we all appreciate and highly value active listening. When people listen‚ they do not only show interest but caring and respect as well. Unfortunately‚ many older adults are viewed as if their opinions or ideas are not worth listening to. The research article‚ the experience of being listened to: a qualitative study of older adults in long-term care settings‚ explored the experience of being listened to for older adults residing in long-term care settings. Throughout the study‚ certain themes emerged
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Chapter 16 Chapter Case Selecting Kanton Company’s Financing Strategy and Unsecured Short-Term Borrowing Arrangement Morton Mercado‚ the CFO of Kanton Company‚ carefully developed the estimates of the firm’s total funds requirements for the coming year. These are shown in the following table. Month Total funds Month Total funds January $1‚000‚000 July $6‚000‚000 February 1‚000‚000 August 5‚000‚000 March 2‚000‚000 September 5‚000‚000 April 3‚000‚000 October 4‚000‚000 May
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market (search engine) and movement into adjacent technological areas. Analyze Google’s industry environment using Porter’s Five Forces Model. Consider Grant’s postulation of a sixth force. Identify the forces Google leverages to gain competitive advantage and/or alter the industry structure. Identify and analyze Google’s key resources and capabilities. Consider their core products and management capabilities capabilities described in the case study. How does Google leverage its technical resources
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Introduction: ‘Effective Long-Term Cost Reduction: a Strategic Perspective’ is a study by Michael D. Shields‚ and S. Mark Young‚ that deals with the Cost Reduction Programs that were employed in the late 1970s‚ and throughout 1980s. The study further sets forth a more viable basis for effective long-term cost reduction. The study concludes with the findings that the long-term controllable costs are caused by employees‚ individually and in groupings that matter to the entire organization. The
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7/1/2013 Think deep of how abuse can hurt or damage a child mentally and physically. The victim can end up living with a life of long-term suffering consequences. There are many kinds of abuse: physical abuse‚ neglect‚ psychological or emotional and “custodial interference” (CDC‚ 1). Imagine the harmful effects that abuse brings to a child. It has been shown that 1‚770 children from infancy to early child hood have died from physical abuse. Psychological disorders in another study show 80 percent
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Fans derive pleasure from it‚ employees make a living from it‚ and the community as a whole feels a sense of belonging form it. This being said‚ the moral burden of expanding the knowledge of long-term injury risks and coming up with a solution for this issue falls upon everyone. The prevalent issue in long-term injury in professional sports today is concussions‚ and the overwhelming scientific evidence that repeated blows to the head lead to chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). In the past‚ this
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Long-term care services are sought out when an individual requires aid with their daily living activities‚ medical or non-medical‚ due to a chronic illness or disability. In the 19th century‚ it was common for long-term care to be given by family members and friends most often based on a need of feeling it was their duty even when it created privations for the family. After the Great Depression the Social Security Act of 1935‚ in addition to welfare programs‚ we began to see a positive impact helping
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Long-Term Care: The Impact of the Elderly Providing accessible‚ affordable‚ and high-quality long-term care services to an aging population presents a growing challenge to long-term care providers. As the oldest members of the baby boom generation approach retirement‚ federal and state policy‚ makers are exploring policies to care for the increasing number of elderly and to finance expanding long-term care needs. Other concerns include how to provide an adequate mix of institutional care and home
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15. Polysyndeton is the use of a conjunction between each word‚ phrase‚ or clause‚ and is thus structurally the opposite of asyndeton. The rhetorical effect of polysyndeton‚ however‚ often shares with that of asyndeton a feeling of multiplicity‚ energetic enumeration‚ and building up. * They read and studied and wrote and drilled. I laughed and played and talked and flunked. Use polysyndeton to show an attempt to encompass something complex: * The water‚ like a witch’s oils‚ / Burnt green
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The Health Care delivery services for Long-Term Care Vida R. Mobley HCS 310/Health Care Delivery in the U.S. 01-31-2011 Martha Plant “Everyone wants to get older‚ but no one wants to be old” so the saying goes. Many people approaching retirement age look forward to having more time and fewer responsibilities. Yet‚ they are afraid of becoming aimless and useless. They also fear isolation‚ unhappiness and diminishing health. What then‚ is the secret of a happy life? Good friends and a loving
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