Introduction: While being employed in Corporate America for over 20 years and in the United States Air Force for over 10 years has been extremely valuable experience‚ I don’t feel like I’m fulfilling my purpose in life. After losing my grandmother 2.5 years ago‚ it finally dawned on me what my purpose is‚ and that is to care for our aging population. I am one of 65 grandchildren. My grandmother and I always had a special bond. She raised me for a big part of my childhood‚ and was more of a mother-figure
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1) After suffering from a sudden stroke‚ Mrs. Norton’s lost her ability to carry out complex tasks (IADs‚ instrumental activities of daily living‚ pg. 140) such as clean‚ perform tasks around the house‚ and drive. As the result of the stroke‚ her right arm became paralyzed and so she also cannot perform basic daily activities (ADLs‚ activities of daily living‚ pg. 140) such as shower‚ put on clothes‚ or even feed herself. Since her husband cannot give her the proper care she needs at home‚ Mrs. Norton
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classifications: An inability to perform two or more Activities of Daily Living (or ADLs) Activities of Daily Living (ADLs) are basic functions of daily independent living and includes: Dressing‚ Toileting‚ Bathing‚ Transferring‚ Eating‚ Continence. Impaired Cognitive Ability Loss of mental function can result from stroke‚ dementia or Alzheimer’s Disease. Alzheimer’s Disease is a disorder that progressively affects one’s ability to carry out daily
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Bickham1 Desiree’ Bickham Research Rough Daft English IV-1st November 8‚ 2012 Patient care technicians are multi-skilled medical professional with adequate training in numerous types of duties in a health unit depending on the need. The word patient care technicians ‚ covers numerous task‚ responsibilities‚ and duties. patient care technicians ‚ also known as certified nursing assistants are medical worker trained in providing basic hygiene and care to patients in hospitals and other facilities
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variety of services that includes medical and non-medical care to people who have a chronic illness or disability. Long-term care helps meet health or personal needs. Most long-term care is to assist people with support services such as activities of daily living like dressing‚ bathing‚ and using the bathroom. Long-term care can be provided at home‚ in the community‚ in assisted living or in nursing homes. An example of Long Term care is a Nursing Home. Nursing homes provide care to people who can’t
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Myths and Reality are very far apart when it comes actually being placed or living in a nursing home. After working at a couple of private owned nursing facilities and two state funded nursing facilities I was able to see first hand the difference in the two. This also allowed me to eradicate these so called questions or myths. According to a reprint from the American Health Care Association; "Many myths‚ or misconceptions‚ persist about nursing facility life. In the past decade‚ nursing facilities
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assisted living Introduction Nursing homes‚ skilled nursing facilities‚ care homes‚ convalescent or rest homes deliver residential care in a place of residence for persons who need constant nursing care because of difficulties to carry out normal daily activities. Such residents consist of the elderly and young adults with mental and physical disabilities‚ occupational‚ rehabilitative and other physical therapies after an illness or accidents (Simon and Genner‚ 45). Other nursing homes help in assisting
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References: Arnoud‚ V.‚ & Peyrègne‚ V. (2002). Free newspapers - an international market survey. Retrieved May 20‚ 2007‚ from http://www.ifra.com. Bakker‚ P. (2002a). Free daily newspapers; business models and strategies. JMM the International Journal on Media Management‚ 4(3)‚ 180-187. Bakker‚ P. (2002b). Reinventing newspapers; free dailies – readers and markets. In R. G. Picard (Ed.)‚ Media firms: Structures‚ operations and performance (pp. 77–86). Mahwah: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates‚ Inc. Bakker‚ P.
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assisting seniors who may have a problem accomplishing there normal activities of daily living. The assisted living facilities provide a non-skilled staff to assist with these needs. The next type of long care facility is a skilled cared facility. These types of organizations are set up to provide long-term medical care to individuals who one cannot care for their own selves‚ and two require specialized medical care such as daily medicine administration or procedural care. Healthcare facilities such as
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An ion is an atom or molecule in which the total number of electrons is not equal to the total number of protons‚ giving it a net positive or negative electrical charge. The name was given by physicist Michael Faraday for the substances that allow a current to pass ("go") between electrodes in a solution‚ when an electric field is applied. It is from Greek ιον‚ meaning "going." The word ion also is responsible for electrical current being symbolized by the letter i in chemistry and physics. An anion
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