Abstract There is evidence that perceived health status relevant for older adults' wellbeing, and at the same time can be influenced by self-perceptions of ageing. a lack studies on relationship between these variables. The aim this study was to explore attitudes towards ageing among Spanish middle-aged people, identify possible mediators in status. sample comprised 1,124 individuals from 50 98...

Language development, training, and maintenance in Down syndrome are a life-long endeavour. Present-day knowledge of the typical profile of the condition with its relative points of strength and weakness can be set in a life-span perspective from the first days of life until the common propensity to earlier physical and cognitive ageing.

This study purposed to investigate the relationship between physical activity level and bone mineral density (BMD) in the elderly of Amirkola in northern Iran. This cross-sectional study was part of a proposal to assess the situation of the elderly in Amirkola (AHAP) (Amirkola Health and Ageing Project) conducted on 1113 elderly individuals (616 males and 497 females) in Amirkola city. Physic...

Title: Obesity, change of body mass index and subsequent physical and mental health functioning: a 12-year follow-up study among ageing employees Authors: Anna Svärd ([email protected]) Jouni Lahti ([email protected]) Eira Roos ([email protected]) Ossi Rahkonen ([email protected]) Eero Lahelma ([email protected]) Tea Lallukka ([email protected]) Minna Mänty...

BACKGROUND The global population is ageing. As ageing is often associated with a decline in health, there is a need to further develop preventative health measures. Physical activity can positively influence older adults' (aged 50 years and older) health. Previous research on the relationship between physical activity and health for older adults has mainly focused on physical activity in genera...

With the further deepening of ageing in China, ageing-in-place model is gaining more and attention. In order to improve quality home life elderly, this paper takes age-friendly cabinets as research object, from perspective material design, visual/tactile experience elderly entry point, classifies current market cabinet materials, selects test samples. The physical properties samples were examin...