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calling just seven years ago. Concentration is a strict element of this ancient Oriental art form, as is maintaining even breathi...

human life. Without its influential element, myriad individuals would not be able to properly function within their world. The p...

The vastly different reports of the incidence of urinary incontinence among the older population is the result of the different wa...

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

life requires a recognition that our bodies give to us both our lives and our deaths, so that social and cultural life can, in the...

Roland, 1996). Langjolois, et al (1998) showed that weight loss was a factor in hip fracture in older men and found that lower men...

life as is possible for an 80-year-old with her various health conditions. What is Polypharmacy? McCloskey (2002) quotes Chest...

The National Crime Victimization Survey reports that the rate of violent crime victimization of persons ages 65 or older was about...

In all honesty it seems to be a problem with the poor as well as the middle class, white and black, male and female, straight and ...

as one of the oldest modern democracies, form the signing of the Magna Carta in 1215 there was a growing increase in freedom and l...

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

in many areas. Unfortunately, it was too little, too late, it can be stated. Most of the conditions that were addressed by the Pro...

of the center is spacious and is similar in style to large living room. A fire crackled cheerfully n the fireplace at the far end ...

involved, the elderly can be put aside. Whether living at home or in a skilled nursing facility (SNF), the lives of the elderly w...

public policy. These groups are normally organized for the purpose of being with people of like-minded moral reasons for the soci...

did play a role in the demise of the innocent bystanders who got in his way during that deadly summer day. Whether age is a fac...

warrants. The hardship that media bias has caused the elderly population is immense and far-reaching, severely impacting everythi...

forgetful. It can be a very serious problem for the elderly who are often on a smorgasbord of necessary pills to treat a variety o...

Yet, birth and death are part of life and in some way they are each nearer to the darkness--the before and after life--that people...

and that maintaining the most stable possible environment has been found to help alleviate the impact of such behaviours: it might...

to 14. Considering only adolescents 15 to 19, the suicide rate is "was 8.2 deaths per 100,000 teenagers, including five times as ...

emphasis upon a mandate for social and economic justice. According to Harry Specht and Mark E. Courtneys Unfaithful Angels : How ...

bellies to escape contact with barbed wire fences. Citizen Soldiers is not a celebration of war as it exists as an ideal but as i...

they need. While everyone hurts with high prescription costs, senior citizens tend to rely more on prescription drugs for their ov...

the prevalence of substance abuse among the elderly as it often goes unrecognized (Irons and Rosen, 2002). However, alcoholism do...

I left it on the hall table for you. It had a map from Christine. Where is it? Ill check." "No. I thought you had it. There was n...

out to those Americans disabled by ignorance or handicapped by prejudice and teach them a better way" (Bush, 1993, p. 35). Since ...

time will tell if these bills will eventually be passed into national law. The purpose of this paper is to introduce five...

older our bodies begin to simply wear out. The modern marvels of medicine can patch up many of our creaks and groans, it can even...

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...