The article focuses on the self-care challenges in older adults with diabetes, which is a condition that requires a continuing medical care and attentive patient self-management to reduce and prevent complications. Topics include the lack of ability of older people with Type 2 diabetes and ...
While such assumptions about the religious activities of older adults are stereotypes, they are also rooted in some truth. Hands down, when considering levels of religious participation across the life span, older adults demonstrate the highest levels of religious engagement compared to any other age...
Mental health service providers have begun serving older adults in their places of residence. Providing psychotherapy in an elder's home presents numerous benefits and challenges, compared with in-clinic work. Because many of these differences are complicated, clinicians must make quick decisions and ...
The significant increase in the number of older adults in the USA, particularly in rural areas, has signaled the need for more research to address the health care needs of this complex, heterogeneous, and vulnerable population. However, accessing older adults in rural areas presents an especially...
In 2005, the CDC reported that adults over the age of 50 accounted for 15 percent of all new HIV/AIDS diagnoses. Older women with thinning vaginal lining are at a higher risk. (Price provides the website for the female condom.) In Suzanne Braun Levine’s book there is plenty of ...
The incidence of insomnia is approximately 5% in older adults. The overall incidence of insomnia is similar in men and wom... JK Gammack - 《Asia Pacific Biotech News》 被引量: 3发表: 2005年 Broad ligament leiomyosarcoma in a premenopausal nulliparous woman: case report and review of the ...
In China, the population is rapidly ageing and the capacity of the system that cares for older people is increasingly a concern. In this Review, we provide a profile of the long-term care system and policy landscape in China. The long-term care system is characterised by rapid growth of ...
This study identified barriers to accessing health care services for older adults in Nepal. We found that the affordability of health services, poor acceptability, poor communication between older people and doctors, and a lack of elderly-friendly services are the key challenges experienced by older ...
Community-based frail older adults, burdened with complex medical and social needs, are at great risk for preventable rapid rehospitalizations. Although fe... Golden,G Adam,Tewary,... - 《Gerontologist》 被引量: 91发表: 2010年 Challenges and Opportunities in the Anthropology of Childhoods: An ...
Living arrangements and Supplemental Security Income use among elderly Asians and Hispanics in the United States: the role of nativity and citizenship In this analysis we compare the living arrangements and receipt of Supplemental Security Income (SSI) among older, non-institutionalised adults in five...