368 Search Results for Helping the Elderly Population
HUD is a public program that helps people who are need of funding for housing. The people who qualify for this program are on the poverty line or under the poverty line. Recently, in Atlanta, the program got new grants to help the elderly and the dis Continue Reading...
Falls
THE ISSUE OF ACCIDENTAL FALLS
At some point, anyone who had learned how to walk has had the experience of falling down -- it is a universal experience for infants as they gain ambulatory ability. In hospitals, however, the accidental fall is Continue Reading...
This creates a platform for them to help each other with daily needs or simply to offer companionship and other forms of assistance. It is also found that, in the case of unmarried or childless older people, nieces and nephews can play an important Continue Reading...
Alzheimer's, on the other hand, directly affects brain cells, and if there is uncertainty, patients and their families should certainly ask for a second opinion.
The population most likely to suffer from the disease is the elderly, but this is not Continue Reading...
Reflection
A reflection on the case shows me that ethical and moral guidelines must be instilled in pharmacy as a profession. It is therefore necessary for the pharmacies to collaborate with other key stakeholders in ensuring that proper guideline Continue Reading...
Codependency
A seminal self-help book that enlightened the public to the fundamentals of codependent behavior, Melody Beattie's Codependent No More offers readers a chance to improve their relationships with others. Through gentle exercises and insi Continue Reading...
Alzheimer's Disease currently affects more than four million Americans. Alzheimer's is a disease characterized by the progressive degeneration of areas within the brain, resulting in cognitive and physical decline that will eventually lead to death. Continue Reading...
Daily Hassles Scale; Beck Depression Inventory; and Ways of Coping Questionnaire
The Daily Hassles and Uplifts (HSUP) scale, created by Richard S. Lazarus and Susan Folkman, measures participants attitudes about daily events characterized (by them, Continue Reading...
126). Although there are an increasing number of elderly in the United States today with many more expected in the future, the study of elder abuse is of fairly recent origin. During the last three decades of the 20th century, following the "discove Continue Reading...
Physician Assisted Suicide in Patients With Unbearable Suffering or the Terminally Ill
One of the most hotly debated issues today is physician-assisted suicide. Recently, California became the fifth state to legalize physician-assisted suicide, and Continue Reading...
Introduction
Hurricane Maria slammed into Puerto Rico in September 2017, just two weeks of Hurricane Irma had passed through. The Category 5 Maria was bad enough—but the fact that it came on the heels of Irma, also a Category 5 storm made it al Continue Reading...
More is learned every day in the field of medicine and nursing, and articles such as this one serve to point out that there is much more that needs to be learned. Serving the elderly population with Alzheimer's disease and treating them for their pr Continue Reading...
Moreover, there are less children being born than in previous generations. This creates a situation where the current and future workforce will be unable to support the growing aging population. Current statistics show that there is far below the a Continue Reading...
Economic Motivators for Employers on Employment Rates for People With Disabilities in Atlanta
Qualitative Research
Quantitative Research
Definition of Disability
Statistics for Individuals with Disabilities
Effects Of ADA On Persons With Disabi Continue Reading...
Home Health Care in San Diego, CaliforniaToday, the people of San Diego, California enjoy a comparatively high standard of living as demonstrated by a sustained growth in the citys population over the past half century. Although the citys population Continue Reading...
Professional Development Plan
Attaining a Master’s degree in Nursing requires a great deal of focus and coordinated effort. It also requires that the student’s personal and professional goals be aligned, as the Master’s degree in Nu Continue Reading...
Economic Motivators for Employers on Employment Rates for People With Disabilities in Atlanta
Qualitative Research
Quantitative Research
Definition of Disability
Statistics for Individuals with Disabilities
Effects Of ADA On Persons With Disabi Continue Reading...
Article Review on “Mindfulness Meditation and Improvement in Sleep Quality and Daytime Impairment Among Older Adults with Sleep Disturbances”
Introduction
The article by Black et al. (2015) evaluating sleep patterns, assesses these issues Continue Reading...
Executive Summary
Homely Care provides assisted living solutions for aged individuals and senior adults. Homely Care is devoted to providing superlative and the highest quality care level to California senior citizens who necessitate or wish for an a Continue Reading...
