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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...
they were raised in an era of conservation and sacrifice (the 1940s and 1950s) and believe they should be able to live through it ...
there was a problem of infections in long-term care facilities and in hospitals (Dimond, 1994). These are called nosocomial infect...
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...
out to those Americans disabled by ignorance or handicapped by prejudice and teach them a better way" (Bush, 1993, p. 35). Since ...
out the parameters of the problem and review previous the results of research in this area. She discusses how patients older than ...
pets do make a difference has spawned a variety of organizations eager to further research and create service programs involving a...
carpet in two rooms; wet walls; wet ceilings. The long-term results for some residents have included buckled walls and buckled, cr...
"Demographers predict that the numbers of elderly people will double in the next 30 years" (pp. 3). As the population of America ...
well as to demonstrate projections for use in future planning for nursing paradigms to address depression in elderly populations. ...
dog, and then headed for the door. She waddled. Her granddaughter who she rarely sees, Allison, laughs and calls her a duck. Veron...
of many elderly patients. The failure of the policy to realise real benefits was seen in many areas. This is not to say...
they need. While everyone hurts with high prescription costs, senior citizens tend to rely more on prescription drugs for their ov...
need for theory in accomplishing the tasks of direct patient care. There are routines and required protocols to follow, but the p...
more personal, incorporating "personal health behavior change" (Anderson, Palombo and Earl, 1998; p. 205) as well. 2. What...
In three pages this paper discusses dementia in elderly patients and how dementia can result in this consideration of etiology and...
In five pages this paper examines McDonald's liability in a case involving elderly customer Stella Liebeck who received 3rd degree...
In five pages detecting and preventing elderly abuse in nursing homes are considered in a top down healthcare model examination. ...
In five pages this paper supports Al Gore's presidential candidacy over Republican opponent George W. Bush by contrasting politica...
In five pages this paper examines senior citizens and their extensive use of health services in a thesis that argues healthier lif...
In six pages this paper examines how PACs attempt to influence elderly health care policies with strategic recommendations offered...
In this paper consisting of eighteen pages a research proposal that investigates activity whether it be physical or social as it r...
In a paper consisting of eighteen pages the ways in which elderly people are treated medically, in society, by the government, and...
In nine pages this paper presents an interview with an elderly woman of mixed Native American and European blood in a consideratio...
osteoarthritis (Alper, 1998). Nicholas DiNubile, an orthopedic consultant to the Philadelphia 76ers and the Pennsylvania Ba...
In six pages elderly abuse is examined in terms of its types and various situations. There are 4 sources cited in the bibliograph...
In five pages this paper discusses the postoperative stresses that are represented by tracheal tubes particularly as they involve ...
In five pages the occurrence of dementia in the elderly is examined along with a discussion of the caregiver's role in this progre...
In twelve pages this report is based on a transcript of a restaurant conversation between an elderly mother and her two middle age...