[PDF] Top 20 Functional capacity and risk of falls in the elderly

... evaluate the functional capacity and the risk of falls in elderly ...aid of the instruments Fall Risck Score and ... See full document

... As limitações ou doenças interferem na inde- pendência e autonomia da pessoa idosa, influencian- do negativamente nas suas emoções, autoimagem e segurança. Assim, a avaliação multidimensional se torna uma importante ... See full document

... On the other hand, moderate AD patients have more motor impairments and greater spatial disorientation, demanding the constant presence of a caregiver render- ing them even more limited, which ... See full document

... (0├4 and 5 years or older); marital status (with partner and without partner); housing arrangement (accom- panied and alone); morbidities and self-referred complaints: rheumatism, ... See full document

... evaluation in elderly populations. Thus, the assessment of quality of life was complemented by applying also the ...consists of 24 facets, assigned to six areas: sensory ... See full document

... Regarding the impact of falls on the elderly in terms of the performance of their daily activities, ...to the fall, ...shown in Table ... See full document

... review the main risk factors for falls among the ...Methods: the search in the databases was performed using the descriptors fall and elderly; were ... See full document

... implications, the indings of this study point to the need for effective cognitive impairment screening policies in elderly populations treated at public health ...against the ... See full document

... compare functional balance, risk of falls, tendency to depression and cognition preservation among institutionalized and non-institutionalized ...Method: the study was ... See full document

... 60) of the participants reported having had 3 – 4 medical consulta- tions in the previous year and ...hospitalized and 50.4% (n = 58) of the participants reported ... See full document

... organization of physical spaces of the home and their constituents, to make the house a safer environment for the ...On the other hand, even if that concern exists, ... See full document

... support of people in the religious community is also a positive resource for coping with the effects of functional disability, as it provides the elderly with a ... See full document

... that the prevalence of falls is high among the elderly, warranting the conclusion that a high proportion of elderly still suffer ...ings in the ... See full document

... by the elderly population in the industrialized ...countries. The rate of community living older adults who fall at least once each year varies between 30% and 40%, ... See full document

... falls in the last 6 months and 13.65 s for the group with a history of falls, agrees with the cut-off points ...for risk of ...heights, and ... See full document

... patients, and of more serious concern is the fact that coronary heart disease has been reported as major non-AIDS causes of death in HIV-infected individuals ...Metabolic and ... See full document

... degree of hearing loss observed in most cases is compatible with that caused by ...that the majority of the elderly had mild to moderate hearing loss, which corroborates ... See full document

... sparking the interest of researchers in studying the aging process of the human being and how to obtain quality of life in old ...Advances in ... See full document

... evaluate and characterize the functional capacity and cognitive status of elderly people living in a long-stay institution of the municipality ... See full document

... limit the mobility of elderly patients such as the prolonged use of catheters and venous access, physical restrictions, prolonged stays in the bed, fear of ... See full document