Older adults face multiple normative transitions associated with aging that result in changes or losses of important social roles. When the individual’s personal identity or feelings of self-worth were tied up in a particular role, the loss of that role can be devastating. From a cognitive Behavioral perspective, the way an individual perceives these role changes and the beliefs they hold about their own value and importance outside of these roles will impact how well they negotiate the transition. For example, a person who believes that his or her life is meaningful only if they are making money may respond to retirement with thoughts about no longer having value or being needed. (more…)
Multiple losses are common as people age, including deaths of spouse, family, and friends. A less obvious form of loss involves ...
Most older adults adapt successfully to the multiple developmental and social changes and late life depression that are common ...
Adults have two principal jobs in life - earning a living and raising a family — and much of life's satisfaction comes from doing t ...
Cognitive-behavioral interventions approaches to managing the distress associated with physical/somatic complaints problems sho ...
Depression is the most common mental health problem in the elderly. While the incidence in community-dwelling older adults is n ...
Abuse of drugs and alcohol is not uncommon among the elderly. The high rate of prescribed medication use, increased physiological sensitivity to drug effects, and the danger of interaction effects of multiple medications and/or alcohol place older adults at high risk for deliberate or accidental misuse of drugs or alcohol. In addition, some older adults turn to alcohol to help cope with stressful life events, thus increasing the risk of addiction or toxic interactions. (more…)
Cognitive-behavioral interventions approaches to managing the distress associated with physical/somatic complaints problems sho ...
Cognitive-Behavioral Interventions Research documenting the efficacy of Cognitive-Behavioral Interventions in treating the psyc ...
Research indicates that anxiety symptoms are more prevalent in elderly people than in any other age group, occurring at about t ...
Most older adults adapt successfully to the multiple developmental and social changes and late life depression that are common ...
Alcohol abuse can be defined as individuals drink more than normal quantity but on regular basis. This habits causes poor healt ...
Cognitive-Behavioral Interventions Research documenting the efficacy of Cognitive-Behavioral Interventions in treating the psychological problems of older adults is encouraging. Cognitive-Behavioral Interventions has been shown to reduce symptoms of depression, anxiety, and somatic complaints (e.g., chronic pain elderly, insomnia) in multiple controlled studies. However, research also has indicated that there may be multiple variables to consider in determining whether Cognitive-Behavioral Interventions is the best approach to use with a specific patient and a specific problem. For example, differential effectiveness of Cognitive-Behavioral Interventions compared to other forms of psychotherapy is less certain. (more…)
Cognitive-behavioral interventions approaches to managing the distress associated with physical/somatic complaints problems sho ...
Abuse of drugs and alcohol is not uncommon among the elderly. The high rate of prescribed medication use, increased physiologic ...
Research indicates that anxiety symptoms are more prevalent in elderly people than in any other age group, occurring at about t ...
Depression is the most common mental health problem in the elderly. While the incidence in community-dwelling older adults is n ...
Most older adults adapt successfully to the multiple developmental and social changes and late life depression that are common ...
Not all body fat is equally bad for your health. It is widely known that body fat distribution is extremely important. There is increasing evidence for the deleterious effects of Visceral Fat on aging. Waist-to-hip ratio (WHR) is an epidemiological tool that demonstrates a correlation between Visceral Fat and development of diabetes mellitus, stroke, coronary artery disease, and mortality. This ratio is easily determined by dividing the measurement of waist circumference by hip circumference. (more…)
Adipose tissue fat is not simply a reservoir for excess nutrients, but rather an active and dynamic organ capable of expressing ...
Some medications exist for weight loss. These medications are moderately effective, although they often have side effects that ...
Animal studies support a cancer-promoting role for fat, and in humans, epidemiological data strongly suggest that dietary fat i ...
Obesity results from an imbalance between caloric consumption and caloric expenditure over a prolonged period. Weight gain occurs w ...
Concomitant with the global increase in obesity is the increase in the metabolic syndrome. The metabolic syndrome, also known ...
The overarching goal of physical therapy rehabilitation is to return the individual to as close to the premorbid level of function as possible or, alternatively, to maximize a person’s current potential for function and maintain it as long as possible. This goal is achieved by promoting changes in the individual, by altering his or her physical health elderly or social environments, or by implementing a combination of both strategies. (more…)
The proportion of elderly at any age without any chronic conditions is small, and disease can trigger a cascade of events res ...
Beneficiaries of the Medicare program have three rehabilitation-related benefits established by federal statute: physical thera ...
There are numerous basic Activities of Daily Living instruments that seek to quantify basic physical functions and obtain a numeric ...
Older Person Care • Older persons should benefit from family and community based care and protection in accordance with e ...
An international consensus statement on physical activity, fitness and health (Bouchard et al 1994) identifies six areas affect ...
There are a number of issues that must be considered in geriatric pain assessment. The major issues that merit attention are presence of comorbidities, mental status, depression in late life, limitations in ADLs, medications, and the importance of family and other support systems (see Depression; Social Networks, Support, and Integration). (more…)
Using the right medications can help in the treating of acute and chronic back pain. There are good drugs which physicians pres ...
The principal reversible dementias are metabolic. Hypothyroidism and exposure to industrial or environmental toxins should be c ...
Most older adults adapt successfully to the multiple developmental and social changes and late life depression that are common ...
Unfortunately, many dementias are partially or completely biologically irreversible. However, as mentioned previously, it is im ...
Cognitive-Behavioral Interventions Research documenting the efficacy of Cognitive-Behavioral Interventions in treating the psyc ...
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We all want to protect our loved ones from danger, but it's impossible to be with them every moment of the day. And unfortunate ...
Today more than ever we see senior citizens become a victim of online shopping scams and phone solicitation. There are so many ...
There are now several gay senior housing projects in various stages of development in Seattle, Boston, and Florida. While such ...
American aging population makes up a substantial social challenge. These social problems will increase significantly over the n ...
First and foremost, many of the services supported by the Aging Network would not exist without network funding and advocacy. Witho ...
There are differences on what exactly contribute to quality of life on a personal level from person to person. Although many older people in good health condition have the increase of physical problems that affect them and their businesses. Although these disorders are more common with age, including Alzheimer, dementia, arthritis, hypertension, heart disease, stroke, depression, kidneys problem; lung disease, cancer and men’s prostate disease. (more…)
It is estimated that about 6 million Americans over 65 suffer from depression in late life. The sad reality is that 10% are loo ...
Depression is the most common mental health problem in the elderly. While the incidence in community-dwelling older adults is n ...
An international consensus statement on physical activity, fitness and health (Bouchard et al 1994) identifies six areas affect ...
Cognitive-Behavioral Interventions Research documenting the efficacy of Cognitive-Behavioral Interventions in treating the psyc ...
Most older adults adapt successfully to the multiple developmental and social changes and late life depression that are common ...
An international consensus statement on physical activity, fitness and health (Bouchard et al 1994) identifies six areas affected by physical exercise: body shape, bone strength, muscle strength, flexibility skeleton, physical fitness and motor fitness of metabolism. Other areas benefit from physical activity is cognitive function, mental health and adaptation to society. Exercise was defined as a regular activity that follows a specific pattern, and whose purpose is to achieve desirable results in terms of fitness, as a better general health or physical functioning. (more…)
Some years ago an experiment was made on young college students to test the effects of inactivity. Each student was immobilized ...
Aerobic exercise is one form of exercise with low to moderate intensity which is done for a longer or a moderate duration. With ...
The overarching goal of physical therapy rehabilitation is to return the individual to as close to the premorbid level of funct ...
There are differences on what exactly contribute to quality of life on a personal level from person to person. Although many ol ...
Some researches on relation between exercise and body human health results indicate that in addition to increasing muscle capac ...
There are new strategies to address the 3 critical factors for body health: blood sugar, insulin and inflammation. These formula guarantees that we will not get obese and be lean for life. Inflammation and obesity has relation that can be describing when we eat foods, it immediately causes high of blood sugar to drop, but then again it creates higher levels of the hormone insulin, which causes inflammation. (more…)
Obesity results from an imbalance between caloric consumption and caloric expenditure over a prolonged period. Weight gain occurs w ...
Concomitant with the global increase in obesity is the increase in the metabolic syndrome. The metabolic syndrome, also known ...
Adipose tissue fat is not simply a reservoir for excess nutrients, but rather an active and dynamic organ capable of expressing ...
Not all body fat is equally bad for your health. It is widely known that body fat distribution is extremely important. Ther ...
The systemic benefits of exogenous Growth Hormone therapy in the healthy elderly remain unclear and controversial. Studies have ...