Essays 361 - 390
The writer looks at the best practice strategies to reduce fall rates in elderly community based patients. The research based bet ...
client who is the focus of this case study is an 86-year-old woman who has been living at home with her husband. Her medical histo...
Abstract Substance abuse among the elderly is growing problem. Substance...
The writer reviews and present the main theme of fifteen articles that would be useful in a project to assess the impact that fal...
A gerontological issue that is relevant in today's society involves driving. This paper examines studies on driving as it respect...
attitudes and motivation. However, in a criticism of the educational program, it has become apparent that certain aspects of these...
The writer looks at the way in which a nursing program may be evaluated to provide instant results. The tool advocated is a self c...
The writer reviews an intervention program designed by the student to assess and reduce risks with the aim of preventing falls in ...
This research paper presents a discussion of prescription, non-prescription and herbal drugs that can be utilized in treating the...
In a paper of three pages, the writer looks at alcoholism diagnostic instruments. An effort is made to find a suitable instrument ...
This research paper describes 3 prescription, non-prescriptive and alternative/complementary drugs that can be used to address dep...
there was a problem of infections in long-term care facilities and in hospitals (Dimond, 1994). These are called nosocomial infect...
Medical Center, 2002). It is estimated that 13 to 18 million adults suffer from incontinence at some time or other (Mercy Medical...
elderly, the most common of which include chronic disease, inflammation and blood loss (Williamson et al, nd). Smith reports there...
the near future, however. This presents potentially severe consequences for the economics of elder care. The stakeholders in this...
and forgetful. It can be a very serious problem for the elderly who are often on a smorgasbord of necessary pills to treat a varie...
warrants. The hardship that media bias has caused the elderly population is immense and far-reaching, severely impacting everythi...
different is that we always had penmanship classes, all the way through school. Theres so much difference now; schools dont seem ...
her mater grandmother remained a homemaker. This traditional family format was also reflected in her paternal grandparents in whic...
life as is possible for an 80-year-old with her various health conditions. What is Polypharmacy? McCloskey (2002) quotes Chest...
they were raised in an era of conservation and sacrifice (the 1940s and 1950s) and believe they should be able to live through it ...
staying alive. As global warming continues, it influences the sea level; as the waters continue to rise, they will ultimately "di...
There are two sociological problems discussed in this essay. The first section discusses aging and focuses on poverty among the el...
This paper pertains to the care of elderly patients in emergency departments (EDs). Three pages in length, four sources are cited....
This paper places the responsibility for caring for the elderly parents on the shoulders of their adult children. There are four ...
This essay presents a discussion on mental health practice and the elderly, focusing on the biases of the student as a mental heal...
This research paper presents a case study that illustrates how to properly address an instance of polypharmacy in an elderly patie...
This essay discusses a student's observations of elderly adults and the student's interpretation of the observed behaviors, drawin...
This paper reports on the dissemination process for a DNP project, the impact and prevention of psychiatric polypharmacy among the...
This research paper examine the prevalence of suicide among the elderly. Causes and prevention suggestions are described. Three pa...