scholarly journals EFFECTS OF BUILDING CONDITIONS ON RISK OF FRACTURES IN GROUP HOME FOR THE ELDERLY WITH DEMENTIAPart1 analysis of building conditions and rate of fractures

2015 ◽  
Vol 80 (711) ◽  
pp. 1027-1035
Author(s):  
Ken MIURA ◽  
Shoko TAKAGI
Keyword(s):  
Group Home ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Building Conditions

VR Applied Asobi-Litation System for Dementia Elderly in Group Homes

2007 ◽  
Vol 19 (6) ◽  
pp. 698-704 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mieko Ohsuga ◽  
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Yumiko Inoue ◽  
Wataru Hashimoto ◽  
Fumitaka Nakaizumi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Group Home ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Group Homes ◽  
Long Term Effects ◽  
People With Dementia ◽  
Rehabilitation System ◽  
System Use ◽  
System Acceptance ◽  
Positive Effect

The “Asobilitation” (Japanese “asobi,” meaning “play,” replaces the “rehab” in “rehabilitation”) system we developed using virtual reality and targeting physical and mental improvement in elderly people with dementia was applied to residents of a group home for the aged, “Nishiyama no Sato.” A pair of residents, or a resident and a caregiver, took part in a cooperative game using bicycling or a balancing exercise. First experiment was executed to evaluate system acceptance and over two thirds of the residents participated indicating that they found the system at least interesting and easy enough to try out. Second experiment was designed for effect assessment of system use, however it showed no clear positive effect of the system on walking, despite our objectives of having the system improve mobility and reverse lower-leg muscle deterioration. A study is thus needed on the system’s continuous, long-term effects, and we must develop an easier way to assess walking function in the elderly with dementia.

scholarly journals On-Site Case Study of the Elderly Group Home

2015 ◽  
Vol null (48) ◽  
pp. 419-428
Author(s):  
문정인 ◽  
최임정 ◽  
최기
Keyword(s):  
Group Home ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Elderly Group

scholarly journals The Experiences of The Elderly Living in Group Home in Rural Area

2013 ◽  
Vol null (62) ◽  
pp. 151-172
Author(s):  
유은주 ◽  
김미영 ◽  
이건정
Keyword(s):  
Rural Area ◽  
Group Home ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Elderly Living

scholarly journals Projection of the Number of Elderly in Different Health States in Thailand in the Next Ten Years, 2020–2030

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (22) ◽  
pp. 8703
Author(s):  
Panupong Tantirat ◽  
Repeepong Suphanchaimat ◽  
Thanit Rattanathumsakul ◽  
Thinakorn Noree
Keyword(s):  
Sensitivity Analysis ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Transition Probabilities ◽  
Group Home ◽  
Resource Planning ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Health State ◽  
Health States ◽  
Home Group ◽  
The Status

The objective of this study is to predict the volume of the elderly in different health status categories in Thailand in the next ten years (2020–2030). Multistate modelling was performed. We defined four states of elderly patients (aged ≥ 60 years) according to four different levels of Activities of Daily Living (ADL): social group; home group; bedridden group; and dead group. The volume of newcomers was projected by trend extrapolation methods with exponential growth. The transition probabilities from one state to another was obtained by literature review and model optimization. The mortality rate was obtained by literature review. Sensitivity analysis was conducted. By 2030, the number of social, home, and bedridden groups was 15,593,054, 321,511, and 152,749, respectively. The model prediction error was 1.75%. Sensitivity analysis with the change of transition probabilities by 20% caused the number of bedridden patients to vary from between 150,249 and 155,596. In conclusion, the number of bedridden elders will reach 153,000 in the next decade (3 times larger than the status quo). Policy makers may consider using this finding as an input for future resource planning and allocation. Further studies should be conducted to identify the parameters that better reflect the transition of people from one health state to another.

Cell surface changes during aging of human bladder epithelium examined by lectin probes and SEM

1990 ◽  
Vol 48 (3) ◽  
pp. 966-967
Author(s):  
J. Jacob ◽  
M.F.M. Ismail
Keyword(s):  
The Elderly ◽  
Ultrastructural Changes ◽  
Pokeweed Mitogen ◽  
Asymmetric Structure ◽  
Luminal Surface ◽  
Bladder Epithelium ◽  
Aldehyde Groups ◽  
Cell Surface Changes ◽  
Phosphate Buffered Saline ◽  
Surface Changes

Ultrastructural changes have been shown to occur in the urinary bladder epithelium (urothelium) during the life span of humans. With increasing age, the luminal surface becomes more flexible and develops simple microvilli-like processes. Furthermore, the specialised asymmetric structure of the luminal plasma membrane is relatively more prominent in the young than in the elderly. The nature of the changes at the luminal surface is now explored by lectin-mediated adsorption visualised by scanning electron microscopy (SEM).Samples of young adult (21-31 y old) and elderly (58-82 y old) urothelia were fixed in buffered 2% glutaraldehyde for 10 m and washed with phosphate buffered saline (PBS) containing Ca++ and Mg++ at room temperature. They were incubated overnight at 4°C in 0.1 M ammonium chloride in PBS to block any remaining aldehyde groups. The samples were then allowed to stand in PBS at 37°C for 2 h before incubation at 37°C for 30 m with lectins. The lectins used were concanavalin A (Con A), wheat germ agglutinin (WGA), phytohaemagglutinin (PHA) and pokeweed mitogen (PWM) at a concentration of 500 mg/ml in PBS at pH 7.A.

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