Aging and Disability Worksheet Identify 2 or 3 issues faced by the aging population. 1 Unequal treatment in employment - Poverty 2 Face prejudice and discrimination - Ageism 3 Face isolation – Elderly Abuse What is ageism? How does ageism influence the presence of diversity in society? Ageism is the practice of prejudice of discrimination to the elderly. The way that ageism influences the presence of diversity in society is by robbing them of their of their choices‚ independence
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D/E explanations of Anorexia Nervosa (24 marks) Anorexia Nervosa (AN) is a type of eating disorder characterised by extreme loss of weight and anxiety associated with food and weight gain. The 4 major symptoms of AN are body weight 85% or less of normal weight for age and height‚ distorted perception of body image (thinness is vital to self-esteem)‚ intense fear of being overweight or putting on weight and amenorrhoea (the loss of 3 consecutive periods). There is the biological and psychological
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1. How would you describe Sally’s Disability to other professionals in your school? When approaching this topic with professionals in my school‚ I would provide them first and foremost with information of what cerebral palsy means. I would educate everyone using PowerPoints‚ YouTube videos‚ and online resources to help them understand the disability. I feel that before you can describe a particular student‚ you have to be able to have the background knowledge about the disability. Now‚ having knowledge
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The Study of Alzheimer’s Disease and its affect on the elderly Widely range research has been looked at when studying Alzheimer’s disease and the brain. Scientist and doctors have their own theories which are to be proven evidence on how Alzheimer’s disease affects the brain. Periodic figures show the results in the stages studied about Alzheimer’s. No one knows the actual cause of Alzheimer’s disease‚ but they do know the affects it does to the brain. “Clinical trials are the engine that powers
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Schizophrenia: Behavioural explanations Schizophrenia: Behavioural explanations (part of the psychological explanations) Any behavioural explanation of schizophrenia has to incorporate fundamentals of conditioning (classical and operant) and/or social learning theory. Is it possible to make sense of the many and varied symptoms of this disorder within that behavioural framework? Basic Behavioural approach to explaining schizophrenia The behavioural explanation suggests that schizophrenia
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Persons with disability & Sport | Globalization of World politics | | | 07/06/2011 | | History of the minority group: persons with disability “Disability is any physical or mental condition that limits a person’s movements‚ senses or activities. The term disability is conventionally used to refer to attributes that are severe enough to interfere with‚ or prevent‚ normal day-to-day activities.” There are over 600 million people in the world that have a disability in one form
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How does culture affect diagnosis? (12) Culture can affect the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders‚ as different cultures have different attitudes to mental disorders. In Morocco‚ for example‚ it is thought you can catch a mental illness accidentally by encountering some sorcery‚ such as stepping on it. They truly believe mental disorders come from sorcery and evil things. This affects treatment and how the mentally ill person is seen – they are often feared as there is a possibility the
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In nineteen ninety Congress passed the Americans with Disabilities Act. This act was established in order to eliminate discrimination of people with disabilities and to break down barriers in society that limits the freedom a disabled person. According to Section 2 Subsection A part one‚ "some 43‚000‚000 Americans have one or more physical or mental disabilities‚ and this number is increasing as the population as a whole is growing older." As the number suggests there are a lot of people that would
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Volcanoes affect people in many ways‚ some are good‚ some are not. Some of the bad ways are that houses‚ buildings‚ roads‚ and fields can get covered with ash. As long as you can get the ash off (especially if it is wet)‚ your house may not collapse‚ but often the people leave because of the ash and are not around to continually clean off their roofs. If the ashfall is really heavy it can make it impossible to breathe. Lava flows are almost always too slow to run over people‚ but they can certainly
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How to relieve stress physically & How Stress Affects Physical Health People are increasingly facing more stress since the Human-Being society became developed and complicated‚ by ignoring the physical influence to our body‚ Human’s health suffered considerably from stress. Many people was suggested to solve the stress problem by using psychological approaches‚ however‚ the research in recent decades has identified a significant awareness gap between the benefits of physical activities and stress
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