" (Doukas, Maglogiannis and Kormentzas, 2006) The following illustration shows the evaluation Platform Architecture.
Figure 3
The Evaluation Platform Architecture
Doukas, Maglogiannis and Kormentzas (2006) state that the patient state vital signs Continue Reading...
If one takes into account that the number of elderly in nursing homes in the country is on the increase, then the need for an adequate awareness of and research into the problem becomes evident.
One of the central questions that need to be addresse Continue Reading...
The central nervous system is impaired generally producing retardation as well as accelerating the accretion of neurotic plaques and neurofibrillary tangles characteristic of Alzheimer's disease. Chromosome 21 mutations have been implicated in Alzhe Continue Reading...
Even with under reporting, approximately 5% of elder women are likely abused to the point where they seek medical attention at least annually. These women are often well-known in their communities, so when they come into the emergency room with some Continue Reading...
Just because people grow older does not mean they abandon their dreams and desires, and it is important to help find ways that the elderly can continue these pursuits.
Table 2
Interview No. 2: "Ron D.":
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People living with mental illness are often marginalized, demeaned, and seen as being outside the normal boundaries of society. For people with BPD, this is doubly painful as it reinforces their sense of worthlessness and victimization, and may eve Continue Reading...
Victimology and the Problem of Elder Abuse
Part 1
Introduction
Just as criminology is the study of crime and the criminal’s role in crime, victimology is the study of victimization and how victims are impacted by crime and how they in turn also Continue Reading...
Planned change in the eldercare advocacy organization
In the coming years, many countries will experience a dramatic shift in healthcare infrastructure due to an expanding elderly population size. However, the changes may vary across countries depen Continue Reading...
Figure 1 portrays the state of Maryland, the location for the focus of this DRP.
Figure 1: Map of Maryland, the State (Google Maps, 2009)
1.3 Study Structure
Organization of the Study
The following five chapters constitute the body of Chapter I Continue Reading...
Lifestyle Choices and a Plan
Part I: Identifying Ares in My Current Lifestyle That Need Improvement so That I Can Get Back to a Healthy Path
Three areas to make improvements in my current lifestyle are: 1) the area of exercise, 2) the area of diet, a Continue Reading...
It was not until July 15 that an actual heat warning was issued by city officials and living as they did in an 'urban heat island', the elderly was the most affected. The urban heat island is caused by the overcrowding and clustering of buildings, p Continue Reading...
2%) of respondents indicated taking higher doses, in the 800 microgram/day range. Those individuals' folate intake was therefore greater than the 1000 microgram/day recommended dose of the vitamin.
The researchers found that over one quarter of the Continue Reading...
Telenursing: Is it in My Future?
Along with the Digital Age have come new requirements, new opportunities, new expectations, and new possibilities. Adaptation to the 21st century's technology is part of what it means to be innovative -- and in the f Continue Reading...
According to Newman, nurses practicing within this theory find their own lives are enhanced and transformed (Neill, 2002). Her beliefs and consciousness-centered approach were born from her early nursing experiences involving rehabilitation patients Continue Reading...
Cognitive Stimulation Therapy for Early Stages of Dementia
With an aging population, issues related to cognitive abilities and impairment, including dementia, are increasing in relevance to public health officials. Being able to delay the negative Continue Reading...
The heart is an important muscle in the body: the body depends on the heart muscle to pump oxygen and nutrient-rich blood throughout the circulatory system. There are four chambers in the heart, which collect the blood from the body and send it back Continue Reading...
This creates a nerve with the client that their private information is going to be unprotected and confidentiality is going to be broken . There is no safe way to keep all information private. However, all mental health professionals must take all n Continue Reading...
Poverty and Inequality Among Children
Studies show that child poverty has been increasing at an alarming rate in the last decade. In 1994, 15.3 million children, or 21.8% of all Americans, were poor (Lichter 1997) and that, although children constit Continue Reading...
Pain Management
Within a nursing home there are many elderly people who have come to get care from the facilities. Most of the elderly people are suffering from chronic illnesses and due to these conditions they experience a lot of pain and discomfo Continue Reading...
Intergenerational Conflict
For many years, there has been discussion about the best ways to deal with rising costs of medical care for the elderly. Many say that those expenditures should be sacrificed so that the same money can be used for other pu Continue Reading...