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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"the elderly patients"”.
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CLINICAL OUTCOMES OF POST-OPERATIVE EXERCISE AND REHABILITATION FOR ELDERLY INDIVIDUALS FOLLOWING TOTAL KNEE ARTHROPLASTY : A QUASI-SYSTEMATIC AND NARRATIVE REVIEW
Increasing number of the elderly population nowadays raised concern in medical care in the field of the physiotherapist. Due to the frailty of physical condition, ageing in this population tends to develop arthritis in the weight-bearing joints, specifically the knees. The elderly patients were …
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Fall Prevention in Palliative Care: Improving Fall Prevention and Management at Point of Admission
… <p>By nature falls begin to occur as part of the aging process and are a major source of morbidity and mortality in the elderly patients. Despite the extra blanket of care the palliative team creates for it’s patients, fall incidents are continuing to plague this palliative domain. During the …
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Does Cardiac Surgery Improve the Quality of Lfe of Octogenarians?
<p>The specific aim of this study is to gain knowledge and understanding of the quality of life of octogenarians after cardiac surgery. Survey outcomes may help cardiac and vascular surgery nurses to fully understand this patient population and to develop appropriate nursing interventions, and …
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Improving Dental Care to the Elderly in a Nursing Home
<p>The project is about the collaboration between Peninsula Health Care District (PHCD) and Apple Tree Dental (ATD) in a team approach to address 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 …
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The effects of a laughter therapy program depression, and cognitive, and pulmonary function in elderly patients
본 연구는 요양병원 노인환자를 대상으로 우울을 감소시키고, 인지기능과 폐기능을 향상시킬 수 있는 기능강화웃음치료 프로그램을 구성하여, 적용한 후 기능강화웃음치료 프로그램이 요양병원 노인 입원환자들의 우울, 인지기능 및 폐기능에 미치는 효과를 규명하여, 요양병원 노인에게 중재프로그램으로 유용한 중재인지를 파악하기 위하여 시도하였으며 이를 위한 설계로는 비동등성 대조군 전․후 설계를 사용하였다. 본 연구에서 사용한 기능강화웃음치료 프로그램은 웃음치료와 손동작을 활용한 인지기능 강화와 심호흡 및 박장대소를 이용한 폐기능 강화 …
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Life Satisfaction and the Oldest-Old. Results from the longitudinal population study "Good Aging in Skåne".
The overall aim of this thesis was to study life satisfaction (LS) and factors associated to LS in the group aged 78 and above. As an aid in interpreting the findings, Baltes’ and Baltes’ theory of selective optimisation with compensation (SOC) was used. All four studies included the same …