Background With the increased number of older people globally, caring for older people has
become a challenge for many countries. Nurses have a pivotal role in providing quality care …

Metabolic Syndrome (MS) increases the risk for Coronary Artery Disease, stroke and
diabetes. MS is twice more common amongst South Asian immigrants in US compared to …

Purpose The objective of this study was to estimate the cross-sectional association of frailty
status with overall and domain-specific quality of life (QoL) in rural community-dwelling older …

Aim To ascertain if the factors associated with depression differ among ethnic groups in
community‐dwelling older people in Kandy District, Sri Lanka. Methods A cross‐sectional …

Purpose Against the backdrop of the ever-increasing aging population in Sri Lanka and the
scarcity of local evidence on quality of life (QoL) among rural elderly, this study was …

Abstract Elderly Population in Sri Lanka is increasing rapidly with the decline of fertility and
mortality rate which will become one of the most critical challenges in the future. The main …

Ageing is an irreparable biological procedure and is defined as the existence of the
increasing number of entities, who completed their adult roles. Ageing is perceived as the …

This study investigates the impact of social assistance on the social security of elders in Sri
Lanka applying the convergent parallel mixed method. The quantitative data collected from …

The global and national ageing population led to much health, social and economic
concerns. Thus, present study aimed at addressing the health care needs of Elders and …

This chapter discusses the aging population in Sri Lanka including the social and health
challenges facing this population. The national, district, divisional, and village-level …