CARE STUDY Assessing patients systematically and being able to interpret the findings is an essential aspect of nursing because it allows their care to be prioritised appropriately and alleviate the process of their recovery or treatment through the ability to recognise and carry out suitable care plan‚ based on their needs and preferences (NICE‚2007). It allows the early management of diseases‚ illnesses or emergency situations and leads to patient safety‚ positive clinical outcome‚ and avoidable
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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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PARTICIPANTS ONLY ESID/HLM-MIPAA/6 9 October 2007 ENGLISH ONLY ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMISSION FOR ASIA AND THE PACIFIC High-level Meeting on the Regional Review of the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing (MIPAA) 9-11 October 2007 Macao‚ China Elderly People in Nepal What happened after MIPPA‚ 2002? * Nepal Participatory Action Network * This paper was prepared by Mr. Bhola Prasad Dahal‚ Immediate Past Chairperson/Executive Committee Member‚ Nepal Participatory Action Network‚ Nepal‚ for the
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Abstract Diabetes is prevalent among the elderly Latino community. The process of accepting and acknowledging the seriousness of having this condition can have a mental effect on the elder. There are factors that need to be taken into account that will change for the typical Latino elder living in the central valley. Since much of the Latino community in the central valley works in agriculture‚ income is low and adherence to medication becomes difficult. Economic factors directly affect their health
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highways. Counter-arguments state that most statistics show more elderly drivers get into more fatal accidents is completely false. They describe how it is impossible to record all the accidents of each age group properly. The reason for that is because not all accidents are reported and senior citizens are just the kind of people who will report any accident. Another statement that adds to this counter-argument is the elderly are more likely to report more accidents because they are more prone
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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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Identifying elderly people’s needs for communication and mobility Sauli Tiitta HIIT (Helsinki Institute for Information Technology)‚ Finland sauli.tiitta@hiit.fi Keywords Elderly people; communication; mobility; participatory observation; narratives‚ user needs; security and group coherence. Abstract The Finnish parliament’s future commission has listed challenges in elderly peoples lives that could be overcome using new technology. The two most important inhibiting factors affecting the
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SOCI 1015EL 10 Understanding Society Essay Two November 21‚ 2014 Elder Abuse In its most basic sense‚ elder abuse is harm to an older adult. The World Health Organization defined abuse and neglect of older adults as: “…single or repeated acts‚ or lack of appropriate action‚ occurring within a relationship where there is an expectation of trust‚ which causes harm or distress to an older person.” Sadly‚ elder abuse is prevalent in our society and while elderly abuse may not be a new phenomenon
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The Hazard of Elderly Drivers “The Congress shall have Power…to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States…” (Section 8 [1] United States Constitution). Under the Constitution of the United States of America‚ government has the ability to implement laws that provide for the general well being of its citizens. Regardless of the circumstance‚ the government must act in the best interest of the civilians living within the United States. One of the most
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