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Current Geriatrics Reports, 2012

Nine percent (10.05 million) of the Mexican population is over 60 years old, with an annual growth during the last decade of close to 4 %, and a female aging pattern. Members of this group live predominantly in urban areas (74 %), are married or have a partner (60 %), and generally have very low levels of education. The principal causes of morbidity, based on official registers, are respiratory infections, peptic disease, hypertension and diabetes, However, other sources of health data show that 43 % of the elderly population had had at least one fall in the past year, and 43 % experienced symptoms of depression. In addition, 10 % were reported to have cognitive decline. The principal reported causes of mortality are diabetes, and cardiovascular and pulmonary diseases. Health services and users are divided according to the health institution that provides the service. There are three main providers: 1) social security institutions, 2) public services offered by the Ministry of Health, and 3) private sector providers. In 2008, the National Institute on Aging (INGER) was founded in Mexico. In the next five years the Institute will focus on development, operation and evaluation of the new elderly health care system and gerontological/geriatric education, with a strong evidence-based perspective. In addition, it will continue the development of biological, clinical, technological and biomedical research. Mexico should continue to build programs and policies with a humans rights perspective and oriented to the adaption of health care the addresses the needs of the elderly. Specifically, it should be focused on providing the elderly with primary care, education, and the resources to avoid functional dependency, and enhance active and healthy aging, as well as on increasing access to an adequate information system and specialized training for human resources that is dedicated to care for the elderly.

Aging is inevitable and the advancement of medicine is contributing to the longevity of people and with it a social achievement, however parallel to this scope there are already serious problems that have an impact on the quality of life of older adults. to be taken care of urgently. The present investigation has like objective analyze the relation of the main socioeconomic variables of the people of the third age and the well-being in this stage of the life. Conclusion: Of the 70 older adults interviewed, it was observed that 40% of men have a job, 48% are retired and 14.2 are retired, in the case of women 11.40% have a job, 17.14 % is retired and 51.3% is pensioned, being these situations their main source of income, in relation to education, despite the fact that 60% of women finish primary school, only 11.4% reach the undergraduate level, opposite situation in men to find that 40% finished primary and of these 26% becomes a professional, in terms of health was found that 86% of women and 50% of men suffer from one or more diseases.

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics, 2012

To determine the prevalence of disability in Basic Activities of Daily Living and Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (ADL and IADL, respectively), as well as associated factors in the Mexican community-dwelling elderly population. Materials and methods: This is a cross-sectional study of a population 60 years and older who live in the State of Jalisco (Mexico). A total of 2553 persons were assessed regarding their functional and health conditions. The ADL and IADL were classified as dependent and non-dependent, and crude and adjusted Odds Ratio (OR) were calculated. Results: Mean age of participants was 71.6 AE 8.7, 61.2% were women. A disability prevalence of 9.6% was found to perform ADL and of 31.5% for the IADL, 14.3% had cognitive impairment and 30.9% depression. Risk factors were found for dependence: being a woman, being !75 years old, low education level, having at least one chronic disease, cognitive impairment, depression, previous history of disability, and having been a lifelong housewife. Conclusions: Functional difficulties are common in Mexican elderly population. These data show key variables for functional disability risk. A better understanding of functional capabilities, as well as of risk factors older adults face every day provide us with a guide to devise a prevention plan, to implement adequate interventions, or to provide appropriate care.

The International Journal of Business & Management, 2019

Management of the Residence Prototype for the Happiness of Elderly People 1. Introduction United Nations (UN) assessed the world situation and reported that the year 2001-2100 will be the century of elderly people; it means there will be the populations aged 60 and above more than 10% of the number of world population (Sukhothai Thammathir at Open University, 2014). Thai population structure has been changed so fast in these 3-4 decades. Thailand has entered the aging society since 2000-2001 (Information and Communication Technology Center, 2014). The physical decay or depressed mind causes an effect on the happiness of elderly people. One factor that makes the elderly people happy is to realize their self esteem towards their family and society. In addition to the relationship in family, the elderly people also have neighbors; living together can make the elderly feel warm and not lonely. Regarding the challenges of elderly people to live happily, the residence is a vital factor affecting both physical and mental happiness. Pattern and style, and environment must contribute to the daily routine of the elderly. The residence management should prioritize the structure, decoration, arrangement, or the installation of equipment facilities to support the physical decay of the elderly people (Baania, 2017). The lower physical performance of elderly people goes inversely to the technology advance. Therefore, the residence management to suit the living of elderly people to support their self help and to reduce the accident is very important. Most elderly people did not want to migrate from their present house but would like to improve it to be in better conditions (Pathomkulvasarat, 2011). In addition, every residence has its communication system and modern appliances for convenience. However, most elderly people have less opportunity to learn and use the information technology than people in other age. In addition to the improvement of pattern and style, and environment to suit the living of the elderly people, nowadays there is the development of new health-care innovation that is easy to use at home. Furthermore, Thai elderly people will rely more on themselves; the advanced technology will be the supportive factor making the self-reliance of elderly people easier (

MOJ Gerontology & Geriatrics, 2019

This article is based on new population world tendencies in connection with aging statistics that show that the population in Colombia will increasingly be closer to old age in the future. It also rests on successful aging and resilience to propose entrepreneurial ideas in specialized services and entertainment activities for older adults.

