Although poor flexibility is detrimental to a pain - free healthy life, poor hip stability can be fatal given the high incidence of hip fractures due to instability,
especially among old people.
Our study found no evidence of benefit for nervous system or cognitive function from 12 months of supplementation
among older people with moderate vitamin B12 deficiency.
The proposals set out today are in danger of appearing meaningless and may in fact raise false
hopes among older people, their careers and families.
Evidence points to a desire to stay in employment for
longer among older people - if there are suitable jobs and necessary training programmes available.
The study found that while middle - aged people were more likely than older people to get divorced, the divorce rate has increased
faster among older people.
Most aim to treat macular degeneration, a common disorder
among older people in which blurriness starts at the center of the visual field and produces a permanent blank spot.
«Our research shows that brain training can maintain or even improve cognitive skills
among older people at very high risk of cognitive decline — and it's an inexpensive and safe treatment,» Dr Lampit said.
Wealth is increasingly
concentrated among older people, particularly in countries where housing booms have left those in their fifties, sixties and seventies sitting on huge cash piles, to which can be added generous final salary pensions.
Half (50 %) of UK respondents were concerned about the low - interest - rate environment and its impact on their retirement savings, though this was
elevated among older people, (71 % of respondents in the 65 - to - 74 age bracket).
The Budget may also have dented the government's
support among older people — a key demographic due to the reliability of their vote.
The effect of this was that while in reality there was a big difference between the high
turnout among old people and the low turnout among young people, among the sort of people who took part in polls this gap was too small.
The most recent Beers Criteria established by the American Geriatrics Society, which guides the use of
medications among older people, gives a strong warning against use of prescription sleep drugs, which are sold under such names as Ambien, Lunesta and Sonata.
Perhaps they could turn the space into a classroom, study whether lighting can reduce
falls among older people or probe whether certain office conditions make it easier for people with traumatic brain injuries to return to work.
In the 1980s in Portugal and Japan, communities which cut salt intake over several years had lower blood pressure, even among children, and fewer
deaths among older people from stroke.
When population subsets were analysed, the researchers found that the significant and long - lasting reduction in STEMI admissions was observed
only among older people, with a 27.4 % post-ban decrease in women ≥ 65 years and a 27.3 % reduction in men ≥ 65 years.
In 2004, a study published in the journal Neuropsychology found,
among older people already at risk of developing Alzheimer's disease, those with vitamin B12 deficiencies performed more poorly on memory tests than those with normal B12 levels.
With this drastic shift in the age breakdown of the population, and improved health and
wellbeing among older people, many of this age group is likely to still have some role in the workforce.
One reason for the
interest among older people is that the first generation of video gamers, who grew up in the 1970s and 1980s, are now adults and want to continue to slay dragons and slap digital tennis balls.
Beyond just the fact that Frank is an elder who is resisting to rely on new technologies, a common
thing among older people, but embracing this new butler also means that Frank would indirectly admit that he has a problem and needs help, which he does not believe he has.
Community Social Capital, Built Environment, and Income - Based Inequality in Depressive
Symptoms Among Older People in Japan: An Ecological Study From the JAGES Project.
Late - life depression has become a major public health problem, leading to
suffering among older people and burdening those who care for them.
beyondblue is actively working to support aged care staff to be able to detect and manage depression and
anxiety among older people in their care.
Recently, additional empirical demonstration of the satisfactory psychometric properties of this measure was
obtained among old people (Neto, 2014a).