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individual, this woman does reflect on the past and has some regrets, but some optimistic comments are made as well. In evaluat...
medication are adequate, symptoms are controlled and most asthma-related problems are avoided (Francis, 2004). There are two maj...
avoidance, such as creating a buddy system, which pairs elderly neighbors with each other. Buddies check on one another and accomp...
Research has previously shown that depression is a significant predictor of HRQOL. The participants in this study reported their H...
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Americans 65 years or older increased by 74 percent between 1970 and 1999, from roughly 20 mi...
combination of these drugs is prescribed although there are some drugs that are combinations within themselves, such as Combivir, ...
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...
language competency. The results of this study confirmed that the BEST oral interview can be used successfully within the context ...
researchers found that persons who had diabetes were often readmitted to the hospital within 30 days of discharge (Robbins and Web...
she does "light housekeeping," which is also not consistent with someone who needs assistance getting out of bed. However, the stu...
reveals about diabetic populations. The normal digestive processes of the body turn any form of carbohydrate that is consumed in...
p. 29), as stated in its title. Mean age was 81; 218 participants completed the study. The researchers evaluated the differences...
elderly population is finding it difficult to meet their own financial needs and have few choices but to pool resources with other...
or people at risk, a handful of businessmen capitalized upon opportunity by what those like Heilbroner et al (1998) believe to be ...
care home agencies also offer data on each service that is provided by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and acco...
Visiting Assistant Professor of Communication at the University of Tulsa. Linda W. Cardillo is a doctoral student in the School of...
Assistant Professor of Communication at the University of Tulsa. Linda W. Cardillo is a doctoral student in the School of Journali...
An interview conducted in 2006 with John P. Stewart, executive director with the Baltimore Commission on Aging and Retirement Educ...
been great debate over how to manage health care in the US, it has been relatively recently that the question has been raised that...
from the age of around 60 years, however, the age at which this is reached is not fixed, as it is not with the others, but is a na...
Mental illness can strike anyone and should not be stigmatized. This paper discusses the issues a student might face if he or she ...
justice. The second would involve preventing the crimes from happening in the first place. Regarding the second leg of the program...
the illness, and then suffer greatly in the end, regardless of what they felt happened to the individual after death. But, overall...
In nine pages diabetes and its various aspects are considered regarding illness management including medication alternatives, non ...
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...
side up and root side down approximately 3" apart 2. After covering with soil, a mulch that can consist of cut grass clippings sho...
of improved mental health, but it also often improves physical health as well. For example, at one time, any problems that a woma...