Intergenerational Correlations of Health Among Older Adults doc

... on the links between health of older adults and health of their parents when they were older is very scarce. Few papers discussed above, show that intergenerational correlations exist but it ... General health status (GHS) is also one of the health measures examined in this paper. It is scored as very healthy, somewhat healthy, somewhat unhealthy or unhealthy. For th...

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... though health declines with age, many older people still rate their health positively. 2 A number of studies have also found that self-ratings of health among elderly adults are valid measures of ... July 1998, Vol. 27 No. 4 461 Self-Perception of Health Among the Elderly—K M Chan et al Self-Perception of Health among Elderly Community Dwellers in Singapore K M...

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... Thailand. Self-assessed health status can provide a holistic view of the health of the elderly. This study aims to identify the determinants of self-assessed health among older Thai people. Methods: ... self-assessment of health among older Thai people. We hypothesize that chronic diseases, func- tional status, and psychosocial symptoms could be important predictors i...

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... in Health Policy Studies and Economic Studies of the Brookings Institution, and Elizabeth G. Nabel, director of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health, ... several of the key issues introduced by Cortese: the tremendous negative economic consequences of the rising, unsustainable costs of health care; implications of the var...

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... understood. Throughout the course of their disease, offer them the opportunity to talk about and agree all aspects of their care, and respect the decisions they make. 1.2.1.2 Offer verbal and written ... is offered to people with RA, explain that the main 6 • pain relief, expected benefits are: • improvement, or prevention of further deterioration, of joint function, and • pre...

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... care of older people who have fallen or are at risk of falling. It also makes recommendations on the care given by health care professionals or carers where applicable, involved in the care of older ... information on the assessment of older people at risk and a summary of the risk factors predictive of falling. This section reports the findings of these key documents an...

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... long-term care. The Health and Economic Eects of an Aging Society 2 Critical Opportunities to Improve Older Adults Health and Quality of Life Our increased understanding of the critical factors ... 40 29.7 21.7 6.9 6.3 4.0 3.1 3.1 2.0 23.2 Percent of All Deaths Causes of Death Among U.S. Adults Aged 65 Years or Older, 2005 Source: CDC, National Center for Health Stat...

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... & Leppin, 1992). The question of whether and how available social support may change is of particular impor- tance for older adults because the networks of older adults are at greater risk for ... Support Among Married Older Adults: Insights From the MacArthur Studies of Successful Aging Regan A. R. Gurung University of Wisconsin—Green Bay Shelley E. Taylor and Ter...

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... babikako@yahoo.com 1 School of Public Health, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University P O Box 7072 Kampala, Uganda Full list of author information is available at the end of the article Babikako et al. Health ... 2). Babikako et al. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2010, 8:93 http://www.hqlo.com/content/8/1/93 Page 3 of 8 Health- related quality of life scores...

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... the intergenerational contract of support has consequences for the physical and mental health of older adults (Zunzunegui et al. 2004). The aim of this study is to analyse the social determinants of health in the ... Holt, G. 2001. The socioeconomic status of older adults: how should we measure it in studies of health inequalities? Journal of Epidemiology and Comm...

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