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Irregularities in Accounting at WorldCom and Enron

savvy ways of getting things done. That is, until the fall of 2001. The nation, already shocked and stunned by the tragedy...

Legislation on Euthanasia

Another state, Colorado, enacted a petition in 2000 that would allow for the legalization of physician assisted suicide but the ap...

H.R. 724/Nursing Education Act of 2009

back to Congress on the proposed legislation, either favorably or unfavorably (GovTrack, 2009b). They are first considered in the ...

Depression and Senior Citizen Patients

the difficulties and losses inherent with aging. The assumption is often made that, with age comes transcendental wisdom, but res...

Senior Citizens and a Pharmaceutical Assistance Contract

by Pennsylvania State Representatives Dombrowski, Cappabianca, Bowser, Boyes, Merry and Rudy. It was first referred on January 24...

Falls and Senior Citizen Patients

that are often incurred as a natural part of the aging process (Wang and Wollin, 2004). These changes include "impaired vision and...

Senior Citizens and Housing

heart attacks and strokes (Bartelmes, 2002). These conditions may also lead to slow but progressive disability (Bartelmes, 2002). ...

Developmentally Disables Senior Citizens and Need for Services in New York State

2002). The state has taken active steps to provide services for the developmentally disabled population. In 1998, Governor George...

Age Discrimination and Senior Citizens

of becoming old for society has imbedded the ideal that youth is where power and desire lay. In Greers article she begins with the...

Senior Citizen Interview

when they were all expected to be at home, go to church together and then share in a Sunday dinner. Chips absence caused a lot of...

Senior Citizen, Adolescent, and Preschooler Observations

In twelve pages these distinct age groups are discussed in an observational consideration. Ten sources are cited in the bibliogra...

Senior Citizens with Osteoarthritis and Effects of Exercise

osteoarthritis (Alper, 1998). Nicholas DiNubile, an orthopedic consultant to the Philadelphia 76ers and the Pennsylvania Ba...

Evidence-Based Practices Nursing

In health care, implementing evidence-based practices refers to making decisions about patient care that are based on the best evi...

Senior Citizens and Isolation

In six pages this opinion paper features research regarding how views of society, depression, and health issues contribute to the ...

Five Stereotypes Associated With Aging and Senior Citizens

warrants. The hardship that media bias has caused the elderly population is immense and far-reaching, severely impacting everythi...

Senior Citizens and the Polypharmacy Concept

life as is possible for an 80-year-old with her various health conditions. What is Polypharmacy? McCloskey (2002) quotes Chest...

Senior Citizen Universal Prescription Coverage Plan

they need. While everyone hurts with high prescription costs, senior citizens tend to rely more on prescription drugs for their ov...

Senior Citizens and Influenza

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...

Senior Citizens and Public Places

out to those Americans disabled by ignorance or handicapped by prejudice and teach them a better way" (Bush, 1993, p. 35). Since ...

Advertising and Senior Citizen Treatment by Popular Culture

"Demographers predict that the numbers of elderly people will double in the next 30 years" (pp. 3). As the population of America ...

U.S. and Abuse of Senior Citizens

This 5 page report discusses the fact that the majority of the population is aware that there is a serious problem in America wi...

Senior Citizens and Rex L. Jones' Poker and the American Dream

In five pages this paper considers the reasons why elderly individuals play poker in hopes of capturing part of the American Dream...

NJ's Morris County and Senior Citizen Services

In six pages this paper presents a service expansion proposal to more adequately meet the needs of the elderly residents of Morris...

Senior Citizens, Hemodialysis, and End Stage Renal Failure

In fifteen pages the hemodialysis procedure is described and then the sociological and biological effects that the elderly can exp...

SECOND-CLASS CITIZEN: AN ESSAY

the United Kingdom. Ultimately, though, she realized that maybe the way to get to England was through her husband. Furthermore, sh...

Being a Citizen of the World

in promoting global or worldwide rights for more than 60 years. On December 10, 1948, the United Nations adopted The Universal Dec...

Health Education Professional Organizations and their Websites

This research paper offers an overview of the websites for the following health education professional organizations: the Society ...

Controlling Healthcare Costs

This research paper discusses the urgent need to control health care expenditure in the US and the strategies that are currently b...

Reduce Health Costs by Targeting Resources

The New York City Police Commissioner was successful in reducing crime by targeting high crime areas and allocating resources to t...

Universal Health Care, An Overview

This research paper presents a comprehensive overview of the issues associated with the continuing debate about universal health c...