Role opportunities for nurses in Community Care in elderly Community nurses focus on • Health promotion • Disease prevention • Wellness (Westley & Fletcher‚ 2004 cited in Stanhope & Lancaster‚ 2004). To achieve these goals‚ nurses are involved in • Client and community education • Counselling • Advocacy • Care management (Westley & Fletcher‚ 2004 cited in Stanhope & Lancaster‚ 2004). Health promotion: Community nurses may inform health promotion strategies according to individual
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Caring for someone with a disability can be both difficult and rewarding. In Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night Time by Mark Hadden‚ shows a parent caring for a child with a disability may be stressful at times but it can be very rewarding as well. Christopher dad had a lot of tolerance and patience to deal with Christopher and had many stressful times with him. He felt like he wonted to go and sit in the corner and yell and scream like Christopher did. But as a good parent would do‚
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hearing problem and could not communicate in the first languageproperly‚ so the non-verbal communication plays a role. Caris-Verhallen et al (1999‚ p.809) state that the non-verbal communication becomes important whencommunicating with the elderly people who develop a hearing problem. Hollman et al (2005‚ p31) suggests some effective ways to maximize the communication 5 with hearing impairment people such as always gains the person’s attentionbefore speaking‚ visible
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in-depth interviews on the perspectives of elderly persons were held with 4 participants aged above 60‚ recruited from a community medical center. Results All respondents rated themselves as ageing successful. Five themes were identified: Good health and ability of self-care‚ good family relationship and being cared for‚ feeling of contentment‚ economic security‚ and social activities. This reflected the multi-dimensional perspective in local elderly people. Conclusions A life span perspective
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1 A study on the Social activeness and Death anxiety among the elderly *S. Thenndral *Hannah Paul Abstract: The world health organisation recognises anyone above the age of 60 as elderly‚ the phase after which is termed as ‘late adulthood’. This period is marked by characteristic physical‚ cognitive and psychosocial changes‚ social activeness being one such area in which the change is clearly visible.(Papalia‚ D.E.‚ 2008) The indulgence of oneself in social activities like attending
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Tattooed People‚ Feminists‚ and Elderly People PHI 103: Informal Logic Rhetoric and Stereotypes: Politicians‚ Tattooed People‚ Feminists‚ and Elderly People Rhetoric pertains to the use of language to create an effectively persuasive argument. Stereotyping is taking the description of an individual and applying it to a group as a whole. There are many generalizations made when it comes to politicians‚ tattooed people‚ feminists‚ and elderly people. This essay will discuss stereotypes connected
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lowered my GPA and would look bad on my transcript. This wouldn’t just affect me now but in my future too. That if I didn’t make a change today where would I go tomorrow. I made a change and I applied to be an ACCESS mentor. ACCESS is an acronym for “A Caring Community Empowering Student Success”. That was just what it was. It was a group of upperclassmen that spent time at the end of their day to help freshmen better adjust to high school. First you have to apply to it and that only a handful are selected
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P3: Explain the factors that would lead to suspicion of child maltreatment or abuse. P4: Explain appropriate responses when child maltreatment or abuse is suspected. D2: Justify responses where child maltreatment or abuse is suspected or confirmed‚ referring to current legislation and policies. P3: Explain the factors that would lead to suspicion of child maltreatment or abuse. P4: Explain appropriate responses when child maltreatment or abuse is suspected. D2: Justify responses where
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Title: Should The Elderly receive free bus rides? Specific Purpose: To persuade to the public in letting senior citizens have free bus rides. Thesis Statement: Don’t you think elderly people deserve free public transportation? Introduction/Attention Grabber: We frequently hear discussions regarding society not taking good enough care of the Elderly. Based on what I saw in the seniors and their struggles‚ I think that providing them with free public transportation would be a good place to
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Unit 10 – Caring for Children & Young People P2 – Identify the current relevant legislation affecting the care of children and young adults M1 analyse how policies and procedures help children/young people and their families whilst the child is being looked after For my assignment I’m going to explain 6 relevant legislations and give examples of each related to children and young adults. The first legislation I am going to look at is; The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the
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