Syfte: Många av SABOs typhus, kombohusen, har en majoritet av hyresgäster över 65 år. Detta var inte planerat vid utformning av bostadshusen utan tanken var att bygga ett flerbostadshus till ett lågt pris. Därför kan kombohusen sakna produkter och utformning som äldre hyresgäster behöver. Ett kombohus kan se olika ut men det de har gemensamt är att de är upphandlade av SABO och kan avropas av deras medlemsföretag. Kombohusen har även vissa likheter i form av produktval och utformning av lägenheterna. Bostäderna uppfyller SIS-standard men det betyder inte att allt är anpassat för en äldre hyresgäst. Eftersom andelen seniorer i Sverige ökar så kommer det behövas fler tillgängliga bostäder. Målet i denna undersökning handlar därför om att utvärdera SABOs kombohus och identifiera faktorer som kan förbättras för att åstadkomma ett bättre anpassat boende för seniorer. Metod: I studien har fem olika kombohus undersökts utifrån ett tillgänglighetsperspektiv där den huvudsakliga metod som använts är intervjuer. De intervjuade är hyresgäster som brukar en lägenhet i kombohusen samt bostadsföretagen som har låtit uppföra byggnaden. Studien består även av en fallstudie där en inventering av miljöhinder (tillgänglighetsgranskning) har utförts med hjälp av Housing Enabler Screening Tool. Verktyget behandlar punkter inom olika områden: inomhus, entréer och utomhusmiljöer. Om byggnaden inte uppfyller någon punkt får den en anmärkning inom det specifika området. Resultat: Undersökningen har visat att de flesta anmärkningarna hos kombohuset har varit inomhus. Även att det kombohus som klarade sig bäst var i Ronneby som är ett kombohus anpassat till trygghetsboende vilket bland annat innebär förhöjd tillgänglighet i badrum. I studien har författarna kommit fram med förslag för att förbättra framtidens kombohus för att kunna åstadkomma ett bättre anpassat boende för seniorer med hänsyn till tillgänglighet. Konsekvenser: Slutsatser som har tagits är att konceptet med kombohuset har stora möjligheter att i framtiden ge fler tillgängliga bostäder på marknader där det verkligen behövs. Dessutom att några av de kontrollerade punkterna är lite svagare och bör åtgärdas även i det befintliga beståndet. Exempel en sådan punkt är utrymme för rollator i lättillgängligt förråd eller förvaringsmöjligheter i trapphus som inte utgör en brandfara eller blockerar utrymningsvägar då många hyresgäster i kombohusen använder sig av rollator. En slutsats som författarna har kommit fram till är att många av de intervjuade anser att det görs för lite uppföljning av hur hyresgästerna upplever boendet. Fler uppföljningar tillsammans med hyresgäster med hänsyn till tillexempel arkitektur och utformning är en stark rekommendation. Begränsningar: Studien baseras på empiri från fem kombohus men detta anses vara tillräckligt då kombohusen är typhus och många är utformade på samma sätt. Studiens resultat skulle därför troligtvis vara samma även om andra kombohus hade valts.

The problem with which this study was concerned was that of comparing three methods of executing the competitive breaststroke turn and their effects on swimming fifty yards. The turns utilized were the AAU, NCAA, and somersault. A related purpose was that of analyzing the time a breaststroke competitor was to be submerged on the glide following the turn. One hundred four male, senior swimmers from teams in the Arkansas AAU were rated on five components of the breaststroke. Twenty-nine advanced and thirty novice breaststrokers were selected from this group to participate in this study. The subjects were timed for a distance of fifty yards using, in order, the AAU, NCAA, and somersault turns.

This was a study of the status of coaches of boys' interscholastic basketball in class A senior high schools in Texas.

Since this is the study of a proposed guidance program for the Denton Senior High School, the problem of the study may be stated as follows: (1) to survey related literature in the field of guidance in order to determine the best educational thought as to what constitutes a good guidance program; (2) with the literature and thought of educational authorities as guideposts, to establish certain principles and criteria of a sound guidance program; and (3) to set up for the Denton, Texas, Senior High School a proposed guidance program which will observe the principles and meet these established criteria of soundness in guidance.

