Situation Of Elderly Research Articles

Multilingualism in Sao Tomé and Principe: Use of Subtitling Approach

Summary Sao Tome and Principe (STP) is a developing country where several languages coexist, although only one of them, Portuguese, serves as the official language. The rest of the languages are limited to private use and many of them are at risk of disappearing. As a pilot experiment to find formulas for the preservation of these languages, this work takes Forro Creole as a reference. Forro is no longer transmitted from parents to children, nor is it studied in schools, and it is mainly the elderly who maintain it. At the same time, elders form a social group that suffers abandonment and discrimination from their community. In this context, we wondered whether subtitling would be useful to preserve and promote Forro Creole and to contribute to the integration of the elderly into society; what the linguistic perceptions of Forro-speaking elderly and non-elderly Santomeans are; and, finally, what experts in International Cooperation (IC), Audiovisual Translation (TAV) and Linguistic Cooperation (LC) think of the possibilities of subtitling in this area. The results show the participants’ perception of Forro, the situation of elders and subtitling, and lead to a final proposal: the recording of videos in Forro, subtitled in Portuguese and aimed at children whose protagonists would be elders who would encourage Forro learning and the ancestral culture through stories or songs that could be screened in schools or in the communities as a mobile cinema.

Effect of Virgin Coconut Oil on Skin Integrity in The Elderly with Incontinence

Intorduction:Incontinence was a problem that often occurs in the elderly and this condition can worsen the elderly situation with the appearance of severe damage to the integrity of the skin,Virgin Coconut Oil (VCO) contains medium chain saturated fat that easily enters deep skin layers and maintains skin elasticity and suppleness. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of virgin coconut oil on skin integrity in the elderly with incontinence.Methods: The design of research was a quasi-experimental with non equivalent control group design. The population in this study were all elderly who experience incontinence. The sampling technique used was consecutive sampling with a total of 10 people in the experimental group and 10 people in the control group. To assess skin integrity before and after treatment is used was The Ghent Global IAD (GLOBIAD) tool. The using of virgin coconut oil is done every time after the stool incontinence episode and after bathing. Virgin coconut oil has been applied to the damaged skin and also to other vulnerable skin. Results: Based on the Wilcoxon test results obtained p value smaller than 0.05 which is 0.010 so that there was a significant difference in the value of skin integrity before and after the treatment. Conclusions:There was a significant effect on the use of virgin coconut oil on skin integrity in the elderly with incontinence.

Situation of Elderly in Sultanate of Oman

Situation of Elderly in Sultanate of Oman

Sociodemographic Situation of Elderly Affected by Systemic Arterial Hypertension

Objective: To investigate the occurrence of systemic hypertension in elderly in Cajazeiras County - PB. Methodology: descriptive study, exploratory, cross-sectional, of quantitative approach. A random sample totaled in 348 elderly assisted by Family Health Strategy – FHS at Cajazeiras County - PB. For the analysis, it was used a statistical package, the Statistical Package for Social Sciences, descriptive simple statistics (frequency / percentage). Results: There was a high prevalence of hypertension (73.9%), there was a predominance of males (77.3%), higher incidence of hypertension among the elderly aged ≤ 71 (75.0%), live in rural areas (79.2%), live with his/her partner (77.4%) and income ≤ 1 minimum wage (76.1%). Conclusion: Health professionals, especially nurses, should understand the limitations and disabling aspects faced by the elderly, preventing proper treatment of hypertension and satisfactory lifestyle to disease prevention and health promotion, creating strategies to mitigate or remedy these difficulties.

Older People Quality of Life Evaluation

Lately world well-known problem, ageing population is starting to turn into an issue for our country, Albania, as Europe is dealing with it years go. In Albania the number of elderly is increasing by about 2 % per year and the various culture and social problems facing society are burdening elderly situation. Changes from one regime to another are accompanied with change of life rhythm, change of family structure, culture differences and perception on how thinks should be. This study has its main focus on testing elderly quality of live in Tirana, as a forgoing study assessing the quality of life of older people across the Albania country. Quality of life of older people in Tirana result low and this brings the need for more attention to the elderly issue. Orientations of all academics and policymakers are focusing towards identifying effective elements and mechanisms to improve the situation of the elderly. DOI: 10.5901/mjss.2014.v5n13p385

