References: Marjorie Kagawa-Singer‚ P. (1994). Diverse cultural beliefs and practices about death and dying in the elderly. Gerontology & Geriatrics Education ‚ 15 (1)‚ 101-116.
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Biopsychosocial Analysis of Maria Andrade Maricruz Martinez Introductory to Gerontology Professor Haldeman‚ PhD April 13‚ 2013 Maria Andrade is 79 years old. She came to America as a Cuban refugee at the age of 20. She was raised by her grandparents in Cuba. She began working at the age of 14. When she arrived in Miami‚ she was able to obtain part time employment and immediately enrolled herself in ESL classes. Thereafter she attended community college for about two years. She then moved
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physical‚ psychological and social processes. While contextualizing the process of ageing‚ the main thrust of the sociology both as a discipline and movement‚ is to reflect on how and to what extent transformations in the society and of the individual life influence each other‚ as individuals of different age categories pass through social system – instructions‚ values and norms. Sociologists specify three interrelated processes of ageing: physical‚ psychological and social. First‚ the physical ageing
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Communication‚ information collected at the World Congress of Gerontology‚ and her own personal observations and experiences to support her hypothesis. Her findings were presented at the National Hospice and Palliative Care Association Conference for review. Yoon‚ D. P. & Lee‚ E. O. (2007). The Impact of Religiousness/Spirituality‚ Social Support‚ Life Satisfaction‚ and Depression Among Minority Elderly. The Journal of Geronotological Social Work.48(3/4) 281-298. Retrieved April 21‚ 2009 from http://ezproxy
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patient to make decisions themselves (McCormack‚ 2003). Furthermore‚ Kitwood (cited in McCormack‚ 2004) also stated that person-centredness is ‘a standing or status that is bestowed upon one human being‚ by others‚ in the context of relationship and social being. It implies recognition‚ respect and trust.’ Therefore‚ seeing the patient as a person and building a trusting relationship is also important as respect patients’ rights as persons. Although the concept of person-centred care still has an unclear
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RANGER COLLEGE Semester one Re-Entrance Exam Part 1 Questions pertaining to Gerontology: 1. The nurse cautions that the most frequent response to elder abuse by the abused older adult is a. anger c. notification of authorities b. physical retaliation d. nothing at all 2. The nurse would anticipate that a person with a hemorrhagic CVA to the left hemisphere would exhibit a. language disturbances c. inappropriate affect b. poor impulse control d. confabulation 3. The nurse
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Sarah Elder Visit #1 Today is September 18‚ 2011. It is Sunday around 8am and I decided to spend my morning visiting a lady named Patricia. I met Patricia one day when my husband was doing some renovation on a friend’s house. She came over to ask for help‚ ever since then we have kept in contact with her. According to Hooyman and Kiyak‚ “Chronological aging is the definition of aging based on a person’s years lived from birth” (p.4. 2011). Patricia’s chronological age is 72. She has been living
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problems associated with longevity‚ studies of people in their 70s have shown that growing old is not necessarily synonymous with substantial mental or physical deterioration. Many older people are happy and engaged in a variety of activities. Gerontology‚ an interdisciplinary field that studies the process of aging and the aging population‚ involves psychology‚ biology‚ sociology‚ and other fields. Theories of successful aging. Theories of successful aging include the following: •The disengagement
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Good reasons to take elder abuse seriously. Nursing Homes: Long Term Care management‚ 54(9)‚ 106. Retrieved from EBSCO HOST Zandt‚ S.H‚ Reeve‚ K.E‚ & Bach-Peterson‚ J. (19800 Relatives of the impaired aged: correlates of feelings of burdens. Gerontology 20‚649-655 Steinmetz‚ S.K.(1985) Duty Bound: Elder Abuse and Family care. Newburg park‚ CA : Sage Anetzberger‚ Georgia J. et al.” Elder Mistreatment a call for help”. Patient care 27.11 (1993):93+ Nursing and allied Health Collection. Web 30 July
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terms for old people include seniors (American usage)‚ senior citizens (British and American usage)‚ older adults (in the social sciences[1])‚ and the elderly. Old people have limited regenerative abilities and are more prone to disease‚ syndromes‚ and sickness than younger adults. For the biology of ageing‚ see senescence. The medical study of the aging process is gerontology‚ and the study of diseases that afflict the elderly is geriatrics. Contents 1 Definition 2 Changes associated
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