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ask, "What are your memories of your childhood without electricity, phones and plumbing (knowing the individual lived very rurally...

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

treatment over plates of types of cells resulted in greater proliferation of those cells than in control groups. TT require...

that people have the right to make their own choices. One author asks in regard to the prolonging of human life: "Why is that be...

First seen as an occasional point of minor and temporary discomfort, there seemed to be other, more "important" issues to assess. ...

reveals about diabetic populations. The normal digestive processes of the body turn any form of carbohydrate that is consumed in...

in such cases, and no one is the wiser. Euthanasia is then practiced routinely in a clandestine fashion. Why? It is not as if thes...

mention the civil war in Spain and the Communist state in Russia as instances in which people grew "tired of seeing the rich have ...

grips of constant agony have no idea what it is like to live in such a state, which is why it is far beyond the scope of any gover...

life expectancy than in previous generation, but to face it alone, that is, in a one-person household (De Jong Gierveld, 2002). Th...

Domain concepts Health: The traditional understanding of "health" is that is the absence of illness and/or injury. However, for ...

serve to further complicate these problems. Many elderly Native Americans suffering with diabetes, for example, may have been att...

p. 29), as stated in its title. Mean age was 81; 218 participants completed the study. The researchers evaluated the differences...

2008). Further significant improvement is unlikely in the near future, however. Californias Efforts Governor Arnold Schwar...

potential need for treatment for impaired skin integrity due to immobility. Therefore, the nurse will begin precautions prior to a...

she does "light housekeeping," which is also not consistent with someone who needs assistance getting out of bed. However, the stu...

that declared physician-assisted suicide not to be an individuals constitutional right (Zanskas and Coduti 27). It was also in th...

abuse victims in the United States each year, but officials only hear of about perhaps 1 in 25 cases" (Hurme, 2006). When people t...

conclusions are interesting, particularly as they take what is often seen as a negative (aging) and turn it into a positive experi...

emotional growth and learning [through] a short term effort between a therapist and a horse professional [whereby] the participant...

Research has previously shown that depression is a significant predictor of HRQOL. The participants in this study reported their H...

combination of these drugs is prescribed although there are some drugs that are combinations within themselves, such as Combivir, ...

An interview conducted in 2006 with John P. Stewart, executive director with the Baltimore Commission on Aging and Retirement Educ...

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Americans 65 years or older increased by 74 percent between 1970 and 1999, from roughly 20 mi...

depression in the elderly is under-treated, the suicide rate for the depressed elderly is double the rate for elderly individuals ...

is readily accessible by virtue of muscle and soft tissue manipulation inherent to massage therapy; that this particular complemen...

justice. The second would involve preventing the crimes from happening in the first place. Regarding the second leg of the program...

the plug on a terminally ill person is an act of mercy, because death is not a demon when life has come to an obvious end and shou...

of which includes diabetes (Samuels et al 55). Auricle pressure points - comprise over half of the more than 400 acupuncture poin...

elderly population is finding it difficult to meet their own financial needs and have few choices but to pool resources with other...