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European Union policy on older adult learning : a critical commentary [PDF]
, 2012 This critical commentary discusses the strengths and lacunae in the European Union’s policy on older adult learning. Late-life learning is deemed as a productive investment on the basis that it not only engenders positive returns of economic growth but ...
Formosa, Marvin
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BMC Public Health, 2016 Background There is a marked growth in the number of homebound older adults, due mainly to increased life expectancy. Although this group has special characteristics and needs, it has not been properly studied.
Laureano Negrón-Blanco +6 more
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Needs for family caregivers of Cerebrovascular Accident survivors
Investigación y Educación en Enfermería, 2020 Objective. To know the needs of family caregivers of Cerebrovascular Accident survivors. Methodology. This is a qualitative, descriptive, and exploratory study. Data were collected from 37 family caregivers of Cerebrovascular Accident survivors from a
Jaine Kareny da Silva +4 more
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, 1990 The difference between a dream and reality, in many cases, is a simple but difficult thing, hard work. In the following pages, Bert Kruger Smith chronicles the efforts of one very determined group of people in converting their dream into reality.
Smith, Bert Kruger
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Journal of Epidemiology, 2019 Background: We explored the distinct trajectories of functional decline among older adults in Japan, and evaluated whether the frequency of outings, an important indicator of social activity, predicts the identified trajectories.
Junko Saito +7 more
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APPLICATION OF THE THEORY OF PEPLAU TO THE HOME CARE OF A PATIENT WITH AIDS
Cogitare Enfermagem, 1999 This is a case study about a patient with AIDS, recently admitted to the home-care program of the University Hospital of the Federal University of Pernambuco for continuation of his treatment.
Evanísia Assis Goes de Araujo +2 more
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208 Pharmacy Students Explore Use of an Electronic Medication Adherence Device
Journal of Clinical and Translational Science, 2023 OBJECTIVES/GOALS: To examine pharmacy students’ and patients’ perspectives on use of an automatic pill dispenser (APD) and adherence device, and secondly, to identify patient characteristics impacting selection of an APD.
Patricia L Darbishire
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Relationship between depressive symptom severity and emergency department use among low-income, depressed homebound older adults aged 50 years and older [PDF]
, 2012 Namkee G. Choi, and C. Nathan Marti are with The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA. -- Martha L. Bruce is with the Weill Cornell Medical College, White Plains, NY, USA. -- Mark E.
Bruce, Martha L. +3 more
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Revista Brasileira de Geriatria e Gerontologia, 2020 Objective: to verify if national public policies and municipal programs contain elements that contribute to ensure the Human Right to Adequate Food (HRAF) of older adults undergoing home enteral nutrition therapy (HENT) and to propose the integration of ...
Rubia Daniela Thieme +2 more
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Fallhendelser hos eldre i hjemmetjenesten i en norsk kommune- omfang og omstendigheter
Nordisk Tidsskrift for Helseforskning, 2015 Fall events in elder recipients of home care services in a Norwegian municipality- incidence and circumstances Falls in institutional care are adverse events that have been well documented.
Rita Solbakken, Terese Bondas
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