Therapists work with individuals to improve their strength and regain or maintain necessary life skills. Occupational therapists working with the geriatric community counsel families‚ groups in the community and local governments‚ to make sure that each sector is doing its part to help the elderly to maintain their independence. Occupational therapy also helps geriatric clients and patients with other activities to assist in diminishing the possibility of social isolation and its unpleasant side effects.
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with my one hundred year old grandfather has allowed me to appreciate the frailties of the human body. When he had prostatitis‚ I went with him to hospital where he was taken to the geriatrics ward. This experience provided me with a valuable insight into care of the elderly at a professional level. From this experience‚ I discovered that a career in medicine could be very rewarding. Being a naturally compassionate person‚ I take great pleasure in serving my local community. I participated in an NHS
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Caring for Elderly Parents How to care for elderly parents is a major concern of many Foreign Service families. Our concerns mirror those of other American families‚ but how to ensure good health care‚ find the right living situation‚ and handle legal questions is often complicated for Foreign Service families by being posted abroad. The distance involved makes it harder to get information and help so contingency planning is essential. Often Foreign Service families only have short visits during
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own home‚ and this includes even those suffering from Alzheimer’s or Dementia. With home care for elderly‚ even those with Alzheimer’s can stay in their home safely and comfortably. Just make sure you hire caregivers who have received training and experience in providing in home care for Alzheimer patients. Some of the services that they should be able to provide are: Helping the senior in communication Providing assistance with grooming or dressing Ensuring home safety through some measures that can
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The book As We Are Now‚ written by May Sarton‚ targets those concerned with the care of elderly individuals in nursing homes. In the book‚ Sarton artistically highlights the plethora of ongoing issues social workers face in their work as they attempt to provide quality care to the elderly population. The book is written as the memoirs of a very thoughtful elderly woman‚ Caroline Spenser‚ as she spent part of her life in a nursing home; and brings to light the lack of quality of care that elderly
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live in villages and nearly half of them in poor conditions. [2] Urbanisation‚ nuclearisation of family‚ migration‚ and dual career [3] families are making care of the elderly more and more of a personal and social problem in India. The elderly experience changes in different aspects of their lives Health problems of the elderly All the respondents had health problems‚ the most common being hypertension‚ osteoarthritis‚ diabetes‚ or bronchial asthma. Others included cataract‚ anemia‚ and skin
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Statement “Where you find the comforts of home‚" The feeling of family and meaningful way of life.” Business Goals and Objectives The goal and objective well over 10 years ago as well as today is provide quality of life residential care to the geriatric population with love‚ care‚ and compassion as if it were your own family. This is what it continues to be to this day with absolute growth. With qualified and trained employees‚ this objective is within its completion and is continuing to grow with
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The Phone Call "The greatest disease in the West today is not Tuberculosis or leprosy; it is being unwanted‚ unloved‚ and uncared for. We can cure physical diseases with medicine‚ but the only cure for loneliness‚ despair‚ and hopelessness is love." This quote‚ spoken by Mother Teresa‚ describes why I aspire to be a nurse. The technology and medicine we have in the world today is extremely advanced. However‚ this advanced technology and medicine would be worthless without the compassion and quality
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(chronic disease)‚ death‚ and loneliness in which every older person will have to deal with one of these at some point in their life. If the elderly are lucky one would only have to deal with one of the three major concerns but most individuals experience all three
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characteristics of both visions and conversion experiences [30 marks] Visions and conversions are both a type of religious experience- it’s a subjective experience where an individual reports contact with a supernatural reality‚ an encounter or union with the divine‚ Religious experiences are preoccupied by extraordinary psychological state and no one can give real evidence about it. According to William James‚ a 20th century philosopher; every religious experience has four characteristics. Ineffability
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