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Showing 1 to 20 of 40 for “"Elderly Adults"”.
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The Effects of Music Therapy on Elderly Adults with Dementia
<p>As people age, the brain is more susceptible to changes that diminish cognitive function. In recent years neuroscience has found convergent evidence between music therapy and brain architecture, as it has shown the generation of new connections in the brain or a reorganization and possible …
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Assessing an Intergenerational Horticulture Therapy Program for Elderly Adults and Preschool Children
… as a therapeutic tool when working with elderly adults and preschool children. The program was set up to compare independent group activities with intergenerational activities. A group of elderly adults in the University Adult Day Service and a group of preschool children in the …
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Effects of Chronis Consumption of Caffeine on Memory for Prose in Young and Elderly Adults
… use of caffeine on memory for prose in young and elderly adults. Forty-nine young and forty-nine elderly subjects read four expository prose passages from the computer screen and orally recalled each story Recalls were tape recorded and later scored for presence of idea units Chronic consumption …
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Preserving the Health & Well-being of Elderly Adults: Encouraging Standards of Care within Residential Care Facilities
… large portion of preventable hospital stays are elderly individuals. In this case, these hospitalizations can also be detrimental to the health of the individual, as they may begin to decline while not going through their daily routines. The Institute on Aging (IOA) is an agency that seeks to …
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Child- vs. adult-directed speech and self-esteem: effects on the task performances, arousal, and future esteem of elderly adults
In a sample of older individuals, the effects of speech type and initial esteem level on performance and subsequent esteem were explored in the present study. Results were inconclusive. Practice effects were found for all subjects, regardless of group membership on all tasks. Speech and Esteem …
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Using an extended theory of planned behaviour to investigate sleep impaired driving
… (Stutts et al., 2003). Further, young and elderly adults have been found to have more sleep-related accidents between midnight and 6am and between 3pm and 6pm, respectively (Summala & Mikkola, 1994). An extended theory of planned behaviour (TPB; Ajzen, 1988,1991) was used to understand the …
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The Influence of Patient-Reported Provider Availability Factors on Nonurgent Emergency Department Use
… of a nationally‑representative population of non‑elderly adults who were continuously privately insured (CPI) for at least a year before an emergency department visit that was determined to be nonurgent, and who reported having a regular source of care (RSC).</p> <p> <strong>Methods. </strong>Data …
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Development of Finite Element Models of the Aging Population using Model Morphing Techniques
Elderly adults aged 65 years and older are a vulnerable population with a greater risk of injury and injury-related deaths due to morphological and physiological changes with age. The elderly population constitutes more than 13% of the total population and with increases in life expectancy, the …
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Intonation Perception In Elderly And Young Adult Subjects
<p>Various studies have reported that elderly individuals have difficulty perceiving intonation, especially in emotional context. However, the nature and the extent to which this problem affects the communication ability of these individuals are poorly understood. Most studies use isolated …
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The nature of semantic memory deficits in Alzheimer's disease : evidence from event-related brain potentials and reaction time measures
… priming were assessed by comparing young and elderly adults; differences due to DAT were assessed by comparing elderly adults and DAT patients. For patients, pictures were classified as a function of the individual's naming ability to determine whether naming deficits reflected a failure to …
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A statistical framework for the analysis of neural control of movement with aging and other clinical applications
… processing, which are often more difficult for elderly adults. With the number of Americans age 65 and older expected to double in the next 25 years, in-depth research and sophisticated technologies are necessary to understand the mechanisms involved in normal neuromuscular aging. The objective …
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Determining Relationships Among Perceived Health Status and Health Promoting Lifestyles of Frontier Elderly
… health status. The sample consisted of 52 elderly adults residing in a frontier South Dakota county. Pearson product-moment correlation indicated no significant relationship between the subjects' perceived health status, measured by a Visual Analog Scale, and their Health Promoting …
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Identifying the Neural Correlates of Swallowing in Two Age Groups Using fMRI
… of deglutition in healthy young and older adults using functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI). Ten young (age range 19-25 years of age; five males and five females) and nine older (age range 66-77 years of age; three males and six females) right-handed healthy individuals were scanned …
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A description of learning in a group of well elderly over the age of 75
… need for continual intellectual growth in older adults. This study describes the characteristics of learning practiced by a particular. group of well-elderly adults over the age of 75. Data were gathered self-reported learning experiences.A semi-structured interview was developed by the …
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Insurance Choice And The Demand For Prescription Drugs Among Individuals With Chronic Conditions
… insurance choice of the chronically ill non-elderly adults and their utilization and expenditures on prescription drugs. Discrete factor model is used to estimate an individual's probability of any drug use and the conditional level of utilization and associated out-of-pocket expenditures. …
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Essays in Health Care and Public Economics
… non-hospitalization ED visits by uninsured non-elderly adults and have had no impact on the number of ED visits by patients with private or public insurance. The results are robust to different measures of access, sample composition, and choices of specification. The Second Chapter is titled …
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Attendance at Activities with a Geriatric Population: Antecedets and Consequences
… well-being and satisfaction with life for elderly adults. However, few residents of nursing homes seem to take part in social and leisure activities. Many strategies have been suggested for increasing attendance at activities of residents in geriatric facilities, but few of these strategies …
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Hopelessness in the Institutionalized Elderly
<p>The losses and stresses of the elderly make them susceptible to powerlessness which ultimately may lead to hopelessness and death. The use of client initiated interventions designed to increase the individual's control of the environment may interrupt the powerlessness, hopelessness and death …
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A longitudinal study of personality development in older adults : the impact of a volunteer intervention program
… promote ego development for a sample of older adults. Current and non-volunteers were assessed on measures of personality and ego development before and after a 3-month baseline period, after six months of volunteering, and one year after completing their volunteer intervention. In addition, …
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