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    FEEDING SKILLS DEVELOPMENT Age | Feeding skills | Nutrition | 4-6 months | Fading root/bite reflex | the CHILD experience new tastes. Give rice cereal with iron [remember IDA] | 6-7 months | Sits with minimal support. Holds bottle alone | Add fruits and vegetables | 8-9 months | Improved pincer grasp‚ puts random things in their mouth | Add protein foods and finger foods[stage wherein a lot of contamination could actually be going on] | 10-12 months | pulls to stand‚ reaches for food

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    ELDERLY PEOPLE OVER THE AGE OF 65 SHOULD HAVE TO RETAKE THEIR DRIVING TEST Abstract This paper talks about the risk of elderly drivers. I talks into detail of the health problems that elderly have. The things that elderly people have done and could do to put you or your loved ones in danger. It gives lots of real life examples of dangerous situation’s elderly have put themselves in and others. A recent story “Fatal crashes involving senior drivers renew debate over licensing‚ testing requirements”

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    I did my presentation on addressing obesity with nutrition and this topic is a great matter to have a discussion on. I am always interested in controversial topics or something that is going on in the world that needs to be talked about. I did learned a few things about when I did my research that I did not know before. I personally‚ enjoy speaking in front of people‚ maybe not a huge group of people‚ but a class of students is not something I worry about too much. One thing that I have learned is

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    Elderly Driving: A Peril to Society The older you are the wiser you will have become is a classic saying that adorns the elderly with experience and wisdom. One might recall endless stories beginning with “back in my day‚” but what about the stories in present-day? Countless senior citizens have provided some interesting news stories for reporters in recent years; major accidents‚ which many have only seen in movies‚ have become real life due to elderly driving. In 2003‚ George Weller‚ an 89-year

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    Adolescence Introduction * Many levels of change occurring * Individual = undergoes change biologically cognitively and psychologically * Social = * Three phases * Early = ages 11-14; defined by changes of puberty and response to those changes * Middle = ages 15-17; defined by stereotypical time of peer-dominated changes * Late = ages 18-20; defined by more adult like behavior and adaptation to adult lifestyle Anatomy/Physiological Maturation

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    Elderly Interview (Setting of interview: age‚ former occupation‚ who else is present for interview; physical description of individual‚ including use of glasses‚ hearing aides‚ canes.) Elderly interview taking place in Mohave Valley‚ AZ at his son’s home. He occupies a bedroom‚ when he comes to visit. The environment is clean and neat in appearance. Very comfortable environment and no friends or family members are present at this time. There are two family dogs that walk about the home freely

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    Assignment 3 Please answers the following questions and give an explanation when is required. Thank you. 1.The client has been told to consume more omega-3 fatty acids. What food could the nurse say is a good source of omega-3 fatty acids? a. avocado c. oatmeal b. fatty fish d. whole wheat bread Why the Omega-3 fatty acids are important? There are many health benefits of omega-3 fatty acids. The omega-3s EPA and DHA can help lower triglycerides and blood pressure. And there are studies

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    be active to prevent it. Suggest ways that our society as a whole could reverse or improve the statistic in a positive way for each of the statistics listed in #1 For the first statistic‚ I think that there should be more free programs for the elderly‚ like Silver Sneaker. And also the government should fund more fitness program; it will encourage more people (adults and children) to participate in programs. Second‚ there should be more awareness programs to prevent diabetes‚ like to have a national

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    Gibson Intro- Sociology 110 Ms. Willingham 10-09-2013 Substance Abuse among the Elderly There seem to be a problem growing in our society today that is affecting our Elderly‚ which is substance abuse. The baby boomers born between 1946 and 1964 which are reaching the retirement age seem to be the rising population in treatment centers in the United States. The reason this is an important subject is simple; the elderly people whom I’m talking about are dying from overdose of prescription and non-prescription

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    “Few dispute that the growing elderly population will have a dramatic impact of social services‚ housing‚ and health care. The controversy centers on whether this impact-and the way that society responds to it-will be positive or negative.” As time passes‚ our youth and knowledge starts to unravel. As we get older‚ we lose certain senses such as‚ sight and hearing. These senses are specifically important and much needed when driving. The elderly are at much higher risk for being involved in a car

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