Anaemia in the Hospitalized Elderly in Tanzania: Prevalence, Severity, and Micronutrient Deficiency Status by Clara Chamba, Ahlam Nasser, William F. Mawalla, Upendo Masamu, Neema Budodi Lubuva, Erius Tebuka, Pius Magesa

“…Introduction. Anaemia is a common problem in sub-Saharan Africa. While most literature has focused on children, women of childbearing age, and pregnant women, data for the elderly population are relatively scarce. …”
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Logistic Regression Model in a Machine Learning Application to Predict Elderly Kidney Transplant Recipients with Worse Renal Function One Year after Kidney Transplant: Elderly KTbo... by Ubiracé Fernando Elihimas Júnior, Jamila Pinho Couto, Wallace Pereira, Michel Pompeu Barros de Oliveira Sá, Eduardo Eriko Tenório de França, Filipe Carrilho Aguiar, Diogo Buarque Cordeiro Cabral, Saulo Barbosa Vasconcelos Alencar, Saulo José da Costa Feitosa, Thais Oliveira Claizoni dos Santos, Helen Conceição dos Santos Elihimas, Emilly Pereira Alves, Marcio José de Carvalho Lima, Frederico Castelo Branco Cavalcanti, Paulo Adriano Schwingel

“…Renal replacement therapy (RRT) is a public health problem worldwide. Kidney transplantation (KT) is the best treatment for elderly patients’ longevity and quality of life. …”
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PSYCHOEDUCATION REDUCES ANXIETY IN ELDERLY WITH HYPERTENSION IN NAMBAKOR VILLAGE SARONGGI DISTRICT SUMENEP by Emdat Suprayitno, Zakiyah Yasin, Istiqamatul Karamah, Dian Ika Puspitasari

“…Introduction: The problems in hypertension will cause emotional or mental disorders, one of which is anxiety. …”
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Functional characterization of elderly people in the rural community of “Lagunillas”. January-March 2004. by Marly Delgado Navarro, Luz María Díaz Hernádez, Fidelina Bravo Vargas

“…In this stage, not only health problems are affected but also also another group of factors which are called social risk of aging. …”
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THE RELATIONSHIP OF KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE AND FAMILY SUPPORT WITH THE NUTRITIONAL STATUS OF THE ELDERLY: LITERATURE REVIEW by Maria Ambrosia Barek, Joni Haryanto, Elida Ulfiana

“…Introduction: Elderly are individuals who are vulnerable and at risk of experiencing health problems related to nutritional status. …”
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How May Coexisting Frailty Influence Adherence to Treatment in Elderly Hypertensive Patients? by Bartosz Uchmanowicz, Anna Chudiak, Izabella Uchmanowicz, Grzegorz Mazur

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Estimation of Knowledge, Attitude and Prevalence of Female Sex Dysfunction in Elderly Pakistani Women by Khola Noreen, Farah Ayyaz, Lubna Meraj, Tabinda Khalid, Javara Malik, Muhammad Akram Randhawa

“…Conclusions: A significant burden of FSD exists in the middle-aged and elderly women of our community and they had adequate knowledge about the problem. …”
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Morning Peak-Period Pricing Surcharge of Elderly Passengers Taking Express Buses by Jingxu Chen, Chengxin He, Xinlian Yu, Wendong Chen

“…The elderly pricing surcharge problem is formulated as a bilevel model, in which the upper-level model is to make the pricing surcharge decision, and the lower-level model is the equilibrium passenger assignment that represents passengers’ bus choice behavior. …”
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DESCRIPTION OF HYPERTENSION LEVELS IN PRIMARY HYPERTENSION ADULTS AND ELDERLY IN KARANGBINANGUN LAMONGAN DISTRICT by Iswatun Iswatun, Endah Sri Wijayanti, Lailatul Fadliyah, Cucuk Rahmadi Purwanto, Iin Rohmawati

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Optimisme pada Wanita Lanjut Usia yang Mengalami Kematian Pasangan Hidup by Fetty Nur Tiyaningsih, Santi Sulandari

