They find talking while walking difficult because of the attention talking demands. This is why less than 24% of trips were made by them without company. Researchers pointed to this as an important aspect of training mobility in disabled adults who travel with a companion and engage in multi-task conditions Furthermore, community mobility also requires many postural transitions, such as starts and stops, changing direction and reorienting the head

These people do not have access to as many or as wide a range of health services as those who live in cities. "The services that are in short supply in rural areas are those provided by nurses, health technology personnel, dentists, physical therapists, pharmacists, and opticians" (Bull and DeCroix Bane, 1993). Nurses and nurse practitioners play a significant role in providing good community-based health care to older people in

Optimal Health and Obesity for Older Adults In older adults, obesity can aggravate physical function deterioration that comes with age, and result in frailty. However, appropriate obesity treatment in older adults is controversial, owing to decrease of corresponding health risks in relation to increased body mass index (BMI) and concerns that loss of weight could potentially have harmful impacts on older individuals. Thus, it is especially vital to take into account

Q1. What type of interventions improve adherence to recommendations on nutritional intake? Making dietary changes is a struggle for all, but for older individuals it is particularly difficult, given that they have a lifetime of habits to unlearn. Yet it is often all the more critical for elderly individuals with chronic ailments to make proactive changes in a radical manner to improve their health. The systematic review conducted by Desroches (et

According to a recent study, the elderly are hospitalized more often due to alcohol-related problems than for heart attacks (Doup). Another study found some 70% of elderly adults' hospitalizations are related to alcohol, medication, or a mixture of both (Doup). Many seniors live alone either due to divorce or the death of a spouse, and many more still are retired and have children out of state, and so do not

In the last few decades the percentage of women in the labor force has dramatically increased from 11% in 1940 to 56% in 1980 with 62% of the women between the ages of 45 and 65 employed (U.S. Department of Labor, 1986).The extent to which such employment affects caregivers is apparent in the results of a survey conducted by the AARP. Findings reveal that 55% of the women caring