BACKGROUND We investigated the effectiveness of a low-cost, multifactor fall risk reduction program in a group of rural community-dwelling older adults. The goal of the program was to provide health care workers and communities with a primary prevention tool that can be used to teach seniors about fall-related risks. The long-term goal of this program is to reduce the incidence of falling among...

[Purpose] Driving is a vital component of recovery for stroke survivors facilitating restoration of their family roles and reintegration back into their communities and associations. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the validity and reliability of the Safe Driving Behavior Measure (SDBM) in community-dwelling self-drivers post-stroke. [Subjects and Methods] Participants were sixty-seve...

We evaluate a non-governmental housing microfinance intervention that attempts to improve conditions for low-income populations by simultaneously offering them labelled loan and non-financial technical support. Using household survey data from Kenya Uganda, we first show evidence the successful targeting of our loans because 95% clients used intended improvement. Second, results suggest access ...

Introduction: Mild cognitive impairment can be considered as an intermediate clinical state between normal cognitive aging and mild dementia. Elderly people with this impairment represent an at-risk group for the development of dementia. The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of cognitive impairment in community-dwelling older adults by Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) and ...

Ecological studies on road’s impact on wildlife have concentrated on vertebrates although less is known of their effects on invertebrates. The current study presents public road influences on species richness, abundance, and diversity of ground dwelling insects in Arusha National Park in Tanzania. Values from pitfall traps data were generally higher in core habitat than road verge. Nine species...

Although Heidegger’s explicit account of “poetic dwelling” belongs to his later philosophy, there are important indications that he was already engaging with the core matter notion in early thought. Contrary idea Being and Time, “dwelling” amounts mere practical coping environment, we would like demonstrate is a poetic issue thought, as it requires appropriation our relation world via an authen...

Abstract Objectives To explore differences in prevalence and disturbance of behavioral psychological symptoms dementia (BPSD) between institution-dwelling community-dwelling patients with dementia. Methods A cross-sectional survey was conducted. Institution-dwelling (n=112) (n=157) were enrolled from a nursing home tertiary psychiatric hospital located Guangzhou, China, March 2019 to September ...

O artigo discute a relação entre cinema e práticas moradoras. Primeiro, situa uma questão larga, íntima morada. Em seguida, enfatiza luta por moradia o engajamento face cisões na nossa experiência social. Propomos um cotejo os filmes: A cidade é só? (2011), de Adirley Queirós, Na Missão, com Kadu (2016), Pedro Maia Brito, Aiano Bemfica Freitas. Sublinhamos as articulações ação política diante d...