are closer to superstition. Accepting them gave people a sense of control over situations they couldn't control or didn't understand -- and it still can today. This is especially true concerning the serious matters of health and illness, subjects that were more even mysterious to our ancestors...
the worldwide proportion of elderly people aged ≥60 years was reported as 11.7%, and this proportion is projected to reach 21.1% by 20501. In developed countries in particular, this rise is associated with a fall in the mortality rate, due to factors such as improvements in lifestyle, he...
Some students sympathized with people, such as HIV-positive women, who are at risk of being denied having a biological child. Although medical science has provided information concerning the risks of transmitting HIV to the embryo, medical science has also provided practices for monitoring risks as...
Providing high-quality end-of-life care to older people is a requirement especially for countries with a high proportion of old and very old people. This c... IR Hallberg - Nordic Congress of Gerontology 被引量: 61发表: 2004年 Health-Related Quality of Life of Mothers: A Review of the ...
This study suggests that while being in optimal general medical health at age 85+ does not guarantee against development of AD, it may delay the onset, which could have significant public health implications. Physical activity Studies of younger older people have demonstrated that physical activity ...
Distribution of LTC resources are skewed towards urban areas, despite an urgent need for services in rural regions, where older people have poorer health and are more likely to live alone [136,122]. Despite the 90-7-3 LTC policy goal, investment is predominantly in institutional care, neglecti...
However, to be clear, with so many young people struggling, systems-level approaches are likely to be the only truly effective way forward. 5. Conclusion The present findings indicated that TD school students fared relatively better than mainstream students. Selection and contextual matters might be...
Population aging has become a public health issue [1], and the size of population aged 60 or older is predicted to rise to 1.4 billion, 2.1 billion, and eventually 3.1 billion people by 2030, 2050, and 2100, respectively [2]. As for China, the number of Chinese elderly people over the...
OLDER peopleShares the experience of an adviser about policy making in Great Britain's Department of Health. Details on health policy toward the elderly; Discussion on politicians and policy making; Clinicians involved in policy making.doi:10.1002/1099-1166(200008)15:8<762::AID-GPS296>3.0.CO;2...
Eventually, hundreds of thousands of people were following. Within weeks, the tale took an surprise twist when it was learned Terrance was actually a female as it laid some 50 eggs that the family initially assumed were unfertilized. Several weeks...