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Elderly Divorce

life expectancy than in previous generation, but to face it alone, that is, in a one-person household (De Jong Gierveld, 2002). Th...

Theory-Driven Praxis—Personal Framework

Domain concepts Health: The traditional understanding of "health" is that is the absence of illness and/or injury. However, for ...

Anxiety Level in Elderly Patients & Primary Language

language competency. The results of this study confirmed that the BEST oral interview can be used successfully within the context ...

Income Level, Depression & the Elderly

Research has previously shown that depression is a significant predictor of HRQOL. The participants in this study reported their H...

Community Nursing Problem/Yeadon, PA

avoidance, such as creating a buddy system, which pairs elderly neighbors with each other. Buddies check on one another and accomp...

Living With AIDS

combination of these drugs is prescribed although there are some drugs that are combinations within themselves, such as Combivir, ...

Abuse of the Elderly

In six pages elderly abuse is examined in terms of its types and various situations. There are 4 sources cited in the bibliograph...

Elderly Patients and Minimizing Physiological and Psychosocial Tracheal Tube Stresses

In five pages this paper discusses the postoperative stresses that are represented by tracheal tubes particularly as they involve ...

Hot Coffee, the Stella Liebeck Case, and McDonald's

In five pages this paper examines McDonald's liability in a case involving elderly customer Stella Liebeck who received 3rd degree...

Elderly and Dementia

In five pages the occurrence of dementia in the elderly is examined along with a discussion of the caregiver's role in this progre...

Conversation a Mother and Her Two Daughters

In twelve pages this report is based on a transcript of a restaurant conversation between an elderly mother and her two middle age...

Animal Assisted Therapy and the Relationship Between Dogs and Humans

emotional, physical and mental care. Dogs establish a fierce loyalty to their human families in a very short amount of time; bond...

Senior Citizens and Isolation

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

Taking Care of the Elderly

The author considers the difficulties facing families who decide to care for elderly relatives with Alzheimer's. The author analyz...

Elderly Care in a Nursing Home v. At Home

In seven pages caring for the elderly is considered through two options with home health care oftentimes presenting more advantage...

Senior Citizens with Osteoarthritis and Effects of Exercise

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

Senior Citizens and Education

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

The Family and Aging Reflected in The Price and Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller

In twelve pages this research paper discusses the impact of aging not only on the elderly member of the family but on the family i...

Review of an Article on the Epidemiologic Issue of Dementia

In four pages the article appearing in Lancet involving the epidemiologic issue dementia may pose for the elderly is reviewed and ...

Hypertension and Cardiovascular Disease

in both hypertension and other forms of cardiovascular disease. Though the overall mortality rates for coronary heart disease h...

Nursing Home Industry and Patient Care Costs Determination

In six pages this research paper examines the nursing home industry and considers the increasing costs of patient care due to an e...

Financial Crimes against the Elderly

abuse victims in the United States each year, but officials only hear of about perhaps 1 in 25 cases" (Hurme, 2006). When people t...

Pet Therapy for the Elderly

topic has been anecdotal in nature, therefore, Banks and Banks (2002) designed a study utilizing pet therapy, or as they term it, ...

Analysis: Two Articles on Aging

conclusions are interesting, particularly as they take what is often seen as a negative (aging) and turn it into a positive experi...

Interview with an Elderly Individual

ask, "What are your memories of your childhood without electricity, phones and plumbing (knowing the individual lived very rurally...

Nurses Knowledge of Prevention Strategies for Constipation in Elderly Patients who are Bed Bound: A Health Promotion Study

of different causative factors (Clinician Reviews, 2007; Hunter et al, 2002). Extrapolated prevalence rates for constipation in t...

Story of an Apology

dog, and then headed for the door. She waddled. Her granddaughter who she rarely sees, Allison, laughs and calls her a duck. Veron...

Depression in Elderly Women

This longitudinal study examined gender differences in depression between a cohort of 754 men and women over age 70, beginning in ...

An Interview of a Couple Who Met in the Marine Corps

straight ahead and never acknowledged him, as women all about him were flirting and trying to get his attention. Naturally, it wa...

Nursing Homes and Elderly Abuse

report the trouble. Sometimes they have no family or nobody to report the abuse to. Many nursing homes have no background check ...