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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"Aging and Health"”.
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Growing old on the farm: An Ethnonursing examination of aging and health within the Agrarian rural subculture
… of this Ethnonursing study was to discover and explore the elder agrarian rural subculture in regard to well-being, health beliefs, values and practices. In depth interviews utilizing a semi-structured interview guide were carried out with eleven key and 23 general informants in a rural …
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Health Expenditures, Time to Death, and Age: A Study of Individual-level, Longitudinal Data to Identify the Combined Role of Age and Mortality in Determining Health Utilization of the Elderly
… is great concern about the potential impact of aging populations on health care systems in the developed world, evidence from recent decades has shown at best a weak relationship between population aging and health expenditures at the aggregate level. This thesis explores the literature that …
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Forgiveness, Health, And Psychological Adjustment In Older Adults
… to examine the relationships between forgiveness and physical and emotional outcomes in older adults. Data for the analyses was from the Religion, Aging, and Health Survey, a nation wide probability survey of older adults. Data were collected at two time points separated by three years, wave 1(W1) …
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Support Networks of Caregivers of Frail Older Adults
Background: Canada's aging population and the increasing prevalence of frailty have amplified the challenges faced by caregivers. Social support networks play a critical role in shaping caregiver burden, coping mechanisms and overall well-being. Despite their importance, the composition and …
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Exploring How Policy, Practice and Regional Perspectives of Caregiving Combine to Mitigate Unpaid Caregiver Distress: A Case Study of the Former South West Local Health Integration Network of Ontario
The impact of unpaid caregiving is significant and potentially detrimental to the overall health of caregivers themselves. The consequences of caregiving can contribute to unsustainable care circumstances for the care recipients in the community, leading to hospitalization or early mortality for …