A Critical Review of Studies on Health Needs Assessment of Elderly in the World

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  • Sima Ghasemi
  • Nastaran Keshavarz Mohammadi
  • Farahnaz Mohammadi Shahboulaghi
  • Ali Ramezankhani
چکیده

Article history Received 11 Jan 2017 Accepted 2 March 2017 Introduction: Health improvement, control of communicable diseases and increase in life expectancy among the elderly of developed and developing countries has greatly increased. Since the health care and social needs of older adults differ from that of other adults, it is necessary to identify the needs of the elderly in order to make proper plans that will promote their health. The aim of this paper is to critically review these researches.

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تاریخ انتشار 2017