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Essays 271 - 300
the near future, however. This presents potentially severe consequences for the economics of elder care. The stakeholders in this...
Medical Center, 2002). It is estimated that 13 to 18 million adults suffer from incontinence at some time or other (Mercy Medical...
there was a problem of infections in long-term care facilities and in hospitals (Dimond, 1994). These are called nosocomial infect...
they were raised in an era of conservation and sacrifice (the 1940s and 1950s) and believe they should be able to live through it ...
staying alive. As global warming continues, it influences the sea level; as the waters continue to rise, they will ultimately "di...
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...
report the trouble. Sometimes they have no family or nobody to report the abuse to. Many nursing homes have no background check ...
their mental capacity often fades due to dementia, or Alzheimers, or a host of other maladies that create this state where there i...
not a socially accepted occurrence. In America, contempt and disrespect stem from the aspect of aging against ones will, with peo...
straight ahead and never acknowledged him, as women all about him were flirting and trying to get his attention. Naturally, it wa...
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...
pets do make a difference has spawned a variety of organizations eager to further research and create service programs involving a...
quality of a patients life, (4) implementing managed care policies that threaten quality of care, and (5) working with unethical/i...
In thirty pages this paper discusses elderly care in a discussion of nursing, holistic care, communications, and local policies, a...
carpet in two rooms; wet walls; wet ceilings. The long-term results for some residents have included buckled walls and buckled, cr...
"Demographers predict that the numbers of elderly people will double in the next 30 years" (pp. 3). As the population of America ...
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...
out to those Americans disabled by ignorance or handicapped by prejudice and teach them a better way" (Bush, 1993, p. 35). Since ...
more personal, incorporating "personal health behavior change" (Anderson, Palombo and Earl, 1998; p. 205) as well. 2. What...
they need. While everyone hurts with high prescription costs, senior citizens tend to rely more on prescription drugs for their ov...
need for theory in accomplishing the tasks of direct patient care. There are routines and required protocols to follow, but the p...
In three pages this paper discusses dementia in elderly patients and how dementia can result in this consideration of etiology and...
dog, and then headed for the door. She waddled. Her granddaughter who she rarely sees, Allison, laughs and calls her a duck. Veron...
out the parameters of the problem and review previous the results of research in this area. She discusses how patients older than ...
of many elderly patients. The failure of the policy to realise real benefits was seen in many areas. This is not to say...
In fifteen pages the hemodialysis procedure is described and then the sociological and biological effects that the elderly can exp...
In eight pages the ways in which Japanese, Hispanic, and American cultures regard aging are explored and include such relevant top...
In six pages this paper presents a service expansion proposal to more adequately meet the needs of the elderly residents of Morris...