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Social Work Among the Elderly, An Overview

This paper presents an overview of urgent issues in social work that entail provision of services to older adults. Topics addresse...

Assisting Bedridden Elderly Patients: An Ergonomic Concern

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...

Hospital Chaplains and Elderly Illnesses

Dementia is a debilitating disease that strikes mostly older people. The focus of this essay is Spiritual care for people with dem...

Incontinence and the Elderly

was that the method was based on the assumption that all the relevant information would be obtained by these experts (National Gui...

Phenomenology and Addressing Elderly Depression

the staff endeavors not only to care for our residents physical needs, but also for their psychological, social, and emotional nee...

Computer Tools and Inappropriate Prescribing for the Elderly

The incidence of inappropriate medication prescriptions issued to elderly individuals is estimated to be between 12 and 40 percent...

Nursing Care for Elderly Patient

By addressing this need, which includes rehabilitation designed to aid her mobility, nursing intervention can also have a positive...

Journal Review Article on Sex and the Elderly

a very important profession to address the issues, problems, or concerns of the elderly. The authors illustrate that, according to...

The Elderly Population and Substance Abuse

not as healthy as those of younger adults. Metabolism changes and older individuals cannot handle alcohol in he same way as their ...

A Film About the Elderly

This essay is based on a movie about old age and family dynamics. The essay uses scenes from the move to discuss: friendship, sand...

Interview with an elderly man

Interview techniques are touched on in this paper that focuses on a mock interview. There are three sources listed in the bibliogr...

The Elderly and the Natural Life Span

This paper reviews how individual outlook combines with societal norms to determine whether aging will be a positive or negative p...

The Elderly and their Needs

This research paper provides an overview of the various needs that society should address in order to order to provide comprehensi...

Elderly Women and Drug Misuse

This is a two-topic paper. The first part reviews a journal article about older women using or misusing substances, mostly legal d...

Polypharmacy in the Elderly

In a paper of forty pages, the author reflects on the current literature to propose a specific approach to studying and changing t...

Osteoporosis In Elderly Women

in harmony and when they dont, osteoporosis is the result (Kantrowitz, 2007). Bone mineral density is generally measured as a T-s...

3 Nursing Diagnoses for an Elderly Patient

the case study, is important for planning a safe and effective rehabilitation program (Craven and Hirnle, 2007). People who experi...

Depression And Diabetes: Dietary Choices Of The Elderly And Young Adults

compromised health. Whether diabetes incites depression or is brought about by already-existing depression is a concern that Brow...

Adverse Drug Reaction Among Elderly Patients: Impact Upon Costs And Length Of Hospital Stay

population want to be able to take care of themselves, yet they are rarely given the tools with which to accomplish this objective...

Elderly: Depression And Suicide

With millions of Americans in all age groups suffering from clinical depression (Alexopoulos), it can no longer be looked upon as ...

Substance Abuse in the Elderly Population

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...