Health-related Quality of Life of Older Women Religious: Negative Influence of Frailty.

The purpose of the current study was to describe the health-related quality of life (HRQOL) of older women religious (WR) and examine variables that may influence HRQOL.The sample consisted of WR, 65 years or older, living in the Cleveland Catholic Diocese. The participants completed a medical history, body-mass index (BMI) and blood pressure measurement, and self-report measures of HRQOL, frailty, social support, resilience, and depression.

Health and Daily Functioning of Older Women Religious.

Objectives: Women religious in the United States are aging as a population. These women live in a communal setting, eat from the same kitchen, are nulliparous, and have similar access to healthcare. The purpose of this study was to examine the general health and health practices of a modern sample of older women religious.

A nurse-managed advocacy clinic in a Hispanic senior center: using a concept-based clinical practice site to enhance nursing education.

A nurse-managed advocacy clinic for vulnerable, low-income, non-English-speaking elderly Hispanic men and women was developed at a neighborhood community center as a clinical site for senior baccalaureate nursing students. In the clinic's 5 years of operation, nursing students and faculty provided health screenings and education as well as referrals to primary care providers, landlords, pharmacies, and social workers. In doing so, nursing students were introduced to the concept of patient advocacy in a real-world experiential clinical setting, providing an effective link between theoretical knowledge discussed in the classroom and professional nursing practice.

The stochastic modelling of kleptoparasitism using a Markov process.

Kleptoparasitism, the stealing of food items from other animals, is a common behaviour observed across a huge variety of species, and has been subjected to significant modelling effort. Most such modelling has been deterministic, effectively assuming an infinite population, although recently some important stochastic models have been developed. In particular the model of Yates and Broom (Stochastic models of kleptoparasitism.