‘Most accidents occur in and around the home. Discuss’ We’d all like to believe that our home is a secure‚ comfortable environment‚ but we tend not to notice that this very place holds the potential to become very dangerous. In fact‚ most accidents occur in and around our homes‚ with the consequences involving anything from minor abrasions to a fatality. Believe it or not‚ water one of our most valued necessities in life‚ can not only provide life but also take it. Young children are often the
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Lesson Plan Tutor: Neela Soomary Venue: Kettering Candidate Tim Chivers Course: Qualification: Lesson Title: Time critical illness Date: 9th September 2014 Duration: 30 mins Aims of lesson: To recognise and manage time critical illnesses . Learning outcomes (By the end of the lesson the student will be able to): Recognise stroke‚. Understand heart attack and stroke. Time Topic/LOs Teaching activities Learner activities Resources Assessment 2 mins Introduction Introduce myself and the
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Discrimination against the Elderly American society has been described as maintaining a stereotypic and often negative perception of older adults. This negative and/or stereotypic perception of aging and aged individuals is apparent in such areas as language‚ media‚ and humor. For example‚ such commonly used phrases as over the hill and an old fart denote old age as a period of impotency and incompetence. The term used to describe this stereotypic and often negative bias against older adults is
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That day‚ strong winds were blowing and coal dark thunder clouds were racing in the sky. The wind shrieked and the sudden gusts of wind raised clouds of red dust. The sky darkened quickly and it threatened to rain but the weather held. A bright streak of lightning illuminated the sky and the distant rumble of thunder reached my ear. I quickened my pace. Finally‚ the weather fell apart and it started to rain cats and dogs. The rain came – first in big heavy drops that were as sharp as splinters of
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Firstly we did a risk assessment on the route we was going to be walking. In this assessment I had take into account how long it would take to walk round the designated area we was walking and the roads and paths we had to walk and cross also with a wheelchair. I also took notes as I walked our route of where to cross‚ where the curbs were lowered for access of the wheel chair and how many main and side roads there was. We then had to let all the children’s parents know we was walking round
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The Neglect of the Elderly With the growing number of senior citizens in our expanding society‚ abuse and neglect of the elderly is a widespread issue in our society. Neglect can come in many ugly forms and can be quite horrifying when actually investigated. When we as a society fail to meet the needs of our senior community we are only creating a perhaps dreadful prelude to our own inevitable destiny. Elder neglect is the failure to fulfill obligations to a senior citizen. According
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today’s society automobile accidents are an everyday occurrence. Mishaps can happen anywhere at any given time. In the past ten years accidents have averaged around ten million occurring for each year (US Census Bureau). That is 100 million automobile accidents in ten years. Most people would automatically point their fingers at young drivers in today’s world. A number of accidents are caused by teens though I believe a worse threat is starting to appear. This threat being elderly drivers over the age
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Ageism: The Aged and the Elderly Senile‚ decrepit‚ wrinklesare words that might pop into some people’s heads when they think about the aged and elderly. Ageism is defined as a social construct that discriminates or holds stereotypical ideas about people of a certain age group (Blythway‚ 1995). While ageism can affect anyone‚ this paper will focus mainly on the discrimination of the aged and the elderly. Most people want to live long lives‚ consequently growing older as a result. The only
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AGING AND THE ELDERLY PATRICIA BUNTIN DR: GORTNEY LITHONIA CAMPUS SOCIOLOGY 100 08/16/11 STRAYER UNIVERSITY Aging is the length of time during which a being or thing has existed length of life (Webster dictionary). Growing old and becoming an elderly person can be challenging but‚ yet it can be very rewarding‚ it can bring a lot of good and bad. Aging has its rewards‚ but it presents the challenges of all stages of life. Growing old consist of gradual‚ ongoing changes in the body
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must be taken under consideration for your safety. “Memories of the trauma can come back at any time. You may feel the same fear and horror you did when the event took place. You may have nightmares of feel like you’re going through it again. This is called a flashback”. (1. Mayo Clinic Staff‚ PTSD) Hence‚ Lady Macbeth still feels the fear of the murder. She remembers everything from the plan of the murder to the blood. “Here’s the smell of the blood still. All the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten
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