Multi-generational households, particularly those made up of women, their children and grandchildren are common. A unique feature of South Africa is the strong social grant system. This governmental program provides a non-contributory means-tested pension to all women and men over the age of 60,...
He described how during discussions, the women tended to start quarrelling; as a coping strategy, he had quickly learned to avoid getting involved in these often petty discussions. Interviewer: “So you’re getting along well with the other residents?” Older resident: “Yes, yes. We are ...
The larger-than-life character was the first of many formidable women Holliday would play over the course of her four-decade career, though none would attain the pop culture icon status of Flo, thanks to her room-clearing catch phrase of "Kiss my grits!" For her scene-stealing ro...
When older women are expected to be and are actually playing the role of major family caregiver, their perceived social support and instrumental social support are lower than those of men [47], and the limited care they receive could lead to more severe disability or hastened progression to ...
I’ve seen the results on 2 women’s eyelashes–were they ever thick! One was a nurse’s eyelashes in a major hospital’s outstanding wound care center where we took Sr. Advisor, R for her infected wound last November. Couldn’t help noticing the eyelashes; had to mention it. Nurse ...
In validation studies among women in the Nurses' Health Study II (a similar cohort of nurses), participants' responses, 1 year apart, to these questions on activity were reasonably correlated (r = 0.59), given the expected true changes that might occur over a 1-year period.33 Moreover, ph...
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In this analysis, plasma IL-6 was positively related with self-reported CaF, in older women with sarcopenic obesity, who had experienced a fall event in the past. Accordingly, long-term exposure to adverse psychological conditions, including chronic stress and anxiety, has previously been ...
Clin Nutr 2006;25:330–60 Article CAS PubMed Google Scholar Kim J. Nutritional Assessment in Elderly Clients. The Journal for Nurse Practitioners 2007;3:726–8 Article Google Scholar Baath C, Hall-Lord ML, Idvall E, Wiberg-Hedman K, Wilde LB. Interrater reliability using Modified Norton...
41,47,60,66,69 Trial sizes ranged from 35 participants55 to 6502 participants.18 The mean age ranged from 68 years71 to 88 years.46 Ten trials were conducted exclusively with women,42-44,63,66-68,70-72 while in 3 trials less than one-half of the participants were female.59,62,65 ...