the subject of women occupation outside the home possible and negative effects of their own or family is including the controversial issues contemporary iranian society. the changes due to industrialization and become smaller family caused to increase free time for the women and more opportunities to pursue education and find the occupation outside the home. the research conducted on social eff...

INTRODUCTION Understanding longitudinal relationships among multiple chronic conditions, limitations in activities of daily living, and health-related quality of life is important for identifying potential opportunities for health promotion and disease prevention among older adults. METHODS This study assessed longitudinal associations between multiple chronic conditions and limitations in ac...

The aim of this Special Issue is to show the diversityof living conditions among the Sami and their consequences on the health and rates of disease among this population living in the Sami areas of Norway, Sweden, Finland and Russia, often referred to as Sápmi. There has been a renewed interest in the Sami or Laps, as they were referred to some decades ago. Historically, relatively few studies ...

I s MINNESOTA we have attacked the problem of dehumanization through use of a scale that rates living conditions on the wards. The scale, based on a questionnaire, was devised early in 1965 by the Medical Services Division of the State Department of Public Welfare. The questions deal with objects that make the ward more attractive and livable, practices involving the patients, and general ward ...

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PURPOSE This article profiles the housing settings of frail elderly individuals, whether their homes are facilitating or impeding their ability to live in the community, and the change in disability and housing status before and after passage of the 1990 Americans with Disabilities Act. DESIGN AND METHODS The analysis relies primarily on statistical analysis of the 1995 national American Hous...