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This research paper offers brief discussion of 3 issues pertaining to managed care, which are the advantages and disadvantages of ...
do not have their inhaler with them or it is "forgotten, lost or empty when needed" (Bryne, Schreibr and Nguyen 335). Without this...
In seven pages American and Hazda elderly women are contrasted and compared regarding social position, community involvement, and ...
geographic community. Aggregate An aggregate is any subgroup of a defined community. The subgroup can be defined by any cr...
bias that exists in the media - particular in television but also clearly apparent in music, advertisements and all other entities...
avoidance, such as creating a buddy system, which pairs elderly neighbors with each other. Buddies check on one another and accomp...
rates per 100,000 by ethnicity in San Francisco are reported as: African-American, 1,302; Asian/Pacific Islander, 446; Latino, 535...
This paper is an annotated bibliography written in support of a nursing paper examining environmental factors which may influence...
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...
has been estimated that between 49 and 83 percent of all elderly adults experience pain on a regular basis (Briggs, 2003). Desbi...
the cracks of indigent health care. The hospital quite naturally is concerned about the cost of continuing to provide care for Mr...
runs $127 on average (Cummings, 2002). The goal of the ALF is to help senior citizens maintain as much independence as possible wi...
like alcohol. Alcoholism and Prescription Drug Abuse The elderly population is the fastest growing demographic group in the Un...
A 7 page client profile that discusses nursing care for an elderly client with degenerative brain disease and offers a research su...
Nursing homes have changed for the better over the years, but they still carry a negative connotation and generally only those who...
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...
there was a problem of infections in long-term care facilities and in hospitals (Dimond, 1994). These are called nosocomial infect...
need for theory in accomplishing the tasks of direct patient care. There are routines and required protocols to follow, but the p...
In six pages this paper examines how PACs attempt to influence elderly health care policies with strategic recommendations offered...
The author considers the difficulties facing families who decide to care for elderly relatives with Alzheimer's. The author analyz...
In six pages this research paper examines the nursing home industry and considers the increasing costs of patient care due to an e...
attitudes and motivation. However, in a criticism of the educational program, it has become apparent that certain aspects of these...
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 falls in elderly chronic patients at that home. 1c. Discuss findings with supervisor/mentor. 1a. The creation of a detailed...
This paper places the responsibility for caring for the elderly parents on the shoulders of their adult children. There are four ...
or people at risk, a handful of businessmen capitalized upon opportunity by what those like Heilbroner et al (1998) believe to be ...
First seen as an occasional point of minor and temporary discomfort, there seemed to be other, more "important" issues to assess. ...
2008). Further significant improvement is unlikely in the near future, however. Californias Efforts Governor Arnold Schwar...