articles from global aging
From Global Aging
UK: Too Many Elderly Left in Pain (October 22, 2006)
A UK survey revealed how medical teams fail to manage
chronic pain for a
large number of elderly people. To tackle such elder
neglect, the article
calls on the British government to take the lead with a
public awareness
campaign about elder pain. This would be an efficient first
step.
http://www.globalaging.org/elderrights/world/2006/leftinpain.htm
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Scotland: Seventy-Nine Percent of Carers Use Humor to Cope,
but Thirty
Percent Say their Emotional Well-Being Has Suffered
(November 1, 2006)
A recent study revealed that health and social care
professionals receive
more satisfaction from the quality of care they provide
when they use humor
and holistic approaches along with practical solutions to
problems. Alison
Jarvis, a nurse researcher, conducted the study in a
Scottish practice
comprised of five family doctors and 5,000 registered
adults aged 16 or
over. According to Jarvis, "This study shows that it is the
invisible
consequences of care giving, such as family tensions and
lack of time, that
seem to be most stressful, even at an early stage…These
chronic stress
factors may accumulate and the last stressor, which may
appear to be
relatively minor, could trigger a crisis."
http://www.globalaging.org/health/world/2006/humor.htm
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Chile: Relationship among Older Couples: Experience and
Liberty over Time
Improves Sex Life (October 23, 2006)
(Article in Spanish)
When does a sexual life end? Certainly not when you become
old! Contrary to
popular belief that sex life deteriorates as one gets
older, it does not
cease to exist. In fact, life in bed gets better over time!
This article
develops this idea and gives some wonderful advice on how
to make the most
of it!
http://www.globalaging.org/health/world/2006/sexexperience.htm
