The Neglect of the Elderly With the growing number of senior citizens in our expanding society‚ abuse and neglect of the elderly is a widespread issue in our society. Neglect can come in many ugly forms and can be quite horrifying when actually investigated. When we as a society fail to meet the needs of our senior community we are only creating a perhaps dreadful prelude to our own inevitable destiny. Elder neglect is the failure to fulfill obligations to a senior citizen. According
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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 available
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An old speak says if you do not have an elderly person beside you‚ you should buy one. When I was a child‚ I remember how my mom used to wash me‚ brash my hair‚ feed me‚ take care of me with so much love. What should I give her in reverse? A lonely place in an impersonal room on a shelter? Or a warm and full of love room in my home? People should learn to help‚ take care and protect someone in need. It is said that the kids do what they see their parents do. The treatment I apply to my parents‚ the
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Over medication in the elderly is a growing problem in our society‚ and it seems to be a problem that is not being addressed with much concern. As stated in this article‚ “It is undeniable that drugs do save lives..” but my question is‚ why is it so overlooked that so many elderly are being given drugs in a combination that can threaten their life? Take for example the lady that goes into the hospital for an asthma attack‚ and as side affects from medications occur‚ she is just pumped full of more
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WHAT GOES AROUND COMES AROUND My grandparents would always say “What goes around surely does come back around.” Looking back on my life I see that I have made many mistakes and majority due to my lack of patience and never listening to what my elders told me. If I had only listened to their words of wisdom and took into consideration what was being told to me‚ I would have saved myself a lot of trouble. Coming The first valuable lesson I learned was my ninth grade year of high school‚ when
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What Goes Around Comes Around “What goes around comes around” is a well known saying which means that whatever we do in this life to other people‚ whether it is good or bad‚ the same will return to us. I remember back in my primary school‚ I read a storybook borrowed from the library that was so much related to this idiom. Although it was just a short story‚ the moral in it was such a true fact of life‚ and could really lead the life in a good and positive way. The story was about a man helping
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Tobechukwu N. Olumba Professor Burgess English 105 31 March 2014 Turning Around Doing a lot of work in college is always thought-provoking without a textbook‚ but with the textbook‚ it can be the simplest and most effective way to work hard. Sometimes‚ being on social media after completing some study time is desperately acceptable. It takes about fifteen minutes for some videos‚ posts‚ and tweets. I’m usually not in a good mood for those things during my study time before Friday. The
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Intrinsic factors‚ the personal and individual behavior plays a significant role in developing frailty. Personal characteristics which include biology and physiology were discovered to be reliable predictors of functional limitations in elderly‚ who consequently develop frailty (Chang‚ Yang‚ Nieh‚ & Wen‚ 2015; Chen‚ Mao‚ & Leng‚ 2014; Fried et al.‚ 2001; Tocchi‚ 2015). Personal characteristics such as cellular senescence (LeBrasseur‚ Tchkonia‚ & Kirkland‚ 2015)‚ ethnicity‚ female gender and age (Espinoza
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Sex and labour trafficking is an issue that affects the entire world‚ whether countries are the source of victims or their destination. Sex trafficking is more prominent in Africa or the Middle East‚ whereas labour trafficking is seen more widely in Asia. The source countries typically are poorer nations‚ for example‚ Albania‚ Thailand‚ or Romania. On the opposite end‚ destination countries are usually rich nations such as Germany‚ the United States‚ or Italy. This trend appears because the traffickers
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Caring for the Elderly Write a speech entitled ’Responsibility of a Caring Society towards the Elderly’. Good morning ladies and gentlemen. In conjunction with Senior Citizens Day‚ I would like to give a speech entitled ’Responsibility of a Caring Society Towards the Elderly.’ Better living standards and health facilities together with sound development planning has resulted in longer lifespan. Recent population census indicate that the average life expectancy of the average Malaysian is 75
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