Ageing and the border between health and disease.

The Future of Ageing and Its Health Care Costs: A Warning for Health System

This article is focused on ageing and the rapid ageing population growth, from future health care costs prospectus. It reviews ageing population statistics in several courtiers as well as Iran, to illustrate the significance of the ageing population growth in the next decades. Nevertheless, the health care costs for elderly people are described and the considerable differences between health ca...

The Relationship Between Personality Traits of Older Adults and Elder Abuse

Objectives This study aims to investigate the relationship between the big-five personality traits (extroversion, neuroticism, agreeableness, conscientiousness, and openness to experience) and elder abuse. Methods & Materials In this cross-sectional study, 304 older adults (60 years old and older) were selected by convenience sampling method based on the inclusion criteria among older adults w...

Border Disease Control Checkpoints: Are They Sufficient for Disease Control? The Present Situation in Thailand

Successful Ageing in the Dimensions of Life Satisfaction and Perception of Ageing in the Iranian Elderly Adults Referring to the Health Center in the West of Tehran, Iran

Background & Aims: Achieving the goals of successful ageing is considered to be an effective strategy for the promotion of health in the elderly. The concept of healthy and successful ageing encompasses significant components, including life satisfaction, positive perception of the changes in old age, longevity, lack of disability, and independence in life. The present study aimed to assess suc...

Physical Activity in the Elderly with Fall Experience Over the Past Year: Results from Amirkola Health and Ageing Project

Background and purpose: Nowadays, immobility is known to be the fourth risk factor for mortality. The aim of the present study was to investigate the relationship between fall experience over the previous year and levels of physical activity in the elderly. Materials and Methods: The study was performed with 1616 participants of 60≤ years. The relationship between physical activities in the el...

Predictors of Healthcare Expenditure: Aging, Disability or Development?

Objective: Studies show that almost every country across the world will experience a remarkable increase in their healthcare costs and ageing population by 2030. Also, people with disabilities are more likely to impose considerable healthcare costs on families and governments than their counterparts. On the other hand, socioeconomic status of countries can be an important factor to predict heal...