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This research paper describes 3 prescription, non-prescriptive and alternative/complementary drugs that can be used to address dep...
Abstract Substance abuse among the elderly is growing problem. Substance...
The writer reviews and present the main theme of fifteen articles that would be useful in a project to assess the impact that fal...
client who is the focus of this case study is an 86-year-old woman who has been living at home with her husband. Her medical histo...
This paper is an annotated bibliography written in support of a nursing paper examining environmental factors which may influence...
This research paper presents a case study that illustrates how to properly address an instance of polypharmacy in an elderly patie...
This essay presents a discussion on mental health practice and the elderly, focusing on the biases of the student as a mental heal...
In a paper of three pages, the writer looks at alcoholism diagnostic instruments. An effort is made to find a suitable instrument ...
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...
the largest of all of the programs funded through the Older Americans Act and that in 2010, the program funded approximately $819....
the support services that are available vary widely according to location (Seggewiss, 2009, p. E90) The rapidly increasing number...
the family owned a car, the elderly womans family had the opportunity to visit family or friends or even take a Sunday drive. Th...
of falls in elderly chronic patients at that home. 1c. Discuss findings with supervisor/mentor. 1a. The creation of a detailed...
with chronic conditions to live longer, despite the presence of these conditions. However, the pharmaceutical innovations that mak...
then developing a quantitative instrument for assessing risk behaviors related to the onset of substance abuse behaviors among the...
proposes a commission that would develop a recommendation for the State Legislature to create such an office. It further describes...
rates per 100,000 by ethnicity in San Francisco are reported as: African-American, 1,302; Asian/Pacific Islander, 446; Latino, 535...
viewed demonstrated variables in relation to the methods for disseminating information and best-practice approaches to reducing fa...
percent of that total population lose their ability to walk (Tonarelli, 2010). Hip injuries and falls of any kind can reduce the ...
("Developmental," 2005). Sometimes there is a sensitivity to medications, dementia, communication problems, deformities and cereb...
runs $127 on average (Cummings, 2002). The goal of the ALF is to help senior citizens maintain as much independence as possible wi...
Every day, people seek medical treatments, surgery and extensive and costly procedures to reduce the physical impacts of aging and...
the cracks of indigent health care. The hospital quite naturally is concerned about the cost of continuing to provide care for Mr...
individual, this woman does reflect on the past and has some regrets, but some optimistic comments are made as well. In evaluat...
medication are adequate, symptoms are controlled and most asthma-related problems are avoided (Francis, 2004). There are two maj...
(CVA) (Heart Center Online, n.d.) but it is also called a brain attack (Cornforth , 2002). A stroke happens when oxygen and other ...
like alcohol. Alcoholism and Prescription Drug Abuse The elderly population is the fastest growing demographic group in the Un...
has been estimated that between 49 and 83 percent of all elderly adults experience pain on a regular basis (Briggs, 2003). Desbi...
the difficulties and losses inherent with aging. The assumption is often made that, with age comes transcendental wisdom, but res...