nursing homes for the elderly
Improving the use of the care life plan : a study assessing the content validity of a questionnaire and identifying determinants of innovation in the setting of nursing homes and homes for the elderly
... the elderly patient receives too little information about the nature, duration, necessity, effects and side effects of the ...the elderly in nursing homes and homes for the ...
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Identification of the drug-use behaviors of the elderly living in nursing homes
... the 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 ...
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Nutritional Status of the Elderly Living in Nursing Homes in Sabzevar, Iran
... the elderly living in the nursing home of ...to nursing homes and periodically for timely diagnosis of malnutrition and monitoring improvement of nutritional ...
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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 ...
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Professional Domiciliary Oral Care for Elderly in Nursing Homes—A Randomized Controlled Pilot Trial
... and nursing-staff knowledge and ...at nursing homes and in private homes. The private homes constitute the most challenging context of oral care among care-dependent ...
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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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Relationships between mini nutritional assessment and functional status in elderly Iranian people living in nursing homes
... Analysis of binary logistic regression in two groups, adjusted by variable associated with functional status of elderly in nursing homes indicated in table 5. For those who were at risk of ...
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Nasal colonization with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus among elderly living in nursing homes in Brazil: risk factors and molecular epidemiology
... the elderly live in nursing homes ...to nursing homes in Brazil, they are either public, private or charitable, and the quality of care varies widely ...those nursing ...
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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 people living in nursing homes, 267 people aged over 65 were enrolled in the ...the nursing home of Yazd, Taft and Mehriz respectively 50, 171 and 46 elderly were ...the ...
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The assessment of renal function in relation to the use of drugs in elderly in nursing homes; a cohort study
... in Elderly in nursing homes in ...in nursing homes in Sweden ...were elderly with multiple comorbidities, living in nursing homes and aged 65 years or ...11 ...
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Variables correlated with elderly referral from nursing homes to general hospitals
... in nursing homes was found to be directly related to elderly referral rates and due to health conditions like diabetes mellitus, COPD, dehydration, pneumonia and urinary tract infec- tions ...
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Dysphoric symptoms in relation to other behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia, among elderly in nursing homes
... Previous studies suggest that some forms of BPSD are more likely to coincide with depression. In one study, 84.2% of people with dementia who also suffered from depression had other forms of BPSD compared to 50.0% of ...
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Prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome in elderly Iranian people living in nursing homes
... In line with this study, the results of Maharlouei et al., study demonstrated that abdominal obesity is the most common MetS component in participants [9]. High prevalence of central obesity in Iranian population can be ...
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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
... participating nursing homes for the el- ...in nursing homes for the ...among elderly residents of nursing homes compiled antimicrobial resistance in urine cultures taken ...
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How the perspectives of nursing assistants and frail elderly residents on their daily interaction in nursing homes affect their interaction: a qualitative study
... Generally, most residents were satisfied with their cor- dial contacts with NAs and considered the small talk that they engaged in as demonstrating harmony and re- spect. A few residents regarded nursing ...
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Vitamin B6 deficiency and diseases in elderly people – a study in nursing homes
... The study excluded a strong and clinically significant association between B6 and FGID in this group of eld- erly people. One explanation of the discrepancy between this study and our findings in a previous study in ...
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Effectiveness of laxatives in elderly - a cross sectional study in nursing homes
... Results: Out of 647 residents in the nursing homes, 197 were included and 116 (59%) had normal bowel function. The treatment effect did not differ significantly between the laxatives, treatment regimens or ...
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The burden of tooth loss in Italian elderly population living in nursing homes
... Several nursing homes were selected in different geographical areas of Italy in order to provide data representative of the entire ...in nursing homes was used as a proxy of the income and it ...
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Prescribed medicines for elderly frail people with diabetes resident in nursing homes : issues of polypharmacy and medication costs
... A study has been published which suggests that elderly people with diabetes living in Care homes in France are being over- medicated (6). A study from Sweden has suggested that diabetes medications can be ...
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Early and late signs that precede dying among older persons in nursing homes: the multidisciplinary team’s perspective
... healthcare, elderly care and social services. The Elderly Reform [3] which came into effect in 1992 shifted the main responsibility for the health care and social services for older persons living at home ...
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