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Elderly Living Alone and the Dangers This Poses

they were raised in an era of conservation and sacrifice (the 1940s and 1950s) and believe they should be able to live through it ...

The Impact of Alcoholism on Families

placed in foster homes, which they were told would happen if just one more report was filed with protective services. The oldest ...

Vulnerable Populations and Nursing

their mental capacity often fades due to dementia, or Alzheimers, or a host of other maladies that create this state where there i...

Indonesia and Aging Aspects

staying alive. As global warming continues, it influences the sea level; as the waters continue to rise, they will ultimately "di...

Alcoholism and Children of Alcoholics

of alcoholics. To prove that children of alcoholics are more likely to physiologically be alcoholic themselves provides added supp...

Health Care and Aging

are, of course, special considerations which go into treating the elderly. We know, for example, that the elderly often experienc...

Adult Day Care Placement Benefits

not a socially accepted occurrence. In America, contempt and disrespect stem from the aspect of aging against ones will, with peo...

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 ...

Elderly Patients and Minimizing Physiological and Psychosocial Tracheal Tube Stresses

In five pages this paper discusses the postoperative stresses that are represented by tracheal tubes particularly as they involve ...

Senior Citizens with Osteoarthritis and Effects of Exercise

osteoarthritis (Alper, 1998). Nicholas DiNubile, an orthopedic consultant to the Philadelphia 76ers and the Pennsylvania Ba...

Animal Assisted Therapy and the Relationship Between Dogs and Humans

emotional, physical and mental care. Dogs establish a fierce loyalty to their human families in a very short amount of time; bond...

Senior Citizens and Isolation

In six pages this opinion paper features research regarding how views of society, depression, and health issues contribute to the ...

Taking Care of the Elderly

The author considers the difficulties facing families who decide to care for elderly relatives with Alzheimer's. The author analyz...

Elderly Care in a Nursing Home v. At Home

In seven pages caring for the elderly is considered through two options with home health care oftentimes presenting more advantage...

The Family and Aging Reflected in The Price and Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller

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...

Review of an Article on the Epidemiologic Issue of Dementia

In four pages the article appearing in Lancet involving the epidemiologic issue dementia may pose for the elderly is reviewed and ...

Hypertension and Cardiovascular Disease

in both hypertension and other forms of cardiovascular disease. Though the overall mortality rates for coronary heart disease h...

Nursing Home Industry and Patient Care Costs Determination

In six pages this research paper examines the nursing home industry and considers the increasing costs of patient care due to an e...

A Realistic Case Study on Alcoholism

In a narrative consisting of ten pages the writer's experiences with an alcoholic friend are discussed with an analysis based upon...

Intervention and Alcoholism

In a paper consisting of nine pages the types of treatment interventions, the role of the family along with behavioral and cogniti...

Senior Citizens and Education

In ten pages senior citizens are discussed within the context of health education and the problems that can exist with a considera...

Sociological and Psychological Factors Responsible for Alcoholism in Women

In ten pages this paper examines why females turn to alcohol from psychosocial perspectives. Fourteen sources are cited in the bi...

Fracture Healing and the Impacts of Smoking and Alcoholism

(Shaheen, 1996, p. 94). In adults, the most common elbow injury is a radial head fracture, affecting also the surrounding ...

A Short Story 'Razor in Her Gut'

In a paper consisting of 7 pages a short story about a teenage girl who seeks to feel her own heart is presented and the film she ...

Leisure Activities in Programs for the Elderly

In six pages elderly programs are examined in a consideration of how important leisure services activities are. Five sources are ...

Etiology of Smoking, Overeating, Alcoholism, and the Tension Reduction Hypothesis

In five pages the tension reduction hypothesis is applied to these examples of addictive behavior. Six sources are cited in the b...

Senior Citizens, Hemodialysis, and End Stage Renal Failure

In fifteen pages the hemodialysis procedure is described and then the sociological and biological effects that the elderly can exp...

The Transformation of Attitudes about Death and Dying

11 pages and 11 sources. This paper provides an overview of the transformation of views on death and dying in the 20th century. ...

Senior Citizens and Rex L. Jones' Poker and the American Dream

In five pages this paper considers the reasons why elderly individuals play poker in hopes of capturing part of the American Dream...

A Research Proposal Regarding Elderly Activity

In this paper consisting of eighteen pages a research proposal that investigates activity whether it be physical or social as it r...