Evidence behind stroke rehabilitation Stroke is a common and serious condition for which there is no routinely available curative treatment. Because of the high burden of disability and the lack of a widely applicable medical treatment‚ much of post-stroke care relies upon rehabilitation interventions. This article will discuss the evidence behind stroke rehabilitation interventions. but before doing so we need to define some terminology. Rehabilitation has a rather non-specific definition: “a problem
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Juvenile Offenders Juvenile offenders are classified in most systems as people who have not yet reached the age of maturity‚ which by law is the threshold of your adult years. 18 years old is the line between being a teenager and a full grown adult when they will be able to be tried for a criminal offense‚ while fourteen years old is the youngest age a person can be tried for a seriously violent crime. In the text it states‚ “Juvenile crime has been a feature of almost every society‚ but how
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Zona Seca Youth Offenders Program To be honest‚ I was really pissed off that I had to enter the Zona Seca program to begin with. My so-called infraction was a simple case of being in the wrong place at the wrong time. I am a full time student who works at least twenty-eight hours a week and is extremely pressed for time. The commute from Los Angeles was an extreme inconvenience. Just had to get that off my chest. Do not be fooled‚ I am extremely grateful for the opportunity to attend this program
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there are many restrictions on immigrants as non-citizens in the United States. Restrictions such as the aggravated felony law. The aggravated felony is a number of offenses that carry harsh immigration consequences for noncitizens who’re convicted of crimes listed in the law. People face automatic penalties that can lead to their deportation out of the United States. Aggravated felony has evolved ever since the 1900s until current day‚ although there are some similarities as to rules within the law
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Goals of Cognitive Rehabilitation Cognitive Rehabilitation is the practice of training techniques that facilitates improvements in targeted cognitive areas‚ and focus on functional outcome. Cognitive Rehabilitation is systematic‚ functionally oriented service of therapeutic cognitive activities and an understanding of the person’s behavioural deficit. Cognitive rehabilitation involves a structured set of therapeutic activities designed to retrain an individual’s ability to think‚ use judgement‚
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A social worker assists in the development and coping skills of others especially those who are less fortunate‚ both mentally‚ and physically{{219 Bureau of Labor Statistics 2015;}} one interesting group of social worker is the rehabilitation counselors. The rehabilitation counselor supports others to manage their “physical‚ mental‚ developmental‚ and emotional disabilities” to exist self-sufficiently{{219 Bureau of Labor Statistics 2015;}}. I find this field fascinating‚ because I grew up part of
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After a diagnosis of COPD is made‚ the next step is a plan of care for the patient. Primary healthcare providers can reduce further lung damage and COPD exacerbations through early diagnosis‚ pharmacological‚ and rehabilitation interventions (Bauldoff‚ 2012). Pulmonary rehabilitation is a program in which a team of healthcare professionals help manage and treat the problems caused by COPD‚ resulting in a reduction of symptoms and an improved quality of life. It typically combines exercise‚ breathing
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1700’s before there were correctional systems to incarcerate offenders‚ people were brutally beaten as a punishment until they became a little more humane and started putting them in jail to serve time as a punishment. In the early 1800’s the first real prison in the United States was available to put offenders away‚ this prison was called Philadelphia’s walnut street jail and this prison was viewed as the perfect opportunity for offenders to think about the crimes that they have committed and admit
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Aarron Eilers February 22‚ 2010 Female Offenders The number of women incarcerated is growing at a rapid pace. This calls for a reevaluation of our correction institutions to deal with women’s involvement in crime. Increasing numbers of arrests for property crime and public order offenses are outpacing that of men. The “War on Drugs” has a big influence on why our prisons have become overcrowded in the last 25 years. Women are impacted more than ever because they are being convicted
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had some passion about. As I read over the topic suggestions in our syllabus‚ I saw drug rehabilitation and instantly knew that was I wanted to research. My oldest cousin developed a drug problem when he was in high school. It started with him smoking marijuana then evolved into heroin use when he was in his early 20s. Later‚ he was arrested and during his time in prison‚ he went through drug rehabilitation‚ then after serving his sentence he was released from prison. After several years of being
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