Browsing School of Medicine (Sch. of Med.) Collections by Subject "Elderly people"
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Psychiatric disorders among the elderly on non-psychiatric wards in an African setting
(International Psychogeriatrics, 2007)Background: The elderly are vulnerable to illness and particularly to psychiatric illness. Many mentally ill elderly patients end up on non-psychiatric wards owing to somatization of their illnesses. Even for these ... -
Sticks and wheelchairs for elderly people in central Uganda: values of utility, provenance and presentation
(Cambridge University Press, 2022)While mobility-assistive devices ease movement and independence of persons with disabilities, their use may depend on their social and symbolic meaning. This article departs from our observation that elderly people in ...