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Nurses Knowledge of Prevention Strategies for Constipation in Elderly Patients who are Bed Bound: A Health Promotion Study

of different causative factors (Clinician Reviews, 2007; Hunter et al, 2002). Extrapolated prevalence rates for constipation in t...

Interview with an Elderly Individual

ask, "What are your memories of your childhood without electricity, phones and plumbing (knowing the individual lived very rurally...

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 ...

OpEd: Right of Refusal

on some theological idea that only God can end life. We wouldnt allow a dog or cat to suffer; why then do we force humans to do so...

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...

Financial Crimes against the Elderly

abuse victims in the United States each year, but officials only hear of about perhaps 1 in 25 cases" (Hurme, 2006). When people t...

Pet Therapy for the Elderly

topic has been anecdotal in nature, therefore, Banks and Banks (2002) designed a study utilizing pet therapy, or as they term it, ...

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...

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...

Analysis: Two Articles on Aging

conclusions are interesting, particularly as they take what is often seen as a negative (aging) and turn it into a positive experi...

Incontinence and the Elderly

was that the method was based on the assumption that all the relevant information would be obtained by these experts (National Gui...

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...

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...

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...

Depression in Elderly

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

Interview with an elderly man

Interview techniques are touched on in this paper that focuses on a mock interview. There are three sources listed in the bibliogr...

A Film About the Elderly

This essay is based on a movie about old age and family dynamics. The essay uses scenes from the move to discuss: friendship, sand...

Phenomenology and Addressing Elderly Depression

the staff endeavors not only to care for our residents physical needs, but also for their psychological, social, and emotional nee...

The Elderly and the Natural Life Span

This paper reviews how individual outlook combines with societal norms to determine whether aging will be a positive or negative p...

Computer Tools and Inappropriate Prescribing for the Elderly

The incidence of inappropriate medication prescriptions issued to elderly individuals is estimated to be between 12 and 40 percent...

Nursing Care for Elderly Patient

By addressing this need, which includes rehabilitation designed to aid her mobility, nursing intervention can also have a positive...

The Elderly Population and Substance Abuse

not as healthy as those of younger adults. Metabolism changes and older individuals cannot handle alcohol in he same way as their ...

Journal Review Article on Sex and the Elderly

a very important profession to address the issues, problems, or concerns of the elderly. The authors illustrate that, according to...

Abuse and the Elderly

In eight pages the global aging population issue is discussed with elder abuse laws, increasing incidences of abuse and neglect, a...

Religion and Life Considered in an Elderly Citizen Interview

In six pages life's 8 stages as theorized by Erik Erikson are applied to a sample interview with a woman age 72 who discusses reli...

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...

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...