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Nursing Older People, 2003
Working with people with dementia, I am very aware of many of the ethical and legal implications surrounding the issue of capacity and consent. I believe that we have a number of reasonable safeguards regarding the administration of medicines in my clinical area but have to admit that in the past we have been involved in the covert administration of ...
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Working with people with dementia, I am very aware of many of the ethical and legal implications surrounding the issue of capacity and consent. I believe that we have a number of reasonable safeguards regarding the administration of medicines in my clinical area but have to admit that in the past we have been involved in the covert administration of ...
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Nursing Older People, 2003
This article considers some causes of cancer, diagnostic assessments and treatment options, as well as some of the myths surrounding the appropriate care of older people with cancer. It stresses the importance of employing the specialist knowledge of gerontological and cancer professionals in caring for the older person with cancer, and emphasises the ...
Glyn Coventry, Candy Cooley
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This article considers some causes of cancer, diagnostic assessments and treatment options, as well as some of the myths surrounding the appropriate care of older people with cancer. It stresses the importance of employing the specialist knowledge of gerontological and cancer professionals in caring for the older person with cancer, and emphasises the ...
Glyn Coventry, Candy Cooley
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Maturitas, 2016
Older people with chronic disease have great potential to benefit from their medications but are also at high risk of harm from their medications. The use of medications is particularly important for symptom control and disease progression in older people.
Amy Theresa Page +3 more
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Older people with chronic disease have great potential to benefit from their medications but are also at high risk of harm from their medications. The use of medications is particularly important for symptom control and disease progression in older people.
Amy Theresa Page +3 more
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The Relationship of Frailty and Hospitalization Among Older People: Evidence From a Meta‐Analysis
Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 2018OBJECTIVES This research explored the relationship between the stages of frailty and risk for hospitalization in older adults and evaluated the risk for hospitalization among the elderly in relation to various frailty assessment indexes.
Shu-Fang Chang +2 more
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Nursing Standard, 2001
Vaccinating older people remains a priority in the specialty of public health. However, medical practitioners, pharmacists, carers and family members and the media need to make a special effort to inform and educate older people of the need to protect themselves against certain diseases, such as influenza, pneumococcal pneumonia and tetanus.
Van Damme P, Aston R, Steimle D
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Vaccinating older people remains a priority in the specialty of public health. However, medical practitioners, pharmacists, carers and family members and the media need to make a special effort to inform and educate older people of the need to protect themselves against certain diseases, such as influenza, pneumococcal pneumonia and tetanus.
Van Damme P, Aston R, Steimle D
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Nursing Older People, 2009
ONE OF the downsides of a youth- oriented society is that it assumes older people are not sexual beings. But many older people may consider sexual activity and its associated feelings to be a natural part of later life. Last year, for example, a survey published in the British Medical Journal found that the self-reported quantity and quality of sexual ...
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ONE OF the downsides of a youth- oriented society is that it assumes older people are not sexual beings. But many older people may consider sexual activity and its associated feelings to be a natural part of later life. Last year, for example, a survey published in the British Medical Journal found that the self-reported quantity and quality of sexual ...
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International Journal of Evidence-Based Healthcare, 2014
Sarcopenia is the age-related loss of muscle mass and strength. It has been receiving international attention because of its increased prevalence in western societies, such as Australia, which have large and growing older populations. Adverse health consequences of sarcopenia are falls and loss of independence, increased health costs and reduced ...
Yu, S. +2 more
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Sarcopenia is the age-related loss of muscle mass and strength. It has been receiving international attention because of its increased prevalence in western societies, such as Australia, which have large and growing older populations. Adverse health consequences of sarcopenia are falls and loss of independence, increased health costs and reduced ...
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Nursing Older People, 2006
Nearly a third of older people admitted for acute hospital care experience depression. Rates of depression are even higher in care homes. The purpose of this article is to raise awareness among nurses of this debilitating condition and its potentially fatal consequences, and to suggest interventions that can bring about improvement.
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Nearly a third of older people admitted for acute hospital care experience depression. Rates of depression are even higher in care homes. The purpose of this article is to raise awareness among nurses of this debilitating condition and its potentially fatal consequences, and to suggest interventions that can bring about improvement.
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European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 2013
So wrote Robert Browning in his poem ‘Rabbi Ben Ezra’, sentiments echoed a century later by John Lennon in what turned out to be probably his last composition, shortly before his death. There is no doubt that the number of people who are managing to grow old is greater now than ever.
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So wrote Robert Browning in his poem ‘Rabbi Ben Ezra’, sentiments echoed a century later by John Lennon in what turned out to be probably his last composition, shortly before his death. There is no doubt that the number of people who are managing to grow old is greater now than ever.
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Assessment of older people: self-maintaining and instrumental activities of daily living.
The gerontologist, 1969M. Lawton, E. Brody
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