objectives: the aim of the current study was to determine the depression status of the elderly and it's related factors. methods & materials: this was a cross sectional study. sample unit was based on the elderly of isfahan city in 2007. 248 elderly aged 60 and older (125 men and 123 women) were selected randomly according to clusters related to the families that are under coverage of isfa...

objectives: this study has been carried out to assess the prevalenceof cardiovascular risk factors in the elderly people in amirshahr city. methods & materials: in this descriptive cross- sectional study, 1019 people over 60 years old in amirshahr city were assessed. amirshahr has 2000 elder people over 60 (53.5% male and 46.5% female) .data were collected using standard questionnaire included ...

This paper presents a model of digital inclusion for the elderly people, using learning by peers methodology. The model’s goal was valuing and promoting the potential capabilities of the elderly people by promoting some of them to instruct other elderly people to deal with computers and to use several software tools and internet services. The project involved 66 volunteering elderly people. How...

background: ablution area is one of the facilities used by most muslims in all categories. there are numbers of design guidelines for praying facilities but lack on ablution area specification. therefore, this study was conducted to design an ergonomic ablution area for the muslim’s disabled and elderly based on their preferences and anthropometric dimension. methods:  kano questionnaires and u...

Cardiovascular disease in elderly people is a psychosomatic disease, but the research on the relationship between positive emotion and cardiovascular diseases is few. Most previous studies have focused on a range of health status changes caused by negative emotion but have ignored the role of positive emotion in elderly people. Positive emotion has been considered a protective factor against he...

parks and urban green spaces have always been places to spend hours away from the bustling life and its numerous problems. in the meantime, elderly people also have the same share from such spaces as other people. elderly, including old social groups with old age and decreasingly activities, have very leisure time and the possibility of using the urban park for voluntary and community activitie...