Given the patient’s advanced age, she showed a remarkably long hemodynamic stability, prior to the rapid deterioration. The condition of the left lower leg raised no suspicion at the initial admission time but changed fast with formation of bullae and discoloration. The absence of crepitus was ...
The elderly in the leisure state express an intense demand for spiritual satisfaction [40]. Although the deterioration of physical function is an unavoidable process, they are still reluctant to leave the society and become a burden on the society, hoping to be accepted by the society and contin...
It was concluded that groups with different characteristics, with both deterioration and improvement in ADL, had an increased risk of falling. Those at risk who have improved ADL function may have a history of sufficient burden of comorbidity, combined with obtained mobility for exposure to a fall...
A drop in physical activity and a deterioration in the capacity to undertake daily life activities are both connected with ageing and have negative effects on physical and mental health. An Elderly and Visually Impaired Human Activity Monitoring (EV-HAM) system that keeps tabs on a person’s rou...
Because dementia is marked by progressive deterioration, affecting both the memory and reasoning capabilities, dementia patients fall short of the ideal of the autonomous agent that grounds the principle of respect for autonomy. This, however, does not constrain research literature from emphasizing the ...
Among the participants, 42.7% of men and 56.3% of women experienced cognitive deterioration. Women with CI exhibited lower body mass index (BMI) and skeletal muscle mass index (SMI), while men with cognitive disorders showed lower SMI, FMR, and higher fat mass index (FMI). FMR was consisten...
Blunted reduction in night-time blood pressure is associated with cognitive deterioration in subjects with long-standing hypertension. Blood Press Monit. 2004;9(2):71-76.PubMedGoogle ScholarCrossref 37. Nagai M, Hoshide S, Ishikawa J, Shimada K, Kario K. Ambulatory blood pressure as an ...
The increasing frequency with age of mental deterioration due to chronic brain disease accounts for much of the sharp and progressie rise in the age-specific first admission rates to mental hospitals that occurs in many countries after 65.1 This rise would be much greater, however, if the majo...
Other signs of this deterioration include bone loss and joint stiffness. The peak of a person’s muscular strength typically occurs between the ages of 20 and 30, after which it tends to decline, with a person’s strength at age 70 being only half as muscular as it was at age 30. The...
The deterioration of physical fitness is primarily facilitated by changes taking place in the musculoskeletal system and in the system of posture and balance control, conducive to falls and in- juries. The loss of physical fitness of the elderly is a problem not only for the patient himself, ...