Falls older person

It is commonly heard today that 60 is the new 40, and, undoubtedly, many older persons would bristle to be considered disabled. Indeed, as the oldest baby boomers (those born in the mid-1940s) embrace healthy lifestyles and benefit from improved medical advances, there no longer is reason to consider every older person as actually or potentially disabled. However, the map to the fountain of youth as yet remains undiscovered. As our bodies and minds age, they increasingly fall to disabling conditions. About 55% of the nation s 10 million blind or visually impaired people are 65 years or older. By the time anyone reaches the age of 85, the chance that he or she will have a severe disability is nearly 50 %. There... 

Brummel-Smith, K. 1990. Falls and instability in the older person. In B. Kemp, Brummel Smith, K., and Ramsdell, J. (Eds.), Geriatric Rehabilitation. Boston College-Hill Publishers, pp. 193-208. 

It is estimated that RLS affects up to 10% of the population in North America and Europe. In Japan, India, and Singapore, the rates of incidence are much lower, suggesting that ethnic factors may play a role in the disorder. RLS also tends to run in families, suggesting a genetic basis. RLS affects males and females alike, and the symptoms seem to get worse as the person grows older. Pregnancy and hormonal changes also make the symptoms of RLS worse. The severity of the symptoms can rise and fall over time and may even occasionally temporarily disappear. 

The cost involving treatment of falls is stagger-including costs for hospitalization and acute care, rehabilitation, and institutionalization, if necessary. It has been estimated that falls cost 12.6 billion in lifetime expenses for persons older than 65 years of age. There is also a tremendous emotional impact on... 

Of the several Legionella spp. known to cause pneumonia in humans, L. pneumophila is by far the most important and accounts for 2% to 15% of all community-acquired pneumonias in North America and Emope. Legionella is a water and soil organism and most probably is transmitted by the inhalation of aerosols containing the organism or by microaspiration of contaminated water. Outbreaks of illness caused by L pneumophila have been finked to excavation sites and to contaminated water from air conditioners and showers. Person-to-person transmission has not been demonstrated. In addition to epidemics, L. pneumophila causes sporadic illness that peaks in summer and fall. Individuals who are male, middle-aged or older, immunocompromised, chronic bronchitics, or cigarette smokers are at increased risk. 

A generator s hazardous waste must be evaluated to decide if it may be exempt from being considered a hazardous waste or, if not, if it is a listed waste, as defined above, or meets any of the criteria for a hazardous waste. A large percentage of laboratory wastes are likely to fall under one of these provisions and must be treated as a hazardous waste. A major problem with many chemicals produced by laboratory activities, as opposed to chemicals that are purchased, is that they are insufficiently identified. The identity of the chemical in a bottle, for example, labeled solution A may have been known perfectly well by the individual who labeled it at the time the label was affixed to the bottle, but even this person may not recall the contents several months later. As often happens, the chemical is an orphan left behind by a departed graduate student or employee, in which case the identity of the contents may be even more uncertain. Commercial waste disposal firms will normally not accept these unknown containers until they are characterized. Other examples of unknown chemicals which also must be identified are older containers that have lost their labels or whose labels may have become damaged so that the contents cannot be determined. In all cases of unknowns, there is a certain amount of risk... 

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