Mobility and Active Ageing in Suburban Environments: Findings from In-Depth Interviews and Person-Based GPS Tracking [0.03%]
郊区环境中的移动性与积极老龄化：深度访谈和个人基于GPS跟踪的结果
Elisabeth Zeitler,Laurie Buys,Rosemary Aird et al.
Elisabeth Zeitler et al.
Background. Governments face a significant challenge to ensure that community environments meet the mobility needs of an ageing population. Therefore, it is critical to investigate the effect of suburban environments on the choice of transp...
Association between Physical Functionality and Falls Risk in Community-Living Older Adults [0.03%]
社区老年人身体功能与跌倒风险之间的关系
Disa J Smee,Judith M Anson,Gordon S Waddington et al.
Disa J Smee et al.
Ageing-related declines in physiological attributes, such as muscle strength, can bring with them an increased risk of falls and subsequently greater risk of losing independence. These declines have substantial impact on an individual's fun...
Toni C Antonucci,James A Ashton-Miller,Jennifer Brant et al.
Toni C Antonucci et al.
This paper addresses the health problems and opportunities that society will face in 2030. We propose a proactive model to combat the trend towards declining levels of physical activity and increasing obesity. The model emphasizes the need ...
Richard G Stefanacci
Richard G Stefanacci
This literature review is intended to familiarize physicians and healthcare providers of older adults with the potential causes of acute bleeding in older adults and to review diagnostic approaches that can produce prompt identification of ...
Prevalence of Cognitive Impairment and Depression among a Population Aged over 60 Years in the Metropolitan Area of Guadalajara, Mexico [0.03%]
墨西哥瓜达拉哈拉都市区老年人认知功能障碍和抑郁的流行病学调查研究
Genaro G Ortiz,Elva D Arias-Merino,María E Flores-Saiffe et al.
Genaro G Ortiz et al.
Background. Cognitive impairment is an important clinical issue among elderly patients with depression and has a more complex etiology because of the variable rate of neurodegenerative changes associated with depression. The aim of the pres...
Constança Paúl,Oscar Ribeiro,Laetitia Teixeira
Constança Paúl
Background. In the beginning of the 21st century, the world summit on population taking place in Madrid approved active ageing, WHO (2002) as the main objective of health and social policies for old people. Few studies have been done on the...
James F Fries
James F Fries
"Active aging" connotes a radically nontraditional paradigm of aging which posits possible improvement in health despite increasing longevity. The new paradigm is based upon postponing functional declines more than mortality declines and co...
Associations of Education Level and Bone Density Tests among Cognitively Intact Elderly White Women in Managed Medicare [0.03%]
教育程度与认知正常的老年白人妇女的医疗保险骨密度检测的关系
Di Shi,Michael T Yin,Qiuhu Shi et al.
Di Shi et al.
Objectives. To examine associations between having bone density tests and level of education among white elderly women in managed Medicare. Method. Data from the ninth through twelfth cohort (2006-2009) of the Medicare Health Outcome Survey...
Elva Dolores Arias-Merino,Neyda Ma Mendoza-Ruvalcaba,Martha Judith Arias-Merino et al.
Elva Dolores Arias-Merino et al.
Objectives. The aim of this paper is to estimate the prevalence of successful aging in the elderly in Western Mexico and to analyze its variability by age, sex, education, marital status, and pension. Methods. This study employs data from t...
Social Determinants of Active Aging: Differences in Mortality and the Loss of Healthy Life between Different Income Levels among Older Japanese in the AGES Cohort Study [0.03%]
基于日本AGNES队列研究的主动老龄化社会决定因素：不同收入水平老人死亡率和健康生命损失年的差异性分析
Hiroshi Hirai,Katsunori Kondo,Ichiro Kawachi
Hiroshi Hirai
We examined the relationship between income, mortality, and loss of years of healthy life in a sample of older persons in Japan. We analyzed 22,829 persons aged 65 or older who were functionally independent at baseline as a part of the Aich...