Focuses on a report from Help the Aged which revealed that forty percent of elderly people living in care homes and one in eight living in their own home suffer from depression. Highlights of the report; Comments from Tom Owen, res...
National Medical Expenditure Survey: Mental Health and Functional Status of Residents of Nursing and Personal Care Homes; Research Findings 7 The Institutional Population Component of the 1987 National Medical Expenditure Survey includes a nationally representative sample of current residents of ... T Lair...
Additional research should focus on the quality and outcomes of care for older adults with affective disorders in diverse settings (including primary care, specialty mental health care, home health care, nursing homes, and assisted living facilities) and on the care of older adults who have ...
In May 2023, China established a national system detailing a number of basic elderly care services. The system features a list of 16 kinds of services falling into three categories: assistance for people's material needs, daily care and mental well-being. The system is believed to be particula...
Tuberculosis in the elderly and in residents of nursing homes, correctional facilities, long-term care hospitals, mental ... tuberculosis in the elderly and in residential homes, correctional facilities, long-term care hos- pitals, mental hospitals, shelters for the homeless, and... WW Stead -...
Such a company of people being easily available in retirement homes helps their mental health to be in a very good shape. Secondly, elderly people almost always need specialised care which they can feel confident about. Retirement homes are equipped with professionals to provide for the needs of...
t referring to elderly patients in nursing homes – but that’s changing. Technology has the potential to make our golden years healthier and happier, and one nursing home in Shenzhen is already seeing benefits. They say patients have begun to show improvements in attitude, mental acuity, and ...
In Oregon, adult foster care (AFC) homes, which are private residences where a live-in manager cares for one to five disabled residents, have been covered by Medicaid since 1981 and seem to offer a mainstream alternative to nursing homes. They house almost 6000 older people, two thirds of ...
In addition to the physical benefits of remaining in their own home, evidence shows the mental wellbeing benefits improve quality of life and can also help reduce the pressure on our wonderful, but over-stretched NHS.” * The analysis, commissioned by the Live-in Care Hub, uses ...
An assessment of mental impairment and behavioural disabilities in 289 residents in six old people's homes indicated that 50.6% were probably demented and ... MG Clarke,AJ Williams,PA Jones - 《British Medical Journal》 被引量: 60发表: 1981年 A psychogeriatric survey of old people's homes....