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    Elderly Abuse

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    well as financial exploitation‚ neglect‚ self-neglect and .abandonment. The victim is most often in a current relationship with the abuser whether they be an intimate partner‚ family member or caregiver. I was uncertain exactly what happens to the elderly victim after it is discovered that there is a form of abuse taking place;

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    Nutrition for the Elderly

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    that as you get older your nutritional requirements per day will lessen and you will need to eat less food‚ this is however a myth because the body always needs energy to repair cells etc. Nutritional requirements will drop but only slightly and the elderly may need to get their nutrients in more energy dense foods. The daily nutritional requirements for a male aged 19-49yrs is 2550 Kcal‚ for a male aged 65-74yrs the requirement is 2330 Kcal‚ this is a lowering of requirement of only 220 Kcal. For

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    Prescription Thugs Themes

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    Prescription Thugs is a documentary by Chris Bell that uncovers pharmaceuticals marketing technics‚ and the impact it has on Americans especially their addiction to prescription drugs. The producer exposes how an individual can go from using prescription drugs legally and instrumentally to illegal and recreational. The main purpose of this film is to warn the audience just how easy it is to abuse prescription drugs and the deadly consequences that come from abusing these drugs‚ the film was created

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    Dysthymia and the Elderly

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    Dysthymia and Elderly Jacob Wenger Dysthymia is defined by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders‚ Fourth Edition‚ Text Revision (DSM-IV-TR)‚ as “semichronic‚ smoldering mood disorder with ongoing waxing and waning symptoms. Symptoms must be present for at least two years in adults and for at least one year in children and adolescents.” (Sansone & Sansone‚ 2009‚ p. 14) The disorder is further characterized as requiring symptoms lasting two years in adults and one year

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    The Addiction to Prescription Drugs Sharon O ’Dell COM156 November 30‚ 2012 Lugene Rosen The Addiction to Prescription Drugs The “war on drugs” has been raging for years‚ but now it has a new adversary. It can be found in almost every home‚ sitting on a counter‚ or tucked away in a medicine cabinet. It can help a student focus better‚ help a person ease chronic pain‚ or help a person cope with daily stress or anxiety. This new adversary is prescription medication. With this being said

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    The excessive use of prescription medications has become a major pandemic around the world. It seems that teenagers are familiar as to what prescription medication abuse is‚ and are not aware of how easy it is to become addicted. Statistics say that it is quite normal to overtake prescription medications at very adolescent ages. “In fact‚ use of prescription painkillers by teens between the ages of twelve and seventeen has jumped 10-fold since the 1960s” (Teens Increasingly Abuse Painkillers Science

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    Elderly Care

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    Elderly Care In the Hispanic tradition‚ “family” has always been a central part of their identity and culture. The parents would take care of the children‚ and once the parents became too old to fully care for themselves‚ the children would take care of them. In fact‚ long ago‚ it was traditional that the youngest daughter would bear the responsibility of caring for her parents until their death. This would mean that she would more than likely have to give up her own desires for marriage. Although

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    population yet it consumes 75 percent of the world’s prescription drugs. A prescription drug is a medicine crafted by pharmaceutical companies that legally requires a medical prescription to be dispensed. In contrast‚ Illegal drugs are obtained unlawfully through undocumented transaction. Due to substance abuse these prescription and illicit drugs combined‚ kill tens of thousands of people each year. The three mainly abused types of prescription drugs are opioids‚ depressants‚ and stimulants. These 3

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    Prescription pills speech

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    David Kolker Prescription Medication Speech A growing trend not only in our local community‚ but also the whole United States is the abuse of prescriptions medications. The drugs are readily accessible in every household and legal prescribed by doctors. Prescription pill abuse is commonly looked as safe however is now one of the leading causes of crime in our community. According to research done by the Foundation for a Drug Free World‚ in youth ranging in age from 12 to 17‚ 50% of teens believe

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    Elderly Gambling

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    Gambling Away: The Well-Being of the Elderly over Sixty Dominic J. Williams‚ Billy McCoy‚ Georgina Williams‚ Jessica 5-1-13 Dr. Janet Chang SW 301A Cal State San Bernardino Certificate of Authorship: As students of Cal State San Bernardino‚ we fully acknowledge that all work written is original set by the standards of the University. We also give due credit to all references used to their original authors‚ and cited correctly according the APA writing style. Student’s signature:

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