A strong indicator of the adoption of social media within this age group is the proliferation of several chapters of the AARP (formerly the American Association of Retired Persons) on Facebook which seek to bring together older adults. As of 2011, there are approximately 16 million people 55 ...
Inappropriate drug use among older persons: is it time for action? Age Ageing. 2014; 43:737-739... Schoenenberger,W Andreas,Stuck,... - 《Age & Ageing》 被引量: 2发表: 2014年 Updating the Beers criteria for potentially inappropriate medication use in older adults: results of a US consen...
Discusses the adoption by the United Nations's Social Development Commission of a proposed set of UN Principles for Older Persons, lists the principles and a declaration on the rights and responsibilities of older persons, and offers a statement on the need for a declaration of rights. (JOW)...
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Within the single-task trials with no cognitive task, significant differences were only observed in the agility parameters of elbow flexion, and not flexibility and variability (Tables3and4). The overall effect sizes for all between group comparisons were 0.40 ± 0.20, 0.14 ± 0.08,...
where standing up for themselves might have repercussions for the person's health or safety. Emotional abusiveness was viewed as underpinning all forms of abuse, and as influencing its experienced severity. Respondents' views as to whether an action was abusive required an understanding of intent: ...
The National LGBT Cancer Action Plan: A White Paper of the 2014 National Summit on Cancer in the LGBT Communities Despite growing social acceptance of lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, and transgender (LGBT) persons and the extension of marriage rights for same-sex couples... JE Burkhalter,M Liz...
In this rapidly aging society, successful aging is drawing the attention of not only older adults but also of researchers who want to help the older population to improve or maintain their well-being. The digital game is a promising technology that could assist in successful aging. This survey...
The consequence of "doing nothing": Family caregiving for Alzheimer's disease as non-action in the US This article adopts a discursive approach in order to examine how dominant US discourses shape both public and personal understandings of the caregiving wo... AT Seaman - 《Social Science & ...
The "World Conference of Ministers Responsible for Youth", held from 8 to 12 August in Lisbon, Portugal, produced an important document-the Lisbon Declaration-which commits its signatories to elevate youth policy on their national agendas and, in the phrase of John Langmore, Director of the Div...