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Abstract Substance abuse among the elderly is growing problem. Substance...
This paper is an annotated bibliography written in support of a nursing paper examining environmental factors which may influence...
higher risk for UTIs than others. Risks include older age, poor hygiene, and/or poor hydration. Two of the greatest risks can be p...
The writer looks at literature which has been used to identify different risks in the home environment that may impact on the fall...
This essay discusses osteoporosis - what it is, risks, and incidence. It does so in the context of a film entitled Fire in the Dar...
In a paper of three pages, the writer looks at alcoholism diagnostic instruments. An effort is made to find a suitable instrument ...
the support services that are available vary widely according to location (Seggewiss, 2009, p. E90) The rapidly increasing number...
then developing a quantitative instrument for assessing risk behaviors related to the onset of substance abuse behaviors among the...
the family owned a car, the elderly womans family had the opportunity to visit family or friends or even take a Sunday drive. Th...
rates per 100,000 by ethnicity in San Francisco are reported as: African-American, 1,302; Asian/Pacific Islander, 446; Latino, 535...
viewed demonstrated variables in relation to the methods for disseminating information and best-practice approaches to reducing fa...
proposes a commission that would develop a recommendation for the State Legislature to create such an office. It further describes...
client who is the focus of this case study is an 86-year-old woman who has been living at home with her husband. Her medical histo...
of many elderly patients. The failure of the policy to realise real benefits was seen in many areas. This is not to say...
out the parameters of the problem and review previous the results of research in this area. She discusses how patients older than ...
out to those Americans disabled by ignorance or handicapped by prejudice and teach them a better way" (Bush, 1993, p. 35). Since ...
dog, and then headed for the door. She waddled. Her granddaughter who she rarely sees, Allison, laughs and calls her a duck. Veron...
well as to demonstrate projections for use in future planning for nursing paradigms to address depression in elderly populations. ...
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...
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...
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...
Medical Center, 2002). It is estimated that 13 to 18 million adults suffer from incontinence at some time or other (Mercy Medical...
straight ahead and never acknowledged him, as women all about him were flirting and trying to get his attention. Naturally, it wa...
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...
report the trouble. Sometimes they have no family or nobody to report the abuse to. Many nursing homes have no background check ...