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Gilded Era/Welfare Reform & The Elderly And Privacy

or people at risk, a handful of businessmen capitalized upon opportunity by what those like Heilbroner et al (1998) believe to be ...

Senior Citizens in Miami, Florida

to the area (via migration or birth) than those that are dying. The bulk of the increase in Florida is due to people migrating dur...

Problems with Abuse and Neglect of the Elderly

paper properly! While two million older adults are abused in America each year, only 2% of these cases are reported by phy...

Exercise in Making an Ethical Decision

the cracks of indigent health care. The hospital quite naturally is concerned about the cost of continuing to provide care for Mr...

The Elderly and Alternative Care Choices

runs $127 on average (Cummings, 2002). The goal of the ALF is to help senior citizens maintain as much independence as possible wi...

Adult Day Care Placement Benefits

not a socially accepted occurrence. In America, contempt and disrespect stem from the aspect of aging against ones will, with peo...

Infections of the Urinary Tract

This is significant to nursing because nurses have to learn to insert and remove the catheter from the patient which is sometimes ...

Patient Dignity and Concept Analysis

need for theory in accomplishing the tasks of direct patient care. There are routines and required protocols to follow, but the p...

The Elderly, Prescription Drug Abuse and Alcoholism

like alcohol. Alcoholism and Prescription Drug Abuse The elderly population is the fastest growing demographic group in the Un...

Health Care Policies, the Elderly, and Political Action Committees

In six pages this paper examines how PACs attempt to influence elderly health care policies with strategic recommendations offered...

Senior Citizens and Long Term Care

Nursing homes have changed for the better over the years, but they still carry a negative connotation and generally only those who...

Pain Management for the Elderly

has been estimated that between 49 and 83 percent of all elderly adults experience pain on a regular basis (Briggs, 2003). Desbi...

Taking Care of the Elderly

The author considers the difficulties facing families who decide to care for elderly relatives with Alzheimer's. The author analyz...

Nursing Home Industry and Patient Care Costs Determination

In six pages this research paper examines the nursing home industry and considers the increasing costs of patient care due to an e...

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...

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...

Depression in Elderly Women

This longitudinal study examined gender differences in depression between a cohort of 754 men and women over age 70, beginning in ...

Quality Nursing Care

whoever the client might be, that is, an individual, family, group or community. The third provision indicates that nurses are als...

Fall Prevention in the Elderly in Home Care

percent of that total population lose their ability to walk (Tonarelli, 2010). Hip injuries and falls of any kind can reduce the ...

Nursing Care for Elderly Patient

By addressing this need, which includes rehabilitation designed to aid her mobility, nursing intervention can also have a positive...

Elderly Community Care, Housing and Health

In seven pages this paper examines senior citizen health care and housing in an emphasis upon social support and funding. Twelve ...

Elderly Citizens and Considerations for Community Health Care

the near future, however. This presents potentially severe consequences for the economics of elder care. The stakeholders in this...

Nokia in China

market and market share is growing in a rapidly expanding market (Yin, 2006). For Nokia, or any of the companys existing or pote...

Mixed Economy of Care Improves Quality of Life For the Elderly

there were no caregiver present to assist the elderly individual during the day and evening, the frail older person frequently fou...

Aging of the World

This study uses several research studies about social workers as its core. The focus is on social workers and the elderly. Technol...

Dependency and Physical Changes of the Elderly

In five pages this research paper takes a nursing perspecitve regarding the elderly's physical changes and increased dependence th...

Computer-Based Instruction/Effect on Reading Achievement

p. 7 Chapter 2--Review of Related Literature... p. 7 Articles summarizing research ............ p. 8 Studies Students w/langua...

A Critique of Two Ariticles Pertaining to Cardiac Step Down Units

it is discovered that her death was called by a massive pulmonary embolism. Two years later, her husband files suit against the n...

Fear, Residence, Elderly Women, and Crime

In eight pages the relationship between the housing arrangements of elderly women, their fear regarding crime and why they might b...

Defeat of the The Boren Medical Reform Bill

In four pages a health care provider reviews the Boren Amendment and opines that its demise is in the best interest of health care...