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Polypharmacy in the HIV-infected older adult population
... in older adults infected with ...in older adults infected with HIV increases the chance for DDIs, which can lead to the loss of efficacy of medications and ...toxicity. Older adults are even more ...
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Treating Insomnia in Older Adult Patients: Limiting Benzodiazepine Use
... the older adult pain ...younger adult patients, is not generally recom- mended for use in older adults, and is specific cautioned against by the CDC for patients on opioid ...
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The pathophysiology of fluid and electrolyte balance in the older adult surgical patient
... with older adults at increased risk because of the age-related physiological changes and the high incidence of renal failure and heart failure in this ...in older adult ...
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Development and Preliminary Validation of the Older Adult Service Usage Assessment
... This study was intended to develop and examine the psychometric properties of the OASUA with an older adult population. The EFA indicated a four-factor so- lution. The OASUA is an 86-item instrument ...
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Older adult students in their first year at university: Challenges, resources and support
... with adult learners as adults as well as learners. The idea that an older adult student is not just a learner but ‘a whole person with roles as partner, parent, worker and money manager’ (Forbus, ...
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Self-empowering to maintain and enhance personal identity as an older adult with depression
... the older adult with ...whereas older adults frequently experience multiple comorbidities (Rijken, Jones, Heijmans, & Dixon, ...in older age, is more challenging (Musekamp et ...
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Prevalence and risk factors for myopia in older adult east Chinese population
... among older adult population in East China was lower than South China, and approximated North ...among older population, except reasons such as differences in ages of subjects in- cluded and the ...
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OLDER ADULT DRIVERS’ CHALLENGES AND IN-VEHICLE TECHNOLOGY ACCEPTANCE
... that older adult drivers tend to avoid or feel reluctant to ...engage. Older adult drivers were also surveyed on their demographic, driving experiences, health concerns, crash ...to ...
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HIP POWER ASYMMETRY IN OLDER ADULT FALLERS AND NON-FALLERS
... Several studies began to emerge after the turn of century that demonstrated that leg power is significantly lower in fallers when compared to non-fallers. 7, 11, 24 A study by Skelton et al. recruited 20 female ...
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Best practices for physical activity programs and behavior counseling in older adult populations
... Sedentary older adults typically engage in short sessions (<10 min) of various types of low-intensity physical ...an older adult has recently had a medical ...
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Urgent care axis for the older adult: where is best to target interventions?
... The second cohort were patients admitted with diagnoses/conditions identified as being rich in potentially avoidable admissions. Previous research identified this cohort in whom admission might be avoided through ...
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Introduction of a Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis Protocol for Older Adult Psychiatric Patients.
... of Older Adult Psychiatric inpatients, due to increased risks in this patient group and the significant morbidity and mortality associated with the development of ...an Older Adult ward at ...
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Physical Activity Programs and Behavior Counseling in Older Adult Populations
... Sedentary older adults typically engage in short sessions ( ⬍ 10 min) of various types of low-intensity physical ...an older adult has re- cently had a medical ...
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Home: The place the older adult can not imagine living without
... interviews, older adults initially had difficulty talking about home, since it generally had been taken for ...the older adults was to think about the possibility of loosing their ...the older ...
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An exploratory study of the personal health records adoption model in the older adult with chronic illness
... the older adult self-managing chronic ...the older adult self-managing chronic illness, interventions or policy changes to move toward a new future of personal health management would be more ...
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Unplanned readmissions in younger and older adult patients: the role of healthcare-related adverse events
... Since readmissions are a serious burden to patients and considered an indicator of quality of care, it is impor- tant for hospitals to reduce readmissions. Moreover, as readmissions are common in medical patients, in ...
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Better care: reducing length of stay and bed occupancy on an older adult psychiatric ward
... for older people can be used to inform and develop services and drive ...on older adult inpatient wards and is affected by a number of different factors, such as severity of mental illness, ...
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Coordinated Care Plan to Prevent Older Adult Falls
... This plan compliments the CDC STEADI: Evaluation Guide for Older Adult Clinical Fall Prevention Programs. The Evaluation Guide is adapted from CDC’s Framework for Program Evaluation in Public Health, and ...
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Association between leptin, body composition, sex and knee cartilage morphology in older adults: the Tasmanian Older Adult Cohort (TASOAC) study
... Tasmanian Older Adult Cohort (TASOAC) study, an ongoing, prospective, population-based study in 1100 sub- jects aimed at identifying the environmental, genetic and biochemical factors associated with the ...
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Meaning of Life and Psychological Well-Being during Adult, Older Adult and Oldest Old
... during older adult ...in adult psychological ...in older adult ...the older adults and the ...among older adults were investigated in their ...
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