Currently, Indonesia is experiencing a dramatic demographic shift caused by the explosion of elderly population, or people aged 60 years and older. In 2017, Special Region Yogyakarta was province with highest population in Indonesia. The increase requires action from all parties anticipating various problems related to elderly, especially women, including their reproductive health, mental chang...

INTRODUCTION The clinical and epidemiological data show that proper nutrition plays an important role in maintaining health and combating the danger of developing some chronic diseases in the elderly population. Nutrition is an important factor in many physiological and pathological changes that accompany the aging process. More than 50% of elderly patients are suffering from malnutrition which...

Introduction. The elderly are at high risk of developing osteosarcopenia, which is characterized by the coexistence osteoporosis and sarcopenia. There many factors that affect interaction between bones muscles: genetics, hormones, nervous system, aging, cardiac rhythm, nutrition. Pathophysiology osteosarcopenia. Risk include: age 50 years over, sex, Caucasian race, genetic predisposition, short...

Dysphagia affects a person's ability to swallow, and it causes health problems by directly limiting nutritional intake, being the elderly most at-risk group also likely be deficient in nutrition. Diets for patients with dysphagia require textural modifications offer soft safe food swallow. Puree is easily consumed elderly, an alternative preparation providing essential nutrition people dysphagi...

The dental profile of the population of most industrialised countries is changing. For the first time in at least a century most elderly people in the United Kingdom will soon have some of their own natural teeth. This could be beneficial for the frail and dependent elderly, as natural teeth are associated with greater dietary freedom of choice and good nutrition. There may also be problems inc...

Long-term care facilities for the elderly have regularly to work together with general hospitals to provide care to acutely ill residents or when they require all together more complex diagnostic procedures and multi-specialty care. The decision to hospitalize a nursing home elderly resident is multifactorial and it is based on factors such as illness severity and care facility infrastructure. ...

Background: Healthy lifestyle is effective on preventing common elderly diseases. This study was conducted to evaluate the elderlies' lifestyle and its components in Tehran in 2017. Methods: This cross-sectional study was carried out with a descriptive-analytical design. The research population consisted of 200 elderly people from elderly care centers in Tehran City, Iran. A questionnaire, desi...