conclusions many factors, such as gender, age, education, type of trauma, and location of injured organ, may predict adl following limb trauma. background traumatic injuries in the elderly often lead to permanent disabilities and long-term treatments that can adversely influence their activities of daily of living (adl). the effect on adl is an important outcome in elderly trauma. objectives th...

background activities of daily living (adl) are an important indicator of health and independence in the elderly. it provides useful information for proper planning in the field of elderly care. trauma in the elderly population is frequent and negatively affects the independence in adl. objectives the purpose of the present study was to evaluate elderly independence in activities of daily livin...

conclusions increasing dependency in adl is accompanied by increasing dependency in iadl. in the past, the duty of health care providers was saving the life of veterans due to injuries while at present, because these injuries occurred in young and healthy individuals, the need for increased function is being highlighted. background the iran-iraq imposed war lasted eight years and was one of the...

background activities of daily living (adl) are an important indicator of health and independence in elderly. it provides useful information for proper planning in the field of elderly care. trauma in elderly population is frequent and can negatively affect the independence in adl. objectives the purpose of the present study was to evaluate elderly independence in activities of daily living (ad...

By investigating living standards in Slovenia in the 1980’s this article attempts to prove a hypothesis about the ambiguity of prosperity as far as possession of certain assets and housing standards are concerned. The author explores the subject by analyzing data collected through the "Quality of Life Survey" in 1984 and 1991 by random sampling. The results prove the ambiguity of prosperity by ...

BACKGROUND The ability to perform basic daily activities ("functional status") is key to older adults' quality of life and strongly predicts health outcomes. However, data on functional status are seldom collected during routine clinical care in a way that makes them available for clinical use and research. OBJECTIVES To validate functional status data that Veterans Affairs (VA) medical cente...

"Ireland experienced dramatic levels of emigration in the century following the Famine of 1845-1849. The paper surveys the recent cliometric literature on post-Famine emigration and its effects on Irish living standards. The conclusions are that the Famine played a significant role in unleashing the subsequent emigration; and that emigration was crucial for the impressive increase in Irish livi...