scholarly journals The Health of Older People in Switzerland

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 5-8
Author(s):  
Chastonay P ◽  
Weber D ◽  
Mattig T ◽  
Mattig T
Keyword(s):  
Older People ◽  
Total Population ◽  
Good Health ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Self Determination ◽  
Past Century ◽  
Public Health Importance ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Past ◽  
At Home

Over the past century, the proportion of Swiss residents aged 65 or older rose from 5.8% to 17.8%; during the same period, the proportion aged over 80 rose from 0.5% to 5.0%. Although the majority of older people in Switzerland enjoy good health, disease prevalence rises with age. Almost half (49%) of people over 65 living at home report at least one chronic illness. Among the 65- to 79-year-olds living at home, 25.2% suffer from several chronic diseases; among people in the 80s, this figure reaches 41.3%. People aged over 80 are also particularly at risk for falls (30%). In addition, between 15% and 25% of the elderly suffer from at least one mental illness. Close to 30% of healthcare costs are attributable to people over the age of 75, who make up only 8% of the total population. Given the public health importance of the issue a health promotion project targeting the elderly – the VIA Project -, based on successful local programs, is being implemented throughout the country. The overall goal of the VIA project is to promote the health of older people and to strengthen their self-determination and independence.

scholarly journals Personal Resources of Adapting the Elderly to the Limitations of the COVID-19 Pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 107-115
Author(s):  
Marina V. Kornilova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Older People ◽  
Emotional State ◽  
Personal Communication ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Self Determination ◽  
Personal Resources ◽  
Leaving Home ◽  
The Public ◽  
Adaptive Capabilities ◽  
Family And Household

The relevance of the topic is determined by the unprecedented restrictions (associated with the spread of COVID-19) on leaving home and personal communication, primarily for the older people. Particular interest is in studying of personal resources elderly Russians needed for living in new conditions, the list of which is based on existing classifications and supplemented by empirical data obtained as a result of a survey by the Public Opinion Foundation on the new lifestyle of Russians during the spread of the coronavirus pandemic (April 2020). The indicators are conditionally summarized in four resource blocks: family and household, material and labor, behavioral, psychological. The article shows how the adaptive capabilities of older people depend on the resources they have. According to the results of the study, specifics of adaptation of the older generation to the limitations of the pandemic based on the characteristics of living, labor activity and self-determination, attitude to the self-isolation regime and the reasons for compliance with quarantine measures, the emotional state and features of the perception of a new lifestyle.

scholarly journals MEMBANGUN PENDIDIKAN KARAKTER DALAM MASYARAKAT

2013 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Sri Suyanta
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Character Education ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Social Environments ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Elderly Age ◽  
The Past ◽  
Three Stages ◽  
At Home

Character education is a necessity across the area, time and age. Character education is absolutely necessary not only in school, but also at home and in other social environments. It was prioritized since the past, present and future. Even today the students in character education is no longer for an early childhood but also adult and even the elderly age. Therefore character education should be designed and implemented systematically and simultaneously to help the students understand the human behavioral values which are associated with someoneself, fellow human beings, the environment and his or her Lord. Character education can be reached through three stages, namely socialization of the introduction, internalization, application in life.

Suicide and Aging in Japan: An Examination of Treated Elderly Suicide Attempters

1995 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 239-251 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yoshitomo Takahashi ◽  
Hideto Hirasawa ◽  
Keiko Koyama ◽  
Osamu Asakawa ◽  
Matazo Kido ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Professionals ◽  
Elderly Population ◽  
Total Population ◽  
Suicide Attempts ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
The Public ◽  
Geriatric Hospital ◽  
Elderly Japanese ◽  
Elderly Suicide

Although individuals aged 65 and over accounted for 12% of the total population of Japan in 1990, suicides in this age group consisted of 29% of all suicides. The elderly population of Japan is expected to grow rapidly to 24% of the total population by the year 2020, and suicide prevention for the elderly is an urgent mental health problem. Among a total of 1,216 elderly patients who were admitted to the Department of Psychiatry at Tokyo Metropolitan Geriatric Hospital between April 1980 and March 1990, 50 were hospitalized immediately after suicide attempts in order to study their psychosociomedical problems. Because early diagnosis of depression and initiation of proper treatment are indispensable—even if patients do not show obvious depressive symptoms—those who develop persistent somatization and/or delirium should be considered highly suicidal and given special attention. With the cooperation of mental health professionals, it is necessary to educate general practitioners, the public, and the elderly themselves about characteristics of psychiatric disorders and various problems associated with aging. Further research on other elderly Japanese populations, as well as research that examines suicide completion, is needed to confirm the findings of the present study.

