2007; 14: 173 Á182 ORIGINAL ARTICLE Elderly persons’ expectations of day-care rehabilitation ´ ANITA TOLLEN‚ CARIN FREDRIKSSON & KITTY KAMWENDO ¨ Department of Health Sciences‚ Orebro University‚ Sweden Abstract The aim of this study was to explore elderly persons’ conceptions of what they expected to gain from attending day-care rehabilitation centres (DCR). A purposeful sampling procedure was employed. Interviews with 22 prospective elderly daycare patients were carried out and analysed
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Zinsser‚ William. “Simplicity” Johann Wolfgang von Goethe once said “the decline of literature indicates the decline of a nation”. As society continues to expand‚ the ethics in literature has diminished. In relation to the essay Simplicity by author William Zinsser‚ he explains how American writing lacks proper structure in all forms of literature. From business proposals to bank statements‚ the unnecessary clutter of words can cover hidden meanings or fine print. Writing is a central part of our everyday lives and how we
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The President International Olympic Committee Château de Vidy‚ Case postal 356‚ 1001 Lausanne Switzerland Dear President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Our names are Curtis Buchan and Lachlan Jones‚ 16 year old boys from Sydney‚ Australia and we are writing to convince you that our logo would be the best choice to use for the up and coming Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro‚ Brazil in 2016. We believe that our logo is of a high standard and we truly believe
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An instrument to measure job satisfaction of nursing home administrators Nicholas G Castle [pic] A649 Crabtree Hall‚ Graduate School of Public Health‚ 130 DeSoto Street‚ Pittsburgh‚ PA 15261‚ USA BMC Medical Research Methodology 2006‚ 6:47doi:10.1186/1471-2288-6-47 The electronic version of this article is the complete one and can be found online at: http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2288/6/47 | | | | | | | | | This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons
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Saladin Mrs. Elmore Expository Writing 25 February 2013 Argument/Debate Paper‚ Proposed Anchoring Ban There has been a recent shift in putting techniques on the PGA Tour. Not a colossal movement‚ just a shift. This shift in putting technique has been gaining steam for years‚ even decades. More and more PGA Tour players are using a putting technique called anchoring. The technique is very simple. The player uses a lengthened putter and anchors the grip end of the club somewhere on
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Rational persuasion is the most effective and most commonly applied influence tactic. It is the use of facts‚ data‚ and logical argument to convince and influence another person. The behavior that could be involved in this case is previous research of the information and being able to present it clearly and with confidence. Thursday I had an appointment with Joe Battaline from the Smith Career Center in order to get the paperwork to register and approval to create my own internship. During the
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(2010): Pain: elderly patients. Arq Neuropsiquiatr 2011; 69(2-B): 387-394. The authors reviewed various double blind‚ randomized‚ controlled trials along with their systematic reviews to evaluate different methods of assessing and managing pain in demented and non-demented elderly people. They utilized articles published in Scopus‚ Pubmed and Web of Science from the years 1966 to 2010. In this literature they reviewed the physiology of pain in the elderly and the different
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Depression Among the Elderly Though depression and anxiety are common throughout the life cycle; depression and older age have commonly been associated with one another (Mulsant‚ 1998). Unfortunately‚ many elderly people are not satisfied and look at this stage as depressing. After years of planning‚ dreaming‚ and expecting the golden years to be the highlight of one ’s life‚ the increased number of stressors related to aging causes feelings of depression. Depression can happen at any age from
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Poonampreet Kaur English 152 In the novel “Persuasion” by Jane Austen‚ one thing that rules whole novel is family and relationship. This novel presents the domestic model of family. In the first chapter‚ the author introduced us the with Elliot family which consisted of Sir Walter Elliot who is baronet of Kellynch Hall‚ Lady Elliot who died thirteen years ago and their three daughters Elizabeth‚ Anne and Mary. Sir Walter is too conscious about his looks and “vanity in person and situation” is everything
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quality of life‚ my interest in the elderly was high. My mother was suffering when she did not have to suffer. Being on a fix income and depending on her children‚ she was still lacking some important health care that needed to sustain her in her everyday living. Prior to reaching the age of 65‚ my mother suffered a stroke‚ which caused her to retire early‚ and then by the age of 70‚ she had a triple by-pass. Thank God for advanced medical technology‚ our elderly people have a chance to function
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