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Poster Regarding Senator Langer\u27s Old Age Pension Plan [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
Undated broadside in support of Senator William Langer\u27s old age pension plan. North Dakota Governor John Moses and State Senator Arthur Fowler are both identified as not being supportive of the plan. The poster was published by members of the Old Age
, Old Age Pension Committee
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Hypochondriacal delusion in an elderly woman recovers quickly with electroconvulsive therapy

open access: yesClinics and Practice, 2012
A 72-year-old woman without any medical and psychiatric history, suffered from nausea, pain in the epigastria and constipation for over a year. She eventually lost 20 kilograms despite nightly drip-feeding.
Annemieke Dols   +3 more
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Experiences in old age: a South Indian example of how functional age is socially structured [PDF]

open access: yes, 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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For control of COVID-19: the development of regular mass testing of COVID-19 in old age psychiatry wards

open access: yesEuropean 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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Old age in Byzantine society [PDF]

open access: yes, 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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Resource Use and Disease Course in dementia - Nursing Home (REDIC-NH), a longitudinal cohort study; design and patient characteristics at admission to Norwegian nursing homes

open access: yesBMC 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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Review Series: Old age: Pneumonia in old age [PDF]

open access: yesChronic 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 ...
openaire   +2 more sources

Broadened assessments, health education and cognitive aids in the remote memory clinic

open access: yesFrontiers 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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Evaluation of the relationship between vitamin D concentration and cognitive performance in community dwelling elderly people

open access: yesPsychiatria i Psychologia Kliniczna, 2019
Introduction: People over the age of 65 are at a significant risk of vitamin D deficiency. This a result of many factors. Based on the studies conducted so far, it can be concluded that there is a relationship between vitamin D deficiency and the elderly
Katarzyna Antczak-Domagała   +6 more
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Old-Age Exclusion: Active Ageing, Ageism and Agency [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
sponsorship: This thematic issue was made possible with the support of COST Actions CA15122 "ROSEnet-Reducing Old-Age Social Exclusion: Collaborations in Research and Policy" (www.rosenetcost.com) and IS1402 " Ageism-A Multi-National, Interdisciplinary ...
Tavernier, Wouter de   +3 more
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