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Integration of Measurements and Time Diaries as Complementary Measures to Improve Resolution of BES
Energies, 2019 Building energy simulation (BES) models rely on a variety of different input data, and the more accurate the input data are, the more accurate the model will be in predicting energy use.
Jakob Carlander +2 more
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International Journal of Gerontology, 2013 Background: In this study, we aimed to investigate the frequency of oral mucosal lesions and systemic disease in patients with or without dementia. Methods: The patient group comprised patients from the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Darulaceze ...
Hakki Oguz Kazancioglu +4 more
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Impact of advance care planning for older adults with dementia in nursing homes
Obzornik zdravstvene negeIntroduction: Advance care planning is a very important challenge in the field of palliative and hospice care. The aim of this study was to review empirical evidence on the effectiveness of advance care planning in palliative and hospice care for older ...
Suzana Koštomaj
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RETIRED ELDERLY IN A CARE INSTITUTION – THE PROCESS OF ADAPTATION TO LIFE IN A SOCIAL CARE HOME
Studia Humanistyczne AGH, 2015 Retirement is a new stage in every person’s life. It is undoubtedly a transitional period of change and new challenges. It should be noted that it will take different forms, depending on where the elderly go to spend their retirement.
Anna Szafranek
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Information gaps in the market for social services: retirement homes in the Czech Republic
Review of Economic Perspectives, 2019 The research address a partial issue of market failure in the form of information asymmetry. Within the public sector, social services, together with health services, belong to typical sectors where the information superiority of supply against demand is
Vrabková Iveta +2 more
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Employees’ Post-service Plans and Options in Nigeria
RUDN Journal of Public Administration, 2021 One of the greatest challenges that faced typical employees throughout their working life is life after retirement. Despite government roles at providing social security, retirement epoch has been a tension provoking and overwhelming phenomenon in ...
Ugo Chuks Okolie
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Muzikološki Zbornik, 2018 The article focuses on the benefits of music for older adults in retirement homes. Relevant literature was studied to investigate the theoretical and sociocultural context.
Vita Lunežnik, Ana Hofman, Nives Ličen
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The impact of stressful life events on excessive alcohol consumption in the French population: findings from the GAZEL cohort study. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 Major life changes may play a causative role in health through lifestyle factors, such as alcohol. The objective was to examine the impact of stressful life events on heavy alcohol consumption among French adults.Trajectories of excessive alcohol ...
Sara L Tamers +5 more
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International Journal of Strategic Property Management, 2021 The retirement village industry in Australia has been accommodating an increasing number of residents in recent decades. However, a thorough understanding of the dynamic behaviour of the industry remains largely unknown, which prevents a better ...
Bo Xia +5 more
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Retirement, Pension Eligibility and Home Production [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2016 I estimate the effect of retirement on housework by exploiting the discontinuity in pension eligibility generated by the Italian social security rules. Using microdata from the 2007 wave of the Survey on Income and Living Conditions (SILC), I show that women increase their time spent on home production by more than 400 minutes per week.
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