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a long period, have the opportunity to build relationships with them and are able to come to know the individual patients response...

medication are adequate, symptoms are controlled and most asthma-related problems are avoided (Francis, 2004). There are two maj...

the American population becomes progressively older. This report warns that we are on the threshold of becoming a basically "geria...

professional must carefully evaluate this patient using all that is known about each of these conditions. Pain such as that being...

to nonadherence to medication in the mentally ill elderly is attempting to successfully pinpoint a single yet comprehensive connot...

Week, 2005). The etiology of the condition revolves around the inflammation and swelling of the synovial membrane as it is invade...

cerebellum are affected, then hemi/quadriparesis, hemisensory loss and ataxia, and abnormal eye movements will be noted, along wit...

Various problems of senior citizens who are also addicts are examined. Solutions and methodologies with attention to group counsel...

In ten pages senior citizens are discussed within the context of health education and the problems that can exist with a considera...

on Health Services ("Rep. Manuel," 2004). While some are semi-related, he has done little in respect to the questions at hand. Gra...

instead into a nursing home which is understaffed, under-funded and where the staff are disinclined to treat their patients with d...

involved, the elderly can be put aside. Whether living at home or in a skilled nursing facility (SNF), the lives of the elderly w...

biochemistry. I recognized the wonder of chemistry, but what I failed to recognize at the time was the solid practice it gave me ...

is well known that in Asian countries, as well as Asian communities in the United States, the elderly are treated with respect. Ye...

and that maintaining the most stable possible environment has been found to help alleviate the impact of such behaviours: it might...

to 14. Considering only adolescents 15 to 19, the suicide rate is "was 8.2 deaths per 100,000 teenagers, including five times as ...

life requires a recognition that our bodies give to us both our lives and our deaths, so that social and cultural life can, in the...

forgetful. It can be a very serious problem for the elderly who are often on a smorgasbord of necessary pills to treat a variety o...

Yet, birth and death are part of life and in some way they are each nearer to the darkness--the before and after life--that people...

for a few days. They engage in many risky behaviors. Further, juveniles are not rational actors who look at the potential results ...

Unburdend crawl toward death", states King Lear in the opening act. Having decided to step down from the throne, King Lear has pos...

the facility of national service volunteerism. Foster Grandparents -- history, goals and funding Many older Americans are in a po...

human life. Without its influential element, myriad individuals would not be able to properly function within their world. The p...

The vastly different reports of the incidence of urinary incontinence among the older population is the result of the different wa...

The National Crime Victimization Survey reports that the rate of violent crime victimization of persons ages 65 or older was about...

In all honesty it seems to be a problem with the poor as well as the middle class, white and black, male and female, straight and ...

Security system and others had begun to focus on the idea of a program aimed at insuring Social Security beneficiaries" (Anonymous...

be expected to become even more top-heavy in the near future, however. This presents potentially severe consequences for the econo...

Roland, 1996). Langjolois, et al (1998) showed that weight loss was a factor in hip fracture in older men and found that lower men...

chemistry and another in biochemistry. I recognized the wonder of chemistry, but what I failed to recognize at the time was the s...