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Quality of life of elderly people living in a retirement home [PDF]

Vojnosanitetski Pregled, 2016
Background/Aim. The World Health Organization (WHO) identified four broad domains as being universally relevant to the quality of life, namely physical, and psychological health, social relationships, and environment.
Čanković Sonja, Nikolić-Ač Eržebet, Jovanović Mijatović Vesna, Kvrgić Svetlana, Harhaji Sanja, Radić Ivana   +5 more
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By dawn or dusk—how circadian timing rewrites bacterial infection outcomes

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
The circadian clock shapes immune function, yet its influence on infection outcomes is only beginning to be understood. This review highlights how circadian timing alters host responses to the bacterial pathogens Salmonella enterica, Listeria monocytogenes, and Streptococcus pneumoniae revealing that the effectiveness of immune defense depends not only
Devons Mo, Catherine S. Palmer, Jacqueline M. Kimmey   +2 more
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Nursing Process for institutionalized older adults: contributions from knowledge awareness workshop [PDF]

Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem
Objective: To analyze the knowledge of professionals working in a Nursing Home about the Nursing Process before and after the awareness workshop. Methods: This is strategic action research, developed with nursing professionals and managers of a Nursing ...
Francisco Fernandes, Francine Casarin, Patrícia Bitencourt Toscani Greco, Dirce Stein Backes, Oclaris Lopes Munhoz, Silomar Ilha   +5 more
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Effects of a multicomponent physical exercise programme on perceived health-related quality of life and on depressive symptoms in older adults living in long-term nursing homes

International Journal of Nursing Sciences, 2023
Objectives: This study aimed to investigate the impact of a multicomponent exercise programme on perceived health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and depressive symptomatology in older people living in a long-term nursing home (LTNH).
Maider Ugartemendia-Yerobi, Maider Kortajarena, Udane Elordi, Nagore Zinkunegi-Zubizarreta, Idoia Zarrazquin, Juan J. Calvo-Aguirre, Amaia Irazusta   +6 more
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Time after time – circadian clocks through the lens of oscillator theory

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Oscillator theory bridges physics and circadian biology. Damped oscillators require external drivers, while limit cycles emerge from delayed feedback and nonlinearities. Coupling enables tissue‐level coherence, and entrainment aligns internal clocks with environmental cues.
Marta del Olmo, Carolin Ector, Hanspeter Herzel   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Emotional Experiences of Elderly People Regarding the Process of Residency in Nursing Homes

نشریه پرستاری ایران, 2007
Background & Aim: There isincreasing rate of tendency of leaving elderly people to live in nursing homes in recent years. It is suggested that, the common view of the elderly people towards living in nursing homes is known as "the final sign of failure ...
Sh. Salarvand, H. Abedi, H. Hosseini, Sh. Salehi, M. Keyvanara   +4 more
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Intrinsic capacity as proposed by the World Health Organization and 30-month mortality among older adults in long-term care facilities

Geriatrics, Gerontology and Aging
Objective: To analyze the impact of intrinsic capacity on 30-month mortality among older adults living in long-term care facilities (LTCFs). Methods: Prospective cohort study with survival analysis conducted from July 2020 to December 2022 among older ...
Adriana Polachini do Valle, Tatiane Cristina de Carvalho, Antonio Rodrigues Bueno da Fonseca, Thamires Auxiliadora Oyan, Mariana Gegenheimer Bremenkamp, José Vitor Polachini do Valle Villas Boas, Paulo José Fortes Villas Boas   +6 more
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Adaptaquin is selectively toxic to glioma stem cells through disruption of iron and cholesterol metabolism

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
Adaptaquin selectively kills glioma stem cells while sparing differentiated brain cells. Transcriptomic and proteomic analyses show Adaptaquin disrupts iron and cholesterol homeostasis, with iron chelation amplifying cytotoxicity via cholesterol depletion, mitochondrial dysfunction, and elevated reactive oxygen species.
Adrien M. Vaquié, Davod R. Shah, Eliane E. S. Brechbühl, Michael McNicholas, Zhaoyang Xu, John H. Stockley, Laura Morcom, Diana Gold Diaz, Gemma C. Girdler, Rachel V. Seear, Gabriel Balmus, Rajiv R. Ratan, Harry Bulstrode, James A. Nathan, Manav Pathania, Kevin M. Brindle, David H. Rowitch   +16 more
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Reduced vascular leakage correlates with breast carcinoma T regulatory cell infiltration but not with metastatic propensity

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
A mouse model for vascular normalization and a human breast cancer cohort were studied to understand the relationship between vascular leakage and tumor immune suppression. For this, endothelial and immune cell RNAseq, staining for vascular function, and immune cell profiling were employed.
Liqun He, Chiara Testini, Neda Hekmati, Altea Bonello, Aglaia Schiza, Emmanuel Nwadozi, Mia Phillipson, Carina Strell, Michael Welsh   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Meaning of well-being of older institutionalized persons in abandonment situation [PDF]

Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem
Objective: To understand the meaning of well-being of older persons in situation of abandonment. Methods: a qualitative phenomenological study, carried out in a nursing home in Tepic, Nayarit, from 2017 to 2019.
Wendy Sindy Nallely Flores Martínez, María de Jesús Jiménez González, Norma Elvira Moreno Pérez, Raúl Fernando Guerrero-Castañeda   +3 more
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