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International Egyptian Journal of Nursing Sciences and Research, 2021 The objective of this review article is to narrate the health considerations of older adults during COVID-19. Soon there will be more elderly people than youth, and more people at an alarming age than ever before.
A. Ahmed
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Depression in Older Adults [PDF]
Annual Review of Clinical Psychology, 2009 Depression is less prevalent among older adults than among younger adults, but it can have serious consequences. More than half of cases represent a first onset in later life. Although suicide rates in the elderly are declining, they are still higher than in younger adults and are more closely associated with depression.
Julie Loebach Wetherell +2 more
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BMJ Open Quality, 2020 Background The use of antipsychotic drugs in dementia has been reported to be associated with increased risk of cerebrovascular events and mortality.
Robert Stewart +7 more
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Methodological description of the mapping of Brazilian long-term care facilities for older adults
Geriatrics, Gerontology and Aging, 2021 OBJECTIVE: To describe the methodological approach adopted to build a database of long-term care facilities (LCTFs) in Brazil. METHODS: This exploratory research was conducted for 12 months, between August 2020 and July 2021, based on primarily publicly ...
Marisa Accioly Rodrigues da Costa Domingues +9 more
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The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences, 2020 Objectives We examined whether social isolation due to the COVID-19 shelter-in-place orders was associated with greater loneliness and depression for older adults, and, if so, whether declines in social engagement or relationship strength moderated that ...
A. Krendl, B. Perry
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Differential effects of age on involuntary and voluntary autobiographical memory [PDF]
, 2009 "This article may not exactly replicate the final version published in the APA journal. It is not the copy of record." Original article can be found at: http://psycnet.apa.org/journals/pag/24/2/397/ Copyright American Psychological Association.
Kliegel, M. +3 more
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JAMA Internal Medicine, 2020 This cross-sectional study uses 2018 data from the National Health and Aging Trends Study to assess the prevalence among older adults in the United States of unreadiness to access video or telephone telemedicine because of disability or inexperience with
K. Lam, Amy D. Lu, Ying Shi, K. Covinsky
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Older Adults and the Mental Health Effects of COVID-19.
Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), 2020 However, this reaction might have been par-tially countered by a range of coping mechanisms. In a mixed-methods study involving 73 older adults 7 (mean age, 69.2 years) with known depression or anxiety who had demonstrated resilience (ie, no worsening ...
I. Vahia, D. Jeste, C. Reynolds
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BMC Family Practice, 2020 Background General practitioners (GPs) are advised to offer advance care planning (ACP) to people with dementia (PWD). In a randomized controlled trial, an educational intervention for GPs aimed at initiating and optimizing ACP proved to be effective ...
Bram Tilburgs +6 more
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Social and emotional loneliness among older adults in a coastal suburb in Sri Lanka
Aging and Health Research, 2022 Loneliness is defined as an unpleasant experience due to lack of social interactions. Older adults are more susceptible to loneliness resulting poor quality life.
Subana Subathevan +4 more
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