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In four pages the article appearing in Lancet involving the epidemiologic issue dementia may pose for the elderly is reviewed and ...

in both hypertension and other forms of cardiovascular disease. Though the overall mortality rates for coronary heart disease h...

elderly population is finding it difficult to meet their own financial needs and have few choices but to pool resources with other...

or people at risk, a handful of businessmen capitalized upon opportunity by what those like Heilbroner et al (1998) believe to be ...

been great debate over how to manage health care in the US, it has been relatively recently that the question has been raised that...

justice. The second would involve preventing the crimes from happening in the first place. Regarding the second leg of the program...

depression in the elderly is under-treated, the suicide rate for the depressed elderly is double the rate for elderly individuals ...

is readily accessible by virtue of muscle and soft tissue manipulation inherent to massage therapy; that this particular complemen...

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Americans 65 years or older increased by 74 percent between 1970 and 1999, from roughly 20 mi...

An interview conducted in 2006 with John P. Stewart, executive director with the Baltimore Commission on Aging and Retirement Educ...

combination of these drugs is prescribed although there are some drugs that are combinations within themselves, such as Combivir, ...

breath (King, 2003, p. 24). The factors comprising the triad are "venous stasis, vessel wall damage and coagulation changes" (Van ...

avoidance, such as creating a buddy system, which pairs elderly neighbors with each other. Buddies check on one another and accomp...

Research has previously shown that depression is a significant predictor of HRQOL. The participants in this study reported their H...

reveals about diabetic populations. The normal digestive processes of the body turn any form of carbohydrate that is consumed in...

she does "light housekeeping," which is also not consistent with someone who needs assistance getting out of bed. However, the stu...

life expectancy than in previous generation, but to face it alone, that is, in a one-person household (De Jong Gierveld, 2002). Th...

Domain concepts Health: The traditional understanding of "health" is that is the absence of illness and/or injury. However, for ...

serve to further complicate these problems. Many elderly Native Americans suffering with diabetes, for example, may have been att...

p. 29), as stated in its title. Mean age was 81; 218 participants completed the study. The researchers evaluated the differences...

First seen as an occasional point of minor and temporary discomfort, there seemed to be other, more "important" issues to assess. ...

and forgetful. It can be a very serious problem for the elderly who are often on a smorgasbord of necessary pills to treat a varie...

warrants. The hardship that media bias has caused the elderly population is immense and far-reaching, severely impacting everythi...

and John noted a resistance to mechanical ventilation as a part of the treatment plan. John stated in one of his few lucid period...

by a factor of 11! Consequently, the elderly, who comprised only 1 in every 25 Americans (3.1 million) in 1900, made up 1 in 8 (33...

able to evolve in a manner that is in correspondence with their desires (Atchley, 2002). At the same time, this learning takes pl...

different is that we always had penmanship classes, all the way through school. Theres so much difference now; schools dont seem ...

Medical Center, 2002). It is estimated that 13 to 18 million adults suffer from incontinence at some time or other (Mercy Medical...

elderly, the most common of which include chronic disease, inflammation and blood loss (Williamson et al, nd). Smith reports there...

to the area (via migration or birth) than those that are dying. The bulk of the increase in Florida is due to people migrating dur...