objectives: the current study was performed to investigate the relationship between mental impairment and each component of activity of daily living (adl) in elderly residents of the kahrizak charity foundation. methods & materials: standardized iranian mini mental examination and barthel index were used to assest cognitive status and adl in 184 elderly residents of kahrizak, respectively. resu...

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...

BACKGROUND This paper analyses the costs and benefits of commissioning memory services for early diagnosis and intervention for dementia. METHOD A model was developed to examine potential public and private savings associated with delayed admissions to care homes in England as a result of the commissioning of memory services. FINDINGS The new services would cost around pound sterling 220 mi...

When deploying and administering systems infrastructures it is still common to think in terms of individual machines rather than view an entire infrastructure as a combined whole. This standard practice creates many problems, including labor-intensive administration, high cost of ownership, and limited generally available knowledge or code usable for administering large infrastructures. The mod...

BACKGROUND Patients who undergo lumbar disc surgery for herniated discs, are advocated two different postoperative management strategies: a watchful waiting policy, or referral for rehabilitation immediately after discharge from the hospital. A direct comparison of the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of these two strategies is lacking. METHODS/DESIGN A randomised controlled trial will be...