중국 도시 노인의 노후 상황에 따른 주거 선호 변화 연구

As China has the largest number of elderly people in the world, the issue of the aged people has been a serious matter of concern in Chinese government and society and many studies have been done so far. However, the studies about the dwellings of the aged people that support their basic life are still insufficient. For this reason this study intends to identify the differences in elderly people's preferences according to their situations in aged life. This study surveyed 152 elderly residents aged 50 and over including early aged people in Beijing China about their residential preferences (types of residence, location of residence, size of residence, types of ownership) according to the four types of their situations in aged life, healthy couple, sick couple, healthy single and sick single. The survey conducted from 2013 April 10th to 15th. The results were as follows: Firstly, as the elderly situation became worse, preference for the independent residence decreased very rapidly while the preference for the elderly welfare facilities dramatically increased from the 0 point of the healthy couple and the preference for the elderly welfare facilities marked the highest point in case of the worst situation of sick single. Secondly, among the four different situations preferences for the urban residence were the highest and as the aged people's situation becomes worse, their preferences for urban life increased. Thirdly, healthy couple preferred a large size residence but as their elderly situation becomes worse, their preferences for the large size decreased and their preferences for small size increased dramatically, and in case of elderly singles, preferences for small size residence exceeded their preferences for large size residence. Fourthly, as elderly situation became worse preference for owning residence decreased and preference for rental residence increased and in case of the worst situation of sick single, preference for rental residence was higher than their preferences for their own residence. With this view of point, the residential preference of elderly people changes along with their aging situations. Thus, the government should consider the variable aging market, and develop a variety of aging residence which, can satisfy the different groups of elderly.

Cheminements et situations de vie des personnes âgées présentant des troubles mentaux graves : perspectives d’intervenants psychosociaux

Services for elders with severe mental illness (SMI) have major deficiencies, among them a lack of adequate psychosocial services. Some analysts have attributed this situation to "double stigmatization" targeting both ageing and mental illness in our societies. Using qualitative methods (23 semi-directed interviews, theme-based content analysis), our exploratory research aims to understand better the perceptions of psychosocial practitioners working in community and institutional settings about the elderly with SMI and their living situations. Our informants evoke living situations marked by a lack of support (isolation), of resources (financial precariousness/poverty) and of power (learned passivity), traits that are related not only to mental illness per se, but also to long term psychiatric institutionalization. For them, the current situation of elders with SMI is the end product of biographies in which life-course, illness-course and life in services and/or institutions join and, sometimes, become indistinguishable. Implications for psychosocial practices are discussed.

Care Needs of Older Broome County Residents: A Survey of Elders Receiving Care Through the Continuum

The majority of elderly persons in Broome County, 75% to 80%, live in urban cities-Binghamton, Johnson City, Endicott, and Vestal-while the remaining 20% to 25% live in rural Broome County. In October of 1997, the care community in Binghamton, New York and the surrounding county of Broome conducted a survey of persons over the age of 60 in receipt of longterm care. The U.S. Census Bureau reports that there were 38,781 persons over the age of 60 living in Broome County. In 1997 it was estimated that those ages 60 and over comprised 17.3% of the population. Broome County's population concentration of elders ranks 17th among the 63 counties of the state, including New York City. In October of 1997 there were approximately 4,500 persons over the age of 60 in receipt of some type of formal care service. Broome County has significantly fewer minorities (1.2%) than the New York State average (17.5%) and has a larger percentage (58%) of persons who rely on Social Security as their main source of income than the national average (37%). Social Security Administration studies have shown that the poverty rate is higher for those persons who rely heavily on Social Security, especially as they grow older. Mrs. Johnson is an 82-year-old widow who lives alone. She needs assistance with bathing, dressing and household chores due to arthritis and eye/vision problems. Mrs. Johnson resides in the house where she raised her three children. One daughter, Anne, lives locally and assists Mrs. Johnson in maintaining her home. However, Anne holds down a full-time job and is a single parent raising two teenagers. Mrs. Johnson is on Medicaid and receives seven hours per week of personal care services. Mrs. Johnson could benefit from any number of care settings but prefers to stay at home. Mrs. Johnson could be one of thousands of low-income elderly widowed women countrywide who receive care. Fortunately for Mrs. Johnson she resides in New York State. New York State is a service-rich state, which includes a generous Medicaid home care entitlement. New York State also has developed a number of care options, both institutional and noninstitutional. To access care at any level, there is generally an assessment process. Each county home care program, licensed agency, certified home health agency or nursing facility has either developed its own assessment tools or uses state-prescribed tools to ensure that the applicant is eligible for care in that program. The myriad of programs offered in New York State are often referred to as the long-term care system. The word system implies that there are some synergies between the programs, even if they are not affiliated by the same organizational structure. The goal of this implied interdependence is that persons in need of care are cared for at the most appropriate level. In October of 1997 the care community in Broome County, NY set out to examine whether or not the system of care was indeed operating as such. Providers considered whether Mrs. Johnson is typically representative of elderly females in Broome County who receive personal care services. What are the characteristics of others who receive services in the county? In other words, what are the demographic and functional profiles of the persons who receive community care, home care, adult home and nursing home care in the county? Broome County care providers wanted to develop descriptive profiles of care recipients. They accomplished this by undertaking a care community-wide survey. The purpose of the survey was to provide data that described the situation of elders within the medical and non-medical care service system at one point in time, in this case in October, 1997. The survey addressed the following specific questions: * What are the similarities and differences of persons who are served by different care settings? …

Velhice, imaginário, e cultura: possibilidades na diversidade

Este artigo apresenta alguns apontamentos advindos de estudos efetuados à luz da teoria do imaginário, sobre o entendimento, a aceitação e os preconceitos da situação da velhice, pelos próprios velhos e pela sociedade; questiona e considera as possibilidades, sem desconsiderar as fragilidades, nesta fase, que se vê como apenas mais uma etapa da vida, que precisa e deve ainda ser vivida, bem vivida.