Introduction Many systemic diseases has been associated with poor oral health; among them‚ respiratory infections in elderly persons. With increasing age‚ many elderly adults suffer a decline in physical‚ psychological and mental abilities which may necessitate admission into full-time care (De Visschere‚ de Baat‚ Schols‚ Deschepper‚ & Vanobbergen‚ 2011). As frailty increases‚ the elderly is less able to care for themselves which may lead to a decline oral health‚ which‚ in turn‚ is recognised as
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future social work practice with older adults and their families. Given the far-reaching social‚ economic‚ and demographic changes in the aging population‚ the authors argue for a methodological and practice-oriented transformation in future geriatric social work. The authors suggest that if older adults are to maintain their independence and well-being‚ a resilience-enhancing social work intervention will be especially effective in fostering the specific survival skills that older adults often already
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chronically III older adult: A social justice issue’ is an article published in Sexuality and Disability in 2000 issue‚ written by Verna C. Pangman and Marilyn Seguire provides an overview of how primary nurse health care providers who are committed to the delivery of holistic care have a responsibility to assess the elderly and the perceptions of their families regarding the sexuality of the older adults. It briefly discussed invisibility and visibility perspectives of chronically ill older adults as well
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Growing old gracefully in a challenging world is an achievement for older people. In view of the fact that past experiences can affect the present life of an individual‚ whether‚ it is a pleasant or unpleasant event‚ as long as‚ the older adult can cope‚ adapt‚ and also reflect the lessons learned in the past towards achieving integrity. The old adult stage is where the richness of the experiences‚ that can be extracted into themes in order to understand the process of aging. This study can be
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GE NER ATIO NS – Journal of the American Society on Aging By Andrew M. Geller The Susceptibility of Older Adults to Environmental Hazards Linking exposure‚ processing of contaminants in the body‚ and effects for health promotion. J oan Flood represents nine communities in Pittsburgh’s East End that have close to 20 percent of the city’s older population. At a “public listening session on aging and the environment‚” part of a series sponsored by the United States Environmental
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1. The research question being addressed in this study is how effective is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) for older adults in Primary care. Their hypothesis was that CBT would be more effective than both treatment as usual (TAU) care and their talking control (TC). This is an important topic because about ¾ of the major depressed older adult population is remaining depressed a year later. Also not much research has been done on this topic and the research that has been done had high
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important information to help guide their Work with older adults. Clinicians need to know more about this age group because the number and proportion of older adults in the population are Increasing and more psychologists will be called upon to deliver psychological services to them. Older adults are defined as persons 65 years of age and older. The population of older Americans is itself getting older. The “Oldest old” group‚ those 85 years and older‚ is increasing faster than any other age group
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Safety‚ Communication and Placement for the Older Adult Steven F. Jacobson Western Governors University Introduction When an elderly person is injured and then discharged from the hospital their needs often extend beyond care one would immediately think of. There are concerns related to their ability to meet all the various requirements for return to previous level of functioning. The patient needs to not only take their medications‚ make appointments but they may need to
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Health Challenges Faced by Older Adults By: Akua Koranteng Course: SCI/100 January 11‚ 2015 University of Phoenix Instructor: Roxann Leraci Introduction • Challenges Between Age and Gender • Level of Challenges • Neglect and Abuse • Prevention • Resources Challenges between the genders and at what age. There are various challenges that affect the elderly in our society and it varies based on gender and also the age. These challenges are broken down in gender and age Male over 65 Female
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Politics is becoming a more popular subject that people are getting into. Young adults are taught about the United States government in high school. According to Kei Kawashima- Ginsberg and Peter Levine (2014)‚ the likeliness of someone voting after taking a government class in high school is higher. Which means that younger people are starting to want to vote because of the increase in knowledge about politics and are interested in making an impact in our world. In a study‚ Geinsberg and Levine
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