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Nursing homes have changed for the better over the years, but they still carry a negative connotation and generally only those who...
question was directed at the nurse. One of her companions noted that her daughters name is Nancy, but Nancy died three years previ...
In seven pages American and Hazda elderly women are contrasted and compared regarding social position, community involvement, and ...
In six pages this paper analyzes society within the context of Mahatma Gandhi's contention, 'The measure of a society is how it tr...
In a paper consisting of nine pages a nationwide plan for prescription drugs is examined in terms of economic feasibility and the ...
In five pages William Shakespeare's elderly protagonist is examined in a discussion of whether or not he can be blamed for the tra...
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...
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 ...
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...
need for theory in accomplishing the tasks of direct patient care. There are routines and required protocols to follow, but the p...
out to those Americans disabled by ignorance or handicapped by prejudice and teach them a better way" (Bush, 1993, p. 35). Since ...
out the parameters of the problem and review previous the results of research in this area. She discusses how patients older than ...
well as to demonstrate projections for use in future planning for nursing paradigms to address depression in elderly populations. ...
dog, and then headed for the door. She waddled. Her granddaughter who she rarely sees, Allison, laughs and calls her a duck. Veron...
they need. While everyone hurts with high prescription costs, senior citizens tend to rely more on prescription drugs for their ov...
more personal, incorporating "personal health behavior change" (Anderson, Palombo and Earl, 1998; p. 205) as well. 2. What...
In three pages this paper discusses dementia in elderly patients and how dementia can result in this consideration of etiology and...
This is significant to nursing because nurses have to learn to insert and remove the catheter from the patient which is sometimes ...
straight ahead and never acknowledged him, as women all about him were flirting and trying to get his attention. Naturally, it wa...
report the trouble. Sometimes they have no family or nobody to report the abuse to. Many nursing homes have no background check ...
their mental capacity often fades due to dementia, or Alzheimers, or a host of other maladies that create this state where there i...
not a socially accepted occurrence. In America, contempt and disrespect stem from the aspect of aging against ones will, with peo...
In six pages this research paper examines the nursing home industry and considers the increasing costs of patient care due to an e...
In ten pages senior citizens are discussed within the context of health education and the problems that can exist with a considera...
osteoarthritis (Alper, 1998). Nicholas DiNubile, an orthopedic consultant to the Philadelphia 76ers and the Pennsylvania Ba...
In six pages this opinion paper features research regarding how views of society, depression, and health issues contribute to the ...
The author considers the difficulties facing families who decide to care for elderly relatives with Alzheimer's. The author analyz...