younger individuals. Therefore, in considering the eVects of aging on vision, it is important to diVerentiate between reduced visual function in the normal healthy elderly individual and the elderly patient with specific age related disease.While the latter group deserve special research effort to be directed towards them, the former group’s possible reduced quality of life also needs to be add...

Xerostomia is defined as the perception of dry mouth, and dysgeusia, a change in taste. Both are common complaints elderly, especially among those making use polypharmacy drug combinations. Aim: This study aimed to determine prevalence xerostomia dysgeusia investigate their association with elderly. Methods: older people under follow-up at Multidisciplinary Elderly Center University Hospital Br...

OBJECTIVE Previous research has found that conscientiousness has positive associations with preventative health-related behaviors and self-perceived health, but little is known about the links between changes in these variables over time. In the present study, we examined how levels and changes in conscientiousness were linked to levels and changes in both preventative health-related behaviors ...

Travel by the elderly is generally characterized by relatively short distances and low frequencies. However, with social development, the travel patterns of the elderly are lacking in sustainability. In some European countries, the elderly are increasingly dependent on cars while traveling. In addition, the influencing factors of the elderly’s travel behavior are also changing. At present, most...

Rehabilitation exergames can engage the elderly in physical activities and help them recover part of their deteriorating capabilities. However, most existing exergames lack measures of how suitable they are to specific individuals. In this paper, we propose the Computational Person-Environment Fit model to evaluate the adaptability of the exergames to each individual elderly user.

UNLABELLED Age-related memory impairments have been associated with structural changes in the dopaminergic system, but the underlying mechanisms remain unclear. Recent work indicates that iron accumulation might be of particular relevance. As iron accumulates, a degeneration of myelin sheaths has been observed in the elderly, but the relationship between both and their impact on memory performa...

The objective of this documental analysis is to discuss the legal aspects involved in the development of elderly care policies in Brazil, considering the socio-historical-political context, and in view of the aspects that outline the wellbeing of an aged individual. Data collection was performed between June and September of 2010 via governmental websites. Documents were included if they compli...

Against the backdrop of accelerating population aging and scarce elderly care resources facilities in China, issue sense safety among has received widespread attention. This article is based on data from China Labor Force Dynamics Survey (CLDS) 2016 takes three major urban agglomerations as examples to examine impact mechanisms built environments people’s safety. The results indicate that chara...