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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"Community dwelling elders"”.
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A Study of Quality of Life Issues in Community-Dwelling Elders
… of quality of life as perceived by elderly community residents. Using an interview format, data were gathered from a convenience sample of community-dwelling residents aged 65 years of age and older. Data gathered in face-to-face interviews with subjects were transcribed, and researcher …
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A systems analysis and technology roadmap for fall mitigation systems for the elderly
… to reliably prevent the long-lie in independent elders. A National Health Interview Survey data was analyzed to understand the causes for falls, types of fall related injuries and common fall locations for community dwelling elders. A concept of operations was defined based on these findings and …
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Nursing Assessment and Management of Constipation in the Community Dwelling Elder
… and managing interventions for constipation in community dwelling elders over the age of 65. Design: A quantitative paradigm was used, focusing on a descriptive approach in an effort to allow identification of consistencies/inconsistencies among nursing professionals educational level in …
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Improving Life Satisfaction of Elders through Oral History: The Narrator's Perspective
… history intervention on the life satisfaction of community-dwelling elders and to identify participant characteristics associated with change in life satisfaction scores.Sixty community-dwelling, older adults who were free of cognitive impairment and mental illness were recruited from agencies …
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The Association of Health Literacy with Self-care Agency in Older Adults in Jamaica
… Health Literacy Questionnaire for community-dwelling older adults in Jamaica and (b) determine whether relationships exist among aspects of health literacy and self-care practices while controlling for potential socio-demographic influences. The research design was cross-sectional …
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The essence of the experience of polypharmacy in the life-world of the community dwelling elder
… living polypharmcy in the life-world of the\r\ncommunity dwelling elder, is significant to healthcare providers, nurses included, as it\r\nfocuses on the culture of the elderly and allows new consideration of everyday, taken-forgranted\r\npractices such as changes in terminology. The research …
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Explainable and Robust Data-Driven Machine Learning Methods for Digital Healthcare Monitoring
… using datasets from stroke survivors and community-dwelling elders with participants of varying levels of mobility. Risk indicators were obtained through kinematics simplification that are both explainable and modifiable. These indicators considerably enhance fall risk classification …
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Delirium Rate and Risk Factors in Palliative Care Outpatients and Caregiver Coping Strategies
… outpatient delirium rate was 14% among demented community dwelling elders (Steis, Evans, et al., 2012a). It is hypothesized that frail, palliative care outpatients have high rates of missed delirium, and it is the most common neuropsychiatrie disorder that terminally ill patients face, with …
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Understanding the body’s kinematic/kinetic responses and motor adaptation to unpredictable gait perturbation induced by a split-belt treadmill in young and older adults
… it makes up approximately 59% of falls in the community-dwelling elders. Age-related changes (e.g., decline in muscle strength and the function of the neuromuscular system) affect balance control in older adults, which contributes to higher fall rates. Although physical exercises (e.g., …