Despite considerable gains in public awareness of dementia, dementia patients and their caregivers continue to be stigmatized. Previous work has explored stigma and burden among adult children of persons with dementia in Israel, but no similar data exist for spousal caregivers or caregivers in general in the United States. This study examines the differences in stigma and burden experienced by ...

Purpose Transitioning to independence may be problematic for persons with spina bifida (SB). Experiences of young persons with SB may provide insights into this group's needs for support. Therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate children's and adolescents' experiences of living with SB, their social and emotional adjustment, and their thoughts about becoming independent adults. Metho...

BACKGROUND Despite the major public health impact of diabetes, recent population-based data regarding its prevalence and comorbidity are sparse. METHODS The prevalence and comorbidity of diabetes mellitus were analyzed in a nationally representative sample (N = 9133) of the non-institutionalized German adult population aged 50 years and older. Information on physician-diagnosed diabetes and 2...

This article describes a 2-year collaborative project in Cleveland, OH, that improved the reporting and management of potential and suspected elder abuse situations involving persons with dementia. Educational curricula for cross-training, screening tools, and referral protocols were developed and tested for staff and volunteers in adult protective services and dementia care. A handbook for car...

We are increasingly conscious in our day of the large number of persons who are maladjusted in themselves and to society. We realise that such persons should not be allowed to drift towards the extreme of maladjustment, which is insanity, without great efforts being made to prevent, when possible, this dissolution. We realise, too, that the situations which tend to bring this about, in so as th...

HIV testing among persons with tuberculosis (TB) results in high-yield identification of persons infected with HIV. To evaluate differences in HIV testing among children versus adults with TB in Vietnam, we collected and analyzed age-disaggregated facility and aggregated provincial data from the National Tuberculosis Program. HIV testing was incompletely documented for >70% of children, whereas...

Introduction:Foreign body aspiration is usually a serious condition that is most common among the pediatric population, and rare in adults. In adults, aspiration may be tolerated for a long time.Case Reports:Our first case is a 38-year-old man who presented with a 2-day history of swallowing a foreign body. He was completely asymptomatic. Chest X-ray revealed the presence of 5-cm foreign object...

Abstract The need to ensure the economic wellbeing and quality of life those who reach official retirement age is a matter concern in world social services policy making. Since some working older adults may be forced retire when they while others voluntarily, study based on dedicated survey among 508 persons retired both willingly unwillingly for good after reaching 437 continued uninterruptedl...

Abstract This study examined the characteristics and experiences of informal supporters elder abuse victims, including family members, friends, neighbors—referred to as concerned persons. The researchers utilized secondary data from a UK national helpline investigate profile help-seeking (including impact helping) persons reporting helpline. focused on one year (2017–2018), 1623 records met inc...

Marko Buljevac Petra Liber Antonela Previšić QUALITY OF LIFE ADULTS WITH INTELLECTUAL DIFFICULTIES AND THEIR PARENTS: INSIGHTS SPECIFICITIES ABSTRACT The aim of this paper is to summarize and explore certain specificities individual domains the quality life adults with intellectual difficulties their parents. presents, describes discusses insights into personal development, self-determination, ...