نتایج جستجو برای: elder

تعداد نتایج: 6565  

Objectives This study aims to investigate the relationship between the big-five personality traits (extroversion, neuroticism, agreeableness, conscientiousness, and openness to experience) and elder abuse. Methods & Materials In this cross-sectional study, 304 older adults (60 years old and older) were selected by convenience sampling method based on the inclusion criteria among older adults w...

Objectives The older population and frequency of elder abuse are increasing in Iran. This study aimed to determine the rate of domestic elder abuse in the elderly referring to West Health Care Centers of Tehran City, Iran (affiliated to Iran University of Medical Sciences), in 2018. Methods & Materials In this cross-sectional study (descriptive-analytical type), 312 older people who referred t...

Objectives:  Elder abuse is one or the major social health problems in communities. It has significant effects on decreasing the health and security among this subgroup of population. Therefore, the present study was designed to investigate the prevalence of elder abuse and its related factors in the elderly of Gonabad in 2020. Methods & Materials:  The present cross-sectional study was perfor...

Journal: :BMC Medical Ethics 2007
Anna-Greta Mamhidir Mona Kihlgren Venke Sorlie

BACKGROUND Few empirical studies have been found that explore ethical challenges among persons in high public positions that are responsible for elder care. The aim of this paper was to illuminate the meaning of being in ethically difficult situations related to elder care as experienced by high level decision-makers. METHODS A phenomenological-hermeneutic method was used to analyse the eight...

2016
Sabrina Pickens Carmel B. Dyer

Elder abuse is a serious social and public health issue with estimates of approximately five and a half million annual reports in the U.S. Identifying and treating abused elders is difficult due to unstandardized protocols and identification guidelines as well as a lack of public awareness to the problem. An interdisciplinary approach in collaboration with Adult Protective Services investigatio...

Journal: :Indian pediatrics 2016
Rahul Jain Bhaskar Shukla Medha Mittal

BACKGROUND Dopa responsive dystonia is characterized by progressive disabling dystonia, diurnal variation and a dramatic response to Levodopa. CASE CHARACTERISTICS Two siblings presented with regression of motor milestones and hypertonia in lower limbs. History of diurnal variation was present in elder sibling. OUTCOME Both responded dramatically to Levodopa. The genomic DNA analysis of eld...

Fadaye Vatan, Reza, Farzanegan, Sharareh, Mansourian, Yazdan, Mobasheri, Mahboube, Seraj, Reza,

Objectives: Elder abuse (Doing or not done a single or repeated act That bothers or to cause harm to an elderly) is one of the social health problems in modern societies to rise and has a prominent role in prevention education The objective of this study was to investigate elderly abuse in Persian literature. Methods & Materials: This study identified themes related to elder abuse in Persian...

Journal: :Postgraduate medical journal 1995
V Connolly A A McConnell G McGarrity

A 70-year-old woman was admitted from a local nursing home with extensive bruising and bilateral hip discomfort. The referring doctor had reported the possibility of elder abuse to the police. Full examination showed that osteomalacia, precipitated by a poor diet and lack of exposure to sunlight, was sufficient to explain the patient's condition. Caution is recommended in diagnosing elder abuse...

2006
Jenny Nichols

Mental health nursing is arguably one of the most interesting and challenging areas of nursing practice. It requires an integration of professional knowledge, clinical skills, interpersonal skills and experiences (Elder, Evans & Nizette, 2005). The central activity of mental health nursing is that of forming and maintaining ‘therapeutic relationships’. ‘Mental health nursing is thus firstly an ...

نمودار تعداد نتایج جستجو در هر سال

با کلیک روی نمودار نتایج را به سال انتشار فیلتر کنید