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Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2021 Background: Informal caregivers are a particularly vulnerable population at risk for adverse health outcomes. Likewise, there are many scales available assessing individual caregiver burden and stress. Recently, resilience in caregivers gained increasing
Alexandra Wuttke-Linnemann +7 more
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Old age in Byzantine society [PDF]
, 2007 This paper examines the status afforded old age in the Byzantine Empire. Frequently neglected in accounts of state formation or comparative history, this Christian imperial state transformed the moral ordering of the lifecourse.
Chris Gilleard, Gilleard, C
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European Psychiatry, 2021 Introduction COVID-19, was declared a pandemic by World Health Organisation on March 11, 2020. Older people with dementia or those with multimorbidity are more vulnerable to infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2 ...
J. Baek, S. Lennon
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Experiences in Old Age: A South Indian Example of how Functional Age is Socially Structured [PDF]
, 2006 Research on chronologically older people approaches “the old” as a category of people sharing common problems and experiences that are rooted in the functional disparities between old and younger people. These functional disparities are seen as impinging
Vera-Sanso, Penny, Penny Vera-Sanso
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BMC Health Services Research, 2017 Background Earlier studies of nursing home patients show a high prevalence of dementia, neuropsychiatric symptoms (NPS), pain, and dependency in activities of daily living. The REDIC-NH cohort was set up to study the disease course and the resources used
Irene Røen +5 more
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A framework for understanding old-age vulnerabilities [PDF]
, 2006 Understanding vulnerability matters because being vulnerable represents a profoundly undesirable state. People who experience vulnerability in old age are of obvious humanitarian concern, as their insecurity and heightened exposure to certain threats is ...
Schröder-Butterfill, Elisabeth +3 more
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Review Series: Old age: Pneumonia in old age [PDF]
Chronic Respiratory Disease, 2011 At the end of the 19th century William Osler noted key differences in the presentation of pneumonia in the elderly. His observational perspicuity has withstood the passage of time. The following article pays deference to this Canadian physician, summarizing not only differences in clinical presentation but also including an update on epidemiology ...
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Broadened assessments, health education and cognitive aids in the remote memory clinic
Frontiers in Public Health, 2022 The prevalence of dementia is increasing and poses a health challenge for individuals and society. Despite the desire to know their risks and the importance of initiating early therapeutic options, large parts of the population do not get access to ...
Andrew P. Owens +9 more
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Seniors about ageing and old age – an example from Poland [PDF]
, 2022 Objectives The paper is of a cognitive nature, it aims at diagnosing the factors of activity of the elderly and defining their anxieties and expectations related to old age and ageing. Material and methods The paper is a set of theoretical deliberations
Martyna Izabela Kawińska
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Inhibition of emotions in healthy aging: age‐related differences in brain network connectivity
Brain and Behavior, 2021 Introduction Successful inhibition of distracting emotions is important for preserving well‐being and daily functioning. There is conflicting evidence regarding the impact of healthy aging on emotional inhibition, and possible age‐related alterations in ...
Ina S. Almdahl +4 more
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