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there was a problem of infections in long-term care facilities and in hospitals (Dimond, 1994). These are called nosocomial infect...
of employment at the plant instead of clear skies. The issue for shareholders, the board and executives, at lest is bottom line p...
the near future, however. This presents potentially severe consequences for the economics of elder care. The stakeholders in this...
different is that we always had penmanship classes, all the way through school. Theres so much difference now; schools dont seem ...
Medical Center, 2002). It is estimated that 13 to 18 million adults suffer from incontinence at some time or other (Mercy Medical...
elderly, the most common of which include chronic disease, inflammation and blood loss (Williamson et al, nd). Smith reports there...
and John noted a resistance to mechanical ventilation as a part of the treatment plan. John stated in one of his few lucid period...
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...
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...
warrants. The hardship that media bias has caused the elderly population is immense and far-reaching, severely impacting everythi...
dog, and then headed for the door. She waddled. Her granddaughter who she rarely sees, Allison, laughs and calls her a duck. Veron...
well as to demonstrate projections for use in future planning for nursing paradigms to address depression in elderly populations. ...
In three pages this paper discusses dementia in elderly patients and how dementia can result in this consideration of etiology and...
their mental capacity often fades due to dementia, or Alzheimers, or a host of other maladies that create this state where there i...
straight ahead and never acknowledged him, as women all about him were flirting and trying to get his attention. Naturally, it wa...
are, of course, special considerations which go into treating the elderly. We know, for example, that the elderly often experienc...
not a socially accepted occurrence. In America, contempt and disrespect stem from the aspect of aging against ones will, with peo...
This is significant to nursing because nurses have to learn to insert and remove the catheter from the patient which is sometimes ...
staying alive. As global warming continues, it influences the sea level; as the waters continue to rise, they will ultimately "di...
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...
pets do make a difference has spawned a variety of organizations eager to further research and create service programs involving a...
"Demographers predict that the numbers of elderly people will double in the next 30 years" (pp. 3). As the population of America ...
In thirty pages this paper discusses elderly care in a discussion of nursing, holistic care, communications, and local policies, a...
question was directed at the nurse. One of her companions noted that her daughters name is Nancy, but Nancy died three years previ...
carpet in two rooms; wet walls; wet ceilings. The long-term results for some residents have included buckled walls and buckled, cr...
quality of a patients life, (4) implementing managed care policies that threaten quality of care, and (5) working with unethical/i...
out to those Americans disabled by ignorance or handicapped by prejudice and teach them a better way" (Bush, 1993, p. 35). Since ...
more personal, incorporating "personal health behavior change" (Anderson, Palombo and Earl, 1998; p. 205) as well. 2. What...
out the parameters of the problem and review previous the results of research in this area. She discusses how patients older than ...