426 Search Results for Depression in the Elderly Mental
Dropping the interest rates and doing other things to make consumers breathe a little easier when they make a purchase shows that the country is pulling together, which is something that the recession is teaching almost everyone in America - that pe Continue Reading...
Other determining factors influencing long-term affects of abuse to a child include:
Whether the child's mother is supportive and child can confide in her.
Whether the child's experiences success at school
Whether the child has nurturing relation Continue Reading...
Anti) Right to Die
Science and technology has allowed humans to treat a myriad of diseases that were previously terminal. This is illustrated in the controversy over the case of Terry Schiavo, the Florida woman at the center of a right to die disput Continue Reading...
Management of Continuum of Care Services
As the new director appointed for the Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), I realize the climbing costs of payments of these two programs and have met with the other members to come up with a plan of that wi Continue Reading...
Italian-Americans
The standard history of the Italian-American experience, La Storia by Jerre Mangione and Ben Morreale, speaks of the "five hundred year" span of that experience.
This is a somewhat whimsical reference to the Italian (specifically Continue Reading...
Human Resources: Fair Labor Standards Act
An Examination of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 and Its Implications for American Workers Today
Although most Americans take for granted the wide range of social programs that are in place for their Continue Reading...
Ageism, its Impact, and Proposed Interventions
Issue or concern common to my future practice setting: clarifying the proven myths amongst nurses and nursing students regarding geriatric patients
In this case, I would be seeking to further expand the Continue Reading...
Generalized Anxiety Disorder
Background/Definition/Epidemiology
Humans have a natural response to survival, stress and fear. Such responses enable an individual to pursue pertinent objectives and respond accordingly to the presence of danger. The ' Continue Reading...
Music therapy as a formal discipline emerged soon after the Second World War, when veteran's hospitals across the United States started to host musicians to improve quality of life of patients. Since then, a wealth of scientific literature has emerge Continue Reading...
Biological Aspects of Aging
I can honestly say that I have been extremely affected by this course in terms of general knowledge related to the death, dying and grieving process. Prior to taking this class, I was largely ignorant of the various proce Continue Reading...
Mortality and Life Review
For most of us, a sense of impending mortality prompts a need to find closure, conduct a full life review and reconciliation (Clarke, 2007). The reality that death is a natural process -- leading towards an inescapable fina Continue Reading...
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According to Giovachinni research into the psychodynamics of individuals in their experience of current adjustments and symptom formation is "much more interesting and fulfilling than monitoring surface behavior. process Continue Reading...
He proposed this technique as the solution to the problem of why some people do better than others in certain tasks, He likewise suggested cataloguing the differences in the size of the functional areas among individuals and correlating these with Continue Reading...
Lubben, James E. And Damron-Rodriguez, JoAnn. 2003. " An international approach to community health care for older adults." Family and Community Health. October-December. available from Proquest Database.
In this article, Lubben and Damron-Rodrigue Continue Reading...
HEALTHCARE Healthcare: Cardiac Impact CAM PaperThe extensive use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) has allowed the healthcare professional and the governmental bodies to re-think the strategies and policies that could offer a healthcare Continue Reading...
Incontinence
There are four kinds of incontinence, urge, stress, functional and transient, and each has a different impact on the individual. This paper explains each one, differentiates between the four, and offers a short suggested treatment appro Continue Reading...
Establishing an NP Led Wellness and Recovery Center for Deinstitutionalized Individuals
Historically, nursing, and medicine professions have been loath to utilize tools commonly linked with mercenary aspects of business, such as market research and Continue Reading...
person's life, the common goal is to be successful at whatever it is that one does in his or her professional life, have a family, ensure the success of said family, and retire to the "golden years." No one ever considers the idea that perhaps maybe Continue Reading...
Public Awareness of Major Depressive Disorder
Although they may not know it, most people will experience some type of depressive episode during their lifetime, and some people go on to suffer from a major depressive disorder that can have life-chan Continue Reading...
Contraindications include false sugar readings in diabetic patients. This medication can also cause a black tongue or dark stool.
Irritable bowel syndrome is another gastrointestinal disorder. Irritable bowel syndrome, or IBS, is a problem that aff Continue Reading...
Aunt Hattie and Chester
What might Chester have done to avoid this tragic outcome?
Relatives like Chester want the best for their family and loved ones. However, when Aunt Hattie was no longer able to live completely independently, Chester had lit Continue Reading...
al, 396). The study is also important because it outlines predictors of dispositional behavior. These include among other things the patients emotional well-being, understanding of their illness, general perception of their health and familial suppo Continue Reading...
Discuss the criteria used to define abnormality (abnormal behavior / mood disorders)
There are no established criteria to define what is abnormal. On the other hand, every individual trait can be said as abnormal on some social plane. (Oracle thin Continue Reading...
Usually, both physical and psychological components need to be addressed. Byrd (2001) explains, the function of brain cells (neurons) is affected when a drug is used repeatedly over a long period of time. Each neuron produces and releases chemicals Continue Reading...
Introduction
In today's digital age, the constant presence of media in our lives has led to a growing concern about media addiction. Whether it be social media, video games, or streaming services, the allure of endless entertainment and instant grat Continue Reading...
Introduction
Psychosocial Factors. A feeling of workplace well- being serves as a key component of employee strategy. Of late, there has been considerable focus on this element, particularly in the healthcare sector and with healthcare workers. In we Continue Reading...
Summarizing a Research Article
Research Question
The research question for the article by Rossi, Barraco and Donda (2004) was based on the fact that there had been no review of the meta-analyses published on Fluoxetine. Fluoxetine is an important dru Continue Reading...
Huntington's disease (HD) was the first autonomic dominant disorder for which genetic prediction became possible" (Harper, et al., 2000, Journal of Medical Genetics, p. 567). HD is a disease that occurs due to an inherited disorder leading to the dea Continue Reading...
Neurological Disorder
Epilepsy Neurological Disorder
Epilepsy -- a Neurological Disorder
Epilepsy is a neurological disorder which causes frequent seizures due to abnormal electricity activity within the brain. Epilepsy is considered a brain disor Continue Reading...
One can see similarities between monsters decline into homicidal tendencies and other homicidal persons. Homicide and suicide are often closely linked. Those that have suicidal thoughts are often prone to homicidal thoughts as well. In the case of Continue Reading...
Public Health: Leisure World Community
Leisure World is a 610 acre gated community that admits individuals of age 55 and above as members. In that sense, it is both geographic and phenomenological. The community is largely cosmopolitan, with the raci Continue Reading...
The form of oppression and discrimination discussed in Unit 2 is mental health problems among veteran are further compounded by other problems such as financial difficulties, joblessness, marriage problems, social isolation, and homelessness (Smith e Continue Reading...
Social Construction of Aging in Nursing Homes
Aging is socially constructed. Using the perspective of symbolic-interactionism, it is possible to show the precise processes whereby the social construction of aging takes place inside specific institut Continue Reading...
MFT: Psychology of Violence
Types of Abuse Inflicted on Spouses
There are various forms of spousal abuse, but the legal definition of the term is, reckless or deliberate infliction of emotional or physical injury on one's spouse. Spousal abuse pena Continue Reading...
Cover Letter
Dear Committee:
Kindly consider our new application for funding for our proposed program. Attached to this application please find our itemized budget along with all other necessary materials.
This program is entitled "Physical Acti Continue Reading...
Unfortunately, this largely casts those who have passed retirement age as having little economic relevance and, by consequence, as having little cultural or social relevance.
Impact of Individual Differences:
This suggests that the United States h Continue Reading...