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    largest part of society. In addition‚ the boomers will be the largest cohort of retirees ever. Also‚ the boomers may become the most-engaged cohort of older adults. The boomers will be the healthiest cohort of older adults. The boomers will be the best-educated cohort of older adults. First‚ the boomers will be the longest-lived cohort of older adults. b.      List some of the age related changes that can affect communications-vision loss‚ hearing loss. Physical processes include listening‚ speaking

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    GE NER ATIO NS – Journal of the American Society on Aging By Andrew M. Geller The Susceptibility of Older Adults to Environmental Hazards Linking exposure‚ processing of contaminants in the body‚ and effects for health promotion. J oan Flood represents nine communities in Pittsburgh’s East End that have close to 20 percent of the city’s older population. At a “public listening session on aging and the environment‚” part of a series sponsored by the United States Environmental

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    Growing old gracefully in a challenging world is an achievement for older people. In view of the fact that past experiences can affect the present life of an individual‚ whether‚ it is a pleasant or unpleasant event‚ as long as‚ the older adult can cope‚ adapt‚ and also reflect the lessons learned in the past towards achieving integrity. The old adult stage is where the richness of the experiences‚ that can be extracted into themes in order to understand the process of aging. This study can be

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    Health Screening and History of an Older Adult Kimberly Owens Grand Canyon University: NRS 434V (0102) June 28‚ 2014 Health Screening and History of an Older Adult Biographical Data Client Initials J.H. Age: 78 years old Sex: Male Occupation: Retired Professor Health History and Review of Systems Past Medical history includes : Essential Hypertension‚ Cardiac pacemaker‚ Coronary Artery Disease‚ Dyspnea‚ Sensiosenural hearing loss‚ Restless legs‚ headache‚ acute hypothyroidism

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    Falls Among Community-Dwelling Older Adults Every 18 seconds‚ an older adult is in the emergency room because of a fall‚ according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). That translates into a person 65 or older dying‚ due to a fall‚ every 35 minutes‚ according to the CDC. Falling in adults 65 and older is a complex problem confronting public health‚ the health care system and families. Statistics alone do not begin to measure the pain‚ suffering and loss of independence that

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    important information to help guide their Work with older adults. Clinicians need to know more about this age group because the number and proportion of older adults in the population are Increasing and more psychologists will be called upon to deliver psychological services to them. Older adults are defined as persons 65 years of age and older. The population of older Americans is itself getting older. The “Oldest old” group‚ those 85 years and older‚ is increasing faster than any other age group

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    Politics is becoming a more popular subject that people are getting into. Young adults are taught about the United States government in high school. According to Kei Kawashima- Ginsberg and Peter Levine (2014)‚ the likeliness of someone voting after taking a government class in high school is higher. Which means that younger people are starting to want to vote because of the increase in knowledge about politics and are interested in making an impact in our world. In a study‚ Geinsberg and Levine

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    In this research paper I will discuss policies that affects older adults. I choose to research Medicare because is one of the biggest polices that affect the elderly. ‪I will research the following‚ the parts of Medicare including the "doughnut hole" advantage cuts‚ what’s covered‚ what’s provided‚ Policy Challenges‚ Benefits and Affordability. Medicare as we know it today came into existence in July of 1965 during the Johnson Administration. Franklin Roosevelt’s administration was the first to

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    1. The research question being addressed in this study is how effective is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) for older adults in Primary care. Their hypothesis was that CBT would be more effective than both treatment as usual (TAU) care and their talking control (TC). This is an important topic because about ¾ of the major depressed older adult population is remaining depressed a year later. Also not much research has been done on this topic and the research that has been done had high

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    Health Challenges Faced by Older Adults By: Akua Koranteng Course: SCI/100 January 11‚ 2015 University of Phoenix Instructor: Roxann Leraci Introduction • Challenges Between Age and Gender • Level of Challenges • Neglect and Abuse • Prevention • Resources Challenges between the genders and at what age.  There are various challenges that affect the elderly in our society and it varies based on gender and also the age. These challenges are broken down in gender and age Male over 65 Female

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