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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 ...

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...

care home agencies also offer data on each service that is provided by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and acco...

been great debate over how to manage health care in the US, it has been relatively recently that the question has been raised that...

from the age of around 60 years, however, the age at which this is reached is not fixed, as it is not with the others, but is a na...

or people at risk, a handful of businessmen capitalized upon opportunity by what those like Heilbroner et al (1998) believe to be ...

elderly population is finding it difficult to meet their own financial needs and have few choices but to pool resources with other...

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Americans 65 years or older increased by 74 percent between 1970 and 1999, from roughly 20 mi...

combination of these drugs is prescribed although there are some drugs that are combinations within themselves, such as Combivir, ...

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...

conclusions are interesting, particularly as they take what is often seen as a negative (aging) and turn it into a positive experi...

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...

of different causative factors (Clinician Reviews, 2007; Hunter et al, 2002). Extrapolated prevalence rates for constipation in t...

ask, "What are your memories of your childhood without electricity, phones and plumbing (knowing the individual lived very rurally...

This longitudinal study examined gender differences in depression between a cohort of 754 men and women over age 70, beginning in ...

topic has been anecdotal in nature, therefore, Banks and Banks (2002) designed a study utilizing pet therapy, or as they term it, ...

abuse victims in the United States each year, but officials only hear of about perhaps 1 in 25 cases" (Hurme, 2006). When people t...

on some theological idea that only God can end life. We wouldnt allow a dog or cat to suffer; why then do we force humans to do so...

?19a-490, Connecticut Department of Public Health Code ?19-13-D105 and Residential care homes ?19-13-D-6 (National Academy for Sta...

She surveyed all of the independent living facilities in the local area and chose one; her grown children arranged and conducted t...

A 7 page client profile that discusses nursing care for an elderly client with degenerative brain disease and offers a research su...

medications or they could be a sign of depression (Turner and Kelly, 2000). Turner and Kelly (2000) state strongly that it is e...

the study intervention. Also, as yet, Cook is not clear about the purposes, aims or goals of the study. Literature Review While ...

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