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Dizziness and benign paroxysmal positional vertigo among retirement home residents: a cross-sectional descriptive and interventional study [PDF]
BMC Geriatrics, 2022 Background The prevalence of dizziness increases with age. We aimed to determine the point prevalence of dizziness and, in particular, of benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) among retirement home residents.
Rainer Müller +3 more
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Retirement and Home Production: A Regression Discontinuity Approach [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2011 Existing studies show that individuals who retire replace some private consumption with home production, but do not consider joint behavior of couples. Here we analyze the causal effect of retirement of each partner on hours of home production for both partners in a couple.
Stancanelli, Elena, van Soest, Arthur
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Home Equity Withdrawal in Retirement [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2011 The authors study empirically and theoretically the patterns of home equity withdrawal among retirees, using a model in which retirees are able to own or rent a home, save, and borrow against home equity, in the face of idiosyncratic risks concerning mortality, health, medical expenditures, and household size and observed house price changes.
Irina Telyukova, Makoto Nakajima
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Developing an evidence base to inform retirement home policy development using an equity and diversity lens: a mixed methods study protocol [PDF]
BMC GeriatricsBackground Retirement homes are an essential support for many older adults as they age. However, retirement homes may not be an option for all, particularly adults with low socioeconomic status or those from linguistic or visible minority groups, in ...
K. Kehoe MacLeod +18 more
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Retirement, Home Care and the Importance of Gender
Historical Life Course Studies, 2021 In recent decades elderly care policies in Sweden have been characterized by a marked shift from institutional care to home care. Previous research has highlighted how this has resulted in the elderly receiving care at a higher age and increased ...
Anders Brändström, Glenn Sandström
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The Prevalence of Visual Impairment in Retirement Home Residents. [PDF]
Dtsch Arztebl Int, 2016 Elderly persons often have eye diseases causing either reversible or irreversible visual loss. The prevalence of such problems among retirement home residents is unknown.203 residents of retirement homes in and around Würzburg, Germany, were examined.
Thederan L +5 more
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Retirement, home production and labor supply elasticities [PDF]
Journal of Monetary Economics, 2016 A standard life cycle model with home production implies a tight relationship between key preference parameters and the changes in time allocated to home production and leisure at retirement. We derive this relationship and use data from the ATUS to explore its quantitative implications.
Richard Rogerson, Johanna Wallenius
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THE EFFICIENCY OF PHYSIOTHERAPY IN THE TREATMENT OF LUMBAR DISCOPATHY IN ELDERLY PATIENTS
Sport şi Societate, 2023 Lumbar pain is one of the most common pathologies encountered among the population. With advancing age, the predisposition to this type of pain increases, which can lead to a decrease in the quality of life.The present study was ...
Cătălina-Mihaela Dascălu +2 more
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CONTRIBUTION OF PHYSIOTHERAPY IN REDUCING THE RISK OF FALL IN THE ELDERLY
Sport şi Societate, 2023 Nowadays, one of the major concerns of the specialists in the field of health is represented by finding optimal solutions to prevent falls among the elderly.The study was carried out on a group of 10 elderly people from a retirement home in Iasi, who ...
Cătălina-Mihaela Dascălu +2 more
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National Journal of Community Medicine, 2022 Background: With aging process, cognitive levels decline which has affected nearly 50 million people worldwide. In view of this, our study aims to estimate the prevalence of cognitive impairment and its correlation with co morbidities among the elderly ...
Sujitha P +3 more
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