YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :Aspects of Learning Among the Elderly
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avoidance, such as creating a buddy system, which pairs elderly neighbors with each other. Buddies check on one another and accomp...
An interview conducted in 2006 with John P. Stewart, executive director with the Baltimore Commission on Aging and Retirement Educ...
the difficulties and losses inherent with aging. The assumption is often made that, with age comes transcendental wisdom, but res...
2008). Further significant improvement is unlikely in the near future, however. Californias Efforts Governor Arnold Schwar...
First seen as an occasional point of minor and temporary discomfort, there seemed to be other, more "important" issues to assess. ...
reveals about diabetic populations. The normal digestive processes of the body turn any form of carbohydrate that is consumed in...
p. 29), as stated in its title. Mean age was 81; 218 participants completed the study. The researchers evaluated the differences...
she does "light housekeeping," which is also not consistent with someone who needs assistance getting out of bed. However, the stu...
This longitudinal study examined gender differences in depression between a cohort of 754 men and women over age 70, beginning in ...
which initiates a series of events that will either successful contain the infection or prompt it progression toward active diseas...
care. Internal Environment Rising Costs As other types of health care providers seek to control their own costs, home healt...
2002). The state has taken active steps to provide services for the developmentally disabled population. In 1998, Governor George...
When people think of the elderly, or the aging, and dental hygiene they more often than not think about dental health in general. ...
this, in that she learned to be quiet and respectful in church, as well. Louise gained a well-balanced education of what it means...
that are often incurred as a natural part of the aging process (Wang and Wollin, 2004). These changes include "impaired vision and...
osteoarthritis (Alper, 1998). Nicholas DiNubile, an orthopedic consultant to the Philadelphia 76ers and the Pennsylvania Ba...
emotional, physical and mental care. Dogs establish a fierce loyalty to their human families in a very short amount of time; bond...
medication are adequate, symptoms are controlled and most asthma-related problems are avoided (Francis, 2004). There are two maj...
individual, this woman does reflect on the past and has some regrets, but some optimistic comments are made as well. In evaluat...
The author considers the difficulties facing families who decide to care for elderly relatives with Alzheimer's. The author analyz...
In seven pages caring for the elderly is considered through two options with home health care oftentimes presenting more advantage...
In six pages this research paper examines the nursing home industry and considers the increasing costs of patient care due to an e...
et al, 1999). It is not uncommon for people to treat their symptoms as a cold, overcome the initial attack and then appear to fal...
their mental capacity often fades due to dementia, or Alzheimers, or a host of other maladies that create this state where there i...
report the trouble. Sometimes they have no family or nobody to report the abuse to. Many nursing homes have no background check ...
quality of a patients life, (4) implementing managed care policies that threaten quality of care, and (5) working with unethical/i...
In thirty pages this paper discusses elderly care in a discussion of nursing, holistic care, communications, and local policies, a...
pets do make a difference has spawned a variety of organizations eager to further research and create service programs involving a...
carpet in two rooms; wet walls; wet ceilings. The long-term results for some residents have included buckled walls and buckled, cr...
"Demographers predict that the numbers of elderly people will double in the next 30 years" (pp. 3). As the population of America ...