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Elderly and Cultural Behavior

bias that exists in the media - particular in television but also clearly apparent in music, advertisements and all other entities...

Overview of the Foster Grandparents Program

the facility of national service volunteerism. Foster Grandparents -- history, goals and funding Many older Americans are in a po...

Pain Management for the Elderly

has been estimated that between 49 and 83 percent of all elderly adults experience pain on a regular basis (Briggs, 2003). Desbi...

Factorial Study and Defintions of 2x2

Exercise program No exercise program As this chart illustrates the 2x2 factorial design dictated that the sample group should be ...

Five Stereotypes Associated With Aging and Senior Citizens

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

COPD Patient Mechanical Ventilation Case Study

and John noted a resistance to mechanical ventilation as a part of the treatment plan. John stated in one of his few lucid period...

Elderly Living Alone and the Dangers This Poses

they were raised in an era of conservation and sacrifice (the 1940s and 1950s) and believe they should be able to live through it ...

An Alcoholism Overview

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

Infections of the Urinary Tract

This is significant to nursing because nurses have to learn to insert and remove the catheter from the patient which is sometimes ...

Health Care and Aging

are, of course, special considerations which go into treating the elderly. We know, for example, that the elderly often experienc...

Case Study on Toxic Waste Exporting and Ethics

of employment at the plant instead of clear skies. The issue for shareholders, the board and executives, at lest is bottom line p...

Long Term Health Care Facilities and Nosocomial UTI Infections

there was a problem of infections in long-term care facilities and in hospitals (Dimond, 1994). These are called nosocomial infect...

Proposal Regarding Nursing Homes and Elder Incontinence

Medical Center, 2002). It is estimated that 13 to 18 million adults suffer from incontinence at some time or other (Mercy Medical...

The Elderly and Anemia

elderly, the most common of which include chronic disease, inflammation and blood loss (Williamson et al, nd). Smith reports there...

Elderly Citizens and Considerations for Community Health Care

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

Eriksson's Life Stage Model Application

different is that we always had penmanship classes, all the way through school. Theres so much difference now; schools dont seem ...

Indonesia and Aging Aspects

staying alive. As global warming continues, it influences the sea level; as the waters continue to rise, they will ultimately "di...

Rena Graybeal Case Study Analysis

her mater grandmother remained a homemaker. This traditional family format was also reflected in her paternal grandparents in whic...

Senior Citizens and the Polypharmacy Concept

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

Developmentally Disables Senior Citizens and Need for Services in New York State

2002). The state has taken active steps to provide services for the developmentally disabled population. In 1998, Governor George...

Canadian Dental Hygiene, Aging, and the Media

When people think of the elderly, or the aging, and dental hygiene they more often than not think about dental health in general. ...

Elderly Woman's Life Odyssey

this, in that she learned to be quiet and respectful in church, as well. Louise gained a well-balanced education of what it means...

Environmental Analysis of HHH Home Health Care Company's Strategic Plan

care. Internal Environment Rising Costs As other types of health care providers seek to control their own costs, home healt...

Clinical Considerations of a Tuberculosis Case Study

which initiates a series of events that will either successful contain the infection or prompt it progression toward active diseas...

Falls and Senior Citizen Patients

that are often incurred as a natural part of the aging process (Wang and Wollin, 2004). These changes include "impaired vision and...

Scenario on Reproduction and Ethics

option. That option, however, is replete with many ethical considerations. As we shall see, those ethical considerations become ...

Geriatrics and Ethics

factors being considered are those pertaining to the welfare of the patient, the surgeon then should make a viable case that amput...

Dehydration & Older Patient

dehydrated? Has literature simply made you aware of this potential problem? You might say something like: "Considering the dire co...

Informed Consent and Honoring Directives

Accepted practice is to use any routine tool available, which means that a patient whose kidneys have ceased to function will be p...

Sexuality in the Elderly

the amount of semen is reduced, the testicles "do not rise as much as in the young man," ejaculation is not as powerful, and "the ...