This descriptive, correlational study was based on Pender's Health Promotion Model (Pender, Murdaugh, & Parsons, 2002). The purpose was to examine factors influencing health status in community-dwelling, older white and black adults. The following research question was addressed by the study: What are the relationships among the individual characteristics (age, gender, race, education, and income); the behavior-specific cognitions and affect (perceived self-efficacy, perceived barriers, and interpersonal influences); and the behavioral outcomes (health-promoting behaviors), and health status in community-dwelling whites and blacks 65 years of age and older? The convenience sample of 113 participants from four congregate meal sites in Central Virginia represented 46% of the young-old (aged 65 to 74 years); 83% females, 76% blacks, and 43% less than high school educated. Twenty-one percent had an annual household income of $4,999 or less, and 31% reported having an income between $10,000 and $14,999. The demographic questionnaire, the Perceived Health Competence Scale, the Barriers Scale, the Health promoting Lifestyle Profile-11, the Lubben Social Network Scale, and the Short Form-120®, Version 2 Health Survey were used to collect data.These participants reported high perceived self-efficacy (Mean = 37.35, SD = 6.76), which was positively related to a health-promoting lifestyle (r = 0.20, p2 = 0.15, F = 8.03, p = 0.01). Perceived self-efficacy and perceived barriers were the predictors of mental health (R2 = 0.29, F = 18.74, p = 0.01).

Societal structure has changed through the decades to reflect a contemporary interest in youth culture. The nuclear family, where generations lived under one roof no longer exists, leaving the elderly on the periphery of the family structure. Where once grandparents, parents and children all cohabitated, now the oldest family members are relegated to solitary retirement and aging alone. Studies have shown that "depression in the elderly is more likely to lead to suicide. Elderlywhite men are at greatest risk, with suicide rates in people ages 80 to 84 more than twice that of the general population. The National Institute of Mental Health considers depression in people age 65 and older to be a major public health problem." (http://www.healthyplace.com/communities/depression/elderly.asp)Providing social activity for seniors can increase their well being and by extension their physicalhealth. The Grace Street Senior Center was designed to accommodate a variety of social activities for the center's members as well as house the center's administration. The member areas range in function from the public, for example, a multi-function area for dance and aerobic classes to the private such as the reading area and music room. All the spaces within the scope of this project are designed with the comfort and well being of the users paramount.

Title: The impact of 3month exercise program of remedial physical education on selected parameters of the Senior Fitness Test. Objectives: The main task of the thesis was to find out whether physical fitness of seniors, after the 3month exercise can be improved program of remedial physical education. Methods: 16 women in the age of 60-82 years participated in the study. At the beginning and end of the program, they have been tested by following exercises of the Senior Fitness Test : 30- chair stand, Chair- sit- and reach, Back scratch, Foot and up go. Also, the test included standing on one leg. The exercise lessons were scheduled 1x for 12 weeks with the frequency once a week and contained elements of stretching, strengthening, coordinating exercise and relaxation. Results: The result showed that the majority (75%) of the tested woman improved strength of lower extremities evaluated by 30 chair stand. For tests on flexibility, results were unequivocal. More than 80 % of women has improved considerably in the combined test Foot up and go. In the assessment of the balance improvement was seen in 56 % of women. Keywords: Senior Fitness Test, seniors, fitness, old age

Politicization has an ambivalent reputation among public administration scholars. While considered an effective instrument to safeguard political control over ministerial bureaucracy, partisanship of senior civil servants is likewise associated with patronage and deemed detrimental to professionalism and meritocracy. To scrutinize this contradiction, the article examines how a party¿political background of senior civil servants influences their decision-making behavior. Two theoretically derived conceptions of loyalty are put therefore to the test: responsiveness and responsibility. Effects are captured by using vignette technique in 40 in-depth interviews with former senior civil servants from ministerial departments at federal and state level in Germany. The results are surprising insofar as they reveal that politicized senior civil servants neither act more responsive nor less responsible than their non-politicized peers. These findings challenge common assumptions and call for a more refined analysis of the conditions under which politicization leads to negative effects.

