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Elderly persons in the risk zone. Design of a multidimensional, health-promoting, randomised three-armed controlled trial for “prefrail” people of 80+ years living at home

Dahlin-Ivanoff S, Gosman-Hedström G, Edberg AK, Wilhelmson K, Eklund K, Duner A, Ziden L, Welmer AK, Landahl S. BMC Geriatr. 2010 May 26;10:27. doi: 10.1186/1471-2318-10-27. SOURCE: Vårdalinstitutet, The Swedish Institute for Health Sciences, Universities of Gothenburg and Lund, Sweden. Synneve.Dahlin-Ivanoff@gu.se BACKGROUND: The very old (80+) are often described as a “frail” group that is particularly […]

Improving health for elderly people: an international health promotion and disease prevention agenda

Besdine RW, Wetle TF. Aging Clin Exp Res. 2010 Jun;22(3):219-30. SOURCE: The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, USA. Richard_Besdine@Brown.EDU Across the world, there are substantial but missed opportunities for promoting health of older persons and extending the healthy life span. Current approaches to health care rely on late detection and […]

Health promotion, prevention, and rehabilitation in the elderly

Mau W, Reuter S. Dtsch Med Wochenschr. 2011 Oct;136(43):2199-204. doi: 10.1055/s-0031-1292033. Epub 2011 Oct 18. [Article in German] SOURCE: Institut für Rehabilitationsmedizin, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg. wilfried.mau@medizin.uni-halle.de Considering the increasing disability with higher age and the demographic changes health promotion, prevention and rehabilitation are of high relevance for the maintenance and restoration of activity and participation of […]

Perceptions of an older patient on the role of the family doctor in health promotion: a qualitative case study

Marcinowicz L, Pawlikowska T, Windak A, Chlabicz S. J Med Case Rep. 2013 Feb 28;7(1):57. doi: 10.1186/1752-1947-7-57. Department of Family Medicine and Community Nursing, Medical University of Bialystok, Mieszka I 4 B, Bialystok 15 054, Poland. ludmila.marcinowicz@umb.edu.pl. Abstract INTRODUCTION: Health promotion and disease prevention are important aspects of primary health care. However, limited data are […]

Healthy aging for older adults with intellectual and development disabilities

Bishop KM, Robinson LM, VanLare S. J Psychosoc Nurs Ment Health Serv. 2013 Jan;51(1):15-8. SOURCE: University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, USA. The number of older adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) has increased rapidly in the United States as part of the general “graying”of the country. This has presented challenges in maintaining […]

Validating functional measures of physical ability for aging people with intellectual developmental disability

Maring JR, Costello E, Birkmeier MC, Richards M, Alexander LM. Am J Intellect Dev Disabil. 2013 Mar;118(2):124-40. doi: 10.1352/1944-7558-118.2.124. SOURCE: The George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA. maringj@gwu.edu Unlike the aging population without intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD), few standardized performance measures exist to assess physical function and risk for adverse outcomes such as nonfatal, […]

Effects of a psychological intervention in a primary health care center for caregivers of dependent relatives: a randomized trial.

Rodriguez-Sanchez E, Patino-Alonso MC, Mora-Simón S, Gómez-Marcos MA, Pérez-Peñaranda A, Losada-Baltar A, García-Ortiz L. Gerontologist. 2013 Jun;53(3):397-406. doi: 10.1093/geront/gns086. Epub 2012 Aug 16 Address correspondence to Emiliano Rodríguez-Sánchez, Unidad de Investigación, Centro de salud La Alamedilla, Avda. Comuneros 27, 37003 Salamanca, Spain. E-mail: emiliano@usal.es. PURPOSE: To assess, in the context of Primary Health Care […]

Correlates of health-related quality of life in African American and Caucasian stroke caregivers

Correlates of health-related quality of life in African American and Caucasian stroke caregivers. Clay OJ, Grant JS, Wadley VG, Perkins MM, Haley WE, Roth DL. Rehabil Psychol. 2013 Feb;58(1):28-35. doi: 10.1037/a0031726. SOURCE: Department of Psychology, University of Alabama-Birmingham, USA. oclay@uab.edu Abstract OBJECTIVE: Stroke is a leading cause of long-term disability in the United States. Family […]

Measuring levels of citizen public health emergency preparedness, Jefferson County, Alabama

McCormick LC, Pevear J 3rd, Xie R. J Public Health Manag Pract. 2013 May-Jun;19(3):266-73. doi: 10.1097/PHH.0b013e318264ed8c. SOURCE: Department of Health Care Organizations and Policy, University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Public Health, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA. lmccormick@uab.edu CONTEXT: Recent disaster experiences in Alabama have highlighted the state’s public health vulnerabilities to natural […]