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Temperament Based Personality Types in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: A Latent Profile Analysis

open access: yesPsychologica Belgica
Three adaptive trait-based personality types have been replicated across ages, cultures, clinical problems and clustering methods: Resilient, Undercontrolled and Overcontrolled type (RUO).
Xenia Brancart   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Double Burden of Exclusion? Digital and Social Exclusion of Older Adults in Times of COVID-19

open access: yesThe journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has excluded older adults from a society based on physical social contact. Vulnerable populations like older adults also tend to be excluded from digital services because they opt not to use the internet, lack necessary devices and ...
A. Seifert, S. Cotten, Bo Xie
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Hospitalization Through Families’ Eyes: Comparing Inpatient Care Quality for Children With Sickle Cell Disease and Cystic Fibrosis in Canada

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a chronic, inherited hemoglobinopathy that requires frequent hospitalization for disease‐related complications. Canadian data on inpatient care is limited. This study compared caregiver‐reported hospital experiences of children with SCD to those with cystic fibrosis (CF), a chronic, autosomal recessive ...
Hailey M. Zwicker   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Collaborative Domestication: Smartphone Learning Practices in Universities for Older Adults in China

open access: yesSAGE Open
Older individuals often rely on informal methods, predominantly familial assistance, to acquire digital technology skills. However, as the number of universities for older adults in China has increased, there has been a notable shift toward formal ...
Yijun Chen, Yi Zhong, Min Wang
doaj   +1 more source

Loneliness and social isolation interventions for older adults: a scoping review of reviews

open access: yesBMC Public Health, 2020
Background Loneliness and social isolation are growing public health concerns in our ageing society. Whilst these experiences occur across the life span, 50% of individuals aged over 60 are at risk of social isolation and one-third will experience some ...
Olujoke Fakoya, N. Mccorry, M. Donnelly
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Venous Thromboembolism in Pediatric Bone Sarcoma Patients: A 10‐Year, Single‐Institution Experience Encompassing the COVID‐19 Pandemic

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Osteosarcoma (OS) and Ewing sarcoma (EWS) are the most common primary bone cancers in children, but acute thrombosis is poorly characterized in this population. Our study evaluated the rates of venous thromboembolism (VTE) and associated risk factors in pediatric patients with bone sarcomas treated over a 10‐year period encompassing
Sarah Kappa   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Awareness and use of assistive technology among older adults with vision impairments in the Midwestern United States [PDF]

open access: yes, 2003
Plan BOlder adults with vision impairments make up more than 18% of the population of the United States (Boswell, 2000; Braille Institute, 2000).
Kueffler, Mark L.
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Los patrones de motilidad esofágica están alterados en pacientes adultos mayores

open access: yesRevista de Gastroenterología de México, 2020
Resumen: Introducción y objetivos: Desde los años 60 varios estudios han mostrado el efecto del envejecimiento sobre la motilidad esofágica, con resultados inconsistentes.El objetivo del presente estudio fue evaluar los resultados manométricos en ...
L.C.B. Kunen   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Social Isolation and Loneliness in Older Adults: Review and Commentary of a National Academies Report

open access: yesThe American journal of geriatric psychiatry, 2020
Highlights This article provides a comprehensive review of the recent National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine consensus committee report on Social Isolation and Loneliness (SI/L).
Nancy J. Donovan, D. Blazer
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Depression in older adults

open access: yesWiadomości Lekarskie
Depression is an increasingly common disease in elderly. It affects almost every sphere of senior life and is a socio-medical challenge for the modern world. Unfortunately, it is rarely diagnosed in this age group, which concerns the use of pharmacological and therapeutic intervention.
Kamila Kwiatkowska   +3 more
openaire   +3 more sources

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