Sentence examples for elder friendly from inspiring English sources

Elder friendly ALC units have been described in the literature [ 21].

This investigation also identified the need for psychogeriatric services or psychiatric consult services within elder friendly acute units.

Data on the efficacy of trospium, often touted as elder friendly due to its propensity not being able to cross the blood brain barrier [ 46 ] and its lack of drug drug interactions [ 47 ] are notably lacking; this may have hampered its FORTA rating.

"This isn't just elder-friendly," said Mr. Blades, 83, of Dunedin.

There have also been advances in medicine, so that even as more elder-friendly jobs in the service sector appear, more people are healthy enough to fill them.

A city that wins approval will be permitted to post signs proclaiming itself elder-friendly and receive promotional support from the state.

Urban planners, mindful that most Americans live in sprawling, car-reliant suburbs, are designing more elder-friendly, walkable communities, far from "real" cities. Houses and apartments are built around village greens, with pockets of commerce instead of distant strip malls.

"Once you explain the concept to people -- that the whole purpose is to allow elders to remain in their homes with dignity, security and purpose in an elder-friendly environment -- then it makes sense for a community to begin to prepare," said Peg Cummings, Dunedin's coordinator.

The GMU consisted of a five-bed unit with a specific elder-friendly room design and lower staff patient ratios.

We hypothesize that specific Elder-friendly Approaches to the Surgical Environment (EASE) interventions will similarly improve health outcomes in a cost-effective manner.

Elder-friendly practices such as comfort rounds, performed every 2 h by the nursing staff to address unmet care needs, mobility, nutrition, pain management, and prevention of falls and delirium.