Housing for the Elderly
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Monday, November 23, 2009

Municipal night nurses' experience of the meaning of caring.

30 Aug 2009 The aim of this study was to elucidate municipal night registered nurses' (RNs) experiences of the meaning of caring in nursing. The research context involved all night duty RNs working in municipal care of older people in a medium-sized ... Read more...

Current patterns of diet in community-dwelling older men and women: results from the Hertfordshire Cohort Study.

21 Jul 2009 BACKGROUND: dietary patterns analysis takes account of the combined effects of foods and may be a more meaningful way of assessing dietary exposure than considering individual nutrients. Little is known about the dietary patterns of older adults in ... Read more...

The effect on caregiver burden of a problem-based home visiting programme for frail older people.

30 Jun 2009 OBJECTIVE: caregiver effects of geriatric care models focusing primarily at the patient have not been consistently studied. We studied caregiver effects of a nurse-led comprehensive geriatric evaluation and management (GEM) programme for ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Housing for the Elderly'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Municipal night nurses' experience of the meaning of caring. 30 Aug 2009
• Current patterns of diet in community-dwelling older men and women: results from the Hertfordshire Cohort Study. 21 Jul 2009
• The effect on caregiver burden of a problem-based home visiting programme for frail older people. 30 Jun 2009
• Supporting relationships between family and staff in continuing care settings. 14 Jun 2009
• 2009. Weathering the storm. 30 May 2009
• The challenges to long-term care: a personal account. 30 May 2009
• Aluminum concentrations in water of elderly people's houses and retirement homes and its relation with elderly health. 27 May 2009
• Assessment of older adults' knowledge of and preferences for medication management tools and support systems. 24 May 2009
• Validation of CARE-Q in residential aged-care: rating of importance of caring behaviours from an e-cohort sub-study. 29 Apr 2009
• Senior housing in Sweden: a new concept for aging in place. 29 Apr 2009
• Small changes, big rewards. 30 Mar 2009
• From bad to worse - the potential for 2009. 27 Feb 2009
• Usability testing by older adults of a computer-mediated health communication program. 27 Feb 2009
• Medical students' interviews with older adults: an examination of their performance. 27 Feb 2009
• Reasons for relocation to retirement communities: a qualitative study. 23 Feb 2009
• [Coping strategies, functional difficulties, and associated factors in institutionalized elderly] 30 Jan 2009
• Home is where the heart is: living arrangements for older adults. 30 Jan 2009
• Falls in very old people: the population-based Umeå 85+ study in Sweden. 11 Jan 2009
• Enabling affordable and efficiently deployed location based smart home systems. 30 Dec 2008
• Model and algorithmic framework for detection and correction of cognitive errors. 30 Dec 2008

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Technical information about 'Housing for the Elderly'

Definition: Housing arrangements for the elderly or aged, intended to foster independent living. The housing may take the form of group homes or small apartments. It is available to the economically self-supporting but the concept includes housing for the elderly with some physical limitations. The concept should be differentiated from HOMES FOR THE AGED which is restricted to long-term geriatric facilities providing supervised medical and nursing services.

Descriptor UI: D016852

Alternative terms: Housing for the Elderly; Life Care Centers, Retirement; Continuing Care Retirement Centers;

Related Mesh Headings: Homes for the Aged;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; history; legislation & jurisprudence; manpower; organization & administration; standards; supply & distribution; trends; utilization; statistics & numerical data; ethics;

Tree Number: N01.224.791.400.410; N06.230.150.360.260;

History Note: 92

Technical Notes: for the able-bodied: do not confuse with HOMES FOR THE AGED, med & nurs care for the aged sick