Prevention of Falls and Injuries Among the Elderly docx

... setting. FALLS INJURY PREVENTION MODEL – POINTS OF INTERVENTION CONTINUUM Prevention of Falls and Injuries Among the Elderly A SPECIAL REPORT FROM THE OFFICE OF THE PROVINCIAL HEALTH OFFICER january ... investigate and manage the cause of the fall or to prevent subsequent falls and injuries. To further reduce the burden of injury of falls...

Ngày tải lên: 14/03/2014, 17:20

... why Washington and other states should direct some part of their attention to the prevention of alcohol problems in the elderly. These reasons include physiological changes among older persons that alter the ... levels of present use, and the more methodologically sophisticated the study, and the greater the reliability and validity of its measures, the mo...

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... the old often takes the form of living together. Another included indicator of social relationships is widowhood. Both of these are dichotomous measures, where 1 equals the name of the variables and ... over the follow-up years) is not observed among the Mainlanders. However, it should be noted that the gender composition is extremely skewed among the Mainlanders...

Ngày tải lên: 05/03/2014, 18:20

... improving the level of social support and the physical environment to lessen the extent of social handicap from the loss of function  Primary care, hospital and community levels  Direct and immediate ... physical and mental dimensions, social role limitations accounted mostly for reported poor quality of life  In the face of impaired physical and mental func...

Ngày tải lên: 14/02/2014, 06:20

... areas of the state of São Paulo, southeastern Brazil: the cities of Botucatu and Campinas; an area covering the cities of Itapecerica da Serra, Embu, and Taboão da Serra; and the district of ... diseases. 4,25 Excess consumption of alcohol increases the risk of several diseases and is associated with increased risk of injuries and violence. 19,25 On...

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... of the elderly, thus extending the period of physical auto- nomy, and retarding the onset of the effects of aging. The fact that the majority of elderly people are cur- rently living in their ... maintenance of functional capacity* in the elderly constitutes a major human, social and economic issue. SCOPE AND LIMITS OF THE GUIDE This Good Practice Gui...

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... performance and health status on hedonic ratings and intake of the elderly The detection and identification scores of the elderly were explored further, revealing an association between the scores and the ... the young and the elderly. The effect of gender was examined in the group of the elderly with one-way analysis of variance. The olfactory...

Ngày tải lên: 03/04/2013, 21:06

... though the majority (27 out of 40) was under the age of 24. Table 19 summarizes the distribution of the sample among the proficiency categories. Table 19: Proficiency Levels of Men and Women: ... served in the army in other parts of the Soviet Union said that the language used in the army was Russian. Time in the army, then, had little impact on their profi...

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... Carandina, 4 and Rozana Mesquita Ciconelli 5 Objectives. To assess the impact of chronic disease and the number of diseases on the vari- ous aspects of health-related quality of life (HRQOL) among ... on the type of disease. The results highlight the importance of preventing and controlling chronic diseases in order to re- duce the number of comorbidities...

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... activities, their social lives and finances 2 . There- fore, one of the greatest public health challenges is to increase the number of years of a healthy and quality life. The concept of quality of ... application software. The ISA-SP project was approved by the Eth- ics Committees of the School of Public Health at the University of São Paulo (USP), the...

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