Research Summary and Ethical Considerations: A Study of the Effects of Physical Activity on Asthmatic Symptoms and Obesity Risk in Elementary School-Aged Children Research Summary and Ethical Considerations: A Study of the Effects of Physical Activity on Asthmatic Symptoms and Obesity Risk in Elementary School-Aged Children “According to statistics presented by the National Interview Survey (2010) there are approximately 7.1 million children in the United States who have asthma.” (U.S. Department
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HSM 410 Ethical Considerations 2/8/2012 Ethical considerations for providing emergency contraception’s to rape victims requires all hospitals to provide information and access to emergency contraceptive to victims of sexual assault. Plan B‚ an oral synthetic hormone‚ is the most common type of emergency contraception and is often called the “morning after pill.” Supporters of the legisla¬tion argue that emergency contraception is a medically accepted way of preventing
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and explain at least three ethical considerations. I believe that the first ethical consideration is the fact that the potential employee was upfront in revealing that he had a degenerative progressive condition that could result in a disability. He did not have to bring this to our attention and his physicians are not even able to predict when the disabling condition will appear or if it will appear at all. The candidate was demonstrating his own highly ethical behavior which is ultimately
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With long-term care it has a broad range of services that address the needs of elderly people who requires help with the basic activities of everyday living and also includes supervision of an elderly that has severe cognitive impairment. The services can vary from informal care delivered by family and friends to the formal services of home care‚ assisted living‚ or nursing homes. The needs for the elderly in long term care vary and that will also impact long term care. According to the article‚
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with quality of care. The primary role of hospital are to treat patient with acute medical conditions. Vertical and horizontal integration are key factors in the success of hospitals today. To accommodate patients‚ hospital have broadened their scope of services for inpatients and outpatients. Despite hospital being at the forefront of healthcare innovation they are heavily constrained financially because most of the funding comes from Medicare (Williams & Torrens‚ 2008). Long-term facility designed
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explains how week one reading changes my concept of long term care. The essay will provide two examples of current events related to long-term care and how it has changed. The paper will focus on examples of current events related to long-term care‚ and how might these examples increase awareness. This paper will explain what are three long-term care populations evident in my local community and if I was aware of these evident. Long term care is a health and social service there to provides services
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Long-term care is a growing concept that is constantly evolving to adapt to our diverse communities. Due to the aging of the baby boomers group‚ there will be a rapid increase of individuals in need of long-term care in the years to come (Dana & Olson‚ 2007). Therefore‚ it is essential to expedite the process of improvement in the long-term care field to better accommodate these rising demands. In order to ensure a long-term care facility is adequately prepared for the future‚ there are many different
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Long-Term Care Options for the Elderly I selected the topic of long-term care options for my research paper‚ because of the importance of allowing the elderly to remain in their residence as long as possible in their final years and what options they have if they choose not to live in their own home. I