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• Medicare (Australia) is a National Health Service, this is, a comprehensive, universal (for all the residents in the country) public health system. ...
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• NEW YORK (Reuters) -- Loneliness can raise the risk of nursing home admission for the elderly, according to a new study. ...
• Their study, appearing in the current issue of the journal Psychology and Aging, focused on the four-year histories of over 3,000 rural, elderly Iowans averaging 74 years of age at the beginning of the study (1981). ...
• This effect remained even after the researchers adjusted for the incidence of other known predictors of nursing home care, including age, income, depression, mental and/or physical health status, or extent of social contacts. ...
• They point to research that suggests that "loneliness may hasten the deterioration of an individual's health status through its (negative) impact on the immune system. ...
• Alternatively, they speculate that nursing homes may offer hope to some of the lonely elderly. ...
• He and his colleagues believe that many of elderly living in rural areas need better access to transportation so that they can more easily stay in contact with relatives and friends. ...

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• Between 15-25% of elderly people in the U. ...
• 236 elderly people per 100,000 suffer from mental illness .
• While nearly 25% of elderly persons suffer from symptoms of mental illness, many do not seek care. ...
• 5% is spent on behalf of the elderly. ...
• Approximately 6,100 elderly in America kill themselves each year. ...
• One million elderly people in the U. ... Two million elderly suffer from moderate organic disorders. ...
• Depression, the most common mental disorder, afflicts about 5% of the elderly. ...
• In America, only 15% of elderly people suffer from dementias. ...
• It is possible that elderly people will become forgetful, disoriented and confused due to a quickly reversible condition that is totally unrelated to dementia. ...
• Medications: With the increasing amount of medications being taken by the elderly combined with their slow metabolism, the medications reach toxic levels quickly. ...
• One million elderly people are severely afflicted with Alzheimer’s, while two million are moderately affected. ...
• It is estimated that the number of mentally ill elderly will grow from 4 million in 1970 to 15 million in 2030; an increase of 275%.
• The medical community will not be able to support the growing number of mentally ill elderly in the future. ...

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• Project ACTIVA, a regional initiative coordinated by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), was a multicenter project to evaluate violence and related cultural norms and attitudes in selected cities of the Region of the Americas and Spain. ...
• Health of the Elderly: A Concern for All.
• This publication describes, in nontechnical language, some of the health characteristics of the elderly, as well as some of the problems they frequently face. ...
• A Profile of the Elderly in Chile.
• By investigating different areas--health, physical functioning, socioeconomic factors, social relationships, and formal and informal health services use--this profile of the elderly in Chile can be used to evaluate current national policies and programs and to plan and implement future comprehensive care. ...
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• The public health journal most cited and consulted by experts in Latin America publication providing the most recent advances in public health research in the Americas. It includes the latest reports of breakthroughs in combating disease, up-to-date health profiles, emerging health trends and news from the Americas. ...
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• The aging population of Latin America and the Caribbean will grow by more than 138 percent to 100 million during the first quarter of the new century, but this increase - according to a new Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) report - could come at a price to the region's health. ...

• estimate on cost of elderly health care jumps to 530 billion .
• WASHINGTON The Bush administration has said that the new Medicare law offering prescription drug benefits and private health plans to the elderly will cost at least $530 billion over 10 years, or one-third more than the price tag used when Congress passed the legislation two months ago. ... 8, will offer drug benefits to 41 million elderly and disabled people. It will also give insurance companies and private health plans a huge new role in the Medicare program. ... "Health costs are very volatile," the official said. ... The Bush administration did not explain how it arrived at its cost estimate, but health economists and budget analysts suggested two factors. The administration predicts a sharp increase in the number of Medicare beneficiaries enrolled in private health plans. ...

• Follow-up Report on the Community Care for the Elderly Program Administered by the Department of Elder Affairs, Report No. ...
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• Some of the services you might need include: HEALTH CARE SERVICES. ...
• The backbone may compress, which is why you see so many elderly women who seem "shrunken together". ...
• Osteoporosis, a condition of accelerated loss of bone, is a major health problem in the United State and is responsible for well over one million bone fractures each year. ...
• The once believed notion that bone loss occurs only in elderly women in inaccurate. ...
• Recommendations for Promoting Optimal Bone Health .

• Tim Yeo (born March 20, 1945) is a British Conservative politician, member of Parliament for Suffolk South, and the Shadow Education and Health Secretary. ...
• Under Iain Duncan Smith he was shadow Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, and in 2003 was made Michael Howard's Education and Health Secretary, a major new role with responsibility for both schools and hospitals. ...
• Univent PLC operates care homes for the elderly whilst its chairman Tim Yeo argues in the UK Parliament (as the Shadow Education and Health Secretary) for deregulations to the care home industry that would directly benefit his company. ...

• Elderly patients and their medication: a post-discharge follow-up study. ...
• Screening the elderly in the community: controlled trial of dependency surveillance using a questionnaire administered by volunteers. ...
• A pilot home based geriatric health screening project in primary care. ...
• The delivery of interim discharge summaries to general practitioners by the elderly. Health Bulletin 1992; 50(3): 219-22.
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• Improving medical students’ attitudes toward and skills with the elderly. ...
• The family doctor’s role in the care of the elderly. ...
• National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC). Minimising adverse consequences of hospitalisation in the older person: series on clinical management problems in the elderly, no. ...

