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Author: HYBELS Celia; et al.;

Title: The complex association between religious activities and functional limitations in older adults.

Reference: Gerontologist, 52(5), October 2012, pp.676-685.

Format: article;

Topics: activities of daily living; mobility; older people; religions; religious beliefs; research; United States;

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Author: DOUGLAS Graeme; et al.;

Title: Evaluating the use of the ICF as a framework for interviewing people with a visual impairment about their mobility and travel.

Reference: British Journal of Visual Impairment, 30(1), January 2012, pp.6-21.

Format: article;

Topics: instruments; interviewing; interviews; mobility; transport; user views; visual impairment; research; United Kingdom;

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Author: LINDOP Fiona;

Title: Helping a person with Parkinson's to move.

Reference: Nursing and Residential Care, 13(10), October 2011, pp.484-486.

Format: article;

Topics: activities of daily living; mobility; Parkinsons disease; physical exercise; practice;

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Author: EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT. Committee on Employment and Social Affairs;

Title: Report on mobility and inclusion of people with disabilities and the European disability strategy 2010-2020 (2010/2272(INI))

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Publisher: Brussels: European Parliament, 2011. 44p.

Format: book;

Topics: disabled people; employment; equal opportunities; European Union; human rights; learning disabilities; mobility; policy; sensory impairments; social inclusion; Europe;

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Editor(s): WAHL Hans-Werner; et al.; (eds.);

Title: The many faces of health, competence and well-being in old age: integrating epidemiological, psychological and social perspectives

Publisher: Dordrecht: Springer, 2006. 267p.

Format: book;

Topics: activities of daily living; ageing; health; mobility; multidisciplinary services; older people; quality of life; self care; social policy; research review;

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Author: QUINN T. J.; et al.;

Title: Functional assessment in older people.

Reference: British Medical Journal, 3.9.11, pp.469-473.

Format: article;

Topics: activities of daily living; assessment; mobility; older people; screening; practice;

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Author: SAUERBERGER Dona;

Title: Independence without sight or sound: suggestions for practitioners working with deaf-blind adults

Publisher: New York: AFB Press, 1993. 194p., bibliog.

Format: book;

Topics: communication skills; deaf blindness; empowerment; independent living; mobility; practice; United States; care professionals;

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Author: KING M. Denise; et al.;

Title: Decoding the Miss Daisy syndrome: an examination of subjective responses to mobility change.

Reference: Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 54(1), January 2011, pp.29-52.

Format: article;

Topics: ageing; attitudes; mobility; mobility impairment; older people; transport; research; United States;

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Author: ZIEGLER Friederike; SCHWANEN Tim;

Title: ‘I like to go out to be energised by different people’: an exploratory analysis of mobility and wellbeing in later life.

Reference: Ageing and Society, 31(5), July 2011, pp.758-781.

Format: article;

Topics: attitudes; independence; mental health; mobility; older people; quality of life; social inclusion; wellbeing; research; England;

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Author: MOLLENKOPF Heidrun; HIEBER Annette; WAHL Hans-Werner;

Title: Continuity and change in older adults' perceptions of out-of-home mobility over ten years: a qualitative–quantitative approach.

Reference: Ageing and Society, 31(5), July 2011, pp.782-802.

Format: article;

Topics: ageing; attitudes; independence; independent living; mobility; older people; quality of life; research; Germany;

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Author: SHOVAL Noam; et al.;

Title: Use of the global positioning system to measure the out-of-home mobility of older adults with differing cognitive functioning.

Reference: Ageing and Society, 31(5), July 2011, pp.849-869.

Format: article;

Topics: assistive technology; cognitive impairment; instruments; mobility; older people; research; Israel;

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Author: MURPHY Pamela Ford; et al.;

Title: Longitudinal analysis of differential effects on agitation of a therapeutic wander garden for dementia patients based on ambulation ability.

Reference: Dementia, 9(3), August 2010, pp.355-373.

Format: article;

Topics: anxiety; behaviour problems; building design; dementia; leisure activities; mobility; older people; wandering; research; United States;

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Author: MUHAIDAT Jennifer; et al.;

Title: Older adults' experiences and perceptions of dual tasking.

Reference: British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 73(9), September 2010, pp.405-412.

Format: article;

Topics: activities of daily living; mobility; occupational therapy; older people; risk; research; United Kingdom;

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Author: DUNK Barbara; LONGMAN Brian; NEWTON Liz;

Title: GPS technologies in managing the risks associated with safer walking in people with dementia - a practical perspective.

Reference: Journal of Assistive Technologies, 4(3), September 2010, pp.4-8

Format: article;

Topics: assistive technology; carers; dementia; mobility; older people; practice; England;

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Author: WEBBER Sandra C.; PORTER Michelle M.; MENEC Verena H.;

Title: Mobility in older adults: a comprehensive framework.

Reference: Gerontologist, 50(4), August 2010, pp.443-450.

Format: article;

Topics: independent living; mobility; mobility impairment; older people; quality of life; transport; Canada;

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Author: PALGI Yuval; SHMOTKIN Dov;

Title: The predicament of time near the end of life: time perspective trajectories of life satisfaction among the old-old.

Reference: Aging and Mental Health, 14(5), July 2010, pp.577-586.

Format: article;

Topics: depression; health; mental health; mobility; quality of life; very old people; research; Israel;

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Author: SMITH Lorraine N.; et al.;

Title: Rehabilitation of patients with stroke: summary of SIGN guidance.

Reference: British Medical Journal, 19.6.10, pp.1356-1358.

Format: article;

Topics: activities of daily living; assessment; community care; good practice; mobility; patient discharge; rehabilitation; stroke; practice; Scotland;

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Author: MUSSELWHITE Charles; HADDA Hebba;

Title: Mobility, accessibility and quality of later life.

Reference: Quality in Ageing and Older Adults, 11(1), March 2010, pp.25-36.

Format: article;

Topics: activities of daily living; independence; mobility; older people; quality of life; self-esteem; transport; research; United Kingdom;

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Author: LEONARD Clare;

Title: Treating the person, not dementia.

Reference: Working with Older People, 14(1), March 2010, pp.16-18.

Format: article;

Topics: dementia; life story work; mobility; older people; pain; physical exercise; service users; practice; care professionals;

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Author: KWOK Timothy C. Y.; et al.;

Title: Getting lost in the community: a phone survey on the community-dwelling demented people in Hong Kong.

Reference: International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 25(4), April 2010, pp.427-432.

Format: article;

Topics: behaviour; carers; dementia; mobility; older people; risk; stress; wandering; research; Hong Kong;

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