BACKGROUND With a rapidly ageing population and increasing life expectancy, programs directed at improving the mental health and quality of life (QOL) of older persons are extremely important. This issue may be particularly relevant in the aged-care residential sector, where very high rates of depression and poor QOL are evident. This study aims to investigate the fixed and modifiable risk fact...

BACKGROUND Comorbidity in older adults may lead to lower perceived health status and a decrease in quality of life (QoL). The objective of this study is to analyze the relationship between comorbidity, health status, QoL, and dementia in institutionalized older adults. METHODS Cross-sectional, multicenter study in residential care settings in Spain. Two groups of institutionalized older adult...

Introduction The objectives were: (1) to estimate the prevalence of dementia in older people with hip fracture (HF) and (2) to evaluate the significance of dementia and residential care as risk factors for HF in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT), Australia. Methods We performed a prospective study of 555 consecutive patients (≥60 years) with HF (mean age 82.6±7.9 (SD) years; 74.2% women) w...

abstract this study investigates the impact of housing and non- housing investment on the iran's gross domestic production (gdp) using quarterly data from 1370-1 to 1386-4. considering that iran has an open economy and that the net export plays an important role in gdp fluctuations, this research focuses on the difference between the effects of residential and non-residential investment in open...

OBJECTIVE To analyze differences in sociodemographic characteristics associated with health in individuals with and without a residential telephone line. METHODS Data from the ISA-Capital 2003 (2003 Health Survey), a study performed in the city of São Paulo, Southeastern Brazil, were analyzed. Residents who had a residential telephone line were compared to those who reported not having a tele...

The increasing greying of India's population raises concerns about the welfare and health status of the aged. One important source of information of health status of the elderly is the National Sample Survey Rounds on Morbidity and Health Care Expenditure. Using unit-level data for 1995-96 and 2004, this paper examines changes in reported health status of the elderly in India and analyses their...

BACKGROUND Living near major roadways has been linked with increased risk of cardiovascular events and worse prognosis. Residential proximity to major roadways may also be associated with increased risk of hypertension, but few studies have evaluated this hypothesis. METHODS AND RESULTS We examined the cross-sectional association between residential proximity to major roadways and prevalent h...

Almost a decade ago, the Kerner Commission warned that this country was moving toward two societies-one white and one black. Data on residential segregation indicate clear-cut boundaries for these two societies-large cities are becoming black but most suburban areas remain white. Detroit is a case in point and this led the 1976 Detroit Area Study to investigate the sources of racial residential...

background: health-related professionals are at high risk of job burnout which will in turn lead to effects on health services provision. the present study was conducted to define job burnout and its association with personal characteristics among the midwives working in isfahan, iran. materials and methods: this descriptive correlational study was performed on 193 midwives working in health ce...

This paper examines the usefulness of the British Household Panel Survey in investigating entry into residential care. Of over 2,000 people aged 65 and over, 101 elderly people have entered into long-term residential care between Wave 1 and Wave 8. The circumstances leading to entry into residential care are complex and multi-faceted. Theoretically the likelihood of an individual moving into ca...