Aged Care Homes in Sri Lanka

How it works

Risks & contraindications

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Background

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Highlighted claims

• Sri Lanka has 429 aged care homes housing 9,744 residents according to the National Secretariat of Elders. — Tai Chi interventions for older adults living in aged care homes in Sri Lanka: a study protocol for a single-arm pretest-posttest feasibility study
• The cited census data reports 2,524,570 older adults in Sri Lanka, representing 12.4% of the population. — Tai Chi interventions for older adults living in aged care homes in Sri Lanka: a study protocol for a single-arm pretest-posttest feasibility study
• Sri Lankan aged care homes often lack established care systems, staffing, resources, financial support, medication access, and referral systems. — Tai Chi interventions for older adults living in aged care homes in Sri Lanka: a study protocol for a single-arm pretest-posttest feasibility study
• Institutionalisation is becoming more common because of socioeconomic changes such as smaller family units, urbanisation, migration, and weakening extended family systems. — Tai Chi interventions for older adults living in aged care homes in Sri Lanka: a study protocol for a single-arm pretest-posttest feasibility study
• Sri Lanka is ageing rapidly and is characterized in the protocol as one of the fastest-ageing developing countries, especially in South Asia. — Tai Chi interventions for older adults living in aged care homes in Sri Lanka: a study protocol for a single-arm pretest-posttest feasibility study
• Institutionalised older adults in Sri Lanka are reported to have poorer quality of life than community-dwelling older adults. — Tai Chi interventions for older adults living in aged care homes in Sri Lanka: a study protocol for a single-arm pretest-posttest feasibility study