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A study on the equilibrium of older adult care service resources and demand in Guangzhou [PDF]
Frontiers in Public HealthIntroductionPopulation ageing in Guangzhou has continued to intensify, and the older adult population is increasingly concentrated in central urban areas.
Lianhua Liu +3 more
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Advances in Skin & Wound Care, 2022 Xerosis, also referred to as dry skin, affects 30% to 99.1% of people older than 60 years.1,2 Xerosis is usually caused by a lack of epidermal lipids and is the most common cause of pruritus in the older adult.2,3 Pruritus can result in excessive scratching, skin injury, skin tears, wounds, secondary infection, discomfort, and pain and can have a ...
Dalgleish, Lizanne, Campbell, Jill
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Schizophrenia in Older Adults [PDF]
Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services, 2011 Although the number of people older than 55 with schizophrenia is expected to double during the next 20 years, the research data on older adults with schizophrenia are limited. This appears to be because until the middle of the 20th century, it was assumed that mental illness in older adults was a part of the aging process and because older adults are ...
Collier, Elizabeth, Sorrell, Jeanne
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Insomnia in the Older Adult [PDF]
Sleep Medicine Clinics, 2018 Although insomnia is not a normal part of the aging process, its prevalence increases with age. Factors such as medications and medical and psychiatric disorders can increase the risk for insomnia. To diagnose insomnia, it is important for older adults to complete comprehensive sleep and health histories.
Brewster, Glenna S. +2 more
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Opportunities to be active in retirement villages and factors associated with physical activity in residents [PDF]
Journal of Primary Health Care, 2023 Introduction Physical activity (PA) in older people is associated with improved morbidity and mortality outcomes. Increasing numbers of older people are choosing to live in retirement villages, many of which promote themselves as providing opportunities
Martin J. Connolly +7 more
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Sexuality and the Older Adult [PDF]
Current Psychiatry Reports, 2019 This paper provides an overview of biopsychosocial components of sexuality in older adults, sexual expression in older LGBTQ and cognitively impaired adults, and inappropriate sexual behaviors (ISBs) in dementia.Sexual expression of older adults is influenced by diverse psychosocial and biologic determinants including ageist beliefs.
Srinivasan, Shilpa +4 more
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Frontiers in Public Health, 2023 With China’s aging population on the rise, addressing population aging has become a national priority, particularly focusing on improving older adult health. This study employs the social determinants of health framework, considering China’s unique macro-
Songbiao Zhang +3 more
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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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Geriatrics, Gerontology and Aging, 2022 OBJECTIVES: The phenomenon of population aging and the remarkable inclusion of older adults in the economically active population has increased their participation in injuries and accidents, including facial trauma.
Matheus Almeida Barbosa +7 more
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Hypertension in Older Adults [PDF]
The Journals of Gerontology Series A: Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences, 2001 The high prevalence of hypertension in older persons (nearly one of two subjects aged 60 years and older) suggests that the recognition and treatment should be a priority for physicians. Although diastolic blood pressure is regarded as an important risk factor, it is now clear that isolated systolic hypertension and elevated pulse pressure also play an
A S, Rigaud, B, Forette
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