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Substance Abuse in the Elderly Population

as many addicts often die early. But there are cases when substances are not abused early in life, but get picked up when the indi...

Depression In Elderly Women

aforementioned variables are unsatisfactory, depression can occur in a number of different ways. Major depressive disorder ...

Depression And Diabetes: Dietary Choices Of The Elderly And Young Adults

compromised health. Whether diabetes incites depression or is brought about by already-existing depression is a concern that Brow...

Cultures and Treatment of the Elderly

is well known that in Asian countries, as well as Asian communities in the United States, the elderly are treated with respect. Ye...

Mixed Economy of Care Improves Quality of Life For the Elderly

there were no caregiver present to assist the elderly individual during the day and evening, the frail older person frequently fou...

The Impact on the Quality of Life for the Tube Fed Elderly

quality of life represents the extent to which an individual can continue living his or her normal existence without the overwhelm...

Nursing Homes and Abuse of the Elderly

over the age of 60 years in 1995, and that number will probably increase to about 1.2 billion (2002, p.1094) in 2025. Informatio...

Reduction of Elderly Depression Through Reminiscence Therapy Intervention

chemistry and another in biochemistry. I recognized the wonder of chemistry, but what I failed to recognize at the time was the s...

Elderly Woman Interview

a different neighborhood closer to mass transportation (I dont drive). 5. How many times have you been married? Once 6. Do you h...

Controversy Regarding the Elderly and Prescription Drug Coverage

Security system and others had begun to focus on the idea of a program aimed at insuring Social Security beneficiaries" (Anonymous...

Depression in Elderly

low energy; 7. feelings of worthlessness; 8. poor concentration, and 9. recurrent suicidal ideation or suicide attempt (Lapid and ...

Development in the Lifespan/Preschool & Elderly

to determine how scholarly sources perceive the generations, as ascertaining what the differences and the common features that can...

Article Critique/Elderly Exercise

were aged 55 to 75 years at recruitment in 1989. The active group attended 30 to 45 minute exercise sessions three times per of su...

Mentally Ill Elderly/Syphilis Screening

A 5 page research paper that offers a summary of evidence relating STD incidence in older populations and how whether nor this con...

Assistive Devices & The Elderly/Maintaining Independence

This study employed a prospective pre-test and a post-test randomized control trial design and a sample group of 53 senior adults ...

Adverse Drug Reaction Among Elderly Patients: Impact Upon Costs And Length Of Hospital Stay

population want to be able to take care of themselves, yet they are rarely given the tools with which to accomplish this objective...

Elderly: Depression And Suicide

With millions of Americans in all age groups suffering from clinical depression (Alexopoulos), it can no longer be looked upon as ...

Lung Cancer from Smoking and Oset, Cellular Division, and Gender: Common Links Between Osteoporosis and Lung Cancer

A 5 page review of the cellular manifestations of two potentially deadly conditions. Identifies these diseases as targeting femal...

Ethics In Management

study from the Institute of Business Ethics revealed: "the ethical companies outperformed the others in four of the five years" (V...

Week 3 Discussion Questions

government never would have made such a demand of a small multinational because a small company would not have the necessary resou...

US Society and Television's Impact

television," 2006). He had already been given a patent for "the transmission of photographs by wire as well as fiber optics and ra...

Church Impact of Saint Boniface

personally believe on our own" (Duncan, 2003). So the concepts are clear: in a "vertical" religion adherents see God as a distant...

Victimization Recovery and the Effects of Social Support

impacts of criminal victimization, including interpersonal violence, sexual abuse and domestic violence, all of which comprise a s...

Amino Acids, Enzymes, and Proteins

proteins obtained by the body through its food sources. Amino acids sometimes function in the transport of molecules across cellu...

Nursing and the Culture of Japan

and individuality as young children, they begin to assimilate their role in Japanese culture via such conventions as school unifor...

Unemployment and America’s Economy

2006). "When individuals are unemployed, not only do they receive benefits but also pay no income tax" (Tutor2u, 2006). In ...

TV's Effect on Sexual Behavior

modeling and imitation (Somers and Tynan, 2006). Hypothesis in each study Collins, et al, propose that television holds the pote...

Culturally Competent Social Work Among Malaysian Women That Have Immigrated to the U.S.

considered is observation. Direct interview techniques can be important as well, however, in analyzing why these women continue t...

Cultural Production and Liberalization of Trade

(Galperin, 1999) as to whether it is appropriate to include them in trade liberalization agreements in the same manner as other ty...

Deaf Child and the Impact Upon a Hearing Sibling

sisters" (Lobato, et al, 1991, p. 398). While studies that have focused on the siblings of handicapped children are rare, there ...