Older homebound women's perceived risk of being unable to reach help quickly: Influence of situations involving age‐peers

EJ Porter, S Lasiter - Research in nursing & health, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
The purpose of this facet of a longitudinal descriptive phenomenological study of the
experience of reaching help quickly for older homebound women was to explore the …

Close-calls that older homebound women handled without help while alone at home

EJ Porter, MS Markham - Issues in health and health care related to …, 2012 - emerald.com
Although competence to live alone is typically associated with measures of activities of daily
living, such measures fail to capture problematic situations that older people face in daily …

[PDF][PDF] Developing an evidence-based system to facilitate the predictive assessment and optimisation of older adults with cancer

GAG McKenzie - 2021 - hull-repository.worktribe.com
Introduction: Older adults with cancer have worse outcomes than their younger counterparts,
including higher postoperative complications, chemotherapy toxicity and treatment …

" That's something I should have": Community-dwelling older adults' perceptions of personal emergency response systems (PERSs)

S Rana - 2016 - search.proquest.com
With increases in longevity, older adults are using technology to promote independence
and" aging in place" for longer periods of time. Personal Emergency Response Systems …