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The Elderly and Substance Abuse

then developing a quantitative instrument for assessing risk behaviors related to the onset of substance abuse behaviors among the...

Public Guardianship

proposes a commission that would develop a recommendation for the State Legislature to create such an office. It further describes...

Drug Abuse and the Elderly

Abstract Substance abuse among the elderly is growing problem. Substance...

Falls and the Retired Population - An Annotated Bibliography

The writer reviews and present the main theme of fifteen articles that would be useful in a project to assess the impact that fal...

The Influence of Environmental Factors on Falls

This paper is an annotated bibliography written in support of a nursing paper examining environmental factors which may influence...

UTIs Pressure Sores Pneumonia in the Elderly

higher risk for UTIs than others. Risks include older age, poor hygiene, and/or poor hydration. Two of the greatest risks can be p...

Evaluating a Nursing Educational Program

The writer looks at the way in which a nursing program may be evaluated to provide instant results. The tool advocated is a self c...

Review of Achievements in the Development and Implementation of Nursing Program to Reduce Falls

The writer reviews an intervention program designed by the student to assess and reduce risks with the aim of preventing falls in ...

The Elderly, Medications for Hypertension and Depression

This research paper presents a discussion of prescription, non-prescription and herbal drugs that can be utilized in treating the...

Drug Interactions among the Elderly

This research paper describes 3 prescription, non-prescriptive and alternative/complementary drugs that can be used to address dep...

How Osteoporosis Affects the Elderly

This essay discusses osteoporosis - what it is, risks, and incidence. It does so in the context of a film entitled Fire in the Dar...

Failures in Fall Prevention Practices

The writer looks at the best practice strategies to reduce fall rates in elderly community based patients. The research based bet ...

The Elderly and Driving Behavior

A gerontological issue that is relevant in today's society involves driving. This paper examines studies on driving as it respect...

Assessing a Fall Prevention Implementation Plan

attitudes and motivation. However, in a criticism of the educational program, it has become apparent that certain aspects of these...

The Elderly and Psychiatric Polypharmacy

This paper reports on the dissemination process for a DNP project, the impact and prevention of psychiatric polypharmacy among the...

Suicide Among Older Adults

This research paper examine the prevalence of suicide among the elderly. Causes and prevention suggestions are described. Three pa...

The Elderly and Alcoholism Diagnostic Instruments

In a paper of three pages, the writer looks at alcoholism diagnostic instruments. An effort is made to find a suitable instrument ...

A Case Study, Polypharmacy

This research paper presents a case study that illustrates how to properly address an instance of polypharmacy in an elderly patie...

The Elderly and Mental Health

This essay presents a discussion on mental health practice and the elderly, focusing on the biases of the student as a mental heal...

Aging Parents and the Responsibilities of Their Children

This paper places the responsibility for caring for the elderly parents on the shoulders of their adult children. There are four ...

Observation of Older Adults, A Field Study

This essay discusses a student's observations of elderly adults and the student's interpretation of the observed behaviors, drawin...

Benchmarking

This essay discusses two major issues related to change: engaging employees and benchmarking. There are at least four cultural ori...

Change and Its Impact on Middle Management

Organizational change is a necessary process for any large organization. In 2009 Starbucks underwent a significant organizational ...

Change at FMCool; A Case Study

This 65 page paper is an in-depth case study looking at organizational change, culture and business issues for a fictitious radio ...

Different Meanings of "Change" in "Caroline, or Change"

Noah keeps deliberately leaving coins, knowing that she is desperately poor. Then he leaves a $20 bill in his pants by accident, a...

Human Resources Strategies In A Changing Organization: Development And Change

their employees. Leading by example may be considered clich? in the broader spectrum of business operations, however, McNamara (2...

Changing Policy in a Police Department: Changing Tip Line Protocol at the Sacramento Police Department

stopped using drugs and wants to make a clean life will call the police on a former drug dealer. A neighbor who looks out the wind...

Climate Changes, the Ice Ages and Future Climate Changes

which can be demonstrated in the layers of ice. Ice cores, then, are a chronological record of global climate changes (Roach, 20...

Changes in Education: The Field of Science and Social Change

about science instruction that falls into areas of ethics have influenced how many science educators pursue instructional content....

Strategic Change Initiatives and Images of Change

Companies and businesses are always growing, shifting, and evolving in order to meet new demands and to utilize new technologies. ...