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they need. While everyone hurts with high prescription costs, senior citizens tend to rely more on prescription drugs for their ov...
the family owned a car, the elderly womans family had the opportunity to visit family or friends or even take a Sunday drive. Th...
then developing a quantitative instrument for assessing risk behaviors related to the onset of substance abuse behaviors among the...
viewed demonstrated variables in relation to the methods for disseminating information and best-practice approaches to reducing fa...
The writer reviews and present the main theme of fifteen articles that would be useful in a project to assess the impact that fal...
Abstract Substance abuse among the elderly is growing problem. Substance...
A gerontological issue that is relevant in today's society involves driving. This paper examines studies on driving as it respect...
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...
This essay discusses a student's observations of elderly adults and the student's interpretation of the observed behaviors, drawin...
This research paper presents a case study that illustrates how to properly address an instance of polypharmacy in an elderly patie...
This essay presents a discussion on mental health practice and the elderly, focusing on the biases of the student as a mental heal...
This paper reports on the dissemination process for a DNP project, the impact and prevention of psychiatric polypharmacy among the...
In a paper of three pages, the writer looks at alcoholism diagnostic instruments. An effort is made to find a suitable instrument ...
The writer reviews an intervention program designed by the student to assess and reduce risks with the aim of preventing falls in ...
This research paper presents a discussion of prescription, non-prescription and herbal drugs that can be utilized in treating the...
This research paper describes 3 prescription, non-prescriptive and alternative/complementary drugs that can be used to address dep...
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. ...
This research paper examine the prevalence of suicide among the elderly. Causes and prevention suggestions are described. Three pa...
staying alive. As global warming continues, it influences the sea level; as the waters continue to rise, they will ultimately "di...
are, of course, special considerations which go into treating the elderly. We know, for example, that the elderly often experienc...
of employment at the plant instead of clear skies. The issue for shareholders, the board and executives, at lest is bottom line p...
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...
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...
life expectancy than in previous generation, but to face it alone, that is, in a one-person household (De Jong Gierveld, 2002). Th...