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Showing 1 to 20 of 871 for “"The Elderly"”.
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Designing cities for the elderly
This thesis seeks to answer how urban design in an established town can be adapted to accommodate an aging population. It uses the town of Brookline, Massachusetts, as an example of a community making active efforts to improve its design and services to meet the needs of its elderly citizens. Among …
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Housing the elderly in new communities
The growth of the elderly population in America has rapidly increased since the beginning of the twentieth century, primarily due to increasing life expectancy and decline in the birth rate. Because of their numbers alone, the elderly deserve greater consideration and concern than they have had in …
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Avoidance Behavior in the Elderly Driver
Do older drivers modify their driving habits in response to functional impairment? Older drivers who avoid challenging driving situations were compared with non-avoiders, to determine whether functional limitations were related to avoidance and whether avoidance is related to reducing crash risk. …
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Hip fractures in the elderly: literature
Contains fulltext : mmubn000001_02867412x.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Open Access)
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Adaptation of Housing for the Elderly
In the initial part of the study some characteristics of the elderly, underlying their relevant needs for various provisions, were examined. Since the beginning of this century, in accordance with government policies, many forms of provision have been developed, expanded and made available for the …
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Community acquired bacteraemia in the elderly
Age affects the human frame at all levels - from the skin which is ravaged by exposure to ultraviolet light and toxic irritants to the immune system which becomes progressively less responsive to antigenic stimuli. Bacteraemia follows a focal infection and thus any change which results in increased …
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Long-term care and the elderly
Long-term care expenditures represent one of the largest uninsured financial risks facing the elderly. Medicaid provides incomplete insurance against these costs: unlimited nursing home benefits with a deductible equal to the savings and income above the means-testing limits. While private …
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Subjective well-being among the elderly
The main objective of this study is to explain and predict subjective well-being among the elderly as a function of their social location in society and the nature of their social networks. More specifically, the study seeks to answer the following questions: First, how do the elderly perceive …
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Outcomes of Status Epilepticus in the Elderly
… Few studies have addressed this condition in the elderly. The present study examines predictors of SE mortality in this growing population.Methods: SE patients visiting the Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center from July 1, 1989, to June 30,2006 were included in the study. Data on …
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Serial Orthostatic Parameter Measurements in the Elderly
The purpose of this study was to examine orthostatic parameter measurement trends among the elderly. The study investigated the trends in blood pressure, heart rate, and oxygen saturation after orthostatic changes in elderly men and women. A prospective descriptive design was used to obtain …
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Principles of location housing for the elderly
Thesis (M.U.P.)--Michigan State University. Dept. of Urban Planning and Landscape Architecture, 1973
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Medication in the elderly : an outpatient survey
The aging process is associated with disease states that may be painful, disabling and life-threatening. Elderly patients frequently have more than one disorder and appropriate pharmacotherapy may result in polypharmacy (treatment with multiple drugs). This situation, combined with age-related …
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Housing for the elderly in Tewksbury, Massachusetts.
Thesis: B. Arch., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Architecture, 1965
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Use of computer technology by the elderly
The information technology that is available now has been developed for other populations, such as the general public, the business community, health care organizations, or the handicapped. However, much of it can be adapted to fit the needs, desires and capabilities of the elderly and computer …
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Convenience food use by the elderly population
Of the fifty foods used by the greatest number of elderly households in the USDA 1977 - 78 Nationwide Food Consumption Survey, 62 percent were nonconvenience foods. The percentages of nonconvenience and of basic, complex and manufactured convenience food classes reported most frequently by elderly …
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Memory Change and Cognitive Function among the Elderly
The Problem: The deleterious effects of aging on various cognitive abilities are widely recognized, yet little is known regarding what constitutes "normal" memory test performance in individuals over the age of 74. In this study, forgetting rates for verbal and nonverbal material from the Wechsler …
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