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

Physical Therapy;  July 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ......preventing or postponing disability in older adults. (2) New models of disability...mobility and result in disability in older adults are not known. Lerner...determinants of mobility disability in older adults because disability, in...

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

Journal of Counseling and Development;  March 22, 2006 ;     700+ words ......with statistics indicating that 1% to 2% of older adults in the community (i.e., not living in nursing...amp; Klerman, 1992) and as many as 50% of older adults in nursing homes display depressive symptoms...and Downs (1998), who found that 2% of the older adults living in the ...

Injuries and Violence Among Older Adults.

American Family Physician;  September 1, 2000 ;     310 words ......violence are major causes of disability and morbidity. Injuries can impair the quality of life of older adults and may result in billions...injuries and violence among older adults appears in the December 17...violence from increasing among older adults, persons who have ...

SeniorNet, v. 2.0: the changing roles of computers and the Internet in the...

Parks & Recreation;  October 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ......the use of computers and the Internet by older adults. We do this to help call attention to the...leisure use of computers and the Internet among older adults. Technology and the Psychological Well-Being of Older Adults Older adults often experience negative age-related ...

Health and Wellness Promotion for Older Adults

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

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

Care Management Journals;  January 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ......1995). Although the proportion of dependent older adults living in nursing homes increases with age, most older adults with functional impairment will remain in...home, two to three functionally impaired older adults reside in the home (M. F. Folstein, S. E...1975). The health ...

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

Rehabilitation Nursing;  March 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ......rehabilitation services and cardiac recovery for older adults. The purpose of this article is to determine the proportion of older adults who use PAC (HHC, SNF, or IRF) and CR services and compare older adults who use PAC and CR services after a cardiac...Background PAC and CR ...

Balance Abilities of Homebound Older Adults Classified as Fallers and...

Journal of Geriatric Physical Therapy;  January 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ......falling are not well documented in homebound older adults. This study examined balance, falls, and related variables in older adults primarily confined to their homes. Subjects: Thirty older adults between the ages of 66 and 99 years participated...Conclusion: On the basis of BBT ...

Building an intergenerational activity program for older adults:...

JOPERD--The Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance;  February 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ......appropriate and beneficial activity programs for older adults. An intergenerational activity program is...goal of improving the physical well-being of older adults. This article provides an overview of the benefits of physical activity for older adults and some basic steps in ...

Muscle Force and Range of Motion as Predictors of Function in Older...

Physical Therapy;  June 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ......and document disability, they may not...abilities of older adults. There is evidence...function and disability in older adults, the types of...performance in older adults. A second purpose...for predicting disability in an older...

Cornell Institute offers treatments to combat depression in the elderly....

Fairfield County Business Journal;  May 26, 2003 ;     700+ words ......the Specialized Practice for Older Adults of the Cornell Institute of...brain changes. Depression in older adults often is unrecognized and when...consistently report that 50 percent of older adults with depression fail to be...expectations. Confusing symptoms Older ...

Predicting oxygen uptake in older adults using lower-limb accelerometer...

Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development;  November 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ......effect against disability and morbidity...validated for older adults. This study...activity on older adults have shown...participation on disability onset and...year period, older adults with varying levels of disability, who reported...

Perceptions of biopsychosocial services needs among older adults with...

Health and Social Work;  May 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ......well-documented phenomenon. An unprecedented growth of older adults with severe mental illness (SMI) is expected...demographic distribution. Close to 1 million older adults are thought to suffer from SMI now, and this...Schafft, Randolph, & McAninch, 1997). Older adults with SMI ...

Effects of a Pedometer-Based Intervention on the Physical Performance and...

Therapeutic Recreation Journal;  January 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......community-dwelling older adults. The age range of...ages, the number of older adults is expected to double...reported that 88% of older adults have at least one...suggests that 40% of older adults, while not yet disabled...them vulnerable to disability (Chang et ...

Risks and Benefits of Non-Benzodiazepine Receptor Agonists in the...

Perspectives in Psychiatric Care;  August 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......the assessment and treatment of insomnia in older adults. ANSWER. There are legitimate reasons for...medications or prescribe hypnotic agents to older adults. Research indicates that even the newer non-B...these agents did not justify their use in older adults (Glass, Lanctt, ...