Enabling clients to make choices In this essay I will explain and provide case studies and evidence to show how‚ as a senior officer working in residential care for the elderly‚ I can enable clients to make choices about the care they receive. Most of the client group I work with have a variety of disabilities such as Dementia‚ Parkinson’s disease‚ Diabetes‚ or are stroke victims and as such are extremely vulnerable. As a senior officer working with this client group I am in a position of power
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Health Promotion Plan for African American Adults at Risk for Coronary Heart Disease Community Nursing: NUR 3634 Abstract Coronary heart disease affects a disproportionate amount of African Americans (CDC‚ 2010a)‚ yet there are modifiable risk factors that can reduce the risk of this disease. These modifiable risk factors include high blood pressure and high cholesterol. This health promotion plan involves a community-based strategy that targets African Americans by offering primary and
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Maria J Garcia Health Disparities Now a days it is very common that people’s health depends on their income rate‚ social environment and the area we live in‚ and now the mortality rate is very remarkable between areas of the community‚ what does the mortality rate has to do with our location? Here in San Antonio‚ diabetes mortality rate is very high but it is higher in some places than others‚ and this is because a person’s income influences their location‚ according to research data about
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HistoryAetna‚ Inc. is an American health insurance company‚ which is the direct descendant of Aetna (Fire) Insurance Company‚ of Hartford‚ Connecticut. In 1850 Aetna began operation of an Annuity Fund and the company would soon to be known as Aetna Life Insurance Company. In 1899 Aetna became one of the first publicly held insurance companies to enter the health insurance field. Since then Aetna has become committed to providing access to cost-effective health care of the highest possible standard
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Understand how diet is linked to health 1. Define what is meant by the term ‘healthy diet’. A healthy diet is something that covers all of your body’s needs‚ and ensures that your body gets all the nutrients that it requires to stay healthy in day to day life. The things that you require will vary depending on a number of different factors including age‚ gender and activity levels. 2. Describe why the healthy diets of adults and children may be different. Provide at least three examples
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Choosing health 2004 is the first ever government policy which was published by department of Health on 16th November 2004. It set out how the Government will make it easier for people to make healthier choices by offering them practical help to adopt healthier lifestyles. Choosing Health laid out a challenging programme of practical action aimed at saving thousands of lives in years to come. Tackling health inequalities will be central to successful delivery and targeted support will be offered
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\caption[Different monochromatic $\gamma$ selection criteria is explained in the first column] { Different monochromatic $\gamma$ selection criteria are given in the first column. The resulting efficiencies using different monochromatic cuts are given in the second column. The number of the reconstructed $\omega\to\pi^0\gamma$ decays ($N_{\omega\to\pi^0\gamma}^{rec}$) for different monochromatic cuts are presented in the third column. The measured branching ratio $BR^{measured}_{\omega\to\pi^0\gamma}$
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The Five Factor Model was developed by Raymond Cattell as way to describe human personality‚ and disorders. The intention was for it to help personality disorders and to help us improve the general understanding of personality. There have been many models that have risen‚ and some are more accepted than others‚ but the most prominent one would be the five-factor model of personality. The Five-Factor theory is one of the newest models developed for the description of personality‚ and the model shows
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their health and well-being. Nursing care is aimed towards all aspects of health care including prevention as well as treatment of disease. Prevention has become a major focus in the nursing industry and health promotion is an important responsibility of nurses. This paper will discuss how health promotion is defined and what purpose is serves in the nursing profession. It will review the evolving nursing roles and different ways to implement health promotion‚ as well as cover the different levels
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Gamache Homelessness and Health Introduction Homelessness has become an evolving epidemic of our time‚ and the health implications associated with being homeless makes it that much worse. Homeless people are at major risk for premature death and a wide range of health problems such as HIV‚ skin blemishes‚ and much more. It is very difficult for homeless people to fix their health issues due to the difficulty of accessing health care possibly because of missing health cards‚ or simply because of
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