Common Infections in Older Adults.

American Family Physician;  January 15, 2001 ;     700+ words ......therapeutic nuances of managing infections in older adults create special challenges for physicians...Assessment The diagnosis of infection in older adults is more challenging, yet early diagnosis and...present less frequently or not at all in older adults.(2,3) While 60 percent of ...

Researchers modify good guide pyramid for older adults

The Hindustan Times;  December 21, 2007 ;     490 words ......characteristic of older adults, such as walking...disease and lower body weights," she said. Government...one way to shun weight gain and its adverse...Modified MyPyramid for Older Adults also emphasized...sex, age, height, weight, and exercise habits...computer use among ...

Aging Americans Mean More Older Adults Facing Addictions.

PR Newswire;  August 17, 1999 ;     599 words ......64 percent) Americans are concerned about older adults they know who have abused alcohol or other...believe alcohol or drug use is increasing among older adults. This is a time in their lives when they may...documenting the need for increased services for older adults. Two years ...

FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH ERRORS IN SELF-REPORTED HEIGHT AND WEIGHT IN OLDER...

The Journal of Nutrition, Health & Aging;  February 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ......non-institutionalized older adults aged 60 and...height and weight, demographic...measured, older adults, self-reported...measure of weight relative to...obtaining weight and height measurements from older adults is fraught...

Dallas-Area Physical Trainers Stretch Efforts to Include Older Adults.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  June 17, 2001 ;     650 words ......accumulated daily proves that with regular exercise, older adults can experience good health and vitality for...up off a chair, he said. But working with older adults requires specialized knowledge. Seniors are...of certified personal trainers working with older adults. There are too ...

Providing more for older adults: older adults are discovering a new health...

Parks & Recreation;  October 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......health value of local parks to older adults is increasingly being recognized...imagination of those concerned with older adults' health. The management of...trends: * The percentage of older adults in the U.S. population will...spending for health care of older adults ...

CDC TARGETS SEDENTARY OLDER ADULTS

Aging Today;  January 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ......that only about one-fourth to one-third of older adults reach recommended activity levels. "That means...Buchner said. Buchner noted that 30%-40% of older adults are insufficiently active-that is, they get...achieve recommended levels. Although some older adults get physical activity ...

Vitamin C May Help 'Juice Up' Metabolism in Older Adults, Offsetting...

Ascribe Higher Education News Service;  April 4, 2002 ;     641 words ......calories are available to turn into fat in older adults. In 2001, Jones' group also published a follow-...study showing that the lower metabolic rate in older adults is due in part to a decreased ability of the...remove the influence of oxidative stress in older adults to find out if ...

Older Adults Receiving Home Enteral Nutrition: Enteral Regimen, Provider...

JPEN, Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition;  March 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ......frequently prescribed for older adults. Medicare reimbursement...predialysis kidney disease. Most older adults receiving HEN rely on...of HEN in a sample of older adults dependent on informal...1 Asian) sample of 30 older adults (mean = 68.4 years) during...urination (p ...

Strength training among older adults.(Clinical Briefs)

American Family Physician;  April 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ......Approximately 11 percent of older adults report that they...those of healthy weight to meet the objective...likely to engage in weight lifting more than...the proportion of older adults who met the national...Recommendations for Older Adults * Exercises should...Use ...

Problems With Bathing Common Among Older Adults, But Can Be Prevented With...

AScribe Health News Service;  September 13, 2006 ;     700+ words ......perilous journey for older adults, even when they have...independently bathing older adults who have trouble...Geriatrics Society. For older adults, losing the ability...support a person's weight, Murphy says. This...remedied by educating older adults not to use ...

Environmental demands associated with community mobility in older adults...

Physical Therapy;  July 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ......at preventing or postponing disability in older adults. (2) New models of disability recognize that...and disability results. (7,8) Thus, among older adults, an inability to manage environmental demands...constrain mobility and result in disability in older adults are not known. ...

Using Progressive Resistance Training as an Intervention with Older Adults

Therapeutic Recreation Journal;  January 1, 1998 ;     700+ words ......recreation program for older adults. Of the seven functional...functional fitness of older adults. PRT is a simple and...functional ability among older adults. Implications of the...Functional Abilities, Older Adults, Falls, Exercise, Community-bas...functional fitness ...

Stanford Researchers Uncover What Motivates Older Adults to Keep...

Ascribe Higher Education News Service;  July 23, 2002 ;     700+ words ......to encouraging older adults to stick to an...exercise - such as weight loss, increased...should encourage older adults to give exercise...substantial number of older adults remain inactive...improvements such as weight loss and increased...seem to have lost ...

Effects of participation in arthritis Aquatics on selected physical and...

Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport;  March 1, 2003 ;     440 words ......numerous health gains to older adults (Karani, McLaughlin, &...land-based exercise, repetitive weight bearing can inflict strain on the joints and muscles of older adults (Evans, Cureton, & Purvis...daily life functioning of older adults. Participants were 10 ...