Epidemiology in the Elderly with Heart Disease Epidemiology in the Elderly with Heart Disease Public health promotes healthy living for each community through epidemiology. Disease prevention and control is the common goal of epidemiology‚ nursing practice‚ and public health. “Epidemiology is the study of the population in order to monitor the health of the population‚ understand the determinants of health and disease in the community‚ and investigate and evaluate interventions
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Living spiritually and living happy My interviewee is a woman who is named “Mary”; she has been my neighbor for ten years now. I have become very close to her. Her age is 76 and resides in the beautiful city of La Verne‚ CA. She is female‚ oldest of three children who came from the mid-west‚ Iowa/Minnesota area. She came to California when she was seven years old. She has been happily married to her husband‚ a recently retired pastor‚ for 55 years. They have two daughters‚ and three grandchildren
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Hypertension (63 yr old) Hypertension or high blood pressure is a common disorder when blood pressure remains abnormally high 140/90 or greater for a period of time and doesn’t go down. Seniors with high blood pressure‚ a single specific cause is not known. Factors that can raise blood pressure are eating too much salt‚ drinking too much alcohol‚ not excising‚ taking certain medicines‚ having long lasting stress‚ and smoking. If high blood pressure is not brought down to normal it can have
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aimed to analyze the physical activity levels among the elderly population in the United States. Individuals who are 65 years and older are classified as elderly. As age is positively correlated with the increase of health risks‚ exploring the barriers of physical activity among this population is essential. There are clear barriers to physical activity among this population as the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion claims the elderly population as the most physically inactive of any age
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Elderly and Mobile Phones In Rich Lings’ article “Should We Be Concerned That the Elderly Don’t Text?” he discusses the reasons as to why the elderly don’t use mobile phones. The first reason that he brings to readers attention is how each generation communicates. He then goes on to explain that since elderly don’t live close to their adult children there is a lack of communication between them. Rich continues with saying that elderly are not up to date with technology but are “active users
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: Food habits of the Elderly Definition of foodways : it “...generally refers to ways in which a distinct group selects‚ prepares‚ consumes and otherwise reacts to and uses portions of the available food supply” (Wahlqvist et al.‚ 1991:164) Objectives: * Analysis of the meaning of foodways for social actors in general * Significance of food for the elderly (migrants )focusing on their marginalized social location * Implication of foodways of the elderly * Meaning of the dominant
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Help for Elderly People - ElderHelpers.org www.elderhelpers.org/ Free help for elderly people is here‚ visit us to learn more! Get Help - Read Tips - Read Testimonials - Visit the Photo Gallery Search Results Should the elderly get free bus rides? | Debate.org www.debate.org › Opinions › Society Elderly People Should Get Free Bus Rides. Senior Citizens should get free bus transportation in the city for several reasons. First‚ it would cut down on the ... Should the elderly receive free
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The Elderly‚ a vulnerable population Nina Brown BSHS 301 Introduction to Human Services September 20‚ 2011 University of Phoenix Alberto Reynoso The Elderly‚ a vulnerable population Many segments of the population can fall prey to the abuses of others‚ it can be physical‚ mental‚ sexual‚ and even financial; the elderly are a vulnerable group. The elderly can be susceptible to influences that can be devastating to their well- being
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saving valuable time and preventing patient’s deterioration through a rapid assessment‚ quick identification of life threatening issues and timely intervention. Scenario James is a 68 year old man with a past medical history (PMH) of angina and hypertension who was admitted to the ward at 8:00 am from the Accident and Emergency department due to complaints of severe episodes of chest pains that did not
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Abstract Diabetes is prevalent among the elderly Latino community. The process of accepting and acknowledging the seriousness of having this condition can have a mental effect on the elder. There are factors that need to be taken into account that will change for the typical Latino elder living in the central valley. Since much of the Latino community in the central valley works in agriculture‚ income is low and adherence to medication becomes difficult. Economic factors directly affect their health
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