The population of Hillsboro County is‚ overall‚ growing‚ with projected growth of over five percent in the next five years. However‚ significant disparities exist among the towns in the area‚ resulting in two communities with very different make ups – the town of Middleboro and its surrounding villages‚ which on the whole is not growing in population and is generally older than the US population as a whole‚ and Jasper‚ a geographically remote town that is almost singlehandedly driving the population
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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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CT300 1.1. Define person-centred values Person-centred values: -treating people as individuals -supporting people to access their rights -supporting people to exercise choice -making sure people have privacy if they want it -supporting people to be as independent as possible -treating people with dignity and respect -recognising that working with people is a partnership rather than a relationship controlled by professionals Person-centred care has its focus on the person with
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being a cna because I knew it was the first step I could take in making a difference in someone else life. My gift of helping people and showing respect to every individual in the work that I do as a cna‚ been exercised every day. I work in a nursing home. I have a lot of respect for the elderly. Cna’s genuinely care for others. Being a cna for 14 years has changed me in many ways. Making a difference in my children lives‚ teaching them to follow their dreams‚ and telling them to accomplish
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The Effects of Baby Boomers on Society World War II ended and many American soldiers returned home. Their return brought on an excessive amount of babies to be born. These children born between 1946 and 1964 became known as the baby boomers. Today this group of people would be between the ages of 40 and 58 years. There are around 76 million boomers today in the United States alone. This makes up 29% of the current United States population. In Canada this generation of people are referred to as
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The amount of people that live in assisted living and nursing homes is over 1.4 billion people in the United States alone (“Nursing Home Care”). This number is high and ever changing‚ but the numbers only change due to the degradation of people from a functional state to a state of needing help to perform everyday tasks. This feeling of relying on others for everything can cause people go into depression or other mental states. Many people cannot get out of that state with other people‚ such as staff
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1.3 Explain the importance of inclusive practice in promoting equality and supporting diversity. Here is the information pack for new staff on the benefits of inclusion and negative effects of discrimination Inclusive practice is about the attitudes‚ approaches and strategies taken to ensure that people are not excluded or isolated. It means supporting diversity by accepting and welcoming people’s differences‚ and promoting equality by ensuring equal opportunities for all and giving equal treatment
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Aging is inevitable‚ everyone experiences aging regardless of any physical alterations. In the United States‚ aging is not viewed as favorable process as it is in other countries (jrank.org‚ n.d.; Waites & Onolemhemhen‚ 2014). According to the World Health Organization (n.d.) and Waites & Onolemhemhen (2014)‚ individuals are living longer in industrialized and low industrialized nations prompting researchers to focus on the aging process. According to the biological theory of aging‚ the physical
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Task B Research and Account. Identify two reports on serious failures to protect individuals from abuse. Write an account that describes the unsafe practices in the reviews. Winterbourne View Hospital Winterbourne View in Bristol was featured on Panorama after an undercover reporter revealed the abuse that was taking place in the private hospital for vulnerable adults with learning disabilities and autism. Patients were physically and psychologically
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This paper will describe the Long Term Acute Care Hospital (LTACH) which is affiliated with Carson Tahoe Hospital (CTH). Long Term Acute Care hospitals were essentially non-existent in 1979. Now‚ there are over 450 facilities nationwide that are licensed as LTACS (McDaniel‚ n.d.). The discharge plan I will be describing is for a 66-yr-old female who was admitted to (CTH) for revision of a chronic enterocutaneous fistula which was draining from her abdomen through a very large open wound. This fistula
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