Elderly Health Care in the United States The population of the elderly in the United States has increased steadily over the 20th century. The declining mortality in the elderly age groups‚ do to increased knowledge and technology in the medical field‚ has an exerting impact on the accumulation of the elderly and the vulnerable with in our society. General health and well being for this demographic is a growing concern as well as financing Medicare. With these growing numbers of the elderly population
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Elderly Drivers Specific Purpose: We want our audience to agree that the physically disabled elderly people need to retake their test or prove that they can drive before actually getting behind the wheel of a car. Thesis Statement: These elderly drivers‚ who are physically disabled‚ should not be driving without retaking the test or doing something to prove they are still capable to drive. I. Elderly are terrible drivers. A. The elderly are an increasing population of bad drivers‚ because of
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Old Age Attitudes towards Older People Attitudes and treatment towards elderly people can be said to vary drastically across cultures. From Europe‚ Asia‚ the Middle East‚ the America’s‚ Africa and Australia‚ the attitudes expressed by the community towards older people are very different when compared to one another. 1. In the 1960s‚ Robert Butler coined the phrase ageism‚ which he defined as: “A process of systematic stereotyping of and discrimination against people because they are old
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NURSES ATTITUDE TOWARD THE ELDERLY The world is aging; however chronological age may have little relation to the reality of aging. When caring for this group of people nurses must consider culture‚ ethnic and racial diversities. Elderly clients will expect that the nurse render culturally competent care and one major aim is to help promote independence and help client maintain or restore activities of daily living. The age 65 becomes the boundary of old age. Why does the age group
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quality of life‚ my interest in the elderly was high. My mother was suffering when she did not have to suffer. Being on a fix income and depending on her children‚ she was still lacking some important health care that needed to sustain her in her everyday living. Prior to reaching the age of 65‚ my mother suffered a stroke‚ which caused her to retire early‚ and then by the age of 70‚ she had a triple by-pass. Thank God for advanced medical technology‚ our elderly people have a chance to function
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Jessica Rich HS101 Introduction to Human Services Elin J. Cormican Mid-Semester Project Part 1 Service Area - Text A human service worker in the aging area needs to recognize that people sixty-five and older are considered to be an older adult. (p. 222) A human service worker in the aging area needs to be aware of gerontology‚ meaning to have the basic information about the aging process and experiences of the older adult. (p. 222-240)
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foundation in the very inherent order of humanity that have been practiced and patterned over time‚ whereby the young ones take care of their aged parents. Due to the proliferation of the organic lifestyle‚ and disintegration of kinship ties‚ the elderly have found themselves on the receiving end of several life difficulties that were once cared for through the kinship arrangement‚ necessitating the need for the elder law. The key points of elder law are federal benefits‚
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Psychosocial Factors and Patient Education 09 Oct 11 Zahava Ohana Homework Week Two (1) Give examples of psychosocial factors that affect the health care professional and the effect those factors could have on the patient education; Patient’s background. For example‚ that patient came from a background that does not believe on any medicines. They go to a “voodoo doctor” for some spiritual interventions and they are content on that. Because they are not too well educated or maybe it is
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The Elder people face many issue from their community such Ageism. Having a grey hair and wrinkles is part of life cycle. However‚ many younger generations discriminate elderly people and not accept the physical changes that human’s experience. Therefore‚ older people live in fear due to all stereotypes and discrimination from society. No matter how talented and experienced elder individuals are‚ it is not enough for them to work or get accepted like younger generations. This creates that many elder
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Overview Patient is a 83 year-old female‚ presented to the ED on 7/2/13 with complaints of chest pain caused by what family believed to be aspiration pneumonia‚ also with worsening stage 4 sacral wound. Patient has a past medical history of a subdural hematoma secondary to a fall from a ladder‚ IDDM‚ bleeding gastric ulcer‚ and aspiration pneumonia. EKG and cardiac enzymes were ordered in the ED‚ EKG was unremarkable with a normal sinus rate and rhythm‚ enzymes within acceptable range. Patient sacral
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