Search results for "Older people."

Fluência verbal fonêmica e semntica: dados normativos de idosos Brasileiros

2015

This study aims to investigate the influence of sociodemographic characteristics on the performance of older people on two tasks of verbal fluency and provide normative data for a Brazilian population of healthy elderly individuals with different educational levels. The initial sample included 521 individuals aged from 60 years, participating in the Program Family Health Strategy. Participants who had scores suggestive of cognitive decline on the Mini-Mental State Examination, depressive symptoms in Geriatric Depression Scale and self-reported neurological or psychiatric disorders were excluded. The final sample consisted of 218 participants in phonemic verbal fluency task (letters F, A and…

Análisis de contenido de la representación del cuerpo en un libro de texto de Educación Preescolar

2012

La construccion social y cultural del cuerpo influye en el conocimiento personal y de los otros. Los libros de texto transmiten el capital cultural de una sociedad a sus ciudadanos mas pequenos. El objetivo del estudio consiste en describir la forma en que se representa el cuerpo en las imagenes de un libro de texto de educacion preescolar. Se realizo un analisis de contenido de las imagenes a traves de un codigo elaborado en estudios previos. Las ninas y ninos son representados con gran diferencia respecto a otros sectores poblacionales y se observo igualdad de presencia de mujeres y hombres independientemente de su edad. Con gran diferencia se representa un cuerpo entero vestido con ropa …

To work or to care? Working women's decision-making

2015

Recent changes in older people's public care services in Nordic countries in particular in Finland and Sweden are based on implicit expectations that family members will increase their involvement in care. In Nordic countries, the care of small children has been acknowledged to be a social matter that concerns gender equality and the work life participation of both men and women, while the situation of working carers of older people is much less acknowledged. This study addressed the question of how Finnish working women who give care to their older parents argue for and against their decisions of working and caring and the meaning of work and care in these decisions. Majority of the interv…

Consequences of Sarcopenia in Older People: The Epidemiological Evidence

2021

Sarcopenia is a common condition in older people. Increasing literature is showing its importance for negative health outcomes, also beyond the perimeter of geriatric medicine. In this chapter, we will discuss the consequences of sarcopenia. Overall, epidemiological research suggests that sarcopenia is significantly associated with falls and fractures also suggesting a strong association between muscle and bone loss conditions, as in the case of osteosarcopenia. Moreover, sarcopenia is associated with disability, hospitalization (particularly in older people already hospitalized), and finally mortality. Increasing research is also showing that sarcopenia is associated with negative outcomes…

Interaction between clients and physiotherapists in group exercise classes in geriatric rehabilitation

2009

The aim of this paper is to explore how older people construct their interaction in group exercise classes in geriatric rehabilitation and what is their contribution to the interaction. Discourse analysis was employed and data, consisting of seven videotaped group-based exercise sessions, were collected from 52 older people (aged 66–93 years) and nine rehabilitation professionals in seven rehabilitation centres. Four discourse categories were found. In “taciturn exercising”, older people remained verbally silent but physically active. In “submissive disagreeing”, older people opposed the professionals’ agenda by displaying reluctant consent to proposals. In “resilient endeavouring”, older a…

Validation of the University of California, Los Angeles Loneliness Scale (version 3) in Spanish older population: An application of exploratory struc…

2020

Loneliness is a subjective and unpleasant experience associated to a variety of physical and mental health problems. Older people face an elevated risk of loneliness. It is measured through self‐re...

ROAD NETWORK HILLINESS AND DEVELOPMENT OF WALKING DIFFICULTIES AMONG COMMUNITY-DWELLING OLDER PEOPLE

2017

Aims: To study associations between objective road network hilliness and development of walking difficulties (WD) within two years, and to examine how hilliness as a perceived barrier and frequency of moving through the neighborhood affect to this.

PoliFIT-INFOcus: A pilot study exploring how to promote physical activity in older people.

2018

Changes in health, functional performance and activity predict changes in self-rated health: a 10-year follow-up study in older people.

2001

Abstract The purpose was to examine changes in self-rated health (SRH) in older people and associations between these changes and various self-reported and objectively measured indicators of health status, functional performance and activity at three time-points 5 years apart. Further, our aim was to examine whether SRH takes the form of a continuum. The study group comprised all the baseline 75-year-old inhabitants of the City of Jyvaskyla, Finland (N=382). Four groups were formed according to change/stability in SRH: ‘good–good’, ‘good–bad’, ‘bad–good’ and ‘bad–bad’. Cross-tabulation and one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) was used to examine the cross-sectional differences, and GLM Repe…

Multidimensional prognostic index (MPI) predicts successful application for disability social benefits in older people

2020

Aim: The economic recognition of disability is of importance in daily practice, but the tools used in older people are still limited. Therefore, we aimed to investigate the effectiveness of the multidimensional prognostic index (MPI) to identify frail older subjects to be submitted to civil invalidity application for disability benefits including Attendance Allowance (AA) indemnity, Carer’s Leave (Law 104) and/or Parking Card for people with disabilities. Methods: From March 2018 to January 2019, 80 older people were included. The MPI was calculated from comprehensive geriatric assessment information including eight different domains. Civil benefits included attendance allowance (AA) indemn…