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CARE STUDY Assessing patients systematically and being able to interpret the findings is an essential aspect of nursing because it allows their care to be prioritised appropriately and alleviate the process of their recovery or treatment through the ability to recognise and carry out suitable care plan‚ based on their needs and preferences (NICE‚2007). It allows the early management of diseases‚ illnesses or emergency situations and leads to patient safety‚ positive clinical outcome‚ and avoidable
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Informational Essay Currently there is an extremely important issue that the public should understand more about due to its enormous impact on many citizens. This issue pertains to the safety concern surrounding the elderly while operating a motor vehicle past the age of 70 years old. This debate whether old people should be allowed to drive is often brought up by younger drivers‚ the reality is that all able bodied people who are physically and mentally healthy should be able to drive but
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the Elderly Population Alcohol abuse among the elderly is a widespread problem through the United States. It is hard to discover by physicians and medical providers‚ because many of these people have been abusing alcohol secretly for years. The population is extremely unlikely to admit that they have problems with alcohol‚ especially during a routine health care visit. As many as 15% of the population over 65 may be heavy drinkers‚ although this number is hard to pin down. Elderly people
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adults as: “…single or repeated acts‚ or lack of appropriate action‚ occurring within a relationship where there is an expectation of trust‚ which causes harm or distress to an older person.” Sadly‚ elder abuse is prevalent in our society and while elderly abuse may not be a new phenomenon‚ it is only recently that serious attention has been given to this form of violence. In 2004 there were 3‚370 incidents of violence against Canadians aged 65 and over reported to police services (Statistics Canada
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In this chapter is being discussed the different roles that are carried out by elderly in different cultures and different periods of times. As a member of a society grows older‚ he or she usually changes roles or occupations. The acceptable roles for elders differ in each society. Some cultures utilize their elderly in many ways‚ while others just a few. There are many factors that distinguish the elderly in non industrialized societies from those living in the industrialized West. Older people
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of nursing homes in Canada. He talks about abuse from the staff and from the seniors. This article specifically refers to two examples in Canada of this abuse and it also states that about seventy percent of nursing homes are a dumping place for elderly who are “mentally unstable”. McKie states that it is difficult to know exactly what is going on in nursing homes because the staff are aware when a safety check is going to happen and can fix whatever is wrong before this time comes. The CBC crew
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one’s physical body‚ mind and social wellbeing. It has been scientifically proven that when one engages in artistic activities‚ his emotional and psychological states can be enhanced. The topic I have chosen for this assignment is ‘Identity of Elderly Women’ and it is focused on the differences between two women of old ages in different social classes in the society and the way the differences are illustrated in the images. The images show two women of utterly opposite social status with different roles
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and an estimate of 5%-10% of older adults living in community settings are malnourished (Maher and Eliadi‚ n.d.). These statistics sadly show that hospitalized and long-term care patients are more likely to become under nourished compared to the elderly population in the community. According to the Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI‚ 2007)‚
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statement? “There’s nothing the young can teach older people” Use specific details and examples to support your answer. According to common belief‚ we‚ especially the younger‚ usually learn many things from previous generations. Some even believe that the young cannot teach in turn the elderly. To my way of thinking‚ I do not agree with this idea in many aspects. On one hand‚ I admit that the elderly has played an important part in teaching young men‚ and we benefit a lot from their knowledge.
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