Substance Abuse and the Elderly Substance abuse in the elderly exists just as in any other population. Many seniors develop substance abuse problems due to circumstances or situations due to the aging process. A report by the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment/Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration indicates that 17% of adults age 60 and older are affected by alcohol abuse and abuse of legal drugs. The report also states that a third of those seniors who abuse substances did
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References: Accountability Principles‚ 1998 (Amended 2006). Aged and Community Services Australia‚ 2009. ‘Elder Abuse: One Report Too Many?’ Results of the ACSA Online Survey on Compulsory Reporting of Assaults. Australian Society for Geriatric Medicine‚ 2003. ‘Elder Abuse’‚ Position Statement No.1‚ Revised 2003. Department of Health – Republic of South Africa‚ 2010. ‘National Strategy on Elder Abuse – Baseline Document’. Elder Abuse Prevention Unit‚ 2006. ‘Position Statement on Mandatory
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Health Needs Assessment of Local Community In this essay I will concentrate on the profile of chosen area in order to determine its health needs. The profile will focus on the key areas of health and social care‚ and housing in relation to health and wellbeing of people over 65years of age leaving with long term conditions in the area. I will also look at the role of the health professionals and other agencies providing and promoting health and social care. My chosen area is the Royal Borough
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000) in a care home Two thirds of people with dementia are women (446k) and one third men (223‚000) Affects 1 in 100 people aged 65-69‚ 1 in 25 aged 70-79 and 1 in 6 people aged over 80 Key risks from assessment are falls and walking about (60% experience walking about) 25 million people‚ or 42% of the UK population‚ are affected by dementia through knowing a close friend or family member with the condition. (Source: Alzheimer’s Research Trust / YouGov poll‚ 2008) 163‚000 new cases of dementia
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| | | | | |The experience of dementia for an individual
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Kinnexxus: A Strategic Review for Coordinated Care Prepared by Team Peninsula: Federico de Silva Leon‚ Max Dunn‚ Hans Eberle‚ Margaret Hartwell and Jim Witkin Presidio Graduate School | Strategic Management | Fall 2010 Teddy Zmrhal‚ MA‚ MBA; Jay Ogilvy‚ Ph.D. Table of Contents List of Tables and Figures ...................................................................................................................4 1. Executive Summary ......................................
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be Refined Healthcare professionals have increasingly been moving away from a task-oriented‚ professional-driven model of healthcare‚ towards a more holistic model of care which emphasizes patients’ perspectives and their subjectively defined experiences and needs. In the field of dementia care‚ this shift has been described most often as a move towards “person-centred care.” Despite a wealth of literature describing the philosophy of personcentred care‚ we know very little about the current definition
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kind things for people that I don’t even know‚ gives me feelings of satisfaction and usefulness. My contributions are not huge but I tried to give some of my time to those who are ill‚ disabled or having a tough time in their life. One of my experiences was trip to Eric Johnson House to cook Thanksgiving dinner for people with HIV. Unfortunately‚ some of the tenants had to live their families because of their health problems. Man and women live there temporary‚ until they ready to afford their
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CHCCS411C - Work effectively in the community sector: Assignment 2 Task A – The Community Services Industry (CSI) Questions 1 Name a Community Service organisation that you wish to research. The name of Community Service Organization I wish to research is Henry Kendal Aged Care (Allity) 2 State the sector that this organisation belongs to. This organization is belong to Aged Care sector. 3 The Target Group: a. Describe the characteristics of this sector’s target group (50 words). The target
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era. Introduction to Songs of Experience is the first poem in the Songs of Experience poetry set in Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience. The poem is organized in four stanzas‚ where each of them contains five lines. The third and fourth lines of each stanza have less beats than any other lines in the verse. The rhyme in every stanza is consistent‚ which is in ABAAB form. In this poem the tone is criticizing. In William Blake’s Introduction to Songs of Experience‚ the poet uses auditory imagery
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