The primary purpose of this study was to ascertain how senior government officials employed within the Department of Social Development in South Africa perceived the social development approach to social welfare. The study was confined to the national Department of Social Development and nine senior government officials were interviewed, all of them employed in different work streams but related to social development policy development. A semi-structured interview schedule comprising of open-ended questions was utilised to collect information. A deductive thematic analysis was used to analyse the data. The main findings that emerged from the study were that senior managers employed within the national Department of Social Development had a good understanding of the social development approach to social welfare. They were familiar with the key characteristics, goals, strategies and linkages between social and economic development. Senior government officials also noted progress with the implementation of the social development approach and identified that social policies were largely aligned to this approach. In terms of challenges, senior government officials identified a range of challenges impacting on the implementation of the social development approach and this ranged from the lack of a common understanding of social development within broader government, inappropriate social service workforce, poor coordination and integration, inadequate leadership and an inadequate monitoring and evaluation system to measure social development progress. Senior government officials identified a range of suggestions to improve on the implementation of the social development approach. One of the suggestions was the development of an overarching social development strategic framework to guide the social development approach and acknowledge it as government’s chosen approach to social welfare. Many suggestions related to enhancing the capabilities of social service professionals and this included the development of a social service policy framework, enhanced engagement between higher education institutions and the Department of Social Development to ensure relevant curriculum. The findings of the study recommends a series of interventions to be implemented by the national Department of Social Development such as the development of an overarching social development strategic framework as suggested by senior government officials, an audit of policies to assess alignment with the social development approach and a review of its’ consultation processes. The findings of the study identify a need to replicate this research at provincial level to ascertain how the social development approach is understood and implemented at the point of service delivery.

Nuestro emprendimiento presenta un estudio que examine la manera en que los adultos mayores integran las tecnologías de comunicación móvil a sus prácticas cotidianas. A partir del análisis de entrevistas y conversaciones situacionales, aplicadas a adultos mayores, hemos detectados factores que determinan el uso de estas tecnologías entre los participantes y llegamos a definir lo siguiente:  La principal ventaja es contar con comunicación y acceso a la información en todo momento y lugar. Los adultos mayores sobre los 60 años, han incorporado estas tecnologías de comunicación móvil tardíamente en sus vidas. Después de haber crecido en una sociedad marcada por la lecto-escritura, este grupo etario ha debido adaptarse a un entorno mediático-tecnológico complejo, convergente, en red y móvil. Además, las dificultades surgidas a partir del deterioro físico y cognitivo propio de la edad, como de motricidad fina y de memoria, se acentúan por la inexistencia de dispositivos y aplicaciones móviles diseñados para responder a las características particulares de este grupo. Lograr este objetivo es importante para el equipo ya que somos conscientes de que en el Perú actualmente la tasa de adultos mayores alcanza el 10.1% de la población peruana, es decir unas 3’250,000 personas, Por otro lado, el equipo también constató, mediante entrevistas a profundidad, que a las personas mayores no le es fácil manejar con destreza el Smartphone por inseguridad y miedos en la falta de instrucción apropiada, vinculada a la tecnología. / Our entrepreneurship presents a study that examines how older adults integrate mobile communication technologies into their daily practices. From the analysis of interviews and situational conversations, applied to older adults, we have detected factors that determine the use of these technologies among the participants and we come to define the following: • The main advantage is having communication and access to information at any time and place. Older adults over 60 have incorporated these mobile communication technologies later in their lives. After growing up in a society marked by reading and writing, this age group has had to adapt to a complex environment of media technology, convergent, network and mobile. In addition, the difficulties derived from the physical and cognitive deterioration of age, such as fine motor skills and memory, are accentuated by the lack of mobile devices and applications designed to respond to the particular characteristics of this group. The achievement of this objective is important for the team, since we are aware that in Peru the rate of older adults now reaches 10.1% of the Peruvian population, that is, some 3,250,000 people. On the other hand, the team also verified, through in-depth interviews, that it is not easy for older people to manage their smartphone with skills due to insecurity and fears due to lack of adequate instruction related to technology. / Trabajo de investigación