communication technology (ICT) allows users to access information without taking geographic position into account. These users are also unconstrained by time, volume, or format of the information.
Marilyn Lewis
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Trade-off between formal and informal care in Spain [PDF]

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The remarkable growth of older population has moved long term care to the front ranks of the social policy agenda. Understanding the factors that determine the type and amount of formal care is important for predicting use in the future and developing ...
Sergi Jiménez-Martín   +1 more
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Psychological well-being and guidelines for promoting psychological well-being among homebound elderly persons in Mueang district, Yala Province

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การวิจัยแบบผสมผสานมีวัตถุประสงค์เพื่อศึกษา (1) ระดับสุขภาวะทางจิต การเห็นคุณค่าในตนเอง และ แรงสนับสนุนทางสังคม ( 2) ความสัมพันธ์ระหว่างการเห็นคุณค่าในตนเอง แรงสนับสนุนทางสังคมกับสุขภาวะทางจิต และ (3) แนวทางในการสร้างเสริมสุขภาวะทางจิตของผู้สูงอายุกลุ่มต ...
อุบลทิพย์ ไชยแสง
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Support Practices in the Stage of “Connecting” Elderly People Who Are Homebound to Local Resources in Tertiary Prevention: A Review of Domestic Literature [PDF]

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: Japan faces growing concerns over the increasing number of elderly individuals who have difficulty going out due to the aging population and changing societal values.
ナカムラ, サツキ   +8 more
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The Only Way Out Is To Die: Perceptions and Experiences of Rural, Homebound, Older Diabetics

open access: yes, 2005
The purpose of this phenomenological study was to investigate the meaning of diabetes, as perceived and experienced by rural, homebound, 65-year and older, diabetics requiring insulin. The sixty-five year and older persons are disproportionately affected
George, Sharon Robbins
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Older Homebound Women: Negotiating Reliance on a Cane or Walker

open access: yes, 2010
Canes and walkers are commonly characterized as assistive devices that serve the same purpose: as walking aides. These general views were reappraised and tempered in this descriptive phenomenological study with 40 older women (aged 85 to 98 years) who ...
Jacquelyn J. Benson   +2 more
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Assistência domiciliar na cidade de Salvador-BA: possibilidade de atuação fonoaudiológica em Motricidade Orofacial Home care in Salvador-BA: a work possibility for speech therapists in orofacial myofunction

open access: yesRevista CEFAC, 2009
OBJETIVO: caracterizar o atendimento fonoaudiológico nas empresas de Assistência Domiciliar de Salvador. MÉTODOS: pesquisa retrospectiva por meio da aplicação de questionário às empresas, fonoaudiólogos e pacientes atendidos com fonoaudiólogo, de Janeiro
Sarah Leite Barros da Silva   +2 more
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Meaning in life among older persons

open access: yes, 1988
Dissertation (D.N.S.)--Boston UniversityThe purpose of this study was to examine the concept of meaning in life among older people by exploring what was meaningful to older people, the extent to which fulfillment of meaning was experienced, and the ...
Burbank, Patricia M
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Prevalence and Conditions of Urinary Incontinence among the Elderly

open access: yes, 1998
In Japan, elderly disorders and diseases have markedly increased in recent years, because of rapid aging and an increasing number of older persons. The situation is creating serious social and community problems. These disorders, particularly dysuria and
S. Mihara   +10 more
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Santa Rosa Adopt-A-Grandparent Plus program: A grant proposal project

open access: yes, 2010
The purpose of this project was to write a grant to expand social support services for homebound elderly in Santa Rosa, California. This program would expand the number of volunteers providing home visits through the Friendly Visitor program at the ...
Gruhl, Diana Krista
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