Strategies for Effective Home Modification in Older Adults

Polypharmacy Management Strategies in Older Adults; A scoping review

Introduction: Increasing life expectancy has led to a significant increase in the growth rate of the elderly population. In parallel with this increase, the elderly is affected by various diseases and required to use various drugs. Consumption of a large number of drugs can cause various injuries and problems for the elderly contrary to what is expected, so this study aims to investigate polyph...

COVID-19 pandemic in the community-dwelling and Nursing home older adults in Iran

The epidemic of COVID-19 disease began in 2019 (January 10) in Wuhan, China, and quickly became a global problem. The rapid growth of this disease in Iran was from March 25, 2020, to April 15, 2020 (1). In addition to physical problems, the disease had many social, economic, and cultural consequences. The old people are one of the age groups that were less seen and more at risk. Iranian older ...

Bringing home the 'medical home' for older adults.

Even on a good day, Mrs. Smith faces challenges getting to the doctor’s office: she has difficulty getting dressed, taking the stairs, and transporting her walker and oxygen, not to mention parking the car, getting out, getting in to the doctor’s office, and then returning home. After a careful evaluation Dr. Jones concludes that the leg swelling and fatigue are due to an exacerbation of heart ...

Assessing home safety in homebound older adults.

Age differences in everyday problem-solving effectiveness: older adults select more effective strategies for interpersonal problems.

Using the Everyday Problem Solving Inventory of Cornelius and Caspi, we examined differences in problem-solving strategy endorsement and effectiveness in two domains of everyday functioning (instrumental or interpersonal, and a mixture of the two domains) and for four strategies (avoidance-denial, passive dependence, planful problem solving, and cognitive analysis). Consistent with past researc...