Elderly Care
15 Threads
South Korea: The dispute is part of broader challenges for the ROK where the cost of senior welfare is surging and comes amid debate on raising the retirement age from 60 and how t...
#music improves quality of life for people with #Dementia 1. Dementia caused by #Alzheimers disease is a relentlessly progressive #brain disease. Sufferers have #memory loss and i...
Older adults with greater muscle strength have lower risk of depression 1. Depression is common among older adults and its prevalence has increased over the past three decades. De...
Shorter #stride length is associated with higher incidence of life threatening clinical events in #olderadults 1. 14,000 people (Av age 75 yrs) were followed up for 33 months. 10%...
Something significant is happening in China Yet not a word of it on western media The Ministry of Civil Affairs and Ministry of Housing have jointly issued a notice called: "Inte...
Association of Muscle-Strengthening and Aerobic Physical Activity With Mortality in US Adults Aged 65 Years or Older https://t.co/IfNxNScHwK #exercise #Longevity #mortality #elderl...
Falls cost the health care system $50 billion a year. They can be prevented. Don’t let your loved ones be next. Here’s the playbook you need to avoid falls, fractured hips, and...
She is Ranubala Nama, a differently abled senior citizen, residing in Dharmanagar, North Tripura. The destitute woman has not received her monthly old-age allowance of ₹1000 since...
Before the energy crisis, one million elderly people lived in fuel poverty. Now, this winter, homes in the UK will grow much colder and many more people will die because the averag...
Falls are the leading cause of injury-related deaths amongst people older than 65. With surgery, 21% die within the first year of fracturing a hip. Without surgery, 70% die....
All Downhill After Age 70? Think Again. 4 Lessons on Longevity from my Great-Grandfather. Thread: https://t.co/lakOpdlkdP
Western liberalism’s debates about child care & aged care are basically economic arguments about the warehousing of a society’s children & parents with strangers. Always astounds t...
How old will your kids be if you die at 85? Here are 4 bizarre insights that will make you want to work waaaay less:
ICU stories: Elderly pt w PMHx of CAD/COPD/CKD/DM2/cirrhosis c/b esoph varices + ascites requiring paracentesis (most recent a week earlier)/anemia of chronic dz/”etc” presented to...
1/8 #Morningreport recently @SinaiBmoreIMRes by @FALaghiMD recently featured an elderly pt with worsening bilateral pedal edema since past 3 weeks with worsening weakness #DDx ?...
