YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :The Elderly and Psychiatric Polypharmacy
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and forgetful. It can be a very serious problem for the elderly who are often on a smorgasbord of necessary pills to treat a varie...
Exercise program No exercise program As this chart illustrates the 2x2 factorial design dictated that the sample group should be ...
has been estimated that between 49 and 83 percent of all elderly adults experience pain on a regular basis (Briggs, 2003). Desbi...
by a factor of 11! Consequently, the elderly, who comprised only 1 in every 25 Americans (3.1 million) in 1900, made up 1 in 8 (33...
able to evolve in a manner that is in correspondence with their desires (Atchley, 2002). At the same time, this learning takes pl...
Every day, people seek medical treatments, surgery and extensive and costly procedures to reduce the physical impacts of aging and...
the cracks of indigent health care. The hospital quite naturally is concerned about the cost of continuing to provide care for Mr...
("Developmental," 2005). Sometimes there is a sensitivity to medications, dementia, communication problems, deformities and cereb...
(CVA) (Heart Center Online, n.d.) but it is also called a brain attack (Cornforth , 2002). A stroke happens when oxygen and other ...
runs $127 on average (Cummings, 2002). The goal of the ALF is to help senior citizens maintain as much independence as possible wi...
like alcohol. Alcoholism and Prescription Drug Abuse The elderly population is the fastest growing demographic group in the Un...
individual, this woman does reflect on the past and has some regrets, but some optimistic comments are made as well. In evaluat...
medication are adequate, symptoms are controlled and most asthma-related problems are avoided (Francis, 2004). There are two maj...
2002). The state has taken active steps to provide services for the developmentally disabled population. In 1998, Governor George...
life expectancy than in previous generation, but to face it alone, that is, in a one-person household (De Jong Gierveld, 2002). Th...
Domain concepts Health: The traditional understanding of "health" is that is the absence of illness and/or injury. However, for ...
serve to further complicate these problems. Many elderly Native Americans suffering with diabetes, for example, may have been att...
language competency. The results of this study confirmed that the BEST oral interview can be used successfully within the context ...
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Americans 65 years or older increased by 74 percent between 1970 and 1999, from roughly 20 mi...
combination of these drugs is prescribed although there are some drugs that are combinations within themselves, such as Combivir, ...
An interview conducted in 2006 with John P. Stewart, executive director with the Baltimore Commission on Aging and Retirement Educ...
avoidance, such as creating a buddy system, which pairs elderly neighbors with each other. Buddies check on one another and accomp...
Research has previously shown that depression is a significant predictor of HRQOL. The participants in this study reported their H...
This longitudinal study examined gender differences in depression between a cohort of 754 men and women over age 70, beginning in ...
treatment over plates of types of cells resulted in greater proliferation of those cells than in control groups. TT require...
2008). Further significant improvement is unlikely in the near future, however. Californias Efforts Governor Arnold Schwar...
First seen as an occasional point of minor and temporary discomfort, there seemed to be other, more "important" issues to assess. ...
reveals about diabetic populations. The normal digestive processes of the body turn any form of carbohydrate that is consumed in...
p. 29), as stated in its title. Mean age was 81; 218 participants completed the study. The researchers evaluated the differences...
she does "light housekeeping," which is also not consistent with someone who needs assistance getting out of bed. However, the stu...