discussion we have to stress that the importance of this case report is its presentation in an elderly patient, as the frequent age of presentation in the iranian patients is the middle age. on the other hand, pv occurs rarely, thus, the reporting of any rare case with some exceptions is important. case presentation we reported a case of pemphigus vulgaris in a 79-year-old patient with the exte...

background :falls have been strongly associated with decreased physical activity and impaired mobility. reduced range of motion, as a consequence of muscle stiffness, has been indicated to assume a positive relationship to fall incidence. also clinical observations suggest that maintaining the normal spinal curves is associated with the prevention of spinal, knee and hip disorders. thus, the ai...

results out of the 129 elderly participants, aged between 60-87 years (mean: 66.71 ± 6.21), males constituted 58.1% (n = 75) of patients and female were 41.9% (n = 54). normal variations of oral mucosa were observed in 62% (n = 80) of patients, while 44.2% (n = 57) had oral mucosal lesions. normal variations were significantly associated with smoking (or = 1.2), while denture wearers were at hi...

explanation of the insightful family concept in care of the elderly    pouladi sh [1] , anoosheh m [2] *, kazemnejad a [3] , zareian a [4]     received: 31 may , 2013 accepted: 3 aug , 2013    abstract  background & aims : the elderly care in families with social problems and hardships indicate the insight of family members in elderly care. this study aims to explain the concept of family insig...

health lifestyle is known pattern of collective behaviors that engage in risky health problems and their causes and reasons of health to ensure. accomplished explanations mainly have considered on determinatives such as structural and social factors individual choices. this survey, as a similar approach, focused on discovers the capital causes that influencing on individual choices, which affec...