Social Inequality in Elderly Americans Elderly people (women and men age sixty-five or older) (Macionis‚ 2005)‚ Have many obstacles to face as they grow older‚ many of these obstacles involve social inequality. Not only do the elderly have to learn to deal with many forms of Ageism (the stereotyping and prejudice against individuals or groups because of their age)‚ some also have to deal with the fact that they do not have enough savings or pension benefits to be self supporting‚ for most people
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Identifying elderly people’s needs for communication and mobility Sauli Tiitta HIIT (Helsinki Institute for Information Technology)‚ Finland sauli.tiitta@hiit.fi Keywords Elderly people; communication; mobility; participatory observation; narratives‚ user needs; security and group coherence. Abstract The Finnish parliament’s future commission has listed challenges in elderly peoples lives that could be overcome using new technology. The two most important inhibiting factors affecting the
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The choice of anticoagulants depends on CHA2DS2-VASc score as follow‚ CHA2DS2-VASc risk Score Congestive heart failure (any history) 1 Hypertension (prior history) 1 Age ≥75 years 2 Diabetes mellitus 1 Stroke/transient transient ischemic attack/thromboembolism history 2 Vascular disease (e.g.‚ myocardial infarction‚ peripheral vascular disease or aortic plaque) 1 Age 65-74 years 1 Sex (female gender) 1 CHA2DS2-VASc of the patient in the question stem would be 1 (for congestive heart failure)
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INTRODUCTION Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy‚ previously known as Pregnancy Induced Hypertension (PIH)‚ are high blood pressure disorders of pregnancy. It has long been one of the major problems for mothers in pregnancy‚ along with infection and postpartum hemorrhage. PIH is classified as gestational hypertension‚ mild preeclampsia‚ severe preeclampsia and eclampsia‚ depending on how far development advances. A woman is said to be preeclamptic when her blood pressure increases and shows protein
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PATHOPHYSIOLOGY 724.2.4-01-07 10/16/11 The elderly patient requires specific nursing care; especially those that had a major illness or surgery. In this essay I am going to discuss several safety issues of an older adult client after surgery and the importance of facilitating the appropriate plan of care. In the case study “Elder care case study” the client Mr. Trosack is being discharged after undergoing total hip replacement surgery. As the nurse case manager it is my duty to discuss a plan of
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dividing a potential market into distinct subsets of consumers with a common need or characteristic and selecting one or more segments to target with a specially designed marketing mix. Besides aiding in the development of new products‚ segmentation studies assist in the redesign and repositioning of existing products‚ in the creation of promotional appeals‚ and the selection of advertising media. In order to be a viable target market‚ a segment must be identifiable (by some criteria such as demographics
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(BMI) ≥30- <40 kg.m-2 and ≥40 kg.m-2‚ respectively. A broad range of health issues such as cardiac disease‚ hypertension‚ stroke‚ type 2 diabetes mellitus‚ obstructive sleep apnea and obesity hypoventilation syndrome are associated with obesity. All of the latter consequently increases the risk of hospitalization and a need for higher level of care. A recent study showed obesity was associated with significantly higher all-cause mortality relative to normal weight population [3]. From a pulmonary standpoint
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Introduction Type II Diabetes is a rapidly growing disease in our country. Unfortunately‚ many of us know at least one person who battles through this metabolic disease. I chose the article titled The sugar disease-understanding type 2 diabetes mellitus written by Georgina Casey to review and learn from. This article was found in the Continuing Professional Development +Nurses Journal published in March 2011. My grandmother has battled with this disease for many years and it has slowly progressed
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present itself in three different forms. Paroxysmal atrial fibrillation or intermittent atrial fibrillation occurs suddenly and will terminate with little to no intervention within seven days of the event. Approximately 35-66% of atrial fibrillation cases are defined as paroxysmal. Persistent atrial fibrillation is when the abnormal heart rhythm continues for more than a week and may require medication to restore normal electrical signaling. Longstanding
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relatively new entity with a different pattern of cornoid lamella from Porokeartosis. First described by Walsh in 2007 as a solitary lesions‚ since then there has been only one case report of multiple Porokeratomas on the lower extremities. Herein we report a case of multiple Porokeratomas on the upper extremities. Case report: A 43-year-old man‚ presents with a 6 months history of multiple asymptomatic lesion on his left forearm. Ineffectively tried treating the lesion with a cream ??? On physical
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