in a health care facility. Pretty much I enjoy working with elderly people who are old and sick. Ethically‚ I have the qualification needed for working with people who are in need of help with the activities of daily living. But‚ there are several issues affecting our community that needs urgent attention like‚ neglects‚ unhealthy environment and financial problems. Firstly‚ neglect is a major factor affecting our community. The elderly people we care for needs adequate attention for instance‚
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TASK 1 A Riverview Hospital for the Elderly Sebastian Knowles is a perfect candidate for the job at the Riverview Hospital for the Elderly. Sebastian Knowles handles stress well‚ which can come in handy in case of an emergency procedure for example if an elderly gets a heart attack‚ or if it’s just an stressful day at the hospital. He has worked before at a care home‚ where he worked at the kitchen helping out. One of the requirements for the job is that you’ve have had a background form a health
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services available for the older people and some of them include; Activities for Older People‚ Adult Protection‚ Community Transport‚ Home Care‚ Luncheon Clubs‚ Residential Care and Travel Passes. All of these services are all beneficial towards the elderly. Firstly ’activities for older people’ consists of a group of social workers that provide support and assistance in many ways. Tasks can include befriending‚ visiting‚ sitting‚ shopping and driving or any practical task which could help an individual
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Smart Houses in the 21st Century By PURE FILTH A Report on the advancements of smart homes for care of the aged and impaired in Australia. Made for the minister for health and ageing: The Hon Nicola Roxon‚ MP Abstract There are many different applications of smart homes‚ from power saving solutions‚ increases in convenience and comfort‚ greater peace of mind due to their security features‚ the ability to process medical essential medical information and passing said information on to the appropriate
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Luther Jenkins III Eng. 111.71 MWP#3 How to Communicate with Older Adults In today’s society‚ I see the lack of the younger generation not showing or giving older adults the respect that they deserve. When I was growing up‚ it was mandatory to show courteous‚ dignity and respect to those who were older. I have a problem with all of the cases where I have seen a totally different attitude from the younger generation than how I was raised. This may be due to miscommunication with older adults
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that the story posse is that how long should a son take care of his father? What should be the extent of his dutifulness and obedience? This is a problem of the modern world caused by the busy life. It becomes difficult to attend to the whims of the elderly people after a days’ hard work. But should the duty and the toleration end? Or should a person remain ever dutiful? Should sacrifices be made on our part or should we continue to be self-centered and move and move our own way. The world has both instances
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As Jim and Bob came running down the boulevard‚ they saw an elderly women struggling with carrying her groceries into her house. She had been hard of hearing‚ so Jim had to repeat himself about three times until she understood what they were saying. She mumbled‚ “Thank you so very much for extending an olive branch to a helpless women like me.” The old woman wound up giving them a little tip for helping her without her asking. Since they are young‚ and have never seen her before they did not respond
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course because I would like to work with elderly people in my community‚ I have previously worked as a home help and a carer‚ I feel there is a great need to learn and up date new skills in this area as there is more elderly people living alone and some been cared for by family members in the family home instead of nursing homes. I am specialising in Alzheimer’s disease as I have worked with a person with Alzheimer’s in the past and I now take care of an elderly person affected by the disease.
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Burnes (1906) explains that elderly abuse or neglect refer to an intentional act which is physical‚ sexual‚ emotional‚ financial abuse‚ or neglect‚ occurring in a relationship of trust. Researchers‚ and clinicians recognize elder mistreatment is a big problem associated with major consequences‚ including shortened survival‚ and societal costs. It is important to understand the signs‚ types‚ and prevention of elderly abuse or neglect. As elders become weaker and weaker‚ they lose their ability to
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Senior Citizen or in another word is Elderly. The elderly represent a people who can benefit a technology from a health application or even playing games online through mobile phone or desktop. But from the technology these days we can see that most of the applications or even the hardware are most towards young generations which shows that the attention towards the elderly has not been considered at all. In this paper the authors were focusing on how the elderly consume their mobile phone games. This
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