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runs $127 on average (Cummings, 2002). The goal of the ALF is to help senior citizens maintain as much independence as possible wi...
2002). The state has taken active steps to provide services for the developmentally disabled population. In 1998, Governor George...
which initiates a series of events that will either successful contain the infection or prompt it progression toward active diseas...
trained to discern as a species, inasmuch as the certain quality of perception required within the sensual world is decidedly uniq...
This research paper examine the prevalence of suicide among the elderly. Causes and prevention suggestions are described. Three pa...
This paper consists of a table that provides details from seven research studies that all describe insulin administration and elde...
This research paper presents a discussion of prescription, non-prescription and herbal drugs that can be utilized in treating the...
This research paper describes 3 prescription, non-prescriptive and alternative/complementary drugs that can be used to address dep...
This essay discusses a student's observations of elderly adults and the student's interpretation of the observed behaviors, drawin...
client who is the focus of this case study is an 86-year-old woman who has been living at home with her husband. Her medical histo...
viewed demonstrated variables in relation to the methods for disseminating information and best-practice approaches to reducing fa...
percent of that total population lose their ability to walk (Tonarelli, 2010). Hip injuries and falls of any kind can reduce the ...
The writer looks at the best practice strategies to reduce fall rates in elderly community based patients. The research based bet ...
"an older person with adequate food, clothing, shelter, medical care or assistance with activities of daily living" (Gray-Vickrey,...
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 ...
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...
care home agencies also offer data on each service that is provided by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and acco...
nursing quality of care" (Hart, et al, 2006, p. 256). These indicators specifically indicate that complications, such as pressure ...
depression in the elderly is under-treated, the suicide rate for the depressed elderly is double the rate for elderly individuals ...
the support services that are available vary widely according to location (Seggewiss, 2009, p. E90) The rapidly increasing number...
active role in adult education by virtue of already having a facility full of eager learners. Some might not be aware of just how...
2002). Already, urban areas gain approximately one million additional residents each week (Meeting the urban challenge, 2002). ...
This 5 page report discusses the fact that the majority of the population is aware that there is a serious problem in America wi...
In fifteen pages the hemodialysis procedure is described and then the sociological and biological effects that the elderly can exp...
11 pages and 11 sources. This paper provides an overview of the transformation of views on death and dying in the 20th century. ...
In five pages this paper considers the reasons why elderly individuals play poker in hopes of capturing part of the American Dream...
In eight pages the ways in which Japanese, Hispanic, and American cultures regard aging are explored and include such relevant top...
In six pages this paper presents a service expansion proposal to more adequately meet the needs of the elderly residents of Morris...