Preventing Disability in the Elderly With Chronic Disease doc

... 1). 7 AHRQ research indicates that the primary risk factor for requiring formal home health care is difficulty in bathing, dressing, Preventing Disability in the Elderly With Chronic Disease Making a Difference • ... million elderly Americans—require assistance with bathing, dressing, preparing meals, or shopping. 5 The costs associated with treating the elderly...

Ngày tải lên: 05/03/2014, 21:20

... ACADEMY ON AN AGING SOCIETY 2 WHAT ARE ADL AND IADL LIMITATIONS? Activities of daily living, or ADLs, include walking, dressing, eating, using the toilet, bathing, and getting into and out of ... limitations either in activities of daily living (ADLs) or instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs). Although they are not disabled to the extent that they need institutional care, they...

Ngày tải lên: 14/02/2014, 06:20

... straightening the anorectal angle. Simultaneously, the vol- untary efforts of bearing down increases the intra-abdominal pressure, facilitating the development of a stripping wave, resulting in stool ... results were also observed in the subgroup of 28 elderly patients. Despite efforts in including the elderly in RCTs, most studies on the use of laxatives in t...

Ngày tải lên: 28/03/2014, 20:20

... in the study. g *Percent of elderly having received in uenza vaccination in the previous year; **percent of elderly having ever received in uenza vaccination. h Community living elderly; I: institutionalized ... onwards that evaluated the antibody response to the in uenza vaccine in the elderly were identified through a MEDLINE search using the terms in uenza”, “va...

Ngày tải lên: 28/03/2014, 20:20

... Comparison 1 In uenza vaccines versus no vaccination - Cohort stud ies in nursing homes, Outcome 2 In uenza. Review: Vaccines for preventing in uenza in the elderly Comparison: 1 In uenza va ccines versus ... vaccination - Cohort stud ies in nursing homes, Outcome 1 ILI. Review: Vaccines for preventing in uenza in the elderly Comparison: 1 In uenza va ccines versus n...

Ngày tải lên: 13/02/2014, 18:20

... daily living  Feeding, Bathing, Dressing, Transferring, Toileting  Instrumental activities of daily living  Finances, Telephone, Medications, Shopping, Cooking  Housework, Ambulating, Laundry ... Assessment  ADLs • mobility, dressing, hygiene, feeding and toileting  IADLs • independent living, shopping, cooking, telephone, housekeeping (light), medications, finances, transportation...

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 14:20

... people in acute hospital inpatients. In Hong Kong, the population is growing in line with the worldwide trend. The elderly population has increased from 502 400 persons in 1991 to 729 200 persons in ... ques- tionnaire (five-point scale with 1 indicating very negative feedback, 3 indicating neutral feedback, and 5 indicating very positive feedback) tapping their perceived...

Ngày tải lên: 28/03/2014, 19:21

... included certain diseases associated with changed, damaged or depleted ecosystems, and diseases associated with exposures to endocrine disrupting substances. The resulting analysis thus remains ... n the medical sense, the environment includes the surroundings, conditions or influences that affect an organism (Davis, 1989). Along these lines, Last (2001) defined the environment...

Ngày tải lên: 12/02/2014, 12:20

... Drug Interactions Majordruginteractionsassociated with memantineincludedrugswhichincrease the pH in urine(e.g. carbonicanhydraseinhibitors).Exercisecautionwhenprescribingmemantine with otherdrugswhich undergo ... risperidone in clinical studies. † The USFoodandDrugAdministrationissuedahealthadvisory in March2005reportingincreasedmortality (1.6-1.7foldin...

Ngày tải lên: 13/02/2014, 18:20