The Elders

Weaving Elders of the Andes

The Eyes of a Whip-poor-will I imagine the light all around me and I feel the energy My heart beats, my blood flows The mystery is no longer a mystery to me I feel the energized hand reaching out to me, it is filled with abundance It engulfs me and nurtures my being It empowers me with the wisdom to understand order The trees breathe out and I breathe in They are my brethren making me understan...

Elders Health Empowerment Scale

INTRODUCTION Empowerment refers to patient skills that allow them to become primary decision-makers in control of daily self-management of health problems. As important the concept as it is, particularly for elders with chronic diseases, few available instruments have been validated for use with Spanish speaking people. OBJECTIVE Translate and adapt the Health Empowerment Scale (HES) for a Sp...

Elders Fall Risk Predictors

The matter of falling plays an important role in the quality of older peoples’ life for which lots of tools that single vulnerable elders out. This study is to recognize and introduce these tools. Using key words regarding older people falling on Google Scholar, Wiley Blackwell, Pub Med databases, an expansive search on the articles of the year has been done, based on which this study is recogn...

Pervasive Change Challenges Elders

A NEEd for CoNSIStENCy Yet our elders need the support of the gadgets and gear that we’re inventing. We need to help them live at home safely and comfortably—for their own well-being as well as for economic and demographical reasons (given the number of baby boomers retiring and number of children available to care for them). The elderly need reminders for activities of daily living (such as e-...

Learning from our elders.