Factors Contributing to Low Weight in Community-Living Older Adults

Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners;  October 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......community-living older adults (aged 65...community-living older adults. Implication...attention of older adults and educate...understand that older adults with a BMI...to weigh older adults at each office...sup 2^) in older adults (aged ...

Technophobia Amongst Older Adults in Ireland

Irish Journal of Management;  January 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ...INTRODUCTION Older Adults and Computer Usage The number of older adults is growing worldwide. The United Nations (2002...evidenced by a recent survey which states that older adults are the fastest growing online population in the...

Developments in Clinical Interventions for Older Adults: A Review.

New Zealand Journal of Psychology;  December 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ...Older adults are increasing as a percentage of the population in...remain under-researched or even wholly unexamined in older adults. Also, biases and assumptions about older adults can help instil a false sense of security in clinical...

Depression in older adults.(geriatric depression)

Adultspan Journal;  March 22, 2006 ;     700+ words ......address selected aspects of depression in older adults. Specifically, symptoms, risk factors...and interventions for depression in older adults are reviewed. ********** Ageism can influence the diagnosis of depression in older adults because of a tendency of society to...

Try this: best practices in nursing care to older adults from the Hartford...

MedSurg Nursing;  February 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ......special needs of older adults and use the...hydration in older adults are under-researched...implications for older adults. Current literature...contribute to nutritional and hydration status in older adults. Two are recommended: the Nutritional ...

Sexuality in older adults: a deconstructionist perspective.(Clinical...

Adultspan Journal;  March 22, 2006 ;     700+ words ......against active expression of sexuality in older adults, but these prejudices are unfounded...addresses issues surrounding sexuality in older adults. Implications for clinical practice...this article, I examine sexuality in older adults from a historical, psychological, and...

Psychosocial treatments for major depression and dysthymia in older...

Journal of Counseling and Development;  March 22, 2006 ;     700+ words ......Gallagher-Thompson, 2002). The population of older adults in the United States is growing at a...the last 100 years, the population of older adults has more than tripled in percentage...increasingly be faced with meeting the needs of older adults and their families (Myers & ...

Nutrition and hydration.(Try this: best practices in nursing care to older...

Dermatology Nursing;  October 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ......and hydration in older adults are under-researched...implications for older adults. Current literature...contribute to nutritional and hydration status in older adults. Two are recommended: the Nutritional Screening Initiative Checklist...hydration problems. ...

Applying the 'Disaster Lens' to Older Adults

Generations;  December 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......brutality. Each had a profound impact upon older adults, their families, and the professionals...planning and service delivery. For example, older adults constituted only 15 percent of the population...unprecedented disaster, more than 700,000 older adults left their homes, their ...

Intergenerational program has benefits for children, older adults.

M2 Presswire;  November 11, 2003 ;     569 words ......Intergenerational program has benefits for children, older adults(C)1994-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE...live far from their grandparents and older adults tend to be isolated from others, special ways must be found for children and older adults to interact. A program through ...

Health and Wellness Promotion for Older Adults

Dynamic Chiropractic;  August 27, 2007 ;     700+ words ......year 2020, it is estimated that older adults will make up 22 percent of the population. Eighty-eight percent of older adults seek some form of complementary...generation, a large number of older adults will be seeking to promote health...

"Tone your bones": A model for health education for older adults

Journal of Physical Therapy Education;  July 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ......Purpose. Health education programs for older adults are one strategy to encourage people...community-based health education program for older adults with osteoporosis, the "Tone Your Bones...example of an approach that encourages older adults to take control of their health through...

Community Partnerships for Older Adults: Meeting the Housing Challenge

Generations;  December 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......makes it easier to build housing for older adults in suburban neighborhoods. In Boston...for the rapidly growing population of older adults. The three cities are among the grantees of the Community Partnerships for Older Adults (CPFOA) program, an eight-year, $20...

Research Challenges to Recruitment and Retention in a Study of Homebound...

Care Management Journals;  January 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ......why it is difficult to recruit homebound older adults to participate in research studies. The...The need for valid studies of homebound older adults grows with each passing day. Older adults comprise an increasingly large proportion...

Older Adults' Use of Postacute and Cardiac Rehabilitation Services After...

Rehabilitation Nursing;  March 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ......to describe the differences between older adults who use these services and those who...and 4 and 6 months later. Of the 60 older adults in the sample, 73% used PAC after discharge. Older adults discharged home without PAC services...