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Older Adults, Aging, and Nutrition: A Summary Note.
This research study explores the issue of nutrition among older adults. The first part of this study provides background data on the population and aging: demographic and socioeconomic...
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Visual Impairment and Health: What Are the Specific Issues?
This article presents the main findings of a qualitative study conducted under an agreement between INPES and CNSA. Healthcare and social services professionals, representatives of...
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Alma: Listening to the Plight of Elderly Victims of Abuse.
The Alma association has established fifty-two "counseling centers" across France to assist elderly and disabled people who are victims of abuse. Alma is working to break the code of...
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To help the public distinguish between mental health issues and violence.
Contrary to popular belief, people with mental health disorders are more often victims than perpetrators of violence. The stereotype that mental illness is dangerous remains deeply...
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People aged 60 to 75 are just as happy as younger people.
Contrary to a deeply ingrained societal perception, the majority of people aged 60 to 75 believe they have a good quality of life, just as good as that of younger generations (aged...
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Pictograms to help patients communicate with their caregivers.
The Assistance publique-Hôpitaux de Paris has created 150 pictograms to help patients with severe communication difficulties interact with healthcare providers. Healthcare providers use...
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A visual guide to preventing medication errors.
The Visual Prescription is unique in that it was developed by users in collaboration with professionals at a community center. It enables people who have difficulty reading and/or...
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A city in Quebec is creating public awareness posters featuring people with intellectual disabilities.
In Gatineau, Quebec, people with intellectual disabilities selected the words and images that would help them connect with the messages conveyed by public health posters.
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Urinary incontinence: fatalism is no longer an option.
Article produced by the Ondine Association, which provides information and treatments to prevent and treat urinary incontinence.
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Existential angst: endure it or break free from it.
This issue of *La Santé de l'Homme* provides an overview of contemporary manifestations of the malaise of modern life; it analyzes their consequences and suggests ways to overcome them.