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Human statistics show an extraordinary increase in the proportion of old people in the world, in Europe, and in Greece. The role of the nurse in covering the health needs of this group of the population is analyzed. Emphasis is placed in keeping old people active and independent.

"Healthy aging" is the theme of the International Nurses Day 1992, announced by the International Council of Nurses. This article discusses briefly critical questions, among which the following: How is the world aging? What are the most important health issues? What does "Healthy aging" really mean? What is the Greek philosophical view for aging? And what are the problems and perspectives of the nursing care of the elderly?

Nursing personnel taking care of aged patients should thoroughly recognize respect and protect these special patients' rights. The nurse should also interpret and cope with the various problems arising from both functional and psychological diseases of the elderly, being also responsible for application of specially elaborated educational programmes on long-term care of chronic illness.

This paper deals with the foundation and the function of a half-way house, whose intention is the social and professional restoration of psychiatric patients. The half-way house is one of the latest developments of social psychiatry.

During the last decade, the relation between psychosocial factors and patient's personality in front of the risk of an acute myocardial infarction and his health progress after the infarction has fully been investigated. The patient's personality and a number of factors related to his job-carrier and family environment have been proved to be very important. The effect of patient's behaviour, educational level, social and psychological status in the progress of coronary heart disease have especially pointed out. The myocardial infarction is a serious disease which can alter the patient and his close family's way of life due to its financial among the other consequences. This influences the members of the family as an entity and alters their life in many ways. The present study aims to investigate how the myocardial infarction as an expected or unexpected event affects differently and at which degree the behaviour of patient's family.

The purpose of this research study was to determine whether the clean technique of tracheotomy care is the same, or more, secure from the aseptic, by testing the difference in the level of postoperative pulmonary infection between tracheotomized patients receiving aseptic and those receiving clean tracheotomy care. The sample consisted of 103 patients with tracheotomy (transient or permanent) from ENT or IC units of four big hospitals of Athens. The level of the patient's pulmonary infection was defined using the Weighted Level of Pulmonary Infection Tool, which was constructed especially for this research study. The data were analysed using the x2 statistical test, and the coefficients phi, Cramer's V and Kendall's, while, with the same statistics, the relationship between certain important external variables and the dependent variable was examined. The findings indicated that no statistically significant difference exists between clean and aseptic technique as to the level of pulmonary infection when used for tracheotomy postoperative care of tracheotomized patients.