/ =309&Dtp=1&Fmt=5&TN=2&Uno=17 Enlarge 400% Many physical changes associated with aging can affect productivity. Those that have been investigated include decreased cardiorespiratory functioning‚ reduced muscle strength and sensory deterioration. A decrease in cardiorespiratory functioning often leads to increased fatigue‚ according to a 1995 study. This can reduce productivity in older workers‚ who may be relegated to more physically demanding tasks if they lack technical skills for more
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Any pain that is experienced for more than 3 months is referred to as chronic pain. Chronic pain can either be continuous or episodic depending on the individual’s experience. According to the American Pain Society (2015) “nearly 50 million American adults have significant chronic pain or severe pain. Prevalence rate for females is 34.3% and for men it is 26.7%”. Each individual experiences chronic pain differently such as type‚ timing and location of pain. Pain may be described as dull‚ sharp‚ burning
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A chronic illness is long-term. It is an illness that lasts for more than three months. A chronic illness is persistent and generally can’t be prevented by vaccination or cured by medication. Dealing with a chronic illness is very stressful and may change a person’s daily living. Some examples of chronic diseases include heart disease‚ cancer‚ type 2 diabetes‚ stroke‚ chronic respiratory problems and obesity. According to the CDC‚ in 2012 about 117 million people had one or more chronic health conditions
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Thesis: Older people can still feel young by engaging in social ______activities that can help them cope with aging. I. Introduction II. What is Aging? III. What are the Changes? A. Physical Changes B. Mental Changes C. Sociological Changes IV. Needs of the Elderly A. Health Needs of the Elderly B. Psychological Needs V. How to hasten the process of Aging? VI. Programs and Services for the Aged VII. The senior Citizen’s Club VIII. Homes for the Aged IX. Death: A reality Especially for older people
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Aging and Disability Worksheet Part I Identify 2 or 3 issues faced by the aging population. 1. Older adults experience unequal treatment in employment and may face prejudice and discrimination. (Racial and Ethnic Groups‚ Ch.17‚ pg.364.) 2. Membership in this disadvantaged group is involuntary. (Racial and Ethnic Groups‚ Ch.17‚ pg.395.) 3. Older adults share physical characteristics that distinguish them from younger people‚ and their cultural preferences and leisure-time activities often
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physical disabilities. Sadly‚ If you don’t have money‚ whatever the reason may be‚ you obviously can’t afford a place to live. There are different types of homelessness. Situational & chronic are two of them. Situational Homelessness is when a person is facing some housing‚ health care‚ financial‚ or job loss crisis. Chronic homelessness is when a person has a disabling condition and have been continuously homeless for at least a year‚ or have had at least four episodes of homelessness in the last three
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A “Chronic Headache” is a headache that occurs 15 or more days in a month [3]. Chronic headaches may not be fully cured but can be well managed and controlled using various clinical and non-clinical methods [39]. Different types of headaches [64] have different symptomatic characteristics [3]. Individuals may have single or multiple types of chronic headaches at the same time. A headache attack occurs due to changes in the headache patient’s “internal” and/or “external” environment [31]. An example
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Aging is a process that all humans must go through‚ and as life expectancy increases it becomes more important to understand the intimate details to normal aging process. Maintaining health is very important to this process‚ the older a person becomes the more medical services is needed. Since aging is a process that begins when you are conceived and continues for as long as we live out life span‚ our body reflects genetic components and environmental experience. So in a genetic way our bodies
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Myths of Aging Leslie L. Sanderford GRO320 Instructor Peggy Allen June 13‚ 2011 Largest among the growing populations is the age group 65 and older. This course required us to complete Dr. Woolf’s myths of aging quiz. This quiz has 25 questions all about aging issues. In our textbook‚ “Adult Development and Aging‚” Cavanaugh and Blanchard-Fields (2011) state‚ “Everyone does not grow old in the same way. Whereas most people tend to show usual patterns of aging that reflect
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The most important population trend is aging. This is a disaster in the healthcare system. More and more people are getting older and are need of healthcare. Aging is not only important but it has a major impact on the organization and delivery in healthcare. One particular importance that will affect the financing and delivery is the shift from acute to chronic illnesses. Rather than acute illnesses‚ the focus will be on diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease‚ heart disease‚ and osteoporosis (William
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