BACKGROUND The benefits of regular physical activity for quality of life and disease prevention have been well documented. Identification of low activity groups would facilitate interventional programs. Many studies have focussed on leisure time activity, which may not capture the spectrum of physical activity relevant to disease prevention. Furthermore, few studies have been conducted in urban...

OBJECTIVES To investigate whether number of children and, among parents, having a daughter is associated with older people's likelihood of at least weekly face-to-face social contact and later receipt of help if needed. METHOD Multivariate analysis of data from Waves 1 and 2 of the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA). RESULTS Older parents in England had higher chances of at least w...

Different scenarios based on ADL are considered while developing the platform. As mentioned before in the document, ADL involve tasks related to basic self-care (preparing food and drinks in the kitchen, or grooming in the bathroom) and the correct performance of them requires to accomplish a sequence of more basic actions whose proper execution makes successful the whole task. So, continuous m...

BACKGROUND To study the dependence related to aging is of particular interest in Aragon, where the population is one of the most aged in Spain. The objective of this study is that of quantifying the degree of functional dependence for daily living activities (DLA) and identifying the personal traits related thereto among individuals age 65 and above who are living at home and attend Community C...

There is very little information about the impact of living arrangements on patterns of morbidity for older adults in developing countries. The present study uses newly collected comprehensive data to examine the impact of living arrangements (particularly the presence of various family members) on self-reported general health and limitations in activities of daily living for older adults aged ...

In this paper, at first I noted the way how to pick up the neuropsychological signs and symptoms during routine neurological examination, and their diagnostic power. Second, I presented the clinical approach for dementia. Medical history should be obtained from both patients themselves and their caregivers. Examination of daily living activities and behavioral and psychological symptoms are nec...

OBJECTIVE The autonomy of individuals is linked to the achievement of instrumental activities of daily living that require complex behavior. In the elderly, the assessment of autonomy is usually based on questionnaires that have strong subjective constraints. Considering this fact, we tested elderly healthy adults and Alzheimer disease patients using a new measure, the S-IADL (Simulation of Ins...

BACKGROUND As Norway moves toward the provision of home-based crisis response, knowledge is needed about understandings of mental health crisis and effective ways of addressing crises within the home. OBJECTIVE To elicit and learn from service users' experiences about the subjective meanings of crisis and what kind of help will be most effective in resolving mental health crises. THEORETICAL...

This cross-sectional study was designed to examine the effects of healthy ageing on muscle strength, power, and potentially related functional ability. Subjects were recruited through local and national newspapers and inclusion was based on strict health criteria, by questionnaire. Isometric knee extensor, isometric elbow flexor and handgrip strength, leg extensor power, timed rise from a low c...