Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Preface
Chapter 1. Generating a Model of Quality of Life for Older Nursing Home Residents in Lebanon: A Grounded Theory Study
(Marina Gharibian Adra, John Hopton and John Keady, Clinical Assistant Professor, Rafic Hariri School of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon, and others)
Chapter 2. Indoor Environments and Elderly Health
(Ana Mendes, Armanda Teixeira-Gomes, Solange Costa, Blanca Laffon, Joana Madureira, João Paulo Teixeira, EPIUnit – Instituto de Saúde Pública, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal, and others)
Chapter 3. Real World, Large Scale IoT Systems for Community Eldercare: Experiences and Lessons Learned
(Alvin Valera, PhD, Pius Lee, Hwee-Pink Tan, PhD, Hwee-Xian Tan, PhD, Huiguang Liang, PhD, School of Computer Science and Engineering, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand, and others)
Chapter 4. The Developing Situation of China’s Hospice Care and New Attempts in Recent Years
(Qiu-Si Huang and Yi-Fang Wang, Institute of Medical Humanities, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing, China)
Chapter 5. Frailty Syndrome: An Emergent Concern of Unknown Causes
(Bruna Lage, Armanda Teixeira-Gomes, Ana Mendes, Vanessa Valdiglesias, João Paulo Teixeira, Solange Costa, Environmental Health Department, National Institute of Health, Rua Alexandre Herculano, Porto, Portugal, and others)
Chapter 6. Fractured Ribs in the Elderly
(Tarik Wasfie, MD, Avery Jackson, MD, and Brian Shapiro, MD, Department of Trauma Surgery-Genesys Regional Medical Center, Grand Blanc, MI, US)
Chapter 7. Factors Associated with Adverse Drug Events That Produce Hospital Admissions in the Elderly: A Case-Control Study
(Ana Fajreldines, Silvana Cesaroni, Jorge Insua, Eduardo Schnitzler, Marcelo Pellizzari, Hospital Universitario Austral, Buenos Aires, Argentina, and others)
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