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Essays 361 - 390
In eight pages the ways in which Japanese, Hispanic, and American cultures regard aging are explored and include such relevant top...
11 pages and 11 sources. This paper provides an overview of the transformation of views on death and dying in the 20th century. ...
In five pages this paper considers the reasons why elderly individuals play poker in hopes of capturing part of the American Dream...
In seven pages American and Hazda elderly women are contrasted and compared regarding social position, community involvement, and ...
In five pages William Shakespeare's elderly protagonist is examined in a discussion of whether or not he can be blamed for the tra...
In a paper consisting of nine pages a nationwide plan for prescription drugs is examined in terms of economic feasibility and the ...
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...
not a socially accepted occurrence. In America, contempt and disrespect stem from the aspect of aging against ones will, with peo...
quality of life represents the extent to which an individual can continue living his or her normal existence without the overwhelm...
This is significant to nursing because nurses have to learn to insert and remove the catheter from the patient which is sometimes ...
are, of course, special considerations which go into treating the elderly. We know, for example, that the elderly often experienc...
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 life's 8 stages as theorized by Erik Erikson are applied to a sample interview with a woman age 72 who discusses reli...
In eight pages the global aging population issue is discussed with elder abuse laws, increasing incidences of abuse and neglect, a...
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...
over the age of 60 years in 1995, and that number will probably increase to about 1.2 billion (2002, p.1094) in 2025. Informatio...
staying alive. As global warming continues, it influences the sea level; as the waters continue to rise, they will ultimately "di...
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...
chemistry and another in biochemistry. I recognized the wonder of chemistry, but what I failed to recognize at the time was the s...
they were raised in an era of conservation and sacrifice (the 1940s and 1950s) and believe they should be able to live through it ...
a different neighborhood closer to mass transportation (I dont drive). 5. How many times have you been married? Once 6. Do you h...
Medical Center, 2002). It is estimated that 13 to 18 million adults suffer from incontinence at some time or other (Mercy Medical...
there was a problem of infections in long-term care facilities and in hospitals (Dimond, 1994). These are called nosocomial infect...
by a factor of 11! Consequently, the elderly, who comprised only 1 in every 25 Americans (3.1 million) in 1900, made up 1 in 8 (33...
able to evolve in a manner that is in correspondence with their desires (Atchley, 2002). At the same time, this learning takes pl...
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...