Essays 421 - 450
An interview conducted in 2006 with John P. Stewart, executive director with the Baltimore Commission on Aging and Retirement Educ...
avoidance, such as creating a buddy system, which pairs elderly neighbors with each other. Buddies check on one another and accomp...
she does "light housekeeping," which is also not consistent with someone who needs assistance getting out of bed. However, the stu...
life expectancy than in previous generation, but to face it alone, that is, in a one-person household (De Jong Gierveld, 2002). Th...
serve to further complicate these problems. Many elderly Native Americans suffering with diabetes, for example, may have been att...
language competency. The results of this study confirmed that the BEST oral interview can be used successfully within the context ...
the case study, is important for planning a safe and effective rehabilitation program (Craven and Hirnle, 2007). People who experi...
aforementioned variables are unsatisfactory, depression can occur in a number of different ways. Major depressive disorder ...
need to be less oriented to rules and dilemmas, and more attuned to practical matters of everyday social experience" (pp. 19-22); ...
in harmony and when they dont, osteoporosis is the result (Kantrowitz, 2007). Bone mineral density is generally measured as a T-s...
was that the method was based on the assumption that all the relevant information would be obtained by these experts (National Gui...
a very important profession to address the issues, problems, or concerns of the elderly. The authors illustrate that, according to...
not as healthy as those of younger adults. Metabolism changes and older individuals cannot handle alcohol in he same way as their ...
This essay is based on a movie about old age and family dynamics. The essay uses scenes from the move to discuss: friendship, sand...
By addressing this need, which includes rehabilitation designed to aid her mobility, nursing intervention can also have a positive...
The incidence of inappropriate medication prescriptions issued to elderly individuals is estimated to be between 12 and 40 percent...
the staff endeavors not only to care for our residents physical needs, but also for their psychological, social, and emotional nee...
In a paper of forty pages, the author reflects on the current literature to propose a specific approach to studying and changing t...
This research paper provides an overview of the various needs that society should address in order to order to provide comprehensi...
This is a two-topic paper. The first part reviews a journal article about older women using or misusing substances, mostly legal d...
Interview techniques are touched on in this paper that focuses on a mock interview. There are three sources listed in the bibliogr...
This paper reviews how individual outlook combines with societal norms to determine whether aging will be a positive or negative p...
This paper is on a primary care provider's concerns regarding the risk to a client's health and safety due to having to lift heavy...
Dementia is a debilitating disease that strikes mostly older people. The focus of this essay is Spiritual care for people with dem...
This paper pertains to an EBP project proposal that involves a shift from SSI (sliding scale insulin) to the basal-bolus approach....
This paper presents an overview of urgent issues in social work that entail provision of services to older adults. Topics addresse...
as many addicts often die early. But there are cases when substances are not abused early in life, but get picked up when the indi...
there were no caregiver present to assist the elderly individual during the day and evening, the frail older person frequently fou...
compromised health. Whether diabetes incites depression or is brought about by already-existing depression is a concern that Brow...
population want to be able to take care of themselves, yet they are rarely given the tools with which to accomplish this objective...