homes for the elderly
Sensors in smart homes for independent living of elderly
... Smart homes for the elderly have the potential to offer unobtrusive health and wellness ...of elderly using sensor data from a smart home, through an interactive user interface which is user-friendly ...
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Fall Detection for Elderly People in Homes using Kinect Sensor
... In this paper, a fall detection method for elderly people based on the skeleton extraction using Kinect sensor is presented. The system is highly reliable and vigorous since it works on the real time data instead ...
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An intervention designed to improve sensory impairments in the elderly and indoor lighting in their homes: an exploratory randomized controlled trial
... the elderly in the study did not follow all of the advice offered by the study nurses; however, those who did follow at least some of the advice experienced improvements in vision, hearing, and home ...hearing. ...
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A Study on Level of Knowledge Regarding Cybercrime Among Elderly Residing in Homes and Old Age HOMES
... by elderly has enabled them to make active role especially in health care, while the internet has contributed to the societal change and provided opportunities to revolutionized health ...care. Elderly are ...
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Prevalence of Chronic Diseases in Elderly Living in Yazd Nursing Homes, and Its Relations with Oral Soft Tissue Lesions (OSTL)
... 327 elderly residents of the nursing homes of Yazd province (Yazd, Taft, and Mehriz) were selected by census ...nursing homes management and participants,the study was ...nursing homes and ...
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A Study to assess the effectiveness of aromatherapy massage on level of anxiety among elderly people residing in selected old age homes at Tirunelveli
... among elderly people in selected old age homes at Tirunelveli, as a partial fulfillment of the requirement for the degree of ...The elderly people’slevel of anxietywill be assessed using Speil ...
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Relationship between the Level of Physical Activity and Nutritional Status with Fatigue in Elderly Residents of Rest Homes in Tehran
... in elderly living in rest ...that elderly resident of nursing homes are more likely to develop physical and mental dysfunction and fatigue due to less mobility than elderly living homes ...
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Elderly People in Old Age Homes: Engaging Factors Leading to Institutionalization
... age homes, residents stay together under close proximity with one ...the elderly residents do not get frequent visitors and daily contacts are with the staff and fellow ...
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Identification of the drug-use behaviors of the elderly living in nursing homes
... nursing homes in the Elazig, Malatya, and Kayseri prov- ...the elderly studied, ...the elderly who were informed about their drugs, ...the elderly, ...the elderly studied used more than ...
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Nutritional Status of the Elderly Living in Nursing Homes in Sabzevar, Iran
... the elderly living in the nursing home of ...nursing homes and periodically for timely diagnosis of malnutrition and monitoring improvement of nutritional ...
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Can Automated Homes be used as Assistants for Elderly?
... The application of AmI dealing with elder health by building smart environments is called Ambient Assisted Livings (AAL).AAL systems have a huge impact on the lives of elder people depending on others or having certain ...
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Consistency of supplied food and dentition status of the elderly in residential care homes
... dependent elderly persons to use dentures is asso- ciated with their degree of physical and mental capacity: ability to dress/undress and ability to rinse the mouth [32], cognitive impairment [46], attitudes to ...
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The Psychometric Properties of Falls Efficacy Scale in the Elderly Iranian Residents of Nursing Homes
... The current study was designed to translate FES and investigate its validity and reliability of in the elderly Iranian residents of nursing homes. The obtained results suggested that this scale has a ...
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Relationship between Hand Grip Strength and Functional Disability of the Elderly Living in Nursing Homes in Kerman, Southeastern Iran
... the elderly in Kerman, Southeastern Iran and its relationship with handgrip ...110 elderly participants (58 man and 52 woman) living in nursing homes in Kerman in ...the elderly and decline in ...
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The burden of tooth loss in Italian elderly population living in nursing homes
... Edentulism, defined as the loss of all teeth, is a risk factor for malnutrition [9, 10]. Although in the last three decades the prevalence of edentulism has decreased in industrialized countries, a large fraction of ...
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Prevalence of cognitive impairment in individuals aged over 65 in an urban area: DERIVA study
... During the structured interview, participants were asked to present whatever relevant clinical records they might have, together with details of their current medi- cations. In the 16 patients who were unable to complete ...
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Antimicrobial resistance in urinary pathogens among Swedish nursing home residents remains low: a cross-sectional study comparing antimicrobial resistance from 2003 to 2012
... nursing homes for the el- ...nursing homes for the ...among elderly residents of nursing homes compiled antimicrobial resistance in urine cultures taken when the clinician suspected a ...
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Report on behalf of the Committee on Social Affairs and Employment on Community measures to improve the situation of old people in the Member States of the Community. Working Documents 1986-87, Document A 2-7/86, 1 April 1986.
... They should be more fully represented on advisory bodies and the boards of homes for the elderly and voluntary organizations active in this field, in place of younger people who think th[r] ...
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Effectiveness of laxatives in elderly - a cross sectional study in nursing homes
... Independent predictors for altered bowel function Numerous factors have been associated with constipa- tion [1,15,23,24]. In this study, as reported by others, reduced nutritional status was an independent predictor of ...
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Bacteriuria and vitamin D deficiency: a cross sectional study of 385 nursing home residents
... It has been demonstrated that the most important AMP in the urinary tract is cathelicidin, synthesized by urinary epithelium and released immediately upon ex- posure to foreign microbes, such as E. coli, thus prevent- ...
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