scholarly journals Vulnerability due to Nocturnal Tornadoes

2008 ◽  
Vol 23 (5) ◽  
pp. 795-807 ◽  
Author(s):  
Walker S. Ashley ◽  
Andrew J. Krmenec ◽  
Rick Schwantes
Keyword(s):  
The United States ◽  
Past Century ◽  
Building Structures ◽  
The Public ◽  
Mobile Homes ◽  
The Past ◽  
High Fatality Rate ◽  
Potential Break ◽  
Tornado Warning ◽  
Dissemination System

Abstract This study investigates the human vulnerability caused by tornadoes that occurred between sunset and sunrise from 1880 to 2007. Nocturnal tornadoes are theorized to enhance vulnerability because they are difficult to spot and occur when the public tends to be asleep and in weak building structures. Results illustrate that the nocturnal tornado death rate over the past century has not shared the same pace of decline as those events transpiring during the daytime. From 1950 to 2005, a mere 27.3% of tornadoes were nocturnal, yet 39.3% of tornado fatalities and 42.1% of killer tornado events occurred at night. Tornadoes during the overnight period (local midnight to sunrise) are 2.5 times as likely to kill as those occurring during the daytime hours. It is argued that a core reason why the national tornado fatality toll has not continued to decrease in the past few decades is due to the vulnerability to these nocturnal events. This vulnerability is magnified when other factors such as escalating mobile (or “manufactured”) home stock and an increasing and spreading population are realized. Unlike other structure types that show no robust demarcation between nocturnal and daytime fatalities, nearly 61% of fatalities in mobile homes take place at night revealing this housing stock’s distinct nocturnal tornado vulnerability. Further, spatial analysis illustrates that the American South’s high nocturnal tornado risk is an important factor leading to the region’s high fatality rate. The investigation emphasizes a potential break in the tornado warning dissemination system utilized currently in the United States.

ENGAGING WITH INTERNATIONAL LAW

2020 ◽  
Vol 69 (3) ◽  
pp. 505-519
Author(s):  
Abdulqawi Ahmed Yusuf
Keyword(s):  
International Relations ◽  
International Law ◽  
Self Determination ◽  
Past Century ◽  
Common Language ◽  
Privacy Rights ◽  
The Past ◽  
International Obligations ◽  
Multilateral System ◽  
Positive Evolution

AbstractThis article considers the positive evolution of international law in the past century, and the emergence of a rules-based multilateral system under the UN Charter, which has, inter alia, enabled formerly colonised peoples to exercise their right to self-determination and prohibited the use of force in international relations. The author reaffirms his faith in the ability of international law to provide a common language for the international community to face successfully common challenges, such as poverty, global warming, and the protection of privacy rights in the era of social media and artificial intelligence. Looking beyond traditional beneficiaries and duty-bearers of international obligations, the author makes a case for all actors to engage in respecting, upholding and promoting international law.

Grandma as Revolutionary: Elderly Women and Some Modern Patterns of Social Change

1983 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 249-266 ◽  
Author(s):  
Janet Roebuck
Keyword(s):  
Elderly Population ◽  
Elderly Women ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Past Century ◽  
Social Changes ◽  
Scarce Resources ◽  
Material Resources ◽  
The Past ◽  
Female Aging ◽  
Personal Changes

Despite the disadvantages they face, women in western nations have coped very successfully with the problems of aging during the past century and, with limited material resources, have responded positively to great social and personal changes. Although women make up the majority of the elderly population, these achievements have received little attention. As we face the continued aging of the population and its attendant massive social changes in a setting of increasingly scarce resources, it is essential that all aspects of female aging be studied more closely. They may well provide us with the insights necessary to clarify our vision of the past and future and provide us with appropriate models for survival in a less-than-ideal world.

Sexuality in the Later Years

1993 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 415-426 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard A. Kaye
Keyword(s):  
Older People ◽  
Elderly People ◽  
Sexual Behaviour ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Self Determination ◽  
Cultural Stereotypes ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Sample Bias

ABSTRACTMany people deny the existence and importance of sexuality among the elderly members of our population. In a time when people are increasingly tolerant of sexual self-determination for virtually every segment of our population, why do we cling to puritanical moralities and outdated ideas in our approach toward sex in ageing men and women? Reasons range from psychological conflicts to social taboos; some stem from the selfish concerns of the young, and others are rooted in the cultural stereotypes and ignorance about the sexual behaviour of elderly people. It is not easy to find research on ageing and sexuality that does not suffer from extreme sample bias or the difficulty in getting older people to speak candidly about their sexuality. This paper explores some of the issues relating to sexuality in the later years.

