BACKGROUND Personal alarms are proposed as a reliable mechanism for older people to obtain assistance after falling. However, little is known about how older people feel about owning and using personal alarms. AIM This paper reports on experiences of independently living older people, who have recently fallen, regarding alarm use and their independence. METHOD Volunteers older than 65 years...

this research proceeded historical analyzing of currere as autobiographical course in reconceptualist works. therefore, reconceptualist works studied by discourse analyzing. unit of analyzing was sentenced and its level was an explanation. in order to research questions data divided to four categories: meaning of currere, methods of currere, stages of currere and politic and sociologic base in ...

In this paper, we report on our two-years experience with the commercial application Everywhere Run!, a mobile app that allows people to self monitor their running sessions and stay motivated in pursuing a wellbeing life-style. We consider a time interval of two-years, taking as breakpoint the first release of the application that improved the Virtual Personal Trainer presentation. The quantita...

While discussing a metaphysical argument for postmortem survival, David Ray Griffin says that near death experiences (NDE's) offer "impressive evidence" for human survival of death. [1] Griffin asks his readers to examine the data "with the presupposition that it might be genuine." [2] After one page Griffin wraps up his discussion with the modest claim that the evidence may "lead one to conclu...

The purpose of this study was to explore dental and dental hygiene students' and faculty members' personal experiences with Medicaid prior to coming to dental school as well as their professional/educational experiences with patients on Medicaid during their dental/dental hygiene education and how these experiences relate to their professional attitudes and behavior concerning treating patients...

During the year lately ended there have been treated in the Lock Wards of the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary 586 cases of venereal disease, and of these, 217 suffered from syphilis. When the occupations followed by those infected people, mainly in the secondary stage of the disease, include those of butchers, bakers, dairy workers, fishmongers, cooks, car conductors, waiters, chocolate packers, laun...

Introduction The rapidly aging US population is resulting in major challenges including delivering quality care at lower costs in the face of a critical health-care workforce shortage. The movement toward home care has dramatically increased the need for qualified, paid personal care aides (PCAs). Adequate PCA training that focuses on skills for person-centered, at home support is an imperative...

For the CeBIT 2000, the Fraunhofer IGD Rostock developed the official electronic exhibition guide (eGuide) for palmsized computers and is thereby founding a new generation of personal assistant for fairs and exhibitions. This report describes the concepts and experiences with the application which has already been used by more than 40.000 user.

Personal training is a rapidly growing industry in a country that is in dire need of physical fitness and health improvements. The purpose of this phenomenological study was to better understand women's experiences with personal training. To address the research question, eight female participants ages 24 to 54 years were interviewed using the following phenomenological question: "When you thin...

BACKGROUND The UK Cervical Screening Programme, delivered mostly through primary care, commands impressive levels of public support. However, considerable evidence suggests that women find the experience of screening problematic. OBJECTIVE To investigate this tension using women's accounts of cervical screening, with a view to informing practice to better meet their needs. METHODS A qualita...