For adults, social security seeks to determine whether a person can work given their age, education, past relevant work, and medical limitations. Most people assume that because they cannot do their past relevant work they will qualify for social security benefits. However, it is not that simple...
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However, few studies of geriatric models have been conducted among low-income older adults and with a predominantly black sample. Conclusions Meeting the near-universal goal of supporting older adults to age in place will require models that address more than medical conditions. Findings from this ...
Ashworth NL, Chad KE, Harrison EL, Reeder BA, Marshall SC: Home versus center based physical activity programs in older adults. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2005, CD004017-1 Folstein MF, Folstein SE, McHugh PR: "Mini-Mental state": a practical method for grading the cognitive status of ...
There is a rural hospital near Mayo and a health center for the Mobi area. Participants. The target population included all adults aged 18 and above living in the study areas. Informed consent was obtained from all subjects participating in the study. We excluded persons who declined to give ...
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Intellectual disability (ID) is a common neurodevelopmental disorder that can arise from genetic mutations ranging from trisomy to single nucleotide polymorphism. Mutations in a growing number of single genes have been identified as causative in ID, incl
that meant there were four adults in a classroom of 24 students. The team works in tandem for the entire year, during which the counselors and special education teacher are helping to build the capacity of the general education teacher to better identify and intervene when students are having ...
Older adults in rural areas have less access to preventative care and/or timely treatment and are more likely to cite financial constraints as a barrier to accessing care [33]. Conversely, urban residents have benefited more from recent programs increasing access to medical care, including the ...
Providing children and adults with opportunities to engage in manageable risk taking may be a stepping stone toward closing the gap in life conditions currently experienced by young people with disabilities. We aim to demonstrate the effectiveness of a simple, innovative program for 1) changing the ...