Healthy aging influences peripheral and central levels of the neuromotor system. These age-related changes contribute to the decline in dexterous manual behavior. Difficulty in performing activities of daily living increases reliance on external assistance. Understanding specific mechanisms leading to the decline in fine manual performance is crucial for their rehabilitation. In this thesis, we...

In this article, we explore views on an age-friendly space in the Netherlands by analysing the responses of older individuals (N = 54) in focus groups and by examining the perspectives around an age-friendly zone in the Netherlands, Parkstad Limburg. We found that a central issue in the wishes for living at a later age are adjustments to envisioned physical limitations that come with the ageing...

It is well known that frequently the bones become rarefied in old age and it is commonly believed that this rarefaction or osteoporosis is a physiological process. Generalized osteoporosis, however, occurs in a considerable proportion of the population long before old age is reached. In the pre-senile group many factors have been held responsible for the thinning of bones, and it seems possible...

The pathology of arteriosclerosis has been much studied in recent years: but the clinical aspects have had little attention. A small book on diagnosis written by Parkinson in 1898 had more space devoted to examination of the arteries than Saville's " Clinical Medicine" of 1939, which has six times the number of, pages. Even Cowdry's symposium on arteriosclerosis does not say much on the clinica...

Older people are an important and growing sector of the population, yet are often excluded by design. It is important to find out more about this user group so that they can be included effectively. As a first step towards this, we carried out a questionnaire and interview study in Scotland with 353 participants over the age of 50, investigating their use of and attitude towards technology. Thi...

with respect to the proportion of oldage assistance recipients receiving old-age and survivors insurance. As the coverage of the insurance Program becomes virtually universal, this proportion will no doubt aPpreach loo percent. It will never reach it, however, because many individuals at the lowest economic levels (low-income farmers and migratory and occasional farm and domestic workers) will ...

In a post-mortem analysis of 1,500 patients, aged 70 years or more, heart disease and malignancy were the two major causes of death. Coronary disease was exceedingly prevalent, almost one in five being subject to this form of heart disease, and 13% dying from its effects. The levelling of the sex ratio in coronary disease in the aged was a striking feature. The clinical manifestations of corona...

Twenty years ago, Thompson and Todd (1922) published an article entitled "Old age and blood pressure problems." They recorded the blood pressure in a hundred and two Chelsea pensioners over the age of seventy-five, noting that forty-six of them had systolic figures over 150 mm. and twenty-three over 170 mm. They also found that apparently similar men in normal health showed great differences in...

and its diagnosis and treatment, rather than on the morphology of the parasites. However, the various complex life cycles and other details of zoology which are pertinent are greatly clarified by an abundance of excellent illustrations, original and otherwise. Of special value for reference purposes are many tables summarizing important laboratory and clinical data, as well as an entire section...

This paper examines the status afforded old age in the Byzantine Empire. Frequently neglected in accounts of state formation or comparative history, this Christian imperial state transformed the moral ordering of the lifecourse. In contrast to both classical Greek and Roman society, old age acquired a distinct moral authority in Byzantine society. This status was not confined to a few members o...