The association between specific nurse case management interventions and elder health
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A study showing that frail elderly persons in community-dwelling receiving specific coping assistance show better functional abilities despite lower general, mental and emotional health conditions is presented. The results prove that nurse case management interventions have positive effects on functional abilities of older people.
Publication Name: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Subject: Seniors
ISSN: 0002-8614
Year: 2005
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Cariogenic bacteria and caries risk in elderly Japanese aged 80 and older with at least 20 teeth
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A study on relationship between caries risk and presence of oral cariogenic bacteria in 80 years Japanese old people with 20 teeth is presented.
Publication Name: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Subject: Seniors
ISSN: 0002-8614
Year: 2006
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The epidemiology of bathing disability in older persons
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A cohort study on relationship between bathing disability in elderly and other daily living activities is presented.
Publication Name: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Subject: Seniors
ISSN: 0002-8614
Year: 2006
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