Those with severe OA often suffer from persistent pain and functional limitations in their limbs, leading to a diminished quality of life. Although OA is commonly associated with aging, there are several controllable and non-modifiable risk factors for its occurrence [3]. Over the last decade, ...
Addressing the social determinants of health and promoting healthy behaviors are not only attributes of the governmental sector but also those of the private, non-governmental, and even individual and family levels. To ensure the long-term sustainability of social prescribing efforts, there must be ...
sounds of the English language. (NB its mastered not marstered OK you monarchy fans.) Apparently her unacceptability is due to the fact that her mother says "toilet" which makes the family too common to mix with the Royals. The upper middle class, of which the Royal family is part (...
As with other high-income countries (HICs), Switzerland is experiencing population ageing [1]. The population of over 80-year-olds is predicted to grow 2.4 times, from 0.46 million in 2020 to 1.11 million by 2050 [2]. The second most rapidly growing population category is the over 65-yea...
In the hieratic works of the twentiethcentury German-language literature, representations of old age and gerontological motives were very rarely central. Therefore, in social, physical and psychological dimensions, the ageing process has become richer over time. Literary representa...
Barack Obama and other members of his failed administration are desperate to get war in Syria back on track to divert attention in the USA from several unfording catastrophes caused by political incompetence and idological intransigence. But when loss of confidence in the Commander - in - Chief...
Providing person-centered, integrated care and LTC are also crucial action areas within the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Global Strategy and Action Plan on Ageing and Health and the United Nation’s (UN) Decade of Healthy Ageing [8, 9]. The WHO defines LTC as “a broad range of ...
(2012) The free-radical theory of ageing - older, wiser and still alive: modeling positional effects of the primary targets of ROS reveals new support, BioEssays, 34, 692-700.T.B. Kirkwood, A. Kowald, The free-radical theory of ageing--older, wiser and still alive: modelling positional...
doi:10.1111/j.1468-246X.2005.00233.xThe impact of demographic ageing on the sustainability of pensions has become the focus of heated debate in Europe, as governments try to reform their welfare sSocial Science Electronic Publishing
In-kind transfers in education and health reduce inequality in all countries by considerably more than cash transfers.doi:10.1111/j.1741-6612.1982.tb00992.xN. LustigJohn Wiley & Sons, Ltd.Australasian Journal on Ageing