S.‚ Well Being of Caregivers: The Economic Issues of Caregivers‚ in New Caregiver Research. Symposium conducted at the annual meeting of the American Association of Geriatric Psychiatry. Orlando‚ FL. Data from the 1987/1988 National Survey of Families and Households (NSFH)‚ 2000. Retrieved on February 20‚ 2011 from http://www.caregiver.org. Bennett‚ J. O.‚ Briggs‚ W.L.‚ and Triola‚ M.F. (2009). Statistical Reasoning
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Old Age Homes/ Day Care Centres/ Elder Residential Complexes For many older people who don’t have a roof over their heads or a place to call their own‚ HelpAge-supported old age homes & day care centres are safe havens where they can live their lives with dignity and interact with their peers. A rising trend is being noticed among the urban elderly also‚ who move out of their homes and into habitats especially catering to their needs‚ in order to spend their later years in comfort. HelpAge
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An aging population is when a country has a high number of elderly people. Elderly people are economically dependent and they depend on working people to provide for them. More money has to be therefore created to fund hospitals‚ nursing homes etc. This money has to be provided for by the economically dependent population. Increase in the ageing population has been accompanied many health care challenges and policy makers have been prompted to do their part and devise mechanisms of overcoming these
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Term Care Management‚ 52(2)‚ 10. Pop-Vicas‚ A.‚ Mitchell‚ S. L.‚ Kandel‚ R.‚ Schreiber‚ R.‚ & D ’Agata‚ E. C. (2008). Multidrug-Resistant Gram-Negative Bacteria in a Long-Term Care Facility: Prevalence and Risk Factors. Journal Of The American Geriatrics Society‚ 56(7)‚ 1276-1280. doi:10.1111/j.1532-5415.2008.01787.x Kehinde J. Instruments for Measuring Fall Risk in Older Adults Living in Long-Term Care Facilities. Journal Of Gerontological Nursing [serial online]. October 2009;35(10):46. Available
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nursing home does not necessarily mean that they are going there to live out their final days. Times have changed over the years and sometimes it is no longer an option for family to take on caring for an elderly parent or family member. From my own experience of working in a nursing home I have witnessed many older adults who are very capable of doing most ADL’s on their own given the opportunity to do so. We also know that this is not the case for some older adults residing in a nursing facility‚ some
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Preserving Our Past Preserving Our Past We are blessed. I believe this because being of the younger generation we have not had to endure some of the hardships that older generations have. I being African American can attest to this. I have the right to vote‚ the right to attend school where I want‚ and the ability to walk into businesses without any hassle. But it wasn’t always like this‚ Elders fought hard for our equal rights. And as being part of the present and future generations‚ I feel like
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References: All the information has been provided by experience in the field of community nursing that I actually practice and work in.
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People to Community. International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Society‚ 8(2)‚ 68-84. Peterson‚ L. E.‚ Bazemore‚ A.‚ Bragg‚ E. J.‚ Xierali‚ I.‚ & Warshaw‚ G. A. (2011). Rural-Urban Distribution of the U.S. Geriatrics Physician Workforce. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society‚ 59(4)‚ 699-703. doi:10.111/j.1532-5415.2011.03335.x Scogin‚ F.‚ Morthland‚ M.‚ Kaufman‚ A.‚ Chaplin‚ W.‚ & Kong‚ G. (2011). Maintenance of Quality of Life Improvements in Diverse Rural Older Adults. Psychology
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Geriatric Project Patient L.G. is a 92 year old black female‚ born and raised in Augusta GA. L.G. is the oldest of 6 children and has an 8th grade education. She had to leave school at an early age to help her parents who were “Field Hands” with her young siblings. L.G. spent most of her youth picking cotton alongside her parents and tending to her younger brothers and sisters and was unable to complete her education. L.G. was a very quick learner and very good with her hands. She always envisioned
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I. Introduction The Falls Efficacy Scale-International (FESI-I) is a brief geriatric diagnostic tool that is designed to measure a patient’s fear of falling during physical or social activities‚ inside or outside of the home‚ regardless if the activity is actually carried out or not. The tool is a 16-question survey‚ presenting situations that the older adult may develop a fear of falling in attempting to complete. The patient responds on a Likert scale of 1-4 (1 being the least concerned about
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