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HIV and the Senior Citizen Population

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 ...

Controversy Regarding the Elderly and Prescription Drug Coverage

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

Evaluation of Gerontology

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

Case Study on Making Ethical Decisions

hospital quite naturally is concerned about the cost of continuing to provide care for Andrew, but it can be assured that there is...

Understanding How Crime is Experienced by Senior Citizens Research Proposal

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

Nursing Homes and Abuse of the Elderly

over the age of 60 years in 1995, and that number will probably increase to about 1.2 billion (2002, p.1094) in 2025. Informatio...

Older Population and Landmark Objects Study

In 5 pages this research study on senior citizens and landmark objects as assisting in memory is the focus of this critique and an...

Aging Population and Depression Issue in Home Health Care

In ten pages this paper presents a hypothetical situation in which an agency must address the issue of senior citizens and depress...

Evaluation of the Atkins Diet Plan

and when carbohydrates are restricted, weight loss naturally results (Atkins, 2009). The Atkins Diet stresses eating protein and i...

Analysis of Diet

10 6.1 2.8 Total fat 4.3 38.6% of all calories No more than 30% Saturated fat 10 7.9% of calories Less than 10% Cholesterol 0 597...

Oral Health is Linked to Overall Health

gum disease in one form or another (Cardiovascular Week, 2005). Gingivitis is the first step of periodontal disease. The...

New Jersey and Obesity

This paper considers the progress New Jersey has made towards meeting the objectives outlined in Healthy People 2010 and Healthy P...

Healthy People 2020 and the PPACA

Medicare and Medicaid and reforming private insurance (DeVille & Novick, 2011). For example, PPACA mandated policy prohibits cos...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Senior Citizens and Housing

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

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...

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 Long Term Care

Nursing homes have changed for the better over the years, but they still carry a negative connotation and generally only those who...

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...

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...

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...

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 Public Places

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

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...

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 ...

Senior Citizens Care and the Impact of Local Policies and Global Health Issues

In thirty pages this paper discusses elderly care in a discussion of nursing, holistic care, communications, and local policies, a...