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Essays 331 - 360
quality of a patients life, (4) implementing managed care policies that threaten quality of care, and (5) working with unethical/i...
"Demographers predict that the numbers of elderly people will double in the next 30 years" (pp. 3). As the population of America ...
pets do make a difference has spawned a variety of organizations eager to further research and create service programs involving a...
carpet in two rooms; wet walls; wet ceilings. The long-term results for some residents have included buckled walls and buckled, cr...
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...
In six pages life's 8 stages as theorized by Erik Erikson are applied to a sample interview with a woman age 72 who discusses reli...
In a paper consisting of nine pages a nationwide plan for prescription drugs is examined in terms of economic feasibility and the ...
In eight pages the global aging population issue is discussed with elder abuse laws, increasing incidences of abuse and neglect, a...
question was directed at the nurse. One of her companions noted that her daughters name is Nancy, but Nancy died three years previ...
In thirty pages this paper discusses elderly care in a discussion of nursing, holistic care, communications, and local policies, a...
out to those Americans disabled by ignorance or handicapped by prejudice and teach them a better way" (Bush, 1993, p. 35). Since ...
out the parameters of the problem and review previous the results of research in this area. She discusses how patients older than ...
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...
of many elderly patients. The failure of the policy to realise real benefits was seen in many areas. This is not to say...
In three pages this paper discusses dementia in elderly patients and how dementia can result in this consideration of etiology and...
more personal, incorporating "personal health behavior change" (Anderson, Palombo and Earl, 1998; p. 205) as well. 2. What...
well as to demonstrate projections for use in future planning for nursing paradigms to address depression in elderly populations. ...
dog, and then headed for the door. She waddled. Her granddaughter who she rarely sees, Allison, laughs and calls her a duck. Veron...
straight ahead and never acknowledged him, as women all about him were flirting and trying to get his attention. Naturally, it wa...
Security system and others had begun to focus on the idea of a program aimed at insuring Social Security beneficiaries" (Anonymous...
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...
quality of life represents the extent to which an individual can continue living his or her normal existence without the overwhelm...
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...
of employment at the plant instead of clear skies. The issue for shareholders, the board and executives, at lest is bottom line p...
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...
staying alive. As global warming continues, it influences the sea level; as the waters continue to rise, they will ultimately "di...