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Vitamin D Deficiency in Homebound Elderly Persons

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1995
To assess the vitamin D status in homebound, community-dwelling elderly persons; sunlight-deprived elderly nursing home residents; and healthy, ambulatory elderly persons.A cohort analytic study.Of 244 subjects at least 65 years old, 116 subjects (85 women and 31 men) had been confined indoors for at least 6 months, either in private dwellings in the ...
F M, Gloth, C M, Gundberg, B W, Hollis, J G, Haddad, J D, Tobin   +4 more
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Alcohol use and abuse in the frail, homebound elderly: a clinical analysis of 103 persons

Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 1993
We studied alcohol use and abuse in 103 frail, homebound elderly individuals cared for in a long-term home health care program from July 1991 to February 1992. Their average age was 80.63 years. Eighty-four percent were abstinent at the time of the study, including 25 (25%) past heavy drinkers.
S J, Bercsi, P W, Brickner, D C, Saha
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The Relationship Between Depression and Loneliness Among Homebound Older Persons: Does Spirituality Moderate This Relationship?

Journal of Religion & Spirituality in Social Work: Social Thought, 2010
Previous investigators have confirmed that loneliness is related to depression in late life. In this study we examined the potential buffering effects that spirituality might have on loneliness and depression among 40 older persons who lived alone and were homebound.
Jina Han, Virginia E. Richardson
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Vitamin D Deficiency in Homebound Elderly Persons

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1996
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