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• Health barriers to walking for exercise in elderly primary care.
• Health status is acknowledged by nursing theory as a factor in the probability of health behavior changes. Yet few studies have addressed the health-related barriers encountered by chronically ill elderly patients in primary care clinics who are trying to increase their physical activity. ...
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• France Announces Elderly Health Program.
• 8 billion program for the elderly - financed in part by eliminating a national holiday - to improve health care and guard against catastrophes like the summer heat wave that killed nearly 15,000 people, many of them seniors.
• Rival politicians and health care professionals criticized the plan from Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin as too little, too late. ...
• The heat wave in August overloaded France's lauded health care system and killed an estimated 14,800 people. Many of the victims were elderly who died alone, some while their families took traditional August vacations.
• 3 percent of the amount they pay in salaries to the elderly fund, Raffarin said.
• 8 billion on the elderly over the same period of time. ...
• Raffarin said the solidarity program would put France at the forefront of care for the elderly and handicapped in Europe.
• The heat wave "revealed the extent to which we have a duty of action vis-a-vis elderly people in France," he said. ...
• Parliament released a report in September blaming the deaths on chronically insufficient care for the elderly and a widespread failure by agencies and health services to work together. Nearly 80 percent of retirement facilities are short-staffed, Secretary of State for the Elderly Hubert Falco has said.

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• Internet Mental Health - encyclopedia describing mental illnesses, treatment, medications and research. ...
• Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Mental Health Information Center - information and resources on prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation services for mental illness. ...
• Behavior OnLine - gathering place for mental health and applied behavioral science professionals. ...
• John Grohol's Mental Health Page - with articles, book reviews, mailing lists, links, and information on diseases and conditions. ...
• Mental Health Matters - information and resources for consumers, professionals, students, and supporters. ...
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• Internet Mental Health - encyclopedia describing mental illnesses, treatment, medications and research. ...
• About: Mental Health - with original feature articles on mental health issues. ...
• BBC Health: Mental Health - resources, reports, and articles on mental health conditions and treatment, including symptoms of major disorders. ...
• Behavior OnLine - gathering place for mental health and applied behavioral science professionals. ...
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• Face the Issue - features narrated animations and facts about addiction, eating disorders, depression, and other mental health concerns. ...

• The Vilsack Administration was involved with increasing the number of children covered by health insurance by 300%. He also created a statewide drug-purchasing organization, to lower and reduce the price of prescription drugs for the elderly. ...
• He also helped pass a law which allowed workers to receive their health coverage when changing jobs, and helped redesign the state's Workforce Development Department. In addition, he wrote a bill which required the state to pay for 50% of county mental health costs. ...

• Town and gown join forces for elderly health .
• High quality care for elderly people in the Reading area is set to be expanded by the establishment of a professorship of elderly care medicine, held by Professor Margot Gosney, who has been jointly appointed by the University of Reading and the Royal Berkshire & Battle Hospitals NHS Trust.
• Margot Gosney appointed Professor of Elderly Care Medicine.
• Professor Gosney has taken up her post leading an integrated service for high quality care for the elderly at the RBBH Trust. ... RBBH Chairman, Colin Maclean said, "It shows both the University and the hospital bringing together medical and research expertise to ensure that the people of Berkshire get the very best elderly care service the system can afford".
• The association between nutrition and the health of elderly people has been a feature of Professor Gosney's research and the University group has an international reputation for its findings in this area. ...

•   The health of Canada's elderly population: current status and future implications.
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• Canada's elderly population .
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• The growing size of Canada's elderly population and its use of health care services has generated much discussion in policy circles and the popular press. With data from the National Population Health Survey, undertaken in 1994­95, the authors examine the health status of Canada's elderly population using 3 sets of measures: level of activity limitations, prevalence of chronic illnesses and self-assessment of overall health. ... People aged 75 and over are much more likely than other adults to have health problems and use health care services. Also, elderly women living alone and with low income are identified as an especially vulnerable group who need access to medical and nonmedical services if they are to remain in the community. Using Statistics Canada projection data the authors discuss some aspects of the elderly population's health status in the future. Their look into the future raises issues about the preparedness of health care providers and our health care system to meet the challenges of tomorrow's elderly population. ...
• Over the past 10 years, there has been substantial discussion and debate in both the professional policy literature1­8 and, more recently, on the bestseller list9 about how today's elderly population is affecting our health care system and what will happen when the baby boomers grow old in the next century. Much of the discussion has focused on such issues as whether the elderly population overutilizes the health care system, whether the current health care system is responding appropriately to the needs of the elderly population and whether the health care system in the future will be able to cope with an elderly population double the size of today's. ...
• To provide substance to these issues, we need to bring the health status of today's elderly population and their use of health care services into sharper focus. To do this, we collected some basic demographic data as well as data on the various aspects of the health status and health care utilization of Canada's elderly population obtained mainly from the first wave of the National Population Health Survey (NPHS). 10 We focused on the links between health status and the use of general practitioners (GPs). With these observations as a reference point, we projected the future size of the elderly population, their health status and what this might mean for health care utilization. ...

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• Support frees elderly from depression.
• Agnes Lam, a clinical psychologist with the Department of Health, told news. ... hk that the situation is alarming: An annual increase of more than 20% in the number of elderly depression cases has been recorded in recent years.
• Ms Lam said that elderly depression is more serious in Hong Kong than in other Western countries and she attributed the situation to cultural differences.
• However, our elderly - most are very traditional people - find it very difficult to accept this reality. ...
• Other causes of elderly depression include stress, an unhappy marriage, lack of social support and poor interpersonal skills.
• According to Ms Lam, elderly depression not only leads to neglect of health and hygiene but also to deliberate self-harm and suicide.
• Depression has been identified as a major psychological factor contributing to elderly suicide, she added.
• People taking care of the elderly should listen to them with patience and pay special attention to the underlying meaning of their words. ...
• Therefore, we should always take our elderly's words and problems seriously. ...
• "The elderly should learn how to cope with stress and changes, develop interests and hobbies, and equip themselves with effective communication skills.
• For further details of elderly depression, call the Department of Health's Elderly Health Services hotline 2121 8080 or visit its website. ...
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• Cabinet clash over elderly health care .
• A FEUD has erupted in the Scottish Cabinet over the Executiveâ ™s plans to offer free care for the elderly after a leading minister denounced the policy as deeply flawed. ...
• Mike Watson, the tourism, culture and sport minister, provoked the first major Cabinet clash under Jack McConnellâ ™s leadership by describing the flagship health initiative as "stupid" last week, according to informed sources. ...
• His intervention at last Wednesdayâ ™s Cabinet meeting infuriated health minister Malcolm Chisholm and came ahead of an expected announcement that implementation of the policy will be delayed. ...
• Several ministers harbour serious doubts about the long-term affordability of introducing free care for the elderly which was agreed to safeguard Labourâ ™s coalition with the Lib Dems. ...
• Mary Scanlon, the Scottish Conservative health spokeswoman, said opponents of free personal care inside the Executive must now accept that they have lost the political argument. ...
• "This latest row will hardly inspire confidence among elderly people in the greatest need. It is time for the Executive to stop wriggling over this important issue and implement free care for the elderly without delay. ...
• Elderly care plan stumbles over timing and funding (15-Jan-02).
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• Although alcohol and substance abuse is statistically at epidemic porportions among the elderly, it remains mostly unreported.
• Although the extent of alcoholism among the elderly is debated, the diagnosis and treatment of alcohol problems are likely to become increasingly important.
• When health professionals encounter patients who are having cognitive difficulties, such as impaired memory or reasoning ability, alcohol use may be the cause.
• Identifying Elderly Alcoholics.
• Less than half of alcoholics over 65 are diagnosed, a Penn State study has shown, because often the telltale signs of alcohol dependence are masked by patient denial and seeming good health.
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• 2% and by 2025 the elderly will constitute 8% of the total population. ...
• Population ageing has become a process of major concern in Sudan but the financial restrictions are retarding the process of enhancing the social and health situation of the elderly.
• Most health care facilities are concentrated in the center of the city while transport and treatment costs, drugs invariably have to be purchased. ...
• Family care remains the most realistic strategy for the elderly population in Sudan. ... Poverty and isolation are major risks affecting the elderly.
• However, national health policies in Sudan which had been established in 1999 had incorporated the issue of ageing and provided appropriate support mechanisms for older people in the mainstream of their social and economic planning as the elderly should be regarded as contributors to development and not as consumers. ...
• There is national committee dedicated to the care for the elderly. The elderly population receives health care from the existing Government health facilities and from private health care providers. ... No other social or economic benefits are available to the elderly population. Few non-governmental organizations provide public awareness about elderly.
• Priority should be given to the strengthening of the existing national health programmes aiming at provision of health care for the elderly, appropriate training of health personnel in the care of the elderly, and creating mass awareness of the needs of the elderly among political leaders, non-governmental organizations, religious bodies and the community leaders.
• As prevention is an important component of the concept of primary health care, major progress has been made in reducing infectious diseases and complications of geriatric diseases through health education and improvement of socioeconomic conditions. An important target groups for the programme were those elderly who are below poverty level who suffer from improper health care and poor health delivery.

• The information these studies provide will help HCFA to better its efforts to improve the quality of the health care services provided to Medicare beneficiaries.
• Many private health insurance plans also pay for the flu shot. ... You also may be able to get a flu shot from your local health department or from other health care providers.
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• Health statistics on the elderly including health status, life expectancy, leading cause of death, and percent of elderly with limited activity capability.
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• Elderly Consumers: Wired And Tapping Into Online Health Content .
• Less affluent and less well-educated, the elderly are nonetheless going online, and their use of Web-based health content means that healthcare firms must re-assess the Net as a means of serving these active customers. ...
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