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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...
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...
("Developmental," 2005). Sometimes there is a sensitivity to medications, dementia, communication problems, deformities and cereb...
(CVA) (Heart Center Online, n.d.) but it is also called a brain attack (Cornforth , 2002). A stroke happens when oxygen and other ...
runs $127 on average (Cummings, 2002). The goal of the ALF is to help senior citizens maintain as much independence as possible wi...
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 ...
there was a problem of infections in long-term care facilities and in hospitals (Dimond, 1994). These are called nosocomial infect...
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...
In twelve pages this research paper discusses the impact of aging not only on the elderly member of the family but on the family i...
In four pages the article appearing in Lancet involving the epidemiologic issue dementia may pose for the elderly is reviewed and ...
in both hypertension and other forms of cardiovascular disease. Though the overall mortality rates for coronary heart disease h...
In six pages elderly abuse is examined in terms of its types and various situations. There are 4 sources cited in the bibliograph...
This paper consists of a table that provides details from seven research studies that all describe insulin administration and elde...
osteoarthritis (Alper, 1998). Nicholas DiNubile, an orthopedic consultant to the Philadelphia 76ers and the Pennsylvania Ba...
There are two sociological problems discussed in this essay. The first section discusses aging and focuses on poverty among the el...
This paper pertains to the care of elderly patients in emergency departments (EDs). Three pages in length, four sources are cited....
In five pages this paper discusses the postoperative stresses that are represented by tracheal tubes particularly as they involve ...
This paper places the responsibility for caring for the elderly parents on the shoulders of their adult children. There are four ...
This essay discusses a student's observations of elderly adults and the student's interpretation of the observed behaviors, drawin...
This essay presents a discussion on mental health practice and the elderly, focusing on the biases of the student as a mental heal...
This research paper presents a case study that illustrates how to properly address an instance of polypharmacy in an elderly patie...
This paper reports on the dissemination process for a DNP project, the impact and prevention of psychiatric polypharmacy among the...
This research paper examine the prevalence of suicide among the elderly. Causes and prevention suggestions are described. Three pa...
In a paper of three pages, the writer looks at alcoholism diagnostic instruments. An effort is made to find a suitable instrument ...
This research paper presents a discussion of prescription, non-prescription and herbal drugs that can be utilized in treating the...
In six pages this opinion paper features research regarding how views of society, depression, and health issues contribute to the ...
The author considers the difficulties facing families who decide to care for elderly relatives with Alzheimer's. The author analyz...