THE ELDERLY AND THEIR LIFE PROJECTS: LITERATURE REVIEW (Atena Editora), 2023

With the increase in the elderly population, some measures need to be taken to ensure that they have quality of life and thus can continue to be part of society as active individuals. Innovations in care, health and leisure service platforms, allow you to continue with your projects, plans and dreams without losing the spark of living new experiences. We sought to identify the personal life projects of the elderly in different spaces of time. This is a literature review. Performed in the databases: Scielo (Scientific Electronic Library Online), LILACS (Latin American and Caribbean Literature in Health Sciences) and Pubmed (US National Library of Medicine), in Portuguese, English and Spanish. It resulted in 12 selected articles. The elderly who attend community centers are mostly women and these, since antiquity, have shown to be more careful with their health, their physical, psychological and emotional well-being. There is a need to attract elderly men to social movements, transform their routines, share memories, recreate new memories, create interpersonal bonds, perform physical activities, encourage cognitive stimuli with activities of cultivation, reading, among others, contributing so that they can have quality of life. The elderly population can be characterized into two groups: elderly people who would like to enjoy new events and those who believe that projects and new goals are for young people. Taking into account all these aspects, that aging is something natural and unique, varying from person to person, that life projects can exist more briefly, in a short or long period of time, being an individual choice and that depends on factors external factors, it is important that quality of life is offered and that investments are provided so that the elderly can continue actively to achieve personal, family and social goals.

International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health

Predictions for the upcoming decades suggest an increase in the number of elderly people in Europe; due to low fertility and the rise in average life expectancy, societies age considerably faster. The nature of these changes signifies that a complex demographic process is taking place. In consequence, one can notice an increase in the demand for personal and nursing care activities provided in the natural human environment, or in various institutions, by adequately prepared, specialized medical staff. Creating the best possible procedures for assisting elderly people is a multifaceted and dynamic problem. The constantly changing expectations regarding healthcare providers, and the higher social and health awareness are challenging medical sciences and social services to provide the oldest generation with the best quality of life. The life satisfaction measure for elderly people is their activity which determines an independent, self-reliant, satisfactory, and long life.

2018

Background: Older adults perform self-care activities based on common knowledge, which should be valued by the nursing team. Objectives: To describe and analyze the self-care behaviors of older adults in a Mexican population. Methodology: Qualitative ethnographic study, using Leininger’s qualitative research method. Results: Seventeen older adults were interviewed. Te analysis resulted in 4 explanatory patterns: 1) I keep my peace of mind through what I think, feel, and believe; 2) I watch my diet and pay attention not only to what I eat but also how I eat it; 3) Staying busy is what keeps me going; 4) and Seeking help and helping myself. Te following risk behaviors were identifed: Postponing medical care; Self-medication; and Food-related beliefs. Conclusion: Identifying older adults’ reported behaviors would contribute to the planning of culturally-sensitive nursing interventions.Marco contextual: Los adultos mayores realizan prácticas de autocuidado con base en sus saberes popul...

The necessity of welfare facilities for the elderly has been emphasized continuously with the aging of society and a deficiency of awareness of the need to support elderly.

Lecture Notes in Bioengineering, 2021

The loss of functionality in aging process is a concern nowadays. We proposed to perform the diagnosis of the functionality of institutionalized elderly people in Portalegre city. We developed a quantitative, descriptive and transversal study with the application of three evaluation instruments (Elderly Nursing Core Set, Mini-Mental State Examination and Blessed Dementia Scale (BDS)). The sample consisted of 89 elderly people, with an average age of 86.6 years-old, most of them are female (71.9%), widowed (77,5%) and illiterate (51.7%). The average of years of institutionalization was 3.5. 45.3% showed cognitive deterioration, and 50% showed moderate to severe deficits on the BDS. It was also found that 7% of the older people had low weight and 79.4% were overweight. It was also found that 7% of them had low weight and 79.4% were overweight. 37% reported they have pain and more than 52% presented moderate to complete disability in daily life activities such as walking, washing, caring for body parts, excretion processes and dressing. However, less than 26% presented some deficiency in eating. Regarding environmental factors 88% of the elderly people reported having some kind of support from family and friends. We concluded that the sample presents functional deficits, including considered cognitive deficiencies, requiring intervention. Considering that the evaluation presented here was made before the pandemic period caused by Covid-19, it is important to re-evaluate this sample after the restrictions of social conviviality to assess the effect of the pandemic on functionality and rethink the model of care for the institutionalized elderly people.