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2008). Further significant improvement is unlikely in the near future, however. Californias Efforts Governor Arnold Schwar...
life expectancy than in previous generation, but to face it alone, that is, in a one-person household (De Jong Gierveld, 2002). Th...
Domain concepts Health: The traditional understanding of "health" is that is the absence of illness and/or injury. However, for ...
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 ...
she does "light housekeeping," which is also not consistent with someone who needs assistance getting out of bed. However, the stu...
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...
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Americans 65 years or older increased by 74 percent between 1970 and 1999, from roughly 20 mi...
avoidance, such as creating a buddy system, which pairs elderly neighbors with each other. Buddies check on one another and accomp...
(Biesada 2009). Sam Waltons heirs still hold a 40 percent share of the company (Biesada 2009), which gives the family the controll...
Research has previously shown that depression is a significant predictor of HRQOL. The participants in this study reported their H...
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...
care home agencies also offer data on each service that is provided by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and acco...
Being able to actualize, even if just in ones mind, the corporations ultimate goal when faced with adversity is instrumental in fo...
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...
abuse victims in the United States each year, but officials only hear of about perhaps 1 in 25 cases" (Hurme, 2006). When people t...
topic has been anecdotal in nature, therefore, Banks and Banks (2002) designed a study utilizing pet therapy, or as they term it, ...
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...
conclusions are interesting, particularly as they take what is often seen as a negative (aging) and turn it into a positive experi...
the internal structures. There are a number of different organisational structures which will determine not only how thing are don...
?19a-490, Connecticut Department of Public Health Code ?19-13-D105 and Residential care homes ?19-13-D-6 (National Academy for Sta...
represent significant social power, as in the case of beauty, wealth and status, or they can symbolize aspects of society that peo...
context notes the need for investigative teams to help differentiate whether abuse and/or neglect served as a direct cause of deat...
can no longer follow this model is because medical technology can now greatly prolong life-perhaps make it too long. People now ro...