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the difficulties and losses inherent with aging. The assumption is often made that, with age comes transcendental wisdom, but res...
Exercise program No exercise program As this chart illustrates the 2x2 factorial design dictated that the sample group should be ...
there was a problem of infections in long-term care facilities and in hospitals (Dimond, 1994). These are called nosocomial infect...
Medical Center, 2002). It is estimated that 13 to 18 million adults suffer from incontinence at some time or other (Mercy Medical...
the near future, however. This presents potentially severe consequences for the economics of elder care. The stakeholders in this...
they were raised in an era of conservation and sacrifice (the 1940s and 1950s) and believe they should be able to live through it ...
elderly, the most common of which include chronic disease, inflammation and blood loss (Williamson et al, nd). Smith reports there...
and John noted a resistance to mechanical ventilation as a part of the treatment plan. John stated in one of his few lucid period...
This is significant to nursing because nurses have to learn to insert and remove the catheter from the patient which is sometimes ...
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...
straight ahead and never acknowledged him, as women all about him were flirting and trying to get his attention. Naturally, it wa...
not a socially accepted occurrence. In America, contempt and disrespect stem from the aspect of aging against ones will, with peo...
are, of course, special considerations which go into treating the elderly. We know, for example, that the elderly often experienc...
life as is possible for an 80-year-old with her various health conditions. What is Polypharmacy? McCloskey (2002) quotes Chest...
staying alive. As global warming continues, it influences the sea level; as the waters continue to rise, they will ultimately "di...
of employment at the plant instead of clear skies. The issue for shareholders, the board and executives, at lest is bottom line p...
In six pages elderly abuse is examined in terms of its types and various situations. There are 4 sources cited in the bibliograph...
In four pages the article appearing in Lancet involving the epidemiologic issue dementia may pose for the elderly is reviewed and ...
in both hypertension and other forms of cardiovascular disease. Though the overall mortality rates for coronary heart disease h...
In six pages this research paper examines the nursing home industry and considers the increasing costs of patient care due to an e...
In ten pages senior citizens are discussed within the context of health education and the problems that can exist with a considera...
emotional, physical and mental care. Dogs establish a fierce loyalty to their human families in a very short amount of time; bond...
In six pages this opinion paper features research regarding how views of society, depression, and health issues contribute to the ...
The author considers the difficulties facing families who decide to care for elderly relatives with Alzheimer's. The author analyz...
In seven pages caring for the elderly is considered through two options with home health care oftentimes presenting more advantage...
osteoarthritis (Alper, 1998). Nicholas DiNubile, an orthopedic consultant to the Philadelphia 76ers and the Pennsylvania Ba...
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...
In five pages this paper discusses the postoperative stresses that are represented by tracheal tubes particularly as they involve ...
In five pages the occurrence of dementia in the elderly is examined along with a discussion of the caregiver's role in this progre...