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Emerging identities through an examination of conversational narratives of older men and women”.

The aim of this work is to negotiate and analyze emerging identities by examining the conversational narratives of dialect speaking older men and women. The aim is to highlight the narrative strategies used by both women and men in the

THE EFFECT OF NUTRITION ON DEVELOPMENT OF OSTEOPOROSIS: THE ROLE OF THE NURSE

The purpose of this paper is to provide nursing staff and especially those involved in osteoporosis patients with all the necessary information and new data on the disease, especially in relation to nutrition, aiming at prevention and improvement of both

Treatment and promotion of menopausal health.

The main aim of this dissertation is to analyze the concept of menopause in a woman’s life as it is a big and critical part of her, particularity how to deal with it as smoothly as possible in many and

Alzheimer type Dementia, an approach from Physiotherapy

Η συγκεκριμένη πτυχιακή εργασία εστιάζει στις φυσικοθεραπευτικές αξιολογήσεις των ασθενών με άνοια καθώς και στη δόμηση προγραμμάτων ασκήσεων φυσικοθεραπείας σε κάθε στάδιο της νόσου.

Dementia and depression in older people. The intervention of GP’s in primary health care

Dementia and depression are very common disorders among elderly people and result in the diminution of the well being of the aged and their familiesAim: The assessment of the magnitude of dementia and depression among older people living in different

Dementia and Quality of life in the third age

Dementia is one of the greatest medical and social challenges of our time. In Greece alone it is estimated that there are more than 140,000 patients with dementia. This number is expected to increase further in the coming years due

Assessing the quality of life, the fear of falling and physical activity amongst older people with hip fractures after falling

The aim of this study was to register the effect of a history of falls and hip fracture as a consequenceof a fall, on the quality of life, the fear of falling and in physical activity in the third age.

Assessment of trabecular and cortical bone properties in postmenopausal women: p-QCT as a tool for the diagnosis of osteoporosis

The purpose of the study was to evaluate the relative changes in cortical and spongial bone in a population of postmenopausal women (50-75 years) by peripheral quantitative computed tomography. A further aim of the study was to observe all other

An evaluation of nursing education in Greece and Cyprus in relation to the care of older people

Demographic changes as well as issues associated with ageing have created new challenges and obligations for health services around the world, including Greece and Cyprus. Nurses’ involvement in the care of older people is central and nursing adopts modern and

Alzheimer’s and the role of the nurse.

This paper describes analytically Alzheimer’s and its effect on the nurse’s role in approaching both hospital and home settings.