Aging in a Rural Community Wanda W. Jones Webster University Introduction Living and aging in a rural community has many challenges. The aging of America in rural communities has gone from being the prominent lifestyle of American citizens to approximately a quarter of the country living in rural areas. Because elders prefer to remain in their homes and age in place‚ living in rural communities presents barriers that are not easily overcome. Transportation is a critical component of aging
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The process in which an increasing proportion of the population live in cities/urban areas. Urban growth: Increase in population size and/or physical size of the towns‚ cities and other larger urban settlements in a country or a region. Process whereby settlements grow in terms of population number and/or physical size Megacity: A giant metropolis with a population of at least 10 million Slums: A residential area that is physically and socially deteriorated and in which satisfactory family life
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Methods of data collection in qualitative research: interviews and focus groups P. Gill‚1 K. Stewart‚2 E. Treasure3 and B. Chadwick4 IN BRIEF • Interviews and focus groups are the most • • common methods of data collection used in qualitative healthcare research Interviews can be used to explore the views‚ experiences‚ beliefs and motivations of individual participants Focus group use group dynamics to generate qualitative data PRACTICE This paper explores the most common methods of data collection
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Remote Development on CAEN with Eclipse This handout describes how to set up CAEN on your personal computer so that you can use the Eclipse IDE to develop code remotely on CAEN via ssh. As always‚ we highly recommend developing on CAEN‚ either in the labs or remotely‚ as a very large percentage of student errors in previous terms have been a result of incompatibilities between platforms. Note that staff will prioritize helping students with algorithmic questions above those with questions on Eclipse
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International Journal of Software Engineering and Its Applications Vol. 6‚ No. 3‚ July‚ 2012 Remote Monitoring and Controlling System Based on ZigBee Networks Soyoung Hwang and Donghui Yu* Department of Multimedia Engineering‚ Catholic University of Pusan‚ South Korea {soyoung‚ dhyu}@cup.ac.kr Abstract Thanks to the rapid development of information technology and the growth of the Internet through high speed networks‚ network environments have even been changed from office oriented environments
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study Methodology of the study Theoretical discussion Concept of NGOs Historical background of NOGs in Bangladesh Types of NGOs Functional coverage of NGOs Role of NGOs behind the rural development Advantages and disadvantages Findings Jagorani chakra foundation (JCF) Objectives Working area Programs Programs related rural development Exceptional and successes of JCF Achievements of JCF Concluding remark Subject Page 02 02 02 03 03 04 05 06 08 09 10 10 11 12 13 15 15 16 17 1 INTRODUCTION:
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Heath care system is growing dramatically and the innovation of technology has high impact in the quality of the services. Remote patient monitoring (RPM) is one of these technology that used digitals technologies to collect data and information from individual or health care facilities to transmitted to health care providers for treatment design or prevention plan. RPM devices have the capability to collect a wide range of health data‚ such as weight‚ blood pressure‚ blood sugar‚ blood oxygen levels
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Effects of Chinese Rural Tourism Tourism has substantially developed in some developing countries such as China. “Nong Jia Le” (Chinese rural tourism) is now a indispensable way to increase income in some rural areas. There are more than 1.5 million tourist destinations of “Nong Jia Le” from 31 provinces in China‚ and the economic benefit is very considerable (Guo‚ 2009). It is crucial for Chinese local governments to decide whether the rural areas should continue to develop the tourism or focus
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Sector “Challenges in Rural Market ” “Challenges in Rural Market ” Mr. M Q Khan‚ Director (LPG Infrastructure India Pvt. Ltd.) Mr. M Q Khan‚ Director (LPG Infrastructure India Pvt. Ltd.) Reliance Industries Ltd. Reliance Industries Ltd. 1 Indian Scenario Urban Population (Million)‚ 2001 House Holds (Million)‚ 2001 LPG Connections (as of 01.04.04 (Million) LPG Consumption (MMTPA) As of 01.04.04 LPG Per Capita Consumption KG (PA) Penetration 286 54 68.52 7.95 Rural 742 138 8.58 1.55 Total
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Living Wills‚ sometimes called Advanced Directives‚ are legal documents accepted in all 50 states. They clearly define a person’s wish to decline life-support or medical treatment in certain circumstances‚ usually when death is imminent. Generally‚ a living will takes effect when a person becomes terminally ill‚ permanently unconscious or conscious with irreversible brain damage. <br> <br>A living will also allows a person to state with particularity the forms of treatment are wanted and not wanted
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