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Education for older adults in Malta : current trends and future visions [PDF]

, 2012
The purpose of this article was to evaluate the policies guiding late-life education in Malta, as well as the local plethora of learning opportunities for, and participation in, older adult education.
Formosa, Marvin
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Usability and acceptability of a website that provides tailored advice on falls prevention activities for older people [PDF]

, 2009
This article presents the usability and acceptability of a website that provides older people with tailored advice to help motivate them to undertake physical activities that prevent falls. Views on the website from interviews with 16 older people and 26
Yardley, Lucy, Yardley, L., Nyman, Samuel R., Samuel R. Nyman, Lucy Yardley, Nyman, S.R.   +5 more
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Tailored Education Increased Capability and Motivation for Fall Prevention in Older People After Hospitalization

Frontiers in Public Health, 2021
Recently hospitalized older people are at risk of falls and face barriers to undertaking fall prevention strategies after they return home from hospital.
Chiara Naseri, Steven M. McPhail, Steven M. McPhail, Meg E. Morris, Meg E. Morris, Terry P. Haines, Christopher Etherton-Beer, Christopher Etherton-Beer, Ronald Shorr, Ronald Shorr, Leon Flicker, Leon Flicker, Max Bulsara, Den-Ching A. Lee, Jacqueline Francis-Coad, Nicholas Waldron, Anne-Marie Hill   +16 more
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The internet, E-commerce and older people: an actor-network approach to researching reasons for adoption and use [PDF]

, 2003
Many older people are discovering the Internet, and some are also making good use of electronic commerce and all that goes with it. Others, however, are not adopting these technologies.
Tatnall, Arthur, Lepa, Jerzy
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Gait, mobility, and falls in older people [PDF]

, 2012
My doctoral thesis contributes to the understanding of gait, mobility, and falls in older people. All presented projects investigated the most prominent and sensitive markers for fall-related gait changes, that is gait velocity and gait variability ...
Gschwind, Yves Josef
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Unraveling impaired awareness: experiences of people with dementia, Huntington’s disease and Korsakoff’s syndrome, and their informal caregivers

BMC Geriatrics
Background Impaired awareness occurs in people with dementia (DEM; Alzheimer’s disease (AD), including mixed AD/vascular), Huntington’s disease (HD) and Korsakoff’s syndrome (KS). We explored the experiences of these people and their informal caregivers,
Hester Fidder, Esther de Groot, Marike E. de Boer, Marina R. Ekkel, Ruth B. Veenhuizen, Martin Smalbrugge, Anouk M. van Loon   +6 more
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Central Nervous System Tumors Among Infants in Canada: A Report From CYP‐C

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Central nervous system (CNS) tumors in infants are rare, pose unique clinical challenges, and lack large‐scale evidence‐based data to guide management. This study seeks to describe CNS tumors in Canadian infants and to compare their outcomes with those of older children.
Samuel Sassine, Hallie Coltin, Sylvia Cheng, Lucie Lafay‐Cousin, Vanan Issai Magimairajan, Craig Erker, Stéphanie Vairy, Lynette Bowes, Adam Fleming, Donna Johnston, Sarah McKillop, Roona Sinha, Julie Bennett, Christina Coleman, Laura Wheaton, Shayna Zelcer, Samuele Renzi, Thai Hoa Tran   +17 more
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Characteristics of outdoor falls among older people: A qualitative study [PDF]

, 2013
Background Falls are a major threat to older people’s health and wellbeing. Approximately half of falls occur in outdoor environments but little is known about the circumstances in which they occur.
Ballinger, C, Nyman, Samuel R., Ballinger, Claire, Newton, Rita, Phillips, J.E., Phillips, Judith, Judith Phillips, Newton, R., Nyman, Samuel R, Phillips, Judith E., Samuel R Nyman, Judith E Phillips, Rita Newton, Claire Ballinger, Nyman, SR, Phillips, JE, Ballinger, C., Nyman, S.R., Newton, RA   +18 more
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Older people and age discrimination in the Irish labour market [PDF]

, 2013
This report presents an overview of the situation of older people in the labour market using the findings of recent research as well as information gathered from a variety of sources and organisations concerned with age and older persons and the Irish ...
Vasquez del Aguila, Ernesto, Cantillon, Sara   +1 more
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Feasibility of the WHO Infection Prevention and Control Assessment Framework in long-term care facilities: a pilot study in the Netherlands

Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control
Background The World Health Organization’s Infection Prevention and Control Assessment Framework (IPCAF) is widely used to evaluate infection prevention and control (IPC) quality in hospitals, but IPC standards in long-term care facilities (LTCFs) are ...
K. Halonen, A. Haenen, M. Smalbrugge, L. W. van Buul, R. C. Wang, C. Schneeberger, D. W. Notermans, S. E. Geerlings, S. C. de Greeff   +8 more
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