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    Hiring Older Person

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    and can work as an individual as well. 12. Real arguments instead of duhh-reactions. 13. Usually able to “make do” when necessary – cobble something good out of odd and unmatched parts. Think school pageant costumes on a moments notice. 14. Older workers are able to speak and write in complete sentences‚ with correct English. This is helpful in writing and speaking with customers‚ as well as internal reports. 15. Less expensive car insurance. 16. Able to advise younger manager without

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    | Hyponatremia in the Older Adult | 168344 | | Vivienne Ellison 09039422 | 8/6/2011 | | Hyponatremia in the older adult. Management of defects in water homeostasis in the elderly is often difficult because of age related changes and diseases that are associated with impairment of water metabolism. The feeling of thirst is often impaired in the elderly (Kugler‚ 2000). Hyponatremia is a serum sodium concentration of less than the

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    psychological‚ physiological‚ emotional and environmental factors. I picked constipation to discuss because I am a Personal Support Worker‚ I provide care for the elderly; most of them have health conditions which are likely contributory factors. Older adults are more prone to constipation than younger adults because peristalsis of the intestine usually weakened as we age; ingestion of certain medications; also due to reduced activity levels; muscle weakness and inadequate amounts of fluids and fibre

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    Caring for Older People

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    Unit 28: Caring for older people P3: Explain ways in which health and social care workers support the independence and wellbeing of older people. M2: Assess ways in which health and social care workers support the independence and wellbeing of older people. D1: Evaluate ways in which the sectors work together to support the independence and wellbeing of older people. Doris has stayed connected with her friend Frieda who lives on her own independently but recently she has had a fall and she has been

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    Older Age Bullying

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    Bullying What is really going on in schools Stephanie Neill We have all been a victim of bullying at some point in our lives. In almost all cases that I have heard of bullying it has been in a school setting. In today ’s world‚ bullying is nothing out of the ordinary. Every day we hear about bullying‚ whether it is in the news‚ at school‚ or from our friends. What has developed as a common thing amongst people of all ages has had serious effects and caused tragedy for many people. Students

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    women develop various beliefs about older people‚ which shape their overall attitudes about their development of aging. Through this paper‚ it will examine an older adult’s personal opinion and experiences about the perceptions of aging. An in-person interview was conducted where the interviewee‚ Jonathan (changed name for confidentiality) was asked a series of questions‚ which related to specific topics that further investigated about what it means to be an older person. That being said‚ the physical

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    Obesity in Older Women

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    Bibliography: Fox‚ A. A.‚ Thompson‚ J. L.‚ Butterfield‚ G. E.‚ Gylfadottir‚ U.‚ & al‚ e. (1996). Effects of diet and exercise on common cardiovascular disease risk factors in moderately obese older women. The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition‚ 63(2)‚ 225-225.

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    Growing Up

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    fast. Before the “tweens” where still acting as children but in the recent years this has changed especially in girls. Now we see them trying to act like teenagers‚ where they dress in tight clothes‚ wear lots of make-up and hang around with people older them. Thus a side effect of this is that they attract the attention of adults in their early to mid-twenties‚ which lead to them being in situations which they cannot get out of. Yet with parents starting work early in the morning and not returning

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    As I Grew Older

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    “As I Grew Older‚” by Langston Hughes is a poem about a young man is thinking about his goals and that he cannot achieve them because of racial prejudice. The theme of the poem is that prejudice is used to keep people from accomplishing their dreams. Hughes expresses this idea by using imagery‚ anaphora‚ and symbol. Throughout the poem‚ Hughes refers to different symbols to show the barriers between blacks and whites in society during that time period in the early 20th century. In the first stanza

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    Virtue ethics‚ emphasising techniques promoting an agent’s character and instructing their conscience‚ has become a significant mode of discourse in modern medical ethics. Healthcare whistleblowers‚ whose complaints are reasonable‚ made in good faith‚ in the public interest‚ and not vexatious‚ we argue‚ are practising those obligations of professional conscience foundational to virtue based medical ethics. Yet‚ little extant virtue ethics scholarship seriously considers the theoretical foundations

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