Telemonitoring system of Television-Operating-State to Estimate Living Condition for Elderly Persons Living Alone

Living alone: elderly Chinese Singaporeans.

Asian societies maintain the norm that older people should live with their children. Yet some older people live alone. This is the first study to explore social isolation, strategies of coping, and preferences about living arrangements among Chinese Singaporeans aged 65+ who live alone. Data from 19 semi-structured interviews were analyzed. The elderly people who live alone either have no other...

The diets of elderly women living alone.

number of children increased, indicating that even if the children were assumed to eat no fish the consumption per adult would itself be reduced in the larger families. I t seems valid to conclude from such figures that children not only do not eat much fish but that their presence in the family actually tends to discourage adult members from doing so. This is incidentally not a class differenc...

Elderly Persons Living with Hiv/aids

As the elderly population continues to grow, so does a subgroup of that population— elderly persons living with HIV infection and AIDS. In her article, Professor Waysdorf, a nationally recognized AIDS law expert who has taught, published, and practiced in this area for over a decade, introduces statistics and studies that show just how quickly the HIV/AIDS-infected elderly population is growing...

Nebraska ranks high for persons living alone, especially among the elderly in rural areas

Significance of eating out for elderly men living alone

This article aimed to analyze the significance of eating out for a group of elderly men, combining elements of the Health, Social and Human Sciences. The men lived alone and attended the Grupo Renascer Extension Program of the Universidade Palavras-chave: Alimentação; Idoso; Estilo de vida. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1809-9823.2015.14234 612 Rev. BRas. GeRiatR. GeRontol., Rio de JaneiRo, 2015; 1...