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bias that exists in the media - particular in television but also clearly apparent in music, advertisements and all other entities...
the facility of national service volunteerism. Foster Grandparents -- history, goals and funding Many older Americans are in a po...
geographic community. Aggregate An aggregate is any subgroup of a defined community. The subgroup can be defined by any cr...
an adolescent and grown adult. His elementary and middle school years were full of academic lessons, caring for his siblings and ...
Exercise program No exercise program As this chart illustrates the 2x2 factorial design dictated that the sample group should be ...
Nursing homes have changed for the better over the years, but they still carry a negative connotation and generally only those who...
has been estimated that between 49 and 83 percent of all elderly adults experience pain on a regular basis (Briggs, 2003). Desbi...
the difficulties and losses inherent with aging. The assumption is often made that, with age comes transcendental wisdom, but res...
(CVA) (Heart Center Online, n.d.) but it is also called a brain attack (Cornforth , 2002). A stroke happens when oxygen and other ...
("Developmental," 2005). Sometimes there is a sensitivity to medications, dementia, communication problems, deformities and cereb...
increase from 5.6 percent of the GDP in 2000 to over 7.4 percent in 2040 (Investment Advisor, 2002). This reflects a considerabl...
Every day, people seek medical treatments, surgery and extensive and costly procedures to reduce the physical impacts of aging and...
the cracks of indigent health care. The hospital quite naturally is concerned about the cost of continuing to provide care for Mr...
there was a problem of infections in long-term care facilities and in hospitals (Dimond, 1994). These are called nosocomial infect...
they were raised in an era of conservation and sacrifice (the 1940s and 1950s) and believe they should be able to live through it ...
her mater grandmother remained a homemaker. This traditional family format was also reflected in her paternal grandparents in whic...
life as is possible for an 80-year-old with her various health conditions. What is Polypharmacy? McCloskey (2002) quotes Chest...
staying alive. As global warming continues, it influences the sea level; as the waters continue to rise, they will ultimately "di...
of employment at the plant instead of clear skies. The issue for shareholders, the board and executives, at lest is bottom line p...
are, of course, special considerations which go into treating the elderly. We know, for example, that the elderly often experienc...
This is significant to nursing because nurses have to learn to insert and remove the catheter from the patient which is sometimes ...
not a socially accepted occurrence. In America, contempt and disrespect stem from the aspect of aging against ones will, with peo...
by a factor of 11! Consequently, the elderly, who comprised only 1 in every 25 Americans (3.1 million) in 1900, made up 1 in 8 (33...
able to evolve in a manner that is in correspondence with their desires (Atchley, 2002). At the same time, this learning takes pl...
warrants. The hardship that media bias has caused the elderly population is immense and far-reaching, severely impacting everythi...
and John noted a resistance to mechanical ventilation as a part of the treatment plan. John stated in one of his few lucid period...
and forgetful. It can be a very serious problem for the elderly who are often on a smorgasbord of necessary pills to treat a varie...
elderly, the most common of which include chronic disease, inflammation and blood loss (Williamson et al, nd). Smith reports there...
Medical Center, 2002). It is estimated that 13 to 18 million adults suffer from incontinence at some time or other (Mercy Medical...
the near future, however. This presents potentially severe consequences for the economics of elder care. The stakeholders in this...