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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 longitudinal study examined gender differences in depression between a cohort of 754 men and women over age 70, beginning in ...
of different causative factors (Clinician Reviews, 2007; Hunter et al, 2002). Extrapolated prevalence rates for constipation in t...
ask, "What are your memories of your childhood without electricity, phones and plumbing (knowing the individual lived very rurally...
with chronic conditions to live longer, despite the presence of these conditions. However, the pharmaceutical innovations that mak...
then developing a quantitative instrument for assessing risk behaviors related to the onset of substance abuse behaviors among the...
treatment over plates of types of cells resulted in greater proliferation of those cells than in control groups. TT require...
were those who didnt like the "gatekeeper" mentality, the fact that any referral or recommendation needed to come from a "primary ...
viewed demonstrated variables in relation to the methods for disseminating information and best-practice approaches to reducing fa...
the family owned a car, the elderly womans family had the opportunity to visit family or friends or even take a Sunday drive. Th...
The writer reviews and present the main theme of fifteen articles that would be useful in a project to assess the impact that fal...
This paper reports on the dissemination process for a DNP project, the impact and prevention of psychiatric polypharmacy among the...
This research paper examine the prevalence of suicide among the elderly. Causes and prevention suggestions are described. Three pa...
There are two sociological problems discussed in this essay. The first section discusses aging and focuses on poverty among the el...
This paper consists of a table that provides details from seven research studies that all describe insulin administration and elde...
out the parameters of the problem and review previous the results of research in this area. She discusses how patients older than ...
more personal, incorporating "personal health behavior change" (Anderson, Palombo and Earl, 1998; p. 205) as well. 2. What...
they need. While everyone hurts with high prescription costs, senior citizens tend to rely more on prescription drugs for their ov...
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...
quality of a patients life, (4) implementing managed care policies that threaten quality of care, and (5) working with unethical/i...
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 ...
pets do make a difference has spawned a variety of organizations eager to further research and create service programs involving a...
older our bodies begin to simply wear out. The modern marvels of medicine can patch up many of our creaks and groans, it can even...
facility is (2000). Most also are not aware that Medicare pays for hospice facilities (2000). This article is important in pointi...
out to those Americans disabled by ignorance or handicapped by prejudice and teach them a better way" (Bush, 1993, p. 35). Since ...
All of the results of this reengineering, however, were not as positive. The process had not taken into consideration the fact th...
Exercise program No exercise program As this chart illustrates the 2x2 factorial design dictated that the sample group should be ...