Ecology and Aging: A Critical Review

1988 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 458-471
Author(s):  
Verena Bernardin-Haldemann
Keyword(s):  
Old Age ◽  
Critical Review ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Ecological Models ◽  
Social Production ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Social ◽  
Public Sectors

AbstractFor the past two decades the issue of housing for the aged has caught the attention of many in the private as well as in the public sectors, and attempts have been made to improve the situation. If the problem persists today, gerontologists, among others, should be called to account, since they were instrumental in the formulation of many of the interventions. The problem has been approached generally in terms of adaptation to aging and adaptation to the environment. The ecological models currently used agree that happiness can be found at different states of equilibrium between the person and the environment and that the elderly arrive at this state of equilibrium through a special “docility” towards the environment; a “docility” which would be linked to aging. However, this docility would appear to be historically and socially contingent rather than being “natural”. It is thus important to explain the social production of old age and the docility which is tied to it.

Temporal Characteristics of Habitual Physical Activity Periods Among Older Adults

2009 ◽  
Vol 6 (5) ◽  
pp. 644-650 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thorlene Egerton ◽  
Sandra G. Brauer
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Older People ◽  
Care Facility ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Aged Care ◽  
Activity Period ◽  
Activity Levels ◽  
Activity Data ◽  
Temporal Characteristics ◽  
At Home

Background:While physical activity is advocated for the elderly, little is known about the patterns of habitual activity of older people, particularly those in aged care. This study employed a novel approach to analyzing activity data to compare the temporal characteristics of daily activity between 15 older people living at home with 16 living in an aged care facility.Methods:The time spent standing and walking, and the number and duration of upright activity periods (greater than 1 minute) were monitored for 72 hr continuously.Results:Despite variation in all measures across the participants, those living in aged care spent significantly less time upright per day (2.3 hr vs. 7.2 hr), standing (1.6 hr vs. 5 hr), and walking (0.7 hr vs. 2.2 hr) than those living at home. Participants in both groups had a similar number of activity periods; however, the median activity period duration was less for those living in aged care (4 min vs. 8 min).Conclusions:Activity levels of both groups were low compared with recommendations. In particular, aged care residents were rarely upright for 30 min continuously, supporting the need for services to promote physical activity of older people particularly those living in aged care facilities.

scholarly journals Movement-Specific Reinvestment in Older People Explains Past Falls and Predicts Future Error-Prone Movements

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (10) ◽  
pp. 5129
Author(s):  
Lisa Musculus ◽  
Noel Kinrade ◽  
Sylvain Laborde ◽  
Melina Gleißert ◽  
Miriam Streich ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Older People ◽  
Physical Performance ◽  
Physical Functioning ◽  
Daily Diary ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Movement Behavior ◽  
Motor Training ◽  
Baseline Assessment ◽  
Motor Processing ◽  
The Past

The tendency to think about or consciously control automated movements (i.e., movement-specific reinvestment) is a crucial factor associated with falling in the elderly. We tested whether elderly people’s movement-specific reinvestment depended on their past falling history and whether it can predict future error-prone movements. In a longitudinal pre-post design, we assessed n = 21 elderly people’s (Mage = 84.38 years, SD = 5.68) falling history, movement-specific reinvestment (i.e., Movement-Specific Reinvestment Scale), and physical functioning (i.e., Short-Physical-Performance Battery). Following a baseline assessment, participants reported their movement behavior in a daily diary for 2 months, after which we assessed their movement-specific reinvestment and physical functioning again (longitudinal, pre-post design). Results revealed, first, that participants’ movement self-consciousness score was fairly stable, while their conscious-motor-processing score was less stable. Second, conscious motor processing was higher in participants who had fallen as opposed to those who had not fallen in the past. Third, conscious motor processing predicted error-prone future movement behavior reported in the daily diary. For identifying individuals who are more prone to fall, caregivers, rehabilitation staff, or doctors could apply the Movement-Specific Reinvestment Scale to screen elderly people’s psychomotor behavior. Based on conscious motor processing, monitoring cognitions could be tailored in theory-based, individual interventions involving both cognitive and motor training.

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