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    Social Issues in Pakistan

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    Geo-Strategic Importance of Pakistan. Geo strategic means the importance of a country or a region as by virtue of its geographical location. Geo political is defined as‚ stressing the influence of geographic factors on the state power‚ international conduct and advantages it derives from its location. Stephen Cohn describes this importance “While history has been unkind to Pakistan‚ its geography has been its greatest benefit. It has resource rich area in the north-west‚ people rich in the north-east

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    Elderly Adults

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    Running head: Case Study – Elderly Adults Case Study – Elderly Adults Kaplan University Professor Diane Berry May 19‚ 2014 1 Case Study – Elderly Adults 2 Case Study – Elderly Adults Catherine Lopez is a 75-year-old Hispanic women who has been living independently on her own since the untimely death of her spouse whom she was married to for over 50 years. After Joseph passed away from having a sudden heart attack‚ their four children‚ Joseph Jr.‚ Michael‚ Jennifer‚ and

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    Elderly Abuse

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    definition for elderly abuse varies. A common middle ground in all definitions is that elderly abuse is any physical‚ psychological‚ or maternal abuse towards an elderly person. In summary‚ it is the violation of the elder’s rights to safety‚ security and adequate healthcare. (Wyandt). Due to the various definitions of elderly abuse across the board‚ the act has been categorized in different typologies. Physical abuse‚ Verbal/Psychological abuse and financial abuse are three main types of elderly abuse.

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    Pets for the Elderly

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    Pets for the Elderly Most people in the English language have heard the saying “an apple a day keeps the doctor away.” While that very well may‚ or may not‚ be true—what about pets? Wouldn’t it be better if that Granny Smith were a Husky puppy? If that Delicious Red were a fluffy‚ gray kitten who purrs in your lap? Don’t misunderstand me‚ I’m not condoning eating the family pet‚ but instead supporting the idea that owning an animal can help your‚ and your family’s health. In 1999‚ people who

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    Graffiti artists often produce artworks which deliver social‚ political or religious issues in the urban space within a society. Graffiti artists are built to embody cultural groups and within their graffiti works reflect on a range of issues‚ in order to cause an impression on the audience who pass by (Young 2012‚ 297). Artists often represent social and political issues in their works in order to state combinations of statements and argue how they get accused or seized by the law in producing such

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    Incarcerating the Elderly

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    The issue being discussed in this paper will be “the issue of the ‘graying’ of the American prison and parole population and the unique problems that elderly prisoners face while incarcerated and subsequent to release” (Stojkovic‚ 2007‚ pg. 98). Incarceration of elderly criminals is a highly debated topic in criminal justice. The definition of elderly criminal in this case will be a person 60 years or older that commits a criminal offense. This is not a new topic; however‚ there is not a lot of

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    Population

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    Population Revision Notes * Population distribution is how a population is spread (distributed) over an area of land. * Population density is the average number of people living in an area‚ given as people per square kilometer. The equation is Population Density = * The terms densely populated and sparsely populated are used to refer to areas with high and low population densities. * The term population density refers to the average number of people in the area and tells is nothing

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    Elderly Care

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    Elderly Care In the Hispanic tradition‚ “family” has always been a central part of their identity and culture. The parents would take care of the children‚ and once the parents became too old to fully care for themselves‚ the children would take care of them. In fact‚ long ago‚ it was traditional that the youngest daughter would bear the responsibility of caring for her parents until their death. This would mean that she would more than likely have to give up her own desires for marriage. Although

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    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 social gatherings

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    Contemporary Issues-Infectious Diseases among Inmate Populations DeAnna Huey University of Phoenix Contemporary Issues-Infectious Diseases among Inmate Populations Infectious disease is any disease that is able to spread among our public and contained population‚ thus being called infectious. An infectious disease travels through the environment‚ as it passes from one person to another through means of airborne‚ droplets‚ contaminated water‚ clothes‚ bedding‚ utensils or anything that

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