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Drug Abuse and the Elderly

Abstract Substance abuse among the elderly is growing problem. Substance...

Falls and the Retired Population - An Annotated Bibliography

The writer reviews and present the main theme of fifteen articles that would be useful in a project to assess the impact that fal...

The Influence of Environmental Factors on Falls

This paper is an annotated bibliography written in support of a nursing paper examining environmental factors which may influence...

UTIs Pressure Sores Pneumonia in the Elderly

higher risk for UTIs than others. Risks include older age, poor hygiene, and/or poor hydration. Two of the greatest risks can be p...

Risks in the Home that Impact on Fall Rates

The writer looks at literature which has been used to identify different risks in the home environment that may impact on the fall...

How Osteoporosis Affects the Elderly

This essay discusses osteoporosis - what it is, risks, and incidence. It does so in the context of a film entitled Fire in the Dar...

Failures in Fall Prevention Practices

The writer looks at the best practice strategies to reduce fall rates in elderly community based patients. The research based bet ...

The Elderly and Driving Behavior

A gerontological issue that is relevant in today's society involves driving. This paper examines studies on driving as it respect...

Assessing a Fall Prevention Implementation Plan

attitudes and motivation. However, in a criticism of the educational program, it has become apparent that certain aspects of these...

Evaluating a Nursing Educational Program

The writer looks at the way in which a nursing program may be evaluated to provide instant results. The tool advocated is a self c...

Review of Achievements in the Development and Implementation of Nursing Program to Reduce Falls

The writer reviews an intervention program designed by the student to assess and reduce risks with the aim of preventing falls in ...

Interview with an elderly man

Interview techniques are touched on in this paper that focuses on a mock interview. There are three sources listed in the bibliogr...

A Film About the Elderly

This essay is based on a movie about old age and family dynamics. The essay uses scenes from the move to discuss: friendship, sand...

The Elderly and the Natural Life Span

This paper reviews how individual outlook combines with societal norms to determine whether aging will be a positive or negative p...

The Elderly and their Needs

This research paper provides an overview of the various needs that society should address in order to order to provide comprehensi...

Elderly Women and Drug Misuse

This is a two-topic paper. The first part reviews a journal article about older women using or misusing substances, mostly legal d...

Polypharmacy in the Elderly

In a paper of forty pages, the author reflects on the current literature to propose a specific approach to studying and changing t...

Elderly Patients/Insulin Administration

This paper pertains to an EBP project proposal that involves a shift from SSI (sliding scale insulin) to the basal-bolus approach....

Social Work Among the Elderly, An Overview

This paper presents an overview of urgent issues in social work that entail provision of services to older adults. Topics addresse...

Assisting Bedridden Elderly Patients: An Ergonomic Concern

This paper is on a primary care provider's concerns regarding the risk to a client's health and safety due to having to lift heavy...

Hospital Chaplains and Elderly Illnesses

Dementia is a debilitating disease that strikes mostly older people. The focus of this essay is Spiritual care for people with dem...

Development in the Lifespan/Preschool & Elderly

to determine how scholarly sources perceive the generations, as ascertaining what the differences and the common features that can...

Article Critique/Elderly Exercise

were aged 55 to 75 years at recruitment in 1989. The active group attended 30 to 45 minute exercise sessions three times per of su...

Mentally Ill Elderly/Syphilis Screening

A 5 page research paper that offers a summary of evidence relating STD incidence in older populations and how whether nor this con...

Depression in Elderly

low energy; 7. feelings of worthlessness; 8. poor concentration, and 9. recurrent suicidal ideation or suicide attempt (Lapid and ...

Assistive Devices & The Elderly/Maintaining Independence

This study employed a prospective pre-test and a post-test randomized control trial design and a sample group of 53 senior adults ...

Adverse Drug Reaction Among Elderly Patients: Impact Upon Costs And Length Of Hospital Stay

population want to be able to take care of themselves, yet they are rarely given the tools with which to accomplish this objective...

Elderly: Depression And Suicide

With millions of Americans in all age groups suffering from clinical depression (Alexopoulos), it can no longer be looked upon as ...

Depression And Diabetes: Dietary Choices Of The Elderly And Young Adults

compromised health. Whether diabetes incites depression or is brought about by already-existing depression is a concern that Brow...

Substance Abuse in the Elderly Population

as many addicts often die early. But there are cases when substances are not abused early in life, but get picked up when the indi...