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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...
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...
they were raised in an era of conservation and sacrifice (the 1940s and 1950s) and believe they should be able to live through it ...
there was a problem of infections in long-term care facilities and in hospitals (Dimond, 1994). These are called nosocomial infect...
to the area (via migration or birth) than those that are dying. The bulk of the increase in Florida is due to people migrating dur...
nursing quality of care" (Hart, et al, 2006, p. 256). These indicators specifically indicate that complications, such as pressure ...
This is significant to nursing because nurses have to learn to insert and remove the catheter from the patient which is sometimes ...
are, of course, special considerations which go into treating the elderly. We know, for example, that the elderly often experienc...
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 ...
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...
is three times the average for all other age groups (AOA, 2010). Average doctor visits in a year were 6.5 for ages 65 to 74 and 7....
In order to determine whether or not the consent form signed is valid we need to consider the concept of informed consent. The con...
"an older person with adequate food, clothing, shelter, medical care or assistance with activities of daily living" (Gray-Vickrey,...
prior to being admitted to the care facility, it is possible that these needs are not being met. There is also the religious need ...
worst for the population aged 50 and above. People of middle age and older are likely to be experiencing the physical problems tha...
the observation of one or two members of that group. For instance, one young African-American mother cheats to get welfare, and su...
et al, 2005). Citing how public education in America "has historically been both the panacea for societal ills and the target fo...
majority of them helpless to a life of nothing other than self-sacrifice for their homes and families. For Vietnamese women...
leaders should facilitate their development of trans-cultural nursing skills such as being able to assess patterns that are eviden...
as many addicts often die early. But there are cases when substances are not abused early in life, but get picked up when the indi...
This paper consists of eight pages and discusses the abuse of senior citizens in a detailed overview. Eight sources are cited in ...
In five pages this paper examines senior citizens, pain, and their inability oftentimes to verbally express the pain they are feel...
is well known that in Asian countries, as well as Asian communities in the United States, the elderly are treated with respect. Ye...
In seven pages this paper examines senior citizen health care and housing in an emphasis upon social support and funding. Twelve ...
there were no caregiver present to assist the elderly individual during the day and evening, the frail older person frequently fou...
In six pages 4 articles on aging are compared regarding research issues. Four sources are cited in the bibliography....