In response to serious concerns about the health care provided to older people in Scotland the Scottish expert group on healthcare of older people, led by the chief medical officer, Dr E M Armstrong, has released an insightful report entitled Adding Life to Years .1 The charge of the group...
The leading specialist journal for nurses who care for older people, Nursing Older People has unrivalled breadth and depth for anyone working in this field.
But later, if health deteriorates, people can move to an assisted-living community and finally to a nursing home, all on the same property. Life-care communities offer the security of continued care in one location, without having to move very far. Many of these communities ...
Healthcare for older people in residential care—who cares - Flicker () Citation Context ...ancer, and arthritis as well as for the prototypical aging diseases such as dementia and osteoporosis [3]. Despite this, our understanding of how old age predisposes us to disease remains rudimentary =...
Aside from language, other factors may come into play for practitioners who treat minorityolder adults. For example, many people of various ethnicities use complementary or alternative health practices, including home healing therapies and techniques. ...
Standards for Health and Social Care Services for Older People Guest editorial: Integrated services for older people - the key to unlock our health and care services and improve the quality of care? H. Bowers,P. Lelliott 被引量: 0发表: 1999年 We share the care: family caregivers' experienc...
豆瓣评分 目前无人评价 评价: 内容简介· ··· This timely book addresses the health care needs of the fastest growing sector of the community. Written by three highly respected primary care physicians, it tackles the typical, and not so typical challenges in caring for older people through...
Effect of Telephone Counseling on Physical Activity for Low-Active Older People in Primary Care: A Randomized, Controlled Trial OBJECTIVES: To assess the long-term effectiveness of a telephone counseling intervention on physical activity and health-related quality of life in low-act... GS Kolt,GM...
As most health resources are concentrated on dealing with COVID-19-related health issues [4, 5], many people have missed out on necessary care, including regular check-ups, emergency health services, and life-extending interventions [6]. Unmet healthcare need, a spectrum of healthcare need ...
Care home residents in England have variable access to health care services. There is currently no coherent policy or consensus about the best arrangements to meet these needs. The purpose of this review was to explore the evidence for how different serv