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Older adults have been referred to as "the core business of healthcare" by gerontological nursing experts. [17] [18] Population aging and the complexity of health care needs of some older adults means that older adults are more likely than younger people to use health care services. [13] In many settings, the majority of patients are older adults.
An old man at a nursing home in Norway. Elderly care, or simply eldercare (also known in parts of the English-speaking world as aged care), serves the needs of old adults.It encompasses assisted living, adult daycare, long-term care, nursing homes (often called residential care), hospice care, and home care.
Relative to the Census 2000, all geographic regions demonstrated positive growth in the population of adults aged 65 years and older and 85 years and older. The most rapid growth in the population of adults aged 65 years and older was evident in the West (23.5%), which showed an increase from 6.9 million in 2000 to 8.5 million in 2010.
The use of this strategy has shown to improve the efficiency of care, patient-doctor communication, treatment compliance, health outcomes, and decrease overall health care utilization. [1] Through improved access to personalized information, patient participation, and emotional support, online health communities promote patient centered care ...
Elder abuse (also called elder mistreatment, senior abuse, abuse in later life, abuse of older adults, abuse of older women, and abuse of older men) is a single or repeated act, or lack of appropriate action, occurring within any relationship where there is an expectation of trust, which causes harm or distress to an older person. [1]
[64] In "Muted groups in health communication policy and practice: The case of older adults in rural and frontier areas", Deborah Ballard-Reisch examines how and why elderly populations in the rural areas of Nevada and Kansas are considered muted health communication groups. Ageism intertwines with other muted elements that contribute to the ...
Some disciplines and domains focus on the aging and the aged, such as the organic processes of aging , [3] medical studies of the aging process (gerontology), [4] diseases that afflict older adults , [5] technology to support the aging society (gerontechnology), and leisure and sport activities adapted to older people (such as senior sport).
Telehealth is sometimes discussed interchangeably with telemedicine, the latter being more common than the former. The Health Resources and Services Administration distinguishes telehealth from telemedicine in its scope, defining telemedicine only as describing remote clinical services, such as diagnosis and monitoring, while telehealth includes preventative, promotive, and curative care ...