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The Transition from Employment to Retirement: The Role of Counseling and Guidance. A Phenomenological Approach.

The present study aims to present the phenomenon of transition from work to retirement and the experience of people experiencing it due to their resulting reclassification. The interviews were analyzed by the phenomenological method. In the end, there is a

Obesity in the Third Age.

The aim of this work was to study the degree of obesity of the older population in Attica by gender, age, level of education and occupation in order to assess their health status.The results indicated increased risk of obesity related

The course of cognitive and executive functions in the most common types of dementia

Objectives:The main aim of the study was to estimate the course of cognitiveand the executive abilities in mild cognitive impairment and in patients with different types of dementia. An additional purpose was to longitudinally evaluate the potential association of educational

Water Intake in the elderly in relation to social capital and the degree of adherence to the Mediterranean Diet .

The purpose of the current study was the evaluation-through specific questionnaires- of water and fluid intake of Greek older adults, in relation to social capital and the degree of adherence to the Mediterranean Diet according to sex, place of residence

The protection of the third age in Greece and the other countries of the European Union: past, present and future.

This work was written with a double purpose. First, to study the social protection frameworks for the their age as far as our country and other EU countries are concerned, because Greece is part of a wider framework of political,

Electrophysiological study of sleep in patients with mild cognitive impairment

In this study comparative data on sleep and its features (macro- and microstructure, presence of sleep disorders) of cognitive impaired patients (predementia/dementia forms) and age and sex-matched healthy controls, are presented; the overall aim is to assess possible biomarkers of

Older People and Vitamin D.

This paper focuses the reader’s interest on the importance of vitamin availability and the desired levels especially those of the third age. The first chapter refers to older people in the sense that it analyzes thoroughly the problems as well

Treating acute myeloid leukemia (AML) in older people : theretical and clinical approaches

Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is a hematologic clonal disorder that afflicts mainly older adults, with a median age at diagnosis of 67 years. The optimal induction treatment of AML in the clinically and biologically heterogeneous group of older patients is

Satisfaction and anxiety amongst older people and workers In private and public institutions of the Municipality of Limassol-Cyprus

This research focuses its attention on older people residing in nursing homes as well as staff concerned with care for this vulnerable social group. Emphasis is given through scientificmethods on the degree of satisfaction experienced by the elderly in private

Spa tourism

Older people are those mainly involved with health tourism, healing tourism or therapy as it is called. Thermal tourism has flourished in Greece in recent years, and the country is rich in thermal springs. With the significant numbers of older