YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :A Film About the Elderly
Essays 301 - 330
by a factor of 11! Consequently, the elderly, who comprised only 1 in every 25 Americans (3.1 million) in 1900, made up 1 in 8 (33...
able to evolve in a manner that is in correspondence with their desires (Atchley, 2002). At the same time, this learning takes pl...
individual, this woman does reflect on the past and has some regrets, but some optimistic comments are made as well. In evaluat...
medication are adequate, symptoms are controlled and most asthma-related problems are avoided (Francis, 2004). There are two maj...
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...
is well known that in Asian countries, as well as Asian communities in the United States, the elderly are treated with respect. Ye...
warrants. The hardship that media bias has caused the elderly population is immense and far-reaching, severely impacting everythi...
and John noted a resistance to mechanical ventilation as a part of the treatment plan. John stated in one of his few lucid period...
different is that we always had penmanship classes, all the way through school. Theres so much difference now; schools dont seem ...
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...
like alcohol. Alcoholism and Prescription Drug Abuse The elderly population is the fastest growing demographic group in the Un...
topic has been anecdotal in nature, therefore, Banks and Banks (2002) designed a study utilizing pet therapy, or as they term it, ...
conclusions are interesting, particularly as they take what is often seen as a negative (aging) and turn it into a positive experi...
abuse victims in the United States each year, but officials only hear of about perhaps 1 in 25 cases" (Hurme, 2006). When people t...
ask, "What are your memories of your childhood without electricity, phones and plumbing (knowing the individual lived very rurally...
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...
This longitudinal study examined gender differences in depression between a cohort of 754 men and women over age 70, beginning in ...
of different causative factors (Clinician Reviews, 2007; Hunter et al, 2002). Extrapolated prevalence rates for constipation in t...
First seen as an occasional point of minor and temporary discomfort, there seemed to be other, more "important" issues to assess. ...
aforementioned variables are unsatisfactory, depression can occur in a number of different ways. Major depressive disorder ...
2008). Further significant improvement is unlikely in the near future, however. Californias Efforts Governor Arnold Schwar...
treatment over plates of types of cells resulted in greater proliferation of those cells than in control groups. TT require...
Exercise program No exercise program As this chart illustrates the 2x2 factorial design dictated that the sample group should be ...
has been estimated that between 49 and 83 percent of all elderly adults experience pain on a regular basis (Briggs, 2003). Desbi...
the difficulties and losses inherent with aging. The assumption is often made that, with age comes transcendental wisdom, but res...
there were no caregiver present to assist the elderly individual during the day and evening, the frail older person frequently fou...
issue via conceptual analysis, inasmuch as Walker and Avant provide specific steps that allow one to wholly define the ambiguous a...
("Developmental," 2005). Sometimes there is a sensitivity to medications, dementia, communication problems, deformities and cereb...
runs $127 on average (Cummings, 2002). The goal of the ALF is to help senior citizens maintain as much independence as possible wi...