BMC Geriatrics, 2023 Background For older adults (≥ 70 years), it is often challenging to maintain new nutrition and physical activity behaviours learned in rehabilitation.
Lisa Happe +4 more
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Is movement better? Comparing sedentary and motion-based game controls for older adults [PDF]
, 2013 Providing cognitive and physical stimulation for older adults is critical for their well-being. Video games offer the opportunity of engaging seniors, and research has shown a variety of positive effects of motion-based video games for older adults ...
Dergousoff, Kristen K. +2 more
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Full-body motion-based game interaction for older adults [PDF]
, 2012 Older adults in nursing homes often lead sedentary lifestyles, which reduces their life expectancy. Full-body motion-control games provide an opportunity for these adults to remain active and engaged; these games are not designed with age-related ...
Gerling, Kathrin M. +3 more
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Wheelchair-based game design for older adults [PDF]
, 2013 Few leisure activities are accessible to institutionalized older adults using wheelchairs; in consequence, they experience lower levels of perceived health than able-bodied peers.
Baalam M. +4 more
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Implementing Remote Memory Clinics to Enhance Clinical Care During and After COVID-19
Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2020 Social isolation is likely to be recommended for older adults due to COVID-19, with ongoing reduced clinical contact suggested for this population.
Andrew P. Owens +16 more
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Reliability and validity of three questionnaires measuring context-specific sedentary behaviour and associated correlates in adolescents, adults and older adults [PDF]
, 2015 BACKGROUND: Reliable and valid measures of total sedentary time, context-specific sedentary behaviour (SB) and its potential correlates are useful for the development of future interventions.
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Under Reporting of Abuse of Older Adults in the Canadian Prairie Provinces
SAGE Open, 2021 This tri-provincial mixed methods study explores the reasons for under reporting abuse of older adults in the Prairie Provinces of Canada. Abuse of community-residing older adults, and specifically the reasons for not reporting such abuse, is poorly ...
Kerstin Roger +5 more
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Affective norms for italian words in older adults: Age differences in ratings of valence, arousal and dominance [PDF]
, 2017 In line with the dimensional theory of emotional space, we developed affective norms for words rated in terms of valence, arousal and dominance in a group of older adults to complete the adaptation of the Affective Norms for English Words (ANEW) for ...
Ambrosini, Ettore +3 more
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The Association between Sleep Problems, Sleep Medication Use, and Falls in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: Results from the Health and Retirement Study 2010 [PDF]
, 2016 Background. Very few studies have assessed the impact of poor sleep and sleep medication use on the risk of falls among community-dwelling older adults. The objective of this study was to evaluate the association between sleep problems, sleep medication ...
Min, Yaena +2 more
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The Influence of Emotional Material on Encoding and Retrieving Intentions: An ERP Study in Younger and Older Adults [PDF]
, 2018 Prospective memory is a cognitive process that comprises the encoding and maintenance of an intention until the appropriate moment of its retrieval. It is of highly relevance for an independent everyday life, especially in older adults; however, there is
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