It traces the recent history of efforts in Australia to promote the health of older people, concluding that currently there is no comprehensive, nationally agreed strategy with a significant resource allocation directed towards this end. It is argued that a population-based strategy is needed, which...
This means that using the concepts of training (teaching) strategy to produce a more integrated society where older people would be included into socio-economic development. The model is a non-formal education system that focuses on two main aspects: physical activity and nutrition. Both of these...
Older adults are unaware of the biological mechanisms that contribute to the development of disabilities, chronic conditions, and frailty, yet, when made aware, desire to employ lifestyle changes to mitigate these conditions. We developed the AFRESH health and wellness program and report on pilot te...
13 We suspect that social support can either promote a sense of self-efficacy and self-esteem or become “dis-abling” by reinforcing dependence; therefore, social support can have “mixed” effects.4,14 Our research focuses on physical and mental health indicators among older adults in China,...
The National Service Framework for Older People is a 10-year strategy concerned with the effective delivery of health and social care for individuals over the age of 50 years. It has 10 standards and number 3 of these relates to health promotion. The health promotion standard covers a wide ...
Chen, Y., Hicks, A., While, A.E.: Loneliness and social support of older people in C hina: A systematic literature review. Health Social Care Community. 22(2), 113–123 (2014) Article Google Scholar Hasan, H., Linger, H.: Enhancing the wellbeing of the elderly: Social use of ...
Despite the promising evidence of health-promoting and preventive interventions for maintaining health among older people, not all interventions can be implemented due to limited resources. Due to the variation of content in the interventions and the bre
This external perception of older adults could be internalized by them as a sense of self-perceived uselessness, leading to poor health and high mortality (Zhao et al. 2017). More importantly, the law of the jungle could lead to mental illness in older people of the Confucian context, ...
byUniversity of York Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Researchers at the University of York played a key role in a major new study which suggests that universal basic income could help to reverse the epidemic of mental health problems among young people in the U.K. ...
Due to the increasing proportion of older people in society [1], efficient and effective evidence-based practice (EBP) strategies for managing fall prevention in primary health care are of great importance. Offering customized health services as people become older is a common challenge across Europe...