The elderly dwelling in residential facilities in eThekweni had a low-fall risk profile as predicted by the use of the Berg Balance scores. There was no correlation between gender and ethnicity of the participants. However, a correlation existed between advancing age, the diagnosis of ...
The focus of discussion will be on (a) ways to improve the social security system so as to achieve a better balance of formal and informal supports, (b) development of community services for meeting the needs of older people living alone or having special needs in daily living, and (c) ...
Meta-analysis was used to synthesize findings from 125 studies on age differences in positive affect, negative affect, and affect balance. We found a small age-associated decline of positive affect and affect balance, and a small age-associated increase of negative affect. In addition...
However, coupled with a positive migration balance, at the level and with the age structure assumed in the Eurostat's population projections, these developments could ease the effect of population ageing on the supply side of the European labour market. 展开 ...
age-and sex-dependent changes in levels of circulating brain-enriched micrornas during normal aging Aging is a major risk factor for many common and life-threatening pathologies. The development of reliable biomarkers of aging should lead to a better unde... K Sheinerman,V Tsivinsky,A Mathur,...
Large variations in walking, standing up from a chair, and balance in women and men over 85 years: an observational study What is the physical ability of very old people? Is physical ability affected by age or sex? Is it affected by type of housing, level of independence in ac... PVH...
The changing balance of government and family in care for the elderly in Sweden and other European countries years of shifting patterns in Swedish old age care and makes comparisons with living arrangements and patterns of care in several western European countries... G Sundstr?M,L Johansson - ...
Using the methods of physical strength measurement, questionnaire and mathematical statistics, and from the aspects of single-foot support ability and shaking volume of center of gravity, the study inquired into the effect of Taijiquan exercise on middle and old-aged persons' static balance ability....
Concomitantly, it investigates the female life cycle and its fundamental connection to female reproduction and women's relationship to men, defining women as Maids, Mothers, or Widows. Finally, it demonstrates the early modern fear of sex in old age....
Evidence is presented that individuals of a large number of dioecious and subdioecious plant species are able to alter their sexual state in response to changes in the ambient environment and/or changes in size or age. We suggest that lability of sexual expression probably has survival value wh...