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This research paper describes 3 prescription, non-prescriptive and alternative/complementary drugs that can be used to address dep...
This paper places the responsibility for caring for the elderly parents on the shoulders of their adult children. There are four ...
This essay discusses a student's observations of elderly adults and the student's interpretation of the observed behaviors, drawin...
This essay presents a discussion on mental health practice and the elderly, focusing on the biases of the student as a mental heal...
This research paper presents a case study that illustrates how to properly address an instance of polypharmacy in an elderly patie...
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...
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...
more personal, incorporating "personal health behavior change" (Anderson, Palombo and Earl, 1998; p. 205) as well. 2. What...
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 the parameters of the problem and review previous the results of research in this area. She discusses how patients older than ...
out to those Americans disabled by ignorance or handicapped by prejudice and teach them a better way" (Bush, 1993, p. 35). Since ...
carpet in two rooms; wet walls; wet ceilings. The long-term results for some residents have included buckled walls and buckled, cr...
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...
pets do make a difference has spawned a variety of organizations eager to further research and create service programs involving a...
and John noted a resistance to mechanical ventilation as a part of the treatment plan. John stated in one of his few lucid period...
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...
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 ...
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...
different is that we always had penmanship classes, all the way through school. Theres so much difference now; schools dont seem ...
elderly, the most common of which include chronic disease, inflammation and blood loss (Williamson et al, nd). Smith reports there...
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...
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...
quality of a patients life, (4) implementing managed care policies that threaten quality of care, and (5) working with unethical/i...