BMC Geriatrics, 2019 Background Frail older adults are commonly prescribed antidepressants. Yet, there is little evidence to determine the efficacy and safety of antidepressants to treat depression with concomitant frailty.
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Determinants of sedentary behavior, motivation, barriers and strategies to reduce sitting time in older women: a qualitative investigation [PDF]
, 2014 : Sedentary behavior defined as time spent non-exercising seated or reclining posture has been identified has a health risk and associated with frailty and disablement for older adults. Older adults are the most sedentary segment of society.
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Age-Sensitive Design of Online Health Information: Comparative Usability Study
Journal of Medical Internet Research, 2009 BackgroundOlder adults’ health maintenance may be enhanced by having access to online health information. However, usability issues may prevent older adults from easily accessing such information.
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Investigating an Intelligent System to Monitor \& Explain Abnormal Activity Patterns of Older Adults [PDF]
arXivDespite the growing potential of older adult care technologies, the adoption of these technologies remains challenging. In this work, we conducted a focus-group session with family caregivers to scope designs of the older adult care technology. We then developed a high-fidelity prototype and conducted its qualitative study with professional caregivers ...
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Experiencing the ageing body in aquatic physical activity: Participants’ experiences of the ‘Swim for Health’ aquatic activity programme in the North of England. [PDF]
, 2012 The social conceptualisation of ageing as a costly health problem can marginalise older adults from physical activity and health practices (Vertinsky 1991, Elias 1982). ‘Swim for Health’ was a four year aquatic activity (AA) intervention completed in the
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Patient Preference and Adherence, 2019 Huey-Ming Tzeng,1 Udoka Okpalauwaekwe,2 Chang-Yi Yin3 1College of Nursing, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada; 2Department of Academic Family Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada; 3Taiwan ...
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Building Age-Friendly Community: Notes from the Field [PDF]
, 2016 Building age-friendly communities is a global as well as a national concern. The purpose of this paper is to explore fundamental tensions underlying the formulation of age-friendly goals and their implementation, based on a review of age-friendly ...
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Isolated drainage of the superior vena cava into the left atrium in a 52-year-old man: a rare congenital malformation in the adult presenting with cyanosis, polycythemia, and an unsuccessful lung scan. [PDF]
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Journal of Exercise Science & Fitness, 2022 Background/Objectives: The relationships of postural stability with its three potential contributing factors, namely, muscle strength, tactile sensation, and proprioception, have not been clarified at different ages among older adults. Differences in the
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