“…This study aims to describe the problem, the form of optimism, and influential factors of optimism on elder people who experienced loss of the loved ones. …”
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Hubungan Peran Sosial terhadap Tingkat Depresi pada Lansia by Prischa Amelliana Dewi, Suci Tuty Putri, Imam Tri Sutrisno

“… Depression in the elderly is a serious problem that significantly affects their quality of life. …”
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Comparison of Public and Private Home Care Services for Elderly in Gothenburg Region, Sweden 2013 by Iwona Sobis

“…The study is based on an analysis of state regulation, policy documents and semi-structured interviews with the chief responsible for public and private home care services for elderly at the municipal level. This study reveals that the delegation of care for elderly to the municipalities faced some serious problems not to be solved until 2013 and surprisingly that these problems are especially seen where the recipients of such care don’t have a choice on their service provider. …”
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Pharmacological and Pharmacodynamic Implications of Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drug Therapy in Elderly Arthritic Patients by W Watson Buchanan

“…There is no satisfactory definition of the elderly. Although age 65 is widely accepted as a chronological definition, many elderly persons remain healthy until the age of 75, and furthermore, healthy elderly subjects differ little from healthy young persons. lt is with the frail elderly, ie, those with multiple diseases and multiple drug therapies, that problems of medication occur. …”
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Assessment of the living standard of elderly people and their well-being in a changing social environment by R. M. Sadykov

“…The current scientific article presents the results of assessing the living standard of elderly people, their well-being, livelihoods in conditions of economic instability and changing social space. …”
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Satisfaction with Nighttime Outdoor Activity Environment Among Elderly Residents in Old Gated Communities by Fang Wen, Liang Peng, Bo Zhang, Yan Zhang, Yuyang Zhang

“…However, the conditions of nighttime activity places in old gated communities often do not meet the activity needs of the elderly, and there are problems such as low lighting and poor accessibility. …”
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Research on Behavior Monitoring of Elderly Living Alone Based on Wearable Devices and Sensing Technology by Mulin Yin

“…Since the energy consumption of sensor networks is a bottleneck problem that limits its development, this paper designs a multimodal collaborative sensing method for the application scenarios of elderly people living alone to reduce energy consumption in the process of daily behavior perception of the elderly. …”
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HEALTH SERVICES AND EMPOWERMENT OF THE ELDERLY BASED ON LEGAL ASSURANCE PERSPECTIVE IN BOJONGLOA KALER, BANDUNG CITY by Wintari Hariningsih

“…To do that, integrated service posts (Posyandu) managed by community and governments indeed have an important role in improving elderly people's health. Methods: This research aims especially to explore problems of giving services of health for the elderly in Posyandu and apply some efforts to solve the problem. …”
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Multi-professional rehabilitation model among Older Persons after Hip Fracture Surgery: Review by Wantonoro Wantonoro, Tuan Van Nguyen, Hsiu-Ling Yang

“…Hip fracture in the elderly is a major health problem. Multi-professional rehabilitation approaches were recommended; however, there were various multi-professional rehabilitation models; therefore, identifying the multi-professional rehabilitation model, especially for older persons after hip fracture surgery, is needed. …”
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Health-Related Quality of Life and Gender Differences in Elderly People: a Cross-Sectional Study by Pegah Bahrami Taghanaki, Ehsan Mosa Farkhani, Sima Nourbakhsh, Maryam Srakhosh

“…Therefore, this study aims to investigate the state of health-related quality of life and its gender-related discrepancies in the elderly population in Mashhad, Iran. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted on 200 elderly population in Mashhad, Iran. …”
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Estimation of the Centre of Mass From Motion Capture and Force Plate Recordings: A Study on the Elderly by S. Cotton, M. Vanoncini, P. Fraisse, N. Ramdani, E. Demircan, A. P. Murray, T. Keller

“…This method can potentially introduce errors in studies involving elderly people, since the ageing process is typically associated with a modification of the distribution of the body mass. …”
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