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2.7 million people in Ukraine (6% [1]) were reported having a disability in 2014. [2] This number did not include the (reportedly) 1.5% of people with temporary disabilities. [2] In 2014, 35% of people aged 60–70 had some age-related disability. For people aged over 80 years, this number grew to 50%. [2] Ukraine is notoriously "disability ...
In a 2015 study published in Age and Ageing, 37% of men and women age 65 and older admitted to the emergency room presented with dehydration. Researchers found that, across the board, the patients ...
2.7 million people in Ukraine (6% [11]) were reported as having a disability in 2014. [12] This number did not include the (reportedly) 1.5% of people with temporary disabilities. [12] In 2014, 35% of people aged 60–70 had some age-related disability. For people aged over 80 years, this number grew to 50%. [12]
Chronic dehydration, such as from physically demanding jobs or decreased thirst, can lead to chronic kidney disease. [51] Elderly people with dehydration are at higher risk of confusion, urinary tract infections, falls, and even delayed wound healing. [52] In children with mild to moderate dehydration, oral hydration is adequate for a full ...
Older women are more likely to be disabled than younger women. [23] The most common disability affecting elderly women worldwide is osteoarthritis. [52] Older women who have disabilities that affect their mobility are at risk of losing contact with their communities and may experience degraded life outcomes associated as a result. [53]
Around 100,000 Ukrainian civilians, including the elderly and children, have been mobilized to bolster the country's active military. Around 100,000 Ukrainian civilians, including the elderly and ...
Photojournalist Paula Bronstein went behind the lines of the war in Ukraine, turning her lens on the plight of the elderly.
Even hot water is a problem. Charitable donations are needed to buy even basic medicines or fuel needed to visit patients. [3] Although some companies (in their collective agreement) supply their employees insurance medicine [4] Ukraine doesn't. But it is making a switch to insurance medicine, a transformation that will start in 2017 and will ...