elderly individual
collocation in Englishmeaningsofelderlyandindividual
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elderly
adjective
uk/ˈel.dəl.i/us/ˈel.dɚ.li/
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individual
noun[C]
uk/ˌɪn.dɪˈvɪdʒ.u.əl/us/ˌɪn.dəˈvɪdʒ.u.əl/
a single person or thing, especially when compared to the group or set to which ...
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(Definition ofelderlyandindividualfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Instead of anticipating mastery, theelderlyindividualsuspects its loss, taking an opposite "fictional direction" than does the child.
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Many studies have shown that when the elderly are exposed to bright white light, theelderlyindividualsaw improved sleep efficiency.
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The relationship between mental status, behavioural and physical health is even more fragile in demented than in non-demented elderly individuals.
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We saw above that the number of elderly individuals who depended on poor relief increased over the course of the eighteenth century.
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A number of these factors may also affect cognitive test performance in elderly individuals with psychotic symptoms.
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The assessment of preference weights for well, frail, and ill elderly individuals is necessary to evaluate potential differences for these populations.
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On the other hand, having distant parents does not seem to have played any role in an elderly individual's mortality expectations.
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Thirdly, a holistic approach in palliation necessitates a careful consideration of whether what is offered is truly patient-centred and can match the elderly individual's needs.
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A comparison of the care giving networks of dependent elderly individuals who are lucid and those who are demented.
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It is important to know whether encouraging elderly individuals to increase their levels of physical activity is safe and worthwhile.
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Alternatively, hypoactive delirium may be misdiagnosed as depression in elderly individuals.
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For example, the dynamic relationship between incomes and transfers is not well understood in relation to elderly individuals and their families.
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For example the equivalent dose of diazepam in anelderlyindividualon lorazepam may be up to half of what would be expected in a younger individual.
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Finally, we assume that elderly individuals are overrepresented in our data, which the court compiled shortly after a death.
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However, detrusor overactivity is present in up to half of continent elderly individuals.
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Relying solely on self-report information is problematic for the present application, because it is not available for elderly individuals with dementia.
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About two-thirds of elderly individuals and couples responded to the property question.
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Environmental and behavioural circumstances associated with falls at home among healthy elderly individuals.
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