Elderly Interview Yvette Rivera Professor Buckman N461 Summer 2014 Ms. Leiva is a 65 year old female born and raised in El Salvador. She immigrated to the United States in the 1960’s. It’s obvious Ms. Leiva overcame many adversities‚ from growing up in a broken family to teenage pregnancy to moving to a new country at a young age. Ms. Leiva speaks English very well and works as a Licensed Vocational Nurse at Solheim Lutheran Home‚ and has a second job as a hospice nurse. She currently lives in
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Caring for Our Elderly Caring for Our Elderly It is estimated that the number of Americans over the age of sixty five years old will multiply times four in the next thirty years. With this being said many of us will be faced with providing care for our loved ones ("Elderly Caregiving‚" n.d.). The current research studies completed in geriatric studies indicate that currently family members are providing approximately eighty two percent of the care for their elderly family member. Generally
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Abstract More than half of the United States’ elderly population is unable to meet their own health care demands. This includes preventative services‚ reading prescription bottles‚ communicating effectively with health care providers‚ and having positive health outcomes in the face of chronic disease. The failure to meet these needs is related to low health literacy‚ or the lack of social and cognitive skill sets to understand information provided to them or seek out new services. Low health
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A Modest Proposal The Elderly The sight is found to be sickening for many; driving through the streets in any given American town and seeing‚ fit snugly between the McDonalds and Starbucks‚ some form of facility for housing the elderly. These individuals‚ no longer able to work for a living‚ are locked away in what is comparable to a modern day prison for senior citizens‚ left only to play round after endless round of trivial games such as Bingo and shuffleboard. With their failing eye sight and
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Stereotypes‚ Good or Bad Introduction Stereotypes can be defined as an over generalized belief about a group of people. Psychologists have agreement on stereotypes features. However‚ there exist differences in how various psychologists describe how the acts stereotyping take place and why they do. There are three essential components in all explanations about stereotypes. The first component is where a group of people are given an identity through a specific characteristic for example nationality
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Issues Affecting the Elderly BSHS/342 University of Phoenix November 6‚ 2008 As we grow in to adulthood‚ there are many things that start to change in our life and like the physical characteristics‚ mental capability‚ along with other things. The aging process does not proceed at a uniform rate all over the body. As we age‚ the various functions and physiological reactions of our body gradually slow down. These changes are not apparent until perhaps 50 years of age
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Subject: Should prisons allow elderly people to be released and be under supervised parole for the rest of their lives. Author’s/Speaker’s Main Purpose or Claim: We will save money if it is possible and elder people leave the jail to avoid the necessary training for correction officers‚ “the costs of medication and accomadations throughout the prison such as wheelchair accesability and units with lower bunks.” Author’s/Speaker’s Tone (Tone=how the author/speaker feels about the subject): Worried/ considerate
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Stereotypes Stereotypes are thoughts adopted about a person or a group of people that may or may not be true. In reality a stereotype does not really have a definition. Different people view stereotypes differently. Researchers and psychologists have different definitions what a stereotypes can actually be. Some people regard stereotypes as being a negative thing‚ might go as far as saying it is prejudice. This is because cultures label others differently. If a person does not understand
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Stereotypes and Prejudice Please complete the following exercises‚ remembering that you are in an academic setting and should remain unbiased‚ considerate‚ and professional when completing this worksheet. Part I Select three of the identity categories below and name or describe at least 3 related stereotypes for each: • Race • Ethnicity • Religion • Gender • Sexual orientation • Age • Disability Category Stereotype 1 Stereotype 2 Stereotype 3 Race Uneducated Poor Lazy
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Stereotypes are generalizations about a group of people we attribute as a defined set of characteristics to this group. These classifications can be positive or negative‚ such as when various nationalities are stereotyped as friendly or unfriendly. The use of stereotypes is a major way in which we simplify our social world‚ since they reduce the amount of processing‚ we have to do when we meet a new person. A good thing about stereotype is that it helps us to respond faster to situations because
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