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Booth et al (2019) systematically reviewed the literature on the use of motivation as a mechanism underpinning exercise-based falls prevention programmes for older adults with cognitive impairment...
Data were collected via focus group interviews with Danish homecare nurses. The methodological orientation for this study was a content analysis approach, as described by Graneheim and Lundman (2004)...
The skin is at its thickest on the palms of the hands and soles of the feet and thinnest on the eyelids (Lavers, 2017). It comprises three separate layers—the epidermis, the dermis and the...
Chapter 14 of the Care and Support Statutory Guidance (Department of Health and Social Care, 2018) defines self-neglect as: ‘…covering a wide range of behaviour, neglecting to care for one's personal...
Although a wide range of approaches have been employed, the optimal exercise regimen to improve muscle strength in older adults remains uncertain. Exercise groups are not new, but the specific...
The Canadian Study of Health and Ageing (CSHA) collected data from 10 263 people aged 65 years or over, sampled from 36 different communities across Canada. The subjects represented the...
The existence of ‘meridians’, or energy channels, is fundamental within traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), but has been largely dismissed by Western medicine until recently. It is believed that...
Dementia is an umbrella term that is used to describe a group of symptoms that are characterised by behavioural changes and loss of cognitive and social functioning. It is caused by progressive...
The findings of the present study confirmed that the developed programme was effective in improving QOL, which has been shown to be strongly related to healthy life expectancy (Kaplan and Camacho,...
Swallowing is a complex activity required to move food from the mouth to the stomach, involving different muscles and nerves working together, and it requires close coordination between digestive and...
Beeckman (2017) identified the following four conditions under MASD: IAD; intertriginous dermatitis (ITD; related to perspiration); periwound MASD (due to wound exudate); and peristomal MASD...
Indications for long-term catheterisation are given in Box 1. Given the known risks associated with long-term catheter use, as well as the overuse for convenience in the older population, catheters...
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