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Capacidad funcional y problemas socioasistenciales de los ancianos del área de salud de Cáceres

Atención Primaria, 2004
ObjetivoDescribir la situación socioambiental e identificar los problemas de salud y la capacidad funcional y mental de los ancianos en la comunidadDiseñoEstudio observacional transversal mediante encuestaPacientesUn total de 228 ancianos no institucionalizados mayores de 71 añosEmplazamientoÁrea de salud de CáceresMediciones principalesCuestionario ...
Corrales, D., Palomo, L., Magariño Bravo, M.J., Alonso, G., Torrico, P., Barroso, A., Merchan, V.   +6 more
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Age‐Based Variations in Frequent Emergency Department (ED) Use Among Older Adults: An Analysis Using the New York University–Johns Hopkins University Emergency Department Algorithm (NYU/JHU‐EDA)

World Medical &Health Policy, Volume 17, Issue 3, Page 411-424, September 2025.
ABSTRACT Population aging impacts the utilization of health services, especially in Emergency Departments (EDs). A rising share of older adults in the US report ED use, especially frequent ED use, defined as ≥ 4 visits annually. Prior works have examined frequent utilization of EDs among geriatric populations, but no study has focused on age‐based ...
Uma Kelekar, Amel Ben Abdesslem, Debasree Das Gupta, Diep Tran, Jewel Shepherd, Sidney Carl Turner   +5 more
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Perceived neighborhood characteristics and the functional performance of elderly people in the Belo Horizonte Metropolitan Area, Minas Gerais State, Brazil: a quantile regression analysis

Cadernos de Saúde Pública
: This study aims to examine the relationship between neighborhood characteristics and the functional performance of elderly people living in the Belo Horizonte metropolitan area, Minas Gerais State, Brazil.
Renzo Joel Flores Ortiz, Fabiane Ribeiro Ferreira, Maria Fernanda Lima-Costa, Cibele Comini César   +3 more
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Living in the Paraindustrial

American Anthropologist, Volume 127, Issue 1, Page 131-139, March 2025.
Abstract This article is an autoethnographic exploration of life in the former steel mill region of Southeast Chicago in the ‘Rust Belt’ of the Midwestern United States. It challenges assumptions about deindustrialization that depict one discrete historical stage following another (i.e., the postindustrial following the industrial) in favor of what is ...
Christine J. Walley
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Condiciones de salud y funcionalidad de los ancianos del Valle Paraíba, São Paulo, Brasil

Enfermería Global, 2014
The principles of aging and quality of life describe the elderly as proactive, setting goals and striving to achieve them, gathering resources that are useful in adapting to change and actively involved in maintaining wellness. The goal of this research is to characterize the profile of the elderly participating in the Elderly Community Centre ...
De Oliveira Araújo, Claudia Lysia, Mancussi e Faro, Ana Cristina   +1 more
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Associations between self-perceived quality of life and socio-demographic, psychosocial, and health variables in a group of elderly

Cadernos de Saúde Pública, 2013
The objectives of this study were to investigate: (a) multiple relations between socio-demographic, psychosocial, and health variables and quality of life in the elderly and (b) the model's validity through correlation with depressive symptoms.
Sérgio Eduardo Silva de Oliveira, Jean Von Hohendorff, Juliana de Lima Müller, Denise Ruschel Bandeira, Sílvia Helena Koller, Marcelo Pio de Almeida Fleck, Clarissa Marceli Trentini   +6 more
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Association of socioeconomic and clinical variables with the state of frailty among older inpatients

Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem, 2015
Objectives: to identify the prevalence of frailty among inpatient older adults in a clinical hospital and check the association of the socioeconomic and clinical characteristics with the state of frailty.
Darlene Mara dos Santos Tavares, Isabella Danielle Nader, Mariana Mapelli de Paiva, Flavia Aparecida Dias, Maycon Sousa Pegorari   +4 more
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Diseño del programa de salud ocupacional para la Precooperativa Servimac municipio de Popayan, Cauca [PDF]

, 2003
El Trabajo es una actividad que el individuo desarrolla para satisfacer sus necesidades básicas y obtener unas condiciones de vida acordes con su dignidad humana y poder realizarse como persona, tanto física como intelectual y socialmente. Para trabajar
Garzon Campo, Gloria Steffy, Lucumi González, Eufemia   +1 more
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La importancia del papel del anciano en la familia y comunidad. Unidad 12 [PDF]

, 1995
En la cartilla se describe los contenidos de la unidad 12 de la especialidad en gerontología donde se tratan el comportamiento biosocial del anciano, métodos de orientación para sensibilización del papel del anciano en la familia y el reconocimiento del
García de Aguirre, Cecilia, Bacca, Guillermina, Cataño Ordóñez, Nohora   +2 more
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Risk assessment of the diabetic foot and wound

International Wound Journal, Volume 2, Issue 1, Page 36-36, March 2005., 2005
Evaluation du risqué de plaie du pied diabétique Les plaies du pied diabétique sont parmi les complications les plus sévères du diabète, affectant jusqu’à 68 pour 1000 des patients présentant un diabète chaque année aux Etats‐unis. Plus de la moitié de ces patients va developper une infection et environ 20% d’entre eux vont nécessiter une amputation à ...
wiley   +1 more source