Depression in the Elderly Depression is a common but not a normal mental condition. It is treatable and can get better over time; but if not given immediete attention‚ it can lead to suicide. Depression depends on each individual‚ but almost one-third of the elderly population suffers from this mental condition. There are many factors that cause depression in the elderly. From the video "Maturing and Aging"‚ somewhere in our 60’s we begin moving out of the center stage of society where we are no
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Dangers of Elderly Citizens Driving Suddenly a sharp pain emerges in the ribs of a young student; but it is not only him that has been injured‚ but the majority of his class‚ a broken rib being the most minute injury. Teachers and other pedestrians concerned while a couple gets the license plate of the car that just plowed through a crowd of children. But on the other end; there is the driver of the car‚ who did not see that the light was ever red‚ who was on auto-pilot and still has not recognized
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Reflection: Observation Of Elderly I work as a Pharmacy Technician and the majority of patients I encounter are elderly. I wasn’t sure where I was going to do my observation but then realized what better place than where I work in the pharmacy. Our older patients tend to be on more medications and have more chronic health conditions than our younger ones and it seems the elderly have a harder time being compliant with their medications. The most common reason for non-compliance is slight
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that as you get older your nutritional requirements per day will lessen and you will need to eat less food‚ this is however a myth because the body always needs energy to repair cells etc. Nutritional requirements will drop but only slightly and the elderly may need to get their nutrients in more energy dense foods. The daily nutritional requirements for a male aged 19-49yrs is 2550 Kcal‚ for a male aged 65-74yrs the requirement is 2330 Kcal‚ this is a lowering of requirement of only 220 Kcal. For
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Ministry to the Elderly Introduction Human beings have always dreamt of a long and happy life. Thanks to the progress in medicine and‚ hygiene and nutrition‚ the dream of a long life has become a widespread reality. But the dream of longer life often does not translate into a happy reality. In a globalizing trend to identify value primarily in terms of economics‚ old age easily is seen as a lack of productivity. At the emotional and social level‚ studies have shown that the main consequences of
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1. INTRODUCTION Aging is a natural process that is associated with loss of functional reserve. 20 to 62% 1–6 of the elderly experience functional decline when an acute health problem prompt hospitalization in this group. This functional decline experienced by elders during hospitalization is not entirely explained by the acute episode which led to the hospitalization or admission‚ but we have noticed further deterioration in the functional ability of these older adult as a result of care and services
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Elderly Care In the Hispanic tradition‚ “family” has always been a central part of their identity and culture. The parents would take care of the children‚ and once the parents became too old to fully care for themselves‚ the children would take care of them. In fact‚ long ago‚ it was traditional that the youngest daughter would bear the responsibility of caring for her parents until their death. This would mean that she would more than likely have to give up her own desires for marriage. Although
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c. Consequence Strategies: The first replacement skill for the student to utilize will be to stay seated at their desk and refrain from moving about the classroom‚ unless directed by the teacher. The second replacement skill will be for the student to refrain from interacting with her peers while moving about the room. The third replacement skill will be for Sarah to be able to interact in an appropriate‚ positive manner with her classmates and peers. i. Three replacement skills‚ or positive skills
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capture the attention of both the elderly and the sandwich generation. The ad started off with an elderly woman that tells of a time when she was helpless and almost lost her life if it wasn’t for Life Call. With no assistance‚ she was able to contact help during the most helpless time in her life. This ad intended to bring reassurance to the sandwich generation that they will be contacted immediately following the incident‚ while at the same time comforting the elderly with the safety that’s available
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reports claiming that these thoughts are no longer true and that elderly drivers are considered the most dangerous age group on the road. The Washington Post said that in the age group sixty- five and over have accounted for “sixteen percent of all traffic deaths and eight percent of the injured‚ but they accounted for thirteen percent of the population.” With statistics so high why is there no questions being asked about the ability the elderly have to drive. Research shows that the older one gets the
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