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AGING IN EUROPE AND GERIATRIC CARE
2017
Europeans are living longer than ever, and this pattern is expected to continue. The increased life expectancy is a remarkable achievement, which however poses obvious challenges for health care and geriatric assistance. There is a progressive increase of older persons living alone and in need of assistance. European countries are handling these challenges with very different approaches. There are countries and regional differences in social policies and sanitary assistance, in providers of care, in quality of the assistance and in lodging costs. The long term care models are also very different (cash benefits, public provision of care services, or hybrid rather than pure models of care). T…
MALNUTRITION IS ASSOCIATED WITH DEPRESSION IN LONG-TERM CARE POPULATION
2018
Rationale: Frailty in elderly is a multifactorial syndrome and is associatet with an increased risk of poor health outcomes (falls, disability, hospital- ization and mortality), malnutrition and depression are the must impor- tant factors contributing to frailty. This study describes the application of multidimensional evaluation for the early identification of frailty in long- term care population.Methods: Clinical data from 100 long-term care inpatients (53 female and 47 male, mean age 69.6 years) were collected at the ARNAS Civico- DiCristina-Benfratelli, Palermo, Italy. Each inpatient had undergone a multidimensional assessment through a multiprofessional team. Nutri- tional state was a…
CONTINUITA' OSPEDALE TERRITORIO
2015
L’Italia ha una percentuale di popolazione ultrasessantacinquenne che supera il 20%, e che dovrebbe salire a oltre il 35% nel 2050. Circa 2 milioni di persone anziane non sono autonome. La prevalenza di disabilità è più alta nelle regioni meridionali del paese. L'età avanzata è un fattore di rischio indipendente per le fratture da fragilità che a lungo termine comportano un maggiore e considerevole rischio di disabilità. L’impatto delle fratture di femore è particolarmente grave negli anziani fragili. I casi più gravi di disabilità (più concentrati negli ultraottantenni) sono aumentati drammaticamente nelle ultime decade. Di conseguenza, il bisogno dei servizi di cure continuative territori…
Eurobarometer 51.0: The Elderly and Domestic Violence, March-May 1999
2000
This round of Eurobarometer surveys queried respondents on standard Eurobarometer measures, such as whether they attempted to persuade others close to them to share their views on subjects they held strong opinions about, whether they discussed political matters, and what the goals of the European Union (EU) should be. Additional questions focused on the respondents' knowledge of and opinions on the EU, including how well-informed they felt about the EU, what sources of information about the EU they used, and whether their country had benefited from being an EU member. Another major focus of the surveys was elderly people and domestic violence. Respondents were asked whether retired people …