Title : Haven for the Elderly – Caring for the elderly Student Name : JESUSA C. CORTEZ Professorial Lecturer: DR. FE D. BATOON Date of Submission : February 7‚ 2015 I. INTRODUCTION: It is a fact that every individual will grow old if they will not die at his young age. Our parents or grandparents who were born ahead of us will become old first than us. Being a responsible son or daughter we should not forsake them because that is our duty to serve and take good care of them when they reach
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Context … lead to the rise of the need for long-term care (http://www.who.int/ageing/en/) The world will have more people who live to see their 80s or 90s than ever before The number of people aged 80 years or older will have almost quadrupled between 2000 and 2050 to 395 million. Lose of their ability to live independently Resulted to the need of long-term care‚ that include home nursing‚ community care and assisted living‚ residential care and long stays in hospitals Evergreen Project of people
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That is why there are some advantages and disadvantages that needs to be discussed. On the plus side‚ old people nowadays have several benefits. For example in health care they have lots of benefits that helps them receive treatments or medications for free‚ they don’t have to pay for the bus fare and they get to form part of elderly groups to help each other to face this stage. Moreover‚ older people have a lot of free time to do the things they love‚ share stories and life experiences‚ but all of
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Trend Article Analysis The following essay will touch on the journal article titled Publication trends in behavioral gerontology in the past 25 years: are the elderly still an understudied population in behavioral research?‚ in which the researchers will attempt to answer the question of gerontology and whether it is an understudied and underreported research topic within the field of behavioral research. The goal of the essay is to determine the research article methodology‚ procedures and
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he shows irresponsibility in taking care of his parents when he did not come back to his parents when he became rich. He forgot his promise that he made before he left the village. Meanwhile in the articles of mothers left at old age homes condemn ungrateful children‚ the elderly mothers said their children had abandoned them without visit or contact them since they first sent to the old folks home. Moreover‚ Si Tanggang shows his irresponsibility in taking care of his parents when he did not want
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“Being Old” Being old is something that we all have to face sooner or later. The transition process can be made a smooth one or will take some people going kicking and screaming. In this review I will discuss the cognitive‚ physical‚ and social factors that go into our society’s definition of being “old.” I will explore how older adults are treated in the United States. I will also examine if this treatment suggests a value for older people and how the messages our society sends be it positive
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Caring for the Elderly A local thirteen year old boy‚ Jesse Van Norman made the news on June 21‚ 2007. His story was on the Channel 10 nightly news. He had organized a group of young people to make and deliver lap blankets to local nursing homes and spend time visiting with the residents as they handed them out. He is an exceptional young man and deserved all of the accolades he was being given. The blankets created by kids were greatly appreciated‚ but the time moves slowly in a convalescent
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conventional for Singaporeans to lament about their monotonous lives which lacks spirit nor fulfilment. This is especially true for the young‚ for they spend the first quarter of their life attaining academic qualifications. This is no different for the elderly for they spend their old age counting the remaining days left for them without much fruitful use of their time. However‚ these do not mean that Singapore is not an ideal place for these people-young and the old. In fact‚ it is an ideal place to a
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To Send Senior Citizens To Old Folks Home Nowadays‚ the percentage of sending senior to Old Folks Home is increasing all over the world. People thinks and cares about themselves rather than senior citizens. Many people believe that they will be considered cruel‚ irresponsible by sending a senior to Old Folks Home. Filial piety is an important in our culture and if the senior citizens lives in Old Folks Home‚ his or her children are considered to abandon them‚ don’t take responsibility to look
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with the responsibility of identifying the needs of the elderly‚ addressing those needs as well as serving as an advocate on behalf of all Older Americans at the local level. The Area Agency on Aging &Independent Living is responsible for developing‚ implementing‚ and administering an Area Plan on Aging. The are Plan is comprehensive delivery system of services in the Barren River ten-county area. In the Area Agency they provide adult day care services‚ adult protection services‚ assistance with food
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