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Showing 1 to 17 of 17 for “"Frail Elderly"”.
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Functional Ability and Hope: A Study of the Frail Elderly Home Health Client Post-hospitalization
… the difference in functional ability and hope in frail elderly home health clients in the Midwest. Data was collected through structured interviews at two weeks post-hospitalization and at three months. The Katz Index of Activities of Daily Living, the Folstein Mini Mental Status Exam, the Herth …
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THE ETHICAL IMPERATIVES WHICH EMERGE FROM A THEOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE ON DISINTEGRATION AT THE END OF LIFE (FRAIL ELDERLY)
… social attitudes toward disintegration of the frail elderly worsen their morale and physical condition, diminishing the potential of their lives. In Judaeo-Christian doctrine persons are to care for one another universally, regardless of condition. This universalism has not been adequately …
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Relationship of exercise tolerance, exercise intensity, and physical performance in frail elderly individuals residing in a long-term care facility
… is limited and non-conclusive among the frail elderly. The purposes of this study were to examine the relationship of physiologic response to activity and physical performance using lower extremity activities, to describe performance capabilities, and to propose thresholds of performance …
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A Descriptive Study of the Introduction of Personal Computers to Frail Elderly in the Long-term Care Setting: Advantages, Impediments and Feasibility
… to introduce personal computers to the elderly residents at two long-term care facilities in San Marcos, Texas, and a descriptive study of the outcomes of this continuing project. The participants at the two long-term care facilities are a self-selected convenience sample. Each …
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MANAGING DRUG USE IN THE ELDERLY. General practitioners’ adherence to guidelines and patients’ conceptions of medication
… most cases, be followed also in the treatment of elderly to avoid suboptimal treatment, for example for cardiovascular conditions, or risky prescriptions in the case of renal impairment. Objectives: 1. To describe frail elderly patients’ knowledge about and attitudes towards their medicines and to …
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Shadow Standards and the Logic of Costs: Care, Stewardship, and Data in U.S. Community Health
… Massachusetts clinics for the homeless and the frail elderly between 2014-2015, I argue that when marginalized patients are unable to satisfy the neoliberal ideal of self-governance to maintain their health in cost-effective ways, providers are activated to bring them into compliance. Through …
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Threads of influence: Greek tragedy and its relevance to the contemporary novel, with specific reference to Donna Tartt's 'The secret history', and my novel, 'The first seven years'
… young son, Alfie, and caring for an increasingly frail elderly relative, Kate becomes emotionally and physically stretched. When she discovers Alfie has been badly bullied in his failing state school, her attempts to change schools have tragic consequences. Finally, my journal, presented at viva, …
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Transitional Care to Reduce 30-day Heart Failure Readmissions Among the Long-Term Care Elderly Population
… contributor of morbidity and mortality, and the frail, elderly men and women residing in long-term care (LTC) or skilled nursing facilities (SNF) are particularly prone to the adverse health effects of repeated preventable hospitalizations. The purpose of this project is to provide and promote …
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The effects of dietary creatine monohydrate supplementation and resistance training in older men
… tolerated and would prove suitable for the more frail elderly population as well as individuals suffering from muscular degenerative disorders.
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Sensor-based artificial intelligence to support people with cognitive and physical disorders
… The system can maintain a food diary for frail people with nutrition problems, such as people with neurocognitive diseases or frail elderly people, which may have difficulties due to forgetfulness or physical issues. The novel architecture automatically recognizes the preparation of food …
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Understanding space, place and leisure of women over 85 living in the community
… provision has been focused on the needs of the frail elderly who reside in institutions or the well elderly who are able to access leisure amenities within the community. However the growing number of older adults electing to live alone is on the rise. As individuals age the home becomes the …
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Falls and dizziness in frail older people. Predictors, experiences and the effects of a case management intervention
… life. The risk of falls increases with age and frailty level. Dizziness is a strong risk factor for falls, and preventing falls and dizziness in older people is essential. The overall aim of this thesis was to investigate risk factors for falls or dizziness and to explore older people’s …
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Comparison of Elderly Non-Fallers and Fallers on Performance Measures of Functional Reach, Sensory Organizations, and Limits of Stability
… The purpose of this study was to compare elderly non-fallers and fallers for differences in the following: (1) mean functional reach (FR), (2) mean anterior limits of stability (LOS), (3) mean posterior LOS, and (4) mean sensory organization test (SOT) composite score. The following …
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Case management for frail older people. Effects on healthcare utilisation, cost in relation to utility, and experiences of the intervention
… effects of a case management intervention for frail older people on healthcare utilisation and costs in relation to utility. A further aim was to explore the older people’s and case managers’ experiences of the intervention. Study I was a quantitative study comprising ten age cohorts aged …
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Äldre personers sista tid i livet. Livskvalitet, vård, omsorg och närståendes situation.
The aim of this thesis was to investigate old people's care and quality of life during the last period of life, but also to investigate their own and next-of-kin's experience of this phase. The thesis is based on four studies using separate samples. The sample (n=1198) in study I was drawn from the …
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Healthcare consumption, experiences of care and test of and intervention in frail old people. Implications for case management
The overall aim of thesis was to explore frail older people’s experiences of receiving healthcare and/or social services and to investigate healthcare consumption and costs in both men and women and in different age groups in the two years prior to the introduction of long-term municipal care. A …
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Improving Dental Care to the Elderly in a Nursing Home
… the current issues of improving dental care of frail and elderly patients in nursing home facilities. The specific aim is to improve dental care of clients at the San Mateo County nursing home facility by 100% by May, 2015. The methods use in this project was the adaptation and implementation of …