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Measuring unmet need for social care among older people

, 2011
Recent spending cuts in the area of adult social care raise policy concerns about the proportion of older people whose need for social care is not met. Such concerns are emphasised in the context of population ageing and other demographic changes.
Evandrou, Maria, Falkingham, Jane, Luff, Rebekah, Shaw, Richard, Vlachantoni, Athina, Willis, Rosalind   +5 more
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Occupational Therapy Lymphedema Management and Its Relationship to Quality of Life [PDF]

, 2020
In the United States, one in five women who survive breast cancer will develop lymphedema (DiSipio, Rye, Newman, & Hayes, 2013). Lymphedema is the chronic, progressive swelling of tissue due to inadequate lymphatic function. Over time, protein-rich fluid
Blackman, Jessica, Dreiling, Marissa, Mutziger, Ashley   +2 more
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A Comparison of Home Care Quality Indicator Rates in Two Canadian Provinces [PDF]

, 2014
Background. Home care is becoming an increasingly vital sector in the health care system yet very little is known about the characteristics of home care clients and the quality of care provided in Canada.
Guthrie, Dawn M., Mofina, Amanda M
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Association of body mass index with disability in activities of daily living in older adults: a systematic review of the literature based on longitudinal data

BMC Public Health
Background The influence of Body Mass Index (BMI) on the functional capacity for daily activities in older adults is a significant concern. Our study is designed to delineate the longitudinal relationship between BMI and the ability of daily living ...
Wang Lingying, Zhu Hong, Chen Hongxiu, Hu Ziyi, Feng Mei, Tang Menglin, Hu Xiuying   +6 more
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The bidirectional relationship between activities of daily living and frailty during short-and long-term follow-up period among the middle-aged and older population: findings from the Chinese nationwide cohort study

Frontiers in Public Health
ObjectiveFrailty and activities of daily living (ADL) disability are common conditions among older population. Studies on the bidirectional relationship between frailty and ADL are limited.
Xiaoping Li, Xiaoguang Li, Lu Sun, Liu Yang, Congzhi Wang, Ting Yuan, Yunxiao Lei, Jing Li, Mingming Liu, Dongmei Zhang, Ying Hua, Haiyang Liu, Lin Zhang   +12 more
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Regional Tau Correlates of Instrumental Activities of Daily Living and Apathy in Mild Cognitive Impairment and Alzheimer’s Disease Dementia

Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, 2019
Background: Instrumental activities of daily living (IADL) impairment and apathy occur in early-stage Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and are associated with regional atrophy and hypometabolism in vivo and greater tau burden at autopsy.
G. Marshall, G. Marshall, J. Gatchel, Nancy J. Donovan, Martha C Muniz, A. Schultz, J. Becker, J. Chhatwal, Bernard J. Hanseeuw, Bernard J. Hanseeuw, K. Papp, R. Amariglio, D. Rentz, R. Sperling, R. Sperling, Keith A. Johnson, Keith A. Johnson   +16 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Genomics‐led approach to drug testing in models of undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
GA text Genomic data from undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma patients and preclinical models were used to inform a targeted drug screen. Selected compounds were tested in 2D and 3D cultures of UPS cell lines. A combination of trametinib and infigratinib was synergistic in the majority of UPS cell lines tested, which was further confirmed in an ex ...
Piotr J. Manasterski, Molly R. Danks, John P. Thomson, Morwenna Muir, Martin Lee, John C. Dawson, Ana T. Amaral, Juan Diaz‐Martin, David S. Moura, Javier Martin‐Broto, Ali Alsaadi, Donald M. Salter, Ailsa J. Oswald, Graeme Grimes, Larry Hayward, Ted R. Hupp, Karen Sisley, Paul H. Huang, Neil O. Carragher, Valerie G. Brunton   +19 more
wiley   +1 more source

Hip fracture. Preliminary results supporting significative correlations between the psychological wellbeing of patients and their relative caregivers [PDF]

, 2016
Background and aim. Hip fracture is one of the major causes of loss of self-sufficiency in older patients. The associated caregiving rehabilitation task often falls to the lot of a member of the patient’s family.
Bellanti, G ., Eleuteri, S., Falaschi, P.   +2 more
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Living alone, social support, and feeling lonely among the elderly

, 2004
This study aimed to describe the characteristics of the elderly population living alone, and to examine how living alone relates to feeling lonely. Interviews were conducted with a stratified random sample of 4,859 elderly individuals living in Kaohsiung,
Lo, Sing Kai, Yeh, Shu-Chuan Jennifer
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Performance-based Tools for Assessing Functional Performance in Individuals with Mild Cognitive Impairment

Open Journal of Occupational Therapy, 2015
Background: It is now recognized that individuals with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) face subtle functional declines that can compromise performance in everyday tasks.
Patrícia Belchior, Melanie Holmes, Nathalie Bier, Carolina Bottari, Barbara Mazer, Alexandra Robert, Navaldeep Kaur   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source