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ICU Delirium

hospital stays (Cole and Soucy, 2003). While all ICU patients have serious and potentially life-threatening conditions, those ov...

Article Critique/Perceptions of Palliative Care

(in English) between the years 1989 and 2004. The extent of the literature review appears to be sufficient to support the research...

Prescriptions and the Elderly

A large proportion of our elderly take multiple medications for multiple conditions. This has led to a situation known as polyphar...

Program to Reduce Number of Medications Taken

As people grow older they tend to develop multiple physical illnesses and sometimes, mental illnesses or mental health problems. T...

U.S. and Abuse of Senior Citizens

This 5 page report discusses the fact that the majority of the population is aware that there is a serious problem in America wi...

Elderly Privacy In An Institutionalized Setting: Ethical Issues And Social Work Involvement

need to be less oriented to rules and dilemmas, and more attuned to practical matters of everyday social experience" (pp. 19-22); ...

Education And Senior Centers

active role in adult education by virtue of already having a facility full of eager learners. Some might not be aware of just how...

Affordable Urban Housing for the Poor and Elderly

2002). Already, urban areas gain approximately one million additional residents each week (Meeting the urban challenge, 2002). ...

The Obvious Choice of Al Gore for President in 2000

In five pages this paper supports Al Gore's presidential candidacy over Republican opponent George W. Bush by contrasting politica...

Senior Citizens and Healthy Lifestyles

In five pages this paper examines senior citizens and their extensive use of health services in a thesis that argues healthier lif...

Health Care Policies, the Elderly, and Political Action Committees

In six pages this paper examines how PACs attempt to influence elderly health care policies with strategic recommendations offered...

Treatment as a Result of Ageism

In a paper consisting of eighteen pages the ways in which elderly people are treated medically, in society, by the government, and...

A Research Proposal Regarding Elderly Activity

In this paper consisting of eighteen pages a research proposal that investigates activity whether it be physical or social as it r...

Senior Citizens and Rex L. Jones' Poker and the American Dream

In five pages this paper considers the reasons why elderly individuals play poker in hopes of capturing part of the American Dream...

Senior Citizens, Hemodialysis, and End Stage Renal Failure

In fifteen pages the hemodialysis procedure is described and then the sociological and biological effects that the elderly can exp...

The Transformation of Attitudes about Death and Dying

11 pages and 11 sources. This paper provides an overview of the transformation of views on death and dying in the 20th century. ...

NJ's Morris County and Senior Citizen Services

In six pages this paper presents a service expansion proposal to more adequately meet the needs of the elderly residents of Morris...

How Various Cultures View the Aging Process

In eight pages the ways in which Japanese, Hispanic, and American cultures regard aging are explored and include such relevant top...

Society and How It is Measured

In six pages this paper analyzes society within the context of Mahatma Gandhi's contention, 'The measure of a society is how it tr...

Nationwide Prescription Drug Plan Approaches

In a paper consisting of nine pages a nationwide plan for prescription drugs is examined in terms of economic feasibility and the ...

Blame and King Lear

In five pages William Shakespeare's elderly protagonist is examined in a discussion of whether or not he can be blamed for the tra...

American and Hazda Elderly Women

In seven pages American and Hazda elderly women are contrasted and compared regarding social position, community involvement, and ...

Five Stereotypes Associated With Aging and Senior Citizens

warrants. The hardship that media bias has caused the elderly population is immense and far-reaching, severely impacting everythi...

An Alcoholism Overview

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...

Eriksson's Life Stage Model Application

different is that we always had penmanship classes, all the way through school. Theres so much difference now; schools dont seem ...

Elderly Living Alone and the Dangers This Poses

they were raised in an era of conservation and sacrifice (the 1940s and 1950s) and believe they should be able to live through it ...

Rena Graybeal Case Study Analysis

her mater grandmother remained a homemaker. This traditional family format was also reflected in her paternal grandparents in whic...

Senior Citizens and the Polypharmacy Concept

life as is possible for an 80-year-old with her various health conditions. What is Polypharmacy? McCloskey (2002) quotes Chest...

Case Study on Toxic Waste Exporting and Ethics

of employment at the plant instead of clear skies. The issue for shareholders, the board and executives, at lest is bottom line p...

Indonesia and Aging Aspects

staying alive. As global warming continues, it influences the sea level; as the waters continue to rise, they will ultimately "di...