maintenance of social roles. Aging is responsible for physiologic changes in vision‚ hearing‚ voice‚ and speech processes. Age related changes in vision disorders include macular degeneration‚ glaucoma‚ cataracts‚ or diabetic retinopathy. For vision disorder the article suggests to increased lighting in the services area‚ printed information should be clutter –free‚ large
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physical needs of the elderly but also the social and intellectual needs of the elderly. An elderly person needs to remain as physically active as their health allows in order to maintain agility‚ strength‚ and to maintain their physical health. So physical needs that are found in outdoor recreation such as walking path ‚basketball court ‚foot reflexology path and park can be seen. Social needs are social activities with a circle of friends that elderly can depend on. Facilities
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Running head: Case Study – Elderly Adults Case Study – Elderly Adults Kaplan University Professor Diane Berry May 19‚ 2014 1 Case Study – Elderly Adults 2 Case Study – Elderly Adults Catherine Lopez is a 75-year-old Hispanic women who has been living independently on her own since the untimely death of her spouse whom she was married to for over 50 years. After Joseph passed away from having a sudden heart attack‚ their four children‚ Joseph Jr.‚ Michael‚ Jennifer‚ and
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Social problems are conditions which undermine the well being of all or some members of a society that are also a matter of public controversy (Eitzen and Bakka-Zinn). Poverty is an important social problem around the world and in the U.S. it is mostly due to income inequality. The textbook tells us that the government defines poverty as families living with income below a poverty line roughly equal to three times the cost of food. Income is distributed unequally in the United States with the richest
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Elderly Driving There has been an increase of accidents caused by elderly drivers over the course of many years. With such a dramatic increase‚ should elderly drivers have driving restrictions? I believe that after the age of 75‚ seniors should have to retake their drivers test or have restrictions‚ regardless of their driving record. There is support for some restrictions on elderly drivers based on evidence that older drivers are more involved in traffic accidents than any age group except
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reports claiming that these thoughts are no longer true and that elderly drivers are considered the most dangerous age group on the road. The Washington Post said that in the age group sixty- five and over have accounted for “sixteen percent of all traffic deaths and eight percent of the injured‚ but they accounted for thirteen percent of the population.” With statistics so high why is there no questions being asked about the ability the elderly have to drive. Research shows that the older one gets the
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on the Social activeness and Death anxiety among the elderly *S. Thenndral *Hannah Paul Abstract: The world health organisation recognises anyone above the age of 60 as elderly‚ the phase after which is termed as ‘late adulthood’. This period is marked by characteristic physical‚ cognitive and psychosocial changes‚ social activeness being one such area in which the change is clearly visible.(Papalia‚ D.E.‚ 2008) The indulgence of oneself in social activities like attending social gatherings
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Elderly Demographics Dana Laymance Due to the many advances in medicine and education over the last century‚ longevity has increased tremendously therefore increasing the aged community. Eight percent of the population of the world are over the age of 65. A large percent of this demographic group are choosing to live out their
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Depression in the Elderly Depression is a common but not a normal mental condition. It is treatable and can get better over time; but if not given immediete attention‚ it can lead to suicide. Depression depends on each individual‚ but almost one-third of the elderly population suffers from this mental condition. There are many factors that cause depression in the elderly. From the video "Maturing and Aging"‚ somewhere in our 60’s we begin moving out of the center stage of society where we are no
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Public Health Project Michael Nichols University of Phoenix Nsg/544 Stephanie Fisher Advocacy Public Health Project This paper will attempt to discuss one facet in a public health aggregate‚ dealing with the care and welfare of the elderly population. The subject interests the student because the parents of the students are reaching this stage in their lives. Many questions come up as a result of their healthcare and healthcare decisions that are made each day or that may need to be
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