scholarly journals Implications for health services

1997 ◽  
Vol 352 (1363) ◽  
pp. 1887-1893 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Grimley Evans
Keyword(s):  
Health Services ◽  
Political Thought ◽  
Elderly Population ◽  
Average Duration ◽  
Later Life ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Services Research ◽  
Extrinsic Factors ◽  
Progressive Loss

Health services for older people in the NHS have developed pragmatically, and reflect the nature of disease in later life and the need to agree objectives of care with patients. Although services are likely to be able to cope with the immediate future, the growth of the elderly population anticipated from 2030 calls for long–term planning and research. The issue of funding requires immediate political thought and action. Scientifically the focus needs to be on maximizing the efficiency of services by health services research and reducing the incidence of disability in later life through research on its biological and social determinants. Senescence is a progressive loss of adaptability due to an interaction between intrinsic (genetic) processes with extrinsic factors in environment and lifestyle. There are grounds for postulating that a policy of postponement of the onset of disability, by modifications of lifestyle and environment, could reduce the average duration of disability before death. The new political structures of Europe offer underexploited–unexploited opportunities for the necessary research.

scholarly journals Health risk assessment and countermeasure analysis of the elderly population exposed to PM2.5 microenvironment

Work ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Yan Xu ◽  
Wantian Cui
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Risk ◽  
Elderly Population ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Exposure Concentration ◽  
Physical Diseases ◽  
The Impact

BACKGROUND: China’s atmospheric PM2.5 pollution is serious, and PM2.5 exerts a negative impact on the human respiratory system, cardiovascular, and mental health, and even more serious health risk for the elderly with weak immunity. OBJECTIVE: This work aims to analyse the impacts of PM2.5 microenvironment exposure on the health of the elderly and provide corresponding countermeasures. METHODS: The survey subjects are 118 retired elderly people in the community. PM2.5 exposure concentrations are monitored in summer (June 10 ∼ July 10, 2019) and winter (November 25 ∼ December 25, 2019). RESULTS: The exposure concentration in winter is higher than that in summer, with statistical difference (P <  0.05). Under the impact of PM2.5 microenvironment exposure, smoking in the elderly can increase the concentration of PM2.5, and long-term exposure to PM2.5 in the elderly can cause mental health problems. CONCLUSION: Long-term exposure of the elderly to the PM2.5 microenvironment leads to physical diseases and even psychological problems, which requires attention.

scholarly journals PNS199 BARRIERS TO THE USE OF HEALTH SERVICES AMONG THE ELDERLY POPULATION OF A RURAL REGIONAL UNITY IN GREECE: A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY

2019 ◽  
Vol 22 ◽  
pp. S794
Author(s):  
M. Kolotourou ◽  
O. Konstantakopoulou ◽  
G. Charalambous ◽  
P. Galanis ◽  
O. Siskou ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Services ◽  
Elderly Population ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Use Of Health Services

Long-term urban air pollution exposures and chronic kidney disease in the elderly population in Taiwan

2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Szu-Ying Chen* ◽  
Da-Chen Chu ◽  
Jui-Huan Lee ◽  
YA-RU YANG ◽  
Chang-Chuan Chan
Keyword(s):  
Chronic Kidney Disease ◽  
Air Pollution ◽  
Kidney Disease ◽  
Elderly Population ◽  
Urban Air Pollution ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Urban Air

Long-term chiropractic care in the elderly population: A mixed methods approach to understanding and experience

2012 ◽  
Vol 15 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 195
Author(s):  
Jacob Nowinski ◽  
Gay Swaite ◽  
Adrian Hunnisett ◽  
Christina Cunliffe
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Elderly Population ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Chiropractic Care ◽  
Mixed Methods Approach

Involving Stakeholders in Health Services Research: Developing Alberta's Resident Classification System for Long-Term Care Facilities

1994 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 749-761 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cathy Charles ◽  
Corinne Schalm ◽  
Joyce Semradek
Keyword(s):  
Health Services Research ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Classification System ◽  
Long Term Care ◽  
Research Process ◽  
Research Information ◽  
Services Research ◽  
Term Care ◽  
Administrative Policy

Little attention has been directed in Canada to identifying stakeholders at the administrative policy level to whom relevant health services research information can be targeted. This article describes a case study in which key stakeholders (long-term care facility owners, operators, and care providers) were explicitly defined not only as targets of original research information to inform administrative public policy but also as collaborators in the research process and dissemination of results. The research involved development of a classification system to measure resident care requirements in the province's nursing homes and auxiliary hospitals. The classification system formed the basis of a new government administrative policy for allocating public funds to these facilities based on levels of care. The authors describe the rationale for involving stakeholders in the research process, the role of stakeholders as collaborators, and lessons learned from the Alberta experience. Examples are presented of how stakeholders can contribute to the health services research process and outcome: by providing experiential knowledge related to the research outcome, anticipating and overcoming potential problems with policy implementation, facilitating policy-oriented learning across stakeholder groups, assisting in the transfer of research information to wider stakeholder audiences, and promoting acceptance for policy change.

scholarly journals Early Poverty and Future Life Expectancy with Disability among the Elderly in Argentina

2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (26) ◽  
pp. 5-22
Author(s):  
Malena Monteverde ◽  
Alberto Palloni ◽  
Montserrat Guillén ◽  
Silvia Tomas
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Life Expectancy ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Elderly Population ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Adult Survival ◽  
Term Care ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Latin American Population

Two aspects of the aging process in Latin America should be specially taken into account in order to evaluate future perspectives of morbidity among the elderly in the region: 1) Cohorts who will compose the bulk of the elderly population in the 21st century in Latin America survived to old age largely because of improvements in medicine and to a much lesser extent to amelioration of living standards, as it is the case in high income countries, and 2) a high proportion of the Latin American population still live in poor economic conditions and even these vulnerable individuals continue to experience gains in (adult and older adult) survival. We aim to evaluate to what an extent recent levels of poverty and indigence among young children in Argentina could impact future levels of disability and demands for long-term care of older people. Our results show that given the levels of poverty and indigence in childhood observed between 1988 and 1994, the relationship between poor early conditions, and the risk of being disabled among the elderly in Argentina, life expectancy with disability at age 60 years old would increase substantially between 2000 and 2040, both in absolute and relative terms.

scholarly journals The Portsmouth Care Consortium

1992 ◽  
Vol 16 (9) ◽  
pp. 550-551
Author(s):  
Rod Bale
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Residential Care ◽  
Social Service ◽  
Mentally Ill ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Community Orientation ◽  
Homes For The Elderly ◽  
The City

The co-ordination of services for the long-term mentally ill in the community poses difficulties of organisation. Each country has its own health and social service structure which influences the development of such services. This paper outlines an approach to co-ordinating care in Portsmouth. The mental health services were well known in the ‘30s because of their community orientation due to the leadership of Thomas Beaton, the superintendent of St James' Hospital (Freeman, 1962). The city has a population of 210,000. Previous seaside holiday accommodation is now utilised for residential care homes for the elderly and the mentally ill.

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