This article provides an introduction to the field of art therapy and the potential it can offer to address the emotional needs of the frail elderly. Two case studies are discussed, and examples of artwork are provided. The case studies and artwork were created under the guidance of an art therapist at a Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) site in an urban African American comm...

patients and methods consecutive twenty chc patients aged ≥ 65 years were enrolled in this pilot study. fifteen patients met the inclusion criteria and received peg-ifn/ ribavirin therapy combined with alfacalcidol. four-week lead-in of oral alfacalcidol was conducted, and it was subsequently and concurrently administered in peg-ifn/ ribavirin combination therapy (vitamin d group). age, gender,...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Orthostatic intolerance and falls differ between sexes and change with age. However, it remains unclear what role cerebral autoregulation may play in this response. This study was designed to determine whether cerebral autoregulation, assessed using transcranial Doppler ultrasound, is more effective in elderly females than in males. METHODS We used transcranial Doppler ...

The purposes of this study were to examine the characteristics of the relationship between ADL ability and daily life satisfaction and the pattern change with aging in independent Japanese elderly, and to cornpare these tendencies between males and females. The characteristics of ADL ability and daily life satisfaction of 482 subjects (213 males, 269 females) were investigated in a self-respons...

PURPOSE To develop and validate a new clinical screening tool to identify primary osteoporosis by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) in two elderly Han Chinese male populations. METHODS A cross-sectional study was conducted, enrolling 1,870 community-dwelling and 574 hospital-checkup elderly Han Chinese males aged ≥50 years. All subjects completed a structured questionnaire and had their ...

OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of visual (VF) and vibrotactile (TF) biofeedback obtained from the lower trunk (L5) tilts signal and their combination (VF+TF) in reducing postural sway in young and elderly people. METHODS: Twenty healthy elderly subjects (8 males, mean age 74 years) and 20 healthy young subjects (7 males, mean age 27 years) were tested i...

OBJECTIVE To emphasise that tetanus still occurs in the United Kingdom, particularly in elderly people-as illustrated by two case reports-and to examine the state of tetanus immunity in elderly people. METHODS 111 elderly people (over 65 years) were studied: 43 males, mean age 77.7 years, range 67-94; 68 females, mean age 81.3 years, range 67-95. They were either attending the accident servic...