To answer this question it is first necessary to examine what is meant by living independently in the community and exercising independence in personal relationships and at home. This will provide a yardstick against which social services and health services can be evaluated, to determine the extent to which the support provided is, or is not, failing to enable disabled people to exercise indep...

Combining exercise, health education, and the game of bingo may help older adults remain independent. The objective was to determine whether a 10-week health promotion program (Bingocize®) improves functional performance and health knowledge in older adults. Participants were assigned to experimental (n = 13) or control (n = 14) groups. The intervention was administered twice per week at two in...

INTRODUCTION The elimination of functional barriers resulting from disability through the provision of adequate orthopaedic and rehabilitation equipment, and homes adjusted for disability is the precondition for an efficient and independent functioning, and high quality of life of the disabled. The objective of the study was recognition of the needs of the disabled declared by them, and the deg...

Also, a process {Yt : t ≥ 0} is said to have independent increments if, for all t0 < t1 < . . . < tn, the n random variables Yt1 − Yt0 , Yt2 − Yt1 , ..., Ytn − Ytn−1 are independent. This condition implies that {Yt : t ≥ 0} is Markovian, but not conversely. The increments are further said to be stationary if, for any t > s and h > 0, the distribution of Yt+h− Ys+h is the same as the distributio...

Introduction: Urinary incontinence is a comorbid condition that often occurs in post TURP clients. Low urinary scores were found clients who did Kegel exercises. The purpose of this study was to explain the effect exercise on incontinence, and quality life post- Methods: design true experiment pre-post test control group design. sample size 32 people selected by systematic random sampling, cons...

Assistive technologies (AT) are tools that enhance the independence, safety, and quality of life of older people with functional limitations. While AT may extend independence in ageing, there are racial and ethnic disparities in late-life AT use, with lower rates reported among Hispanic older populations. The aim of this study was to identify barriers experienced by Hispanic community-living ol...

S ince the early days of the profession, occupational therapists have endorsed a humanistic philosophy that values individual choice, engagement in productive activity, and the right to self-fulfillment and equal opportunity for each individual. These values are evident in occupational therapy s rvices and in the multiple advocacy roles that therapists assume. Many therapists have been strong a...

The National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR) established the Burn Model System (BMS) in 1993 to improve the lives of burn survivors. The BMS program includes 1) a multicenter longitudinal database describing the functional and psychosocial recovery of burn survivors; 2) site-specific burn-related research; and 3) a knowledge dissemination compo...

This study examined whether occupational therapists were using treatment time to prepare adults with developmental disabilities for independent living opportunities. Eighty-eight occupational therapy evaluations for 54 adults with developmental disabilities in 18 different community agencies in the Boston area were reviewed to ascertain the focus of treatment goals that reflect treatment approa...

OBJECTIVES Preferences for aging-in-place are unclear among low-income elderly Chinese city-dwellers, who are more likely to be geographically bound, to have little care support, but possess strong filial values and family cohesiveness. This study investigated the preferences for aging-in-place and its contributing neighborhood factors among low-income Chinese elderly in a metropolitan city. ...