Intestinal parasites (IP) are one of the most significant causes of infections among the eldely in developing countries, especially in tropical areas. Trichuris trichiura and Ancylostoma duodenale infect near 2.3 billion people, especially in elderly in all around the world (1). Intestinal protozoan like Giardia lamblia, Entamoeba histolytica and Cryptosporidium parvum are widespread in o...

In the last few years, intelligent robots were successfully fielded in hospitals (King, S., and Weiman, C, 1990), museums (Burgard, W. et al., 1999), and office buildings/department stores (Endres, H. et al. , 1998), where they perform cleaning services, deliver, educate, or entertain (Schraft, R., and Schmierer, G. , 2005). Robots have also been developed for guiding blind people, as well as r...

background: spirituality is recognized as a personally important matter to the elderly, and there are evidences of its impact on their health. the aim of this study was to explore the concept of spirituality from the perspectives of iranian healthy elderly individuals. materials and methods: a conventional qualitative content analysis of carried out with 21 healthy elderly people from both male...

Background In Japan, elderly people aged 65 and over account for more than one fifth of the nation’s population. To add to this, the number of aged households is increasing year by year. Because elderly people are preferential to have tender and non-fatty foods in general, they are prone to biased nutrition status. According to the result of a National Health and Nutrition Survey, the low weigh...

Cardiovascular system (CVS) problems are one of the various complications in people living with HIV (PLHIV). In PLHIV, CVS' capacity to adapt activities is inadequate. Purpose: To distinguish responses CVS a step test physically active PLHIV. Results: Significant differences between resting HR and after were identified, while there was no significant difference recovery at 76% capacity. Additio...

OBJECTIVE To provide anthropometric and body composition information on elderly people living in geriatric institutions. METHODS Three-hundred and five elderly people, of both sexes, living in six geriatric institutions in Fortaleza were assessed. The following anthropometric variables were studied: weight, height, body mass index, mid-arm circumference, triceps skinfold thickness, arm muscle...