the effect of reminiscence on the amount of group self-esteem and life satisfaction of the elderly     hojjati h [1] *, sharifnia sa [2] , hassanalipour s [3] , akhonzadeh g [4] , asayesh h [5]     received: 3july, 2011 accepted: 23september, 2011     abstract   background & aims : the natural course of aging leads to changes in the normal physiological, psychological, social, and spiritual sta...

Community dwelling elderly people with a history of falls are likely to sustain subsequent falls and injurious falls. Elderly people who have had a previous fall with a fracture are at an increased risk of major injurious fall. However, the recurrence of major fall injuries other than fractures remains unknown. We conducted a prospective population-based cohort study among home dwelling elderly...

here are many challenges in providing good-quality health and social service care to the aging Canadian population, especially to frail and cognitively impaired elderly people. Despite the best efforts of families and professionals to assist elderly people in the community, the need for facility-based long-term care (LTC) is a big challenge. Remaining in the community “at all costs” is a laudab...