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of society (2003). Over time, through Roosevelts New Deal, and other changes, there was attention paid to those who could not affo...

of children in an institutional setting is at the very crux of ethical issues. Because the caretaker maintains control over the c...

report the trouble. Sometimes they have no family or nobody to report the abuse to. Many nursing homes have no background check ...

and every individual as the beneficial employee he or she truly is, is the most effective way for a change-agent project to achiev...

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...

not want his father informed), presenting a rationale for signing a health care proxy becomes extremely problematic. Guidelines us...

field of nursing and in particular for nursing home facilities. Valid data could put pressure on nursing homes to hire an adequate...

dilemma of a single woman who is part of what the politicians and social scientists refer to as a member of the "working poor" soc...

citizen of the country (Grumbach and Bodenheimer, 1994). Plagued by overspending for years, the general system also has been char...

either ill or injured, and therefore requires the aid of health care professionals. One might also feel that "person" underscores ...

This research team selected homeless adolescents as the focus for their study. While, in general, the concept that informed parent...

In 2001, health care spending as a percentage of GDP was 14.1 percent, or $5,035 per capita (Levit, Smith, Cowan, Lazenby, Senseni...

the nurse is uncertain of which tasks are appropriate to delegation, as well as the skill level of UAPs, their reluctance becomes ...

the prevalence of UI was high in this region of the country and particularly high among African Americans in two of the states, wh...

nature of the work, at one point in the novel the narrator states how, "That blizzard knocked many a man out, for the crowd outsid...

have "little or no training in fundamental management skills" (Baer, 2006, p. 60). As well as absenteeism, problems with managemen...

p. 29), as stated in its title. Mean age was 81; 218 participants completed the study. The researchers evaluated the differences...

that result in patterns of withdrawal 4. lack of honest communications (overuse of "happy talk") 5. poor internal communications...

the "niche were multiple members encounter and respond to disease and illness across the life course" (Denham, 2003, p. 143). Nurs...

could be applied towards unmet standards. Culturally competent care at Duke University Health System It has been determined by ...

The following are research questions that could be asked of staff members regarding whether the program is needed: * Are there pat...

there is no cure either for Alzheimers disease or the various forms of dementia on the horizon, healthcare practitioners should "i...

nurses should understand these patients thoroughly, "who they are, where they live and with whom, their current health status and ...

being examined from the physical perspective it was also necessary to look at the falls from a practical, social and a psychologic...

falls. Of course, performance measures must utilize meaningful metrics if the performance they measure is to be of any use to the ...

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

of falls in nursing homes, it was essential to collect information from as wide a variety of credible sources as possible. Title s...

-3.14 2.83 6.05 As the numbers indicate, in all but Q3 2009, the number of falls experienced exceeded the target. This suggests t...

government-sponsored programs, such as Medicare and Medicaid, represent a significant percentage of overall health care spending i...

what actions are morally right, and which are morally wrong. As such, it is an area of study with a great deal of ambiguity. There...