Most common risk factors of falls in the elderly populationVesna KeviKosana StanetiGordana TeanoviM. StanetiInternational Journal of Medical and Health Research
While depression is more likely to occur in older people, it is a serious mood disorder — which affects the way you feel, think and behave — and it is not a natural part of aging. Even so, close to 60 percent of individuals over the age of 65 believe that depression is a "normal...
Are falls in the elderly less common in nursing homes compared with living at home? Evidence-based answer: No. Older adults in nursing homes fall at about twice the rate of age-matched cohorts in the community (SOR:B, systematic review and individual prospective cohort studies). Most likely,...
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Lack of balance is common with elderly people, but it can start in your 20s. (1) There are some ways that can help. 1. (2) Balance can go bad when you are young. Strength training can help, whatever your age.A 2013study that examined the effects of strengthening exercises on balanc...
of the prevalence of chronic disease in the elderly, cure may be elusive, but appropriate care always improves the quality of the older adult’s life. Some common problems of the elderly are reviewed in this chapter. More complete discussions may be found in textbooks of geriatric medicine.1,...
grand mal convulsion, increased mortality in elderly patients with dementia-related psychosis, judgement impaired, loss of consciousness, migraine, neuroleptic malignant syndrome, paresthesia circumoral, positional vertigo, seizures, serotonin syndrome, sleep phase rhythm disturbance, stroke, unresponsive to ...
For senior citizens, the leading cause of unintentional injury areslips and falls. To help alleviate the potentiality of slips and falls ensure that you, or elderly loved ones, have proper shoes with adequate grip. If mobility is an issue, it may be in the best interests of a Senior Citize...
grand mal convulsion, increased mortality in elderly patients with dementia-related psychosis, judgement impaired, loss of consciousness, migraine, neuroleptic malignant syndrome, paresthesia circumoral, positional vertigo, seizures, serotonin syndrome, sleep phase rhythm disturbance, stroke, unresponsive to ...
摘要: Background and aims: Although the incidence of falls and syncope increase with age, the underlying mechanisms are not fully understood, particularly in very old patients. We report diagnostic...关键词:Carotid sinus elderly falls neurogenic orthostatic hypotension syncope ...