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At present, with the continuous development of the trend of population aging worldwide, more elderly people are increasingly facing serious life disorders caused by physical and mental disability. In this study, the common symptoms and the nursing practice related to diseases of the disabled elderly are reviewed with reference to the basic concepts of disability care and the current situation of domestic and foreign research, which is expected to provide the basis for the construction of a new model of disability nursing.

Medical care and clinical practice for disabled elderly

Frontiers of Nursing

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At present, with the continuous development of the trend of population aging worldwide, more elderly people are increasingly facing serious life disorders...

Medical care and clinical practice for disabled elderly

Article Category: Review article

Publicado en línea: 26 mar 2018

Páginas: 7 - 16

Recibido: 12 jul 2017

Aceptado: 27 nov 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/fon-2018-0002

Palabras clave
disability, elderly, disability care, clinical practice, symptoms, disease

© 2018 Shanxi Medical Periodical Press

This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License, which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Medical care and clinical practice for disabled elderly

Article Category: Review article

Publicado en línea: 26 mar 2018

Páginas: 7 - 16

Recibido: 12 jul 2017

Aceptado: 27 nov 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/fon-2018-0002

Palabras clavedisability, elderly, disability care, clinical practice, symptoms, disease

© 2018 Shanxi Medical Periodical Press

This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License, which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Palabras clave
disability, elderly, disability care, clinical practice, symptoms, disease