OBJECTIVE This report presents the sociodemographic characteristics, functional dependencies in the activities of daily living (ADL) and instrumental activities of daily living (IADL), dental status, primary admission diagnosis, types of services used, and source of payment of elderly nursing home residents. METHODS The data used for this report are from the National Center for Health Statist...

В статье рассматривается ресурсная и адаптивная жестикуляция в пантомимике причастных лиц во время сокрытия информации. Ресурсные жесты имеют бессознательную природу связаны с эмпатическим тактильным контактом системе «мать дитя». Анализируется этологическое, филогенетическое онтогенетическое происхождение пантомимической продукции при стрессе (страхе разоблачения). Приводится дифференцированны...

The main premise of this paper is that in information societies generally, and in virtual social contexts particularly, a distinctive style of interaction to facilitate the communication of difference, heterotopic communication, has emerged. It rests on two cultural foundations: an ideological belief in the positive, socially integrating power of communication, and a prevailing ethic of instrum...

Background: The basic and instrumental activities of daily living are prerequisites for living with a good quality of life. On the contrary, lack of movement and physical inactivity are considered as the main cause of pressure injuries. Accordingly, this study aimed to determine the relationship between the basic and instrumental activities of daily living with the risk of pressure ulcers in pa...