conclusions the results showed that the elderlies living in daycare centers had better qualities of lives physically and mentally. therefore, to improve their qualities of lives in two general physical and mental domains, items such as providing family communications inside or outside the nursing homes as well as planning to fulfill mental and psychological needs besides physical issues like mo...

background & objectives : traditional bobath approach (tba) is one of the several methods using in treatment of children with cerebral palsy (cp) who referred to occupational therapy setting. in this study, the effect of tba compared with home program bobath approach (hpba), on the gross motor function (gmf) of children with cp. methods : in this clinical trial, 30 children with cp studied in t...

objectives: the aim of this study was to determine the effect of reminiscence abstract therapy on elderly mental health. methods & materials: this was a quasi-experimental study .the sample was consisted of 57 elderly men and women who were residing in the hashemi nejad institution, were selected by stratified random sampling. inclusion criteria were: 1) 65 years of age or more 2) mental health...

    Home health care is a wide range of health care services that can be given in your home for an illness or injury (1). During last decade, home health care is taken into consideration seriously. The concept of home health care began in the 1850's when traveling health care professionals provided in-home visits to patients in need of health care and unable to seek such care on their own (2). ...

background: as insomnia is common, especially among the elderly in the nursing homes, we aimed to estimate insomnia prevalence among the elderly residing in nursing homes as well as to determine factors associated with insomnia in the elderly. methods: this cross-sectional study was carried out in 2009 on 772 elderly residents at kahrizak nursing home, tehran iran. the information was gathered ...

background: increasing hospital costs and its social and cultural problems has led to the idea of providing healthcare services at home. because of infrastructural and implementation problems, providing healthcare at home in iran has not been initiated yet. therefore, this study set out to elaborate the need for a comprehensive system in order to provide this service in iran. methods: all artic...

objectives: falling is a common problem among the elderly. falling indoors and outdoors is highly prevalent among the iranian elderly. therefore, identification of the contributing factors at home and their modification can reduce falls and subsequent injuries inthe elderly. the goal of this study was to identify the elderly at risk of fall, using the ‘home falls and accident screening tool’ (h...