ineffective. Programs such as The National Committee for the Prevention of Elder Abuse is designed to help elderly individuals who are at risk of being abused‚ and who are actually being abused by a caregiver. Elder abuse “may be physical‚ mental‚ emotional‚ or sexual” according to Area Agency on Aging of Pasco & Pinellas‚ Inc. (2013). The individual who commits the acts of Elder Abuse is usually a care giver which is usually “ a family member‚ an in home paid worker (certified nursing assistant)‚ a staff
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Executive Summary Helping hand is a business which provides a service to the elderly at their own 24/7 whenever they need us; either for house duties or just for entertainment. This is an astonishing new project which offers families a change to present their elderly loved ones with a service which enables them to socialize and acquire the basic help they need in the guarantee we’ll treat them like our own. This will also involve a website/ app which makes it easier for the families or the senior
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Comments and suggestion Conclusion Introduction The elderly population in India is continuously increasing and also the problems faced by these people are increasing simultaneously. The number of people in old age homes is constantly increasing and also most of the parents are now deciding to live in old age homes rather than living with their children. Nowadays these people are facing the problems like lack of care‚ emotional support and economic support from the family etc. Our culture
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think that elderly people are too old to do the things which the younger generation are quite capable to do are guilty of both; lack of conviction and uncertainty. Long-standing people are just as capable as we are of fulfilling their dreams and living the way that they want to live due to them being more experienced than us in life for which they know more than the younger generation. Undoubtedly‚ there will be differing opinions from their family members and from the people that care about them
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CARE STUDY Assessing patients systematically and being able to interpret the findings is an essential aspect of nursing because it allows their care to be prioritised appropriately and alleviate the process of their recovery or treatment through the ability to recognise and carry out suitable care plan‚ based on their needs and preferences (NICE‚2007). It allows the early management of diseases‚ illnesses or emergency situations and leads to patient safety‚ positive clinical outcome‚ and avoidable
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Gerontology is the scientific study of old age‚ the process of aging‚ and the particular problems of old people. With maturation the elderly suffer from age-related changes that effect their overall health and day to day living. Even those these changes provide limitations that can be lived with‚ these changes can also exacerbate many medical conditions. The elderly client I decided to evaluate‚ H.J.is a 76 year old african american female‚ that has a past medical history of chronic heart failure
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members. Failing Health It has been said that “we start dying the day we are born”. The aging process is synonymous with failing health. Failing health due to advancing age is complicated by non-availability to good quality‚ age-sensitive‚ health care for a large proportion of older persons in the country. Vision - As people grow older their eyesight begins to fail making it difficult to certain jobs. Keeping medications straight - Old people suffer from memory loss‚ which causes lots of problems
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Abstract The elderly population is rising globally and similar trends are being observed not only in Asia but also in Pakistan. A developing country facing several challenges in the form of political instability‚ lack of economic growth‚ low savings of the elderly‚ weak pension system‚ makes life challenging for the elderly. Pakistan’s demographic trends show that between 1990 till 2010‚ the population aged 60+ years increased by 75.1 %. It is projected that the life expectancy will increase to
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prevalence‚ advocacy services and their role in protecting elderly rights. It will also cover elder law services and how the protect the rights of the elderly. Literature Resources Muehlbauer‚ Melissa‚R.N.‚ M.S.N.‚ & Crane‚ Patricia A‚ PhD‚ MSN‚W.H.N.P.‚ R.N.C. (2006). Elder abuse and neglect. Journal of Psychosocial Nursing & Mental Health Services‚ 44(11)‚ 43-8. This article covers -------------- of elderly abuse and neglect in elderly people in the United States. Each year the reported incidences
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Context … lead to the rise of the need for long-term care (http://www.who.int/ageing/en/) The world will have more people who live to see their 80s or 90s than ever before The number of people aged 80 years or older will have almost quadrupled between 2000 and 2050 to 395 million. Lose of their ability to live independently Resulted to the need of long-term care‚ that include home nursing‚ community care and assisted living‚ residential care and long stays in hospitals Evergreen Project of people
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