Sentence examples for common elderly from inspiring English sources

Informants said that it was important that the professional interpreters saw their role as including competence in the most common elderly illnesses and asking healthcare professionals to clarify the terminology, paraphrase or use simple Swedish language if they did not understand.

In Finland, however, smoking is more common in elderly men than in elderly women [ 16].

Widespread/concurrent MSK pain is very common among elderly people, affecting every second or third elderly person.

OBJECTIVES: Medical comorbidity is common in elderly patients with depression, however the difference between depressed and non-depressed elderly populations is not well established.

Dry mouth is common in elderly patients.

Malposition of the lid is common in elderly people.

Depressive symptoms are common in elderly with cerebral small vessel disease (SVD).

Postoperative delirium (POD) and postoperative cognitive decline (POCD) are common in elderly patients.

Sleep disordered breathing (SDB), cardiovascular disease (CVD) and impaired cardiac function are common in elderly people.

Chronic subdural hematomas develop over days to several weeks and are common in elderly individuals.

Diastolic dysfunction is common in elderly patients, but the influence of advanced age on vortex formation is unknown.