Insomnia in the older adult significantly impacts the normal physical functioning and quality of life of patients. Evidence suggests that insomnia in the elderly is often overlooked‚ or undertreated by healthcare professionals (Moren & Benka‚ 2012). Cognitive behavioral strategies have been recommended to help relieve and even treat insomnia in the elderly (Moren & Benka‚ 2012). The purpose of this paper is to examine the current evidence supporting the use of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)
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English 201/Problem Solving Essay Topic: Drug Abuse Drug abuse is becoming more and more common in the United States. Drugs today are being abused mostly by teens and young adults. The reason for such high usage of drug abuse people may say is may be stress and peer pressure. Today’s society is often stressed out from work‚ friends‚ family‚ bills‚ and school. Our U.S government are forced to send billions of dollars every year on treating addicts with the proper care needed‚ drug related crimes
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ELDER ABUSE IN THE HEALTH CARE SERVICES IN KENYA A study carried out by HelpAge International – Africa Regional Development Centre and HelpAge Kenya with Support from: The World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse (INPEA) September 2001 i TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION 1.1 The Challenge Of Elder Abuse In The Health Sector 1.2 Research Purpose 1.3 Research Methodology 1.3.1 1.3.2 1.3.3 Preparatory Work Data Collection Data Processing
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Child Abuse Needs to be Stopped When walking by a small child‚ the thought that he or she is being abused may be the last thought that goes through someones mind. Although‚ child abuse occurs a lot more often than most people believe. According to the National Child Abuse Statistics‚ “A report of child abuse is made every 10 seconds.” (National Child Abuse Statistics 1) This issue is not only extremely important for our society to understand and begin to take action towards‚ but it could be considered
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WED 486 Reflection Assignment Dr. Steven Brookfield’s Adult Learning May 30‚ 2013 In the pursuit of higher learning‚ many adults are returning back to school to obtain suitable degrees. These untraditional students bring with them a unique mindset to the classroom environment‚ to include certain hurdles professors and students must face at one point in time during their curriculum. Amongst the several theories on “Adult Learning” discussed in this course‚ the theorist that is more
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Student Grievance Procedure for Non-Academic Matters Hampton University’s Student Grievance Procedure for Non-Academic Matters is a quite simple procedure put in place to resolve student problems and issues in a proficient and fair way. If any Hampton University student had an issue with school policy‚ a professor‚ staff member‚ or anything else that is non-academic related they have the opportunity to file a complaint and follow the steps to insure that they’re complaint gets fixed. First
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Elder Abuse The National Center on Elder Abuse described elder abuse as being usually intentional and involving any form of mistreatment that can result in physical pain‚ injury‚ or psychological suffering. These behaviors include acts of violence such as striking‚ hitting‚ slapping‚ beating‚ bruising‚ or restraining. It also involves force-feeding‚ inappropriate administration of medication and depriving of essential needs such as medical care‚ food and water. Elder abuse also involves emotional
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it against the law to discriminate against employees on the bases of race‚ color‚ religion‚ sex‚ national origin‚ disability‚ reprisal/retaliation‚ sexual orientation or age. An individual who files a complaint or takes part in an investigation of an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) complaint‚ or who go up against an employment practice made illegal under any of the laws enforced by EEO Counselor‚ is protected from retribution. Individuals who think they have been discriminated upon‚ must
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Abuse in Later Life This topic is one that I find very interesting and have a personal connection with. Growing up I only had one grandparent being by grandmother from my mother’s side and because of this I grew very close with my best friend’s grandmother who was being cared for in a nursing home. I looked at her as another grandparent‚ another person I could look up to. When she started becoming very ill that was when her family placed her in a nursing home very close to where they lived. The
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Children and adults can be compared on how they respond to situations and how they act. Children have been seen to act in a more free manor. They mostly worry about themselves‚ over time learning to consider other’s views and feelings when completing an action. Typical adult actions‚ however‚ are almost entirely controlled by thoughts and feelings aware of the world around them. Children act on impulses‚ while adults have been mentally trained to act against these impulses‚ acting in a way to appear
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