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aging mental health issues Different types of interventions have been successful in improving the mental health of elder people. Examples of universal strategies are: exercise interventions (e. g. aerobic, t’ai chi, other physical exercises) and improving social support through befriending (especially older women seem to profit from friendships and social support). aging mental health issues […]
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population aging health care and growth
Population aging in the developing world bear simplications for the mental health of the elderly bothin terms of organic and non-organic disorders. As already mentioned, since rates of certain dementiasincrease with age, there will be a greater percentage and absolute number of demented elders in populations as they become older. Also, as basic health technology […]
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Health Promotion and Aging with a Disability
In recent years, a considerable body of knowledge has evolved to address health promoting interventions – mainly around exercise, conditioning, and prevention of secondary conditions – for people with disabilities (Rimmer, 1999). (SeeNationalCenterfor Physical Activity and Disability, http://www.ncpad.org). These interventions have become increasingly rigorous and evidenced based. Most, however, have addressed the particular needs of […]
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Aging Among Those with Specific Conditions Down Syndrome
Increasing evidence suggests that people with Down syndrome experience accelerated biological aging (Zigman & Lott, 2007) and age-related comorbid and secondary conditions occur earlier than the general population (Bittles & Glasson,2004). Chief among age-related health conditions is the early onset of Alzheimer’s dementia. Estimates suggest Alzheimer’s has a prevalence of 0–10% among people aged 30–39, […]
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Aging with a Disability
Increasing survival and increasing life expectancy influence health and quality of lifeamong those who acquire disability at birth or early in life. For example, people bornwith Down syndrome had a life expectancy of 9 years in 1929, 12 years in 1949, and49 years in 1997 (Yang, Rasmussen, & Friedman, 2002). Aging with a disabilityremains largely […]
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Measurement and Conceptual Frameworks for Aging and Disability
Early efforts to measure disability among older people emerged from efforts toquantify function at the person level for rehabilitation (Frey, 1984). As noted above,aging has relied upon ADLs and IADLs. In 1959 Katz introduced Katz Activitiesof Daily Lying Scale (ADLs) (Benjamin Rose Hospital, 1959) that included sixmeasures: bathing, dressing, toileting, transfers, continence, and feeding (Katz,Ford, […]
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