in-depth interviews on the perspectives of elderly persons were held with 4 participants aged above 60‚ recruited from a community medical center. Results All respondents rated themselves as ageing successful. Five themes were identified: Good health and ability of self-care‚ good family relationship and being cared for‚ feeling of contentment‚ economic security‚ and social activities. This reflected the multi-dimensional perspective in local elderly people. Conclusions A life span perspective
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Urinary Incontinence in the Elderly Population Name School Course number Date Abstract Urinary incontinence is the unintentional escape of urine. Both men and women can become incontinent for many different reasons‚ however‚ it occurs more in women than men. As a person ages‚ their body goes through changes that put them at a higher risk of elimination difficulties. The five different types of urinary incontinence classified are: stress‚ urge‚ overflow‚ reflex‚ and incontinence
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Cultural Assessment of Elderly Chinese Americans NUR/542 Cultural Assessment of Elderly Chinese Americans Chinese Americans make up the largest subgroup of Asian and Pacific Islanders (APIs)‚ one of the fastest growing ethnic groups‚ currently representing 4% of the total U.S. population [4] (Parikh‚ Fahs‚ Shelley‚ & Yemeni‚ 2009‚ p. 7). This cultural assessment will describe elderly Chinese Americans in Flushing‚ New York‚ their ethnic and cultural health practices‚ religious belief systems
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impaired because they do not possess the patience to sit there and focus on the work at hand because they are continually distracted. The importance of early developmental stages demonstrated by Sigmund Freud and his concept of “sensitive periods in adjustment and development” gives the reader some sort of explanation of why Sheila acted and behaved the way she did. The lack of love Sheila experienced by her parents‚ especially her mother‚ in the early stages of her life affected Sheila for the rest of
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roles and stages of life to try and find their own unique identity. This is known as Identity Formation. Psychologists have created several developmental theories that include Identity Formation‚ but the two most influential are Erikson’s theory of psychosocial development and Marcia’s identity status theory. Erikson’s developmental theory was broken down into 8 developmental stages‚ but the stage that focused on identity formation was the “Identity versus Role Confusion”. He believed that adolescents
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CHAPTER 8: BALANCE OF PAYMENT AND THE ADJUSTMENT IN THE THIRD WORLD Balance of Payment (BoP) is a systematic record of all economic transactions between the resident of one country and residents of foreign countries during a given period of time. Importance of Balance of Payment: It helps State of International economic relationship of country A guide to its monetary‚ fiscal‚ exchange & other policies Inform government about the international economic position of the country‚ to assist
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Since I am currently half-way through my volunteer hours‚ I have noticed a tremendous difference in the way grade 1’s interact and the way grade 4/5’s interact socially with peers and in the classroom. Erik Erikson’s psychosocial stages of development strongly relate to the differences in the way both grades socialize. Even though grade one’s are at the end of the initiative vs. guilt stage‚ this stage of development is still quite relevant to this age group. When the students
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Radio Ad: Musculoskeletal System in Elderly Beverly Sylvia HCA/240 April 20‚ 2012 Shannon White Radio Ad: Musculoskeletal System in Elderly Have you or a loved one ever suffered from arthritis or osteoporosis? Do you ever fall victim to gravity? You are not alone. Millions of people everyday suffers from the pain of arthritis or osteoporosis. According to the surgeon general‚ “the health status of Americans appears to be in jeopardy and left unchecked it is only going to get worse
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What does it mean to describe psychosocial studies as a ‘transdiscipline’? ‘...we human beings are simultaneously creatures of communication‚ creatures of bio-chemistry‚ creature of consciousness and‚ perhaps above all‚ creature of creativity’ (Stenner 2009‚ 196). Beginning to answer such a question necessitates a definition of terms‚ as both ‘transdisciplinarity’ and the ‘psychosocial’ are contested terrain. This paper will thus begin with an account of differing conceptualisation of ‘transdisciplinarity’
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recovery‚ most African countries had to adjust and re-structure their economies. According to Dasgupta (1998)‚ structural adjustment was seen as a fact of life. Thus in the 1980s‚ most African countries initiated economic policies which were sponsored by the World Bank and supplemented by the International Monetary Fund(IMF) in the form of stabilisation and structural adjustment programmes (SAP). Between June 1986 and July 1987 alone twenty one SSA countries went through World Bank/IMF SAP. Generally
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