Are all homebound older adults frail?

Assessing home safety in homebound older adults.

Improvements in nutritional intake and quality of life among frail homebound older adults receiving home-delivered breakfast and lunch.

OBJECTIVE This study evaluated the influence that expanding a home-delivered meals service to include breakfast and lunch would have on the nutritional status and quality of life of at-risk older adults. DESIGN This cross-sectional field study compared two groups. The breakfast group (n=167) received a home-delivered breakfast and lunch, 5 days per week. The comparison group (n=214) received ...

Physical Activity in Non-Frail and Frail Older Adults

INTRODUCTION Physical activity (PA) is important for healthy ageing. Better insight into objectively measured PA levels in older adults is needed, since most previous studies employed self-report measures for PA assessment, which are associated with overestimation of PA. AIM This study aimed to provide insight in objectively measured indoor and outdoor PA of older adults, and in PA difference...

Immunologic Changes in Frail Older Adults

UNLABELLED Several studies have shown a heightened inflammatory state in frail older adults, marked by high serum levels of interleukin-6 and C-reactive protein and an increased number of circulating leukocytes. Activation of monocytes and macrophages, marked by increased levels of neopterin, may contribute to chronic inflammation in the frail older adult. However, the reduced mononuclear cell ...

Food choice among homebound older adults: motivations and perceived barriers.

OBJECTIVES The purpose of this paper is to identify: motivations and perceived barriers associated with food choices made by homebound older adults; whether motivations and perceived barriers vary according to social demographic characteristics; and whether motivations and perceived barriers are associated with dietary quality. DESIGN This was an observational study using standard interview m...