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nursing quality of care" (Hart, et al, 2006, p. 256). These indicators specifically indicate that complications, such as pressure ...
paper properly! While two million older adults are abused in America each year, only 2% of these cases are reported by phy...
advances in research or clinical practice, the interview method has been one of the most fruitful, producing the majority of the b...
In three pages this paper discusses dementia in elderly patients and how dementia can result in this consideration of etiology and...
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...
need for theory in accomplishing the tasks of direct patient care. There are routines and required protocols to follow, but the p...
of many elderly patients. The failure of the policy to realise real benefits was seen in many areas. This is not to say...
straight ahead and never acknowledged him, as women all about him were flirting and trying to get his attention. Naturally, it wa...
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. ...
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...
not a socially accepted occurrence. In America, contempt and disrespect stem from the aspect of aging against ones will, with peo...
This is significant to nursing because nurses have to learn to insert and remove the catheter from the patient which is sometimes ...
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...
staying alive. As global warming continues, it influences the sea level; as the waters continue to rise, they will ultimately "di...
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...
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 ...
care home agencies also offer data on each service that is provided by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and acco...
First seen as an occasional point of minor and temporary discomfort, there seemed to be other, more "important" issues to assess. ...
reveals about diabetic populations. The normal digestive processes of the body turn any form of carbohydrate that is consumed in...
p. 29), as stated in its title. Mean age was 81; 218 participants completed the study. The researchers evaluated the differences...
of the elderly - especially when culturally and institutionally coerced - is not necessarily accompanied by affection...In the pas...
she does "light housekeeping," which is also not consistent with someone who needs assistance getting out of bed. However, the stu...
life expectancy than in previous generation, but to face it alone, that is, in a one-person household (De Jong Gierveld, 2002). Th...
language competency. The results of this study confirmed that the BEST oral interview can be used successfully within the context ...