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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"Very old age"”.
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Relocation and residential reasoning in very old age -Housing, health and everyday life
Introduction: Moving in very old age is considered to be a major life event and relocation and access to appropriate housing options is a hot topic in the public debate across Europe. For very old people, the decision-making process and aspects influencing relocation is not well studied. …
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What is it like to experience the loss of an adult child in old age?
… When the death happens as that person approaches very old age, at a time of life when other losses are common, the risks of mental and physical health problems, and even dying, increase. Despite this, relatively little else is known about the experience of losing a child in old age, and how older …
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Computer use among seniors 80 years and older : narrative inquiry on the benefits and problems
… experience a reduced ability to communicate in very old age. My research question was “How do elders over 80 interact with computers? Employing narrative inquiry, I sought stories from 10 elders living in Victoria, B.C. Narrative style open-ended interviews were conducted one on one. Challenging …
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Participation and Independence in Old Age - Aspects of home and neighbourhood environments
The current trend in Sweden is to support older people to remain living in their own homes as long as possible. Older people spend much of their daily life within the home and neighbourhood environment. It is well known that participation and independence is important in experiencing well being in …
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The Lived Experience of Aging: Listening to the Oldest-Old
… embraced as desirable by most, living into very old age is largely unexplored as a distinct season of life, with increased, varied, and cumulative changes during a unique time of vulnerability and frailty. The purpose of this study was to listen to the oldest-old, and to explore their lived …
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Screening für Demenzen bei Hochaltrigen: Eine Erprobung in Hausarztpraxen
Hintergrund:. Ziel der vorliegenden Studie war es zu untersuchen, welches Demenz-Screeningverfahren sich am besten eignet zur Gruppendifferenzierung zwischen auffällig versus nicht auffällig dement und welche Items/Subtests des Screeningverfahrens wiederum am besten die beiden o. g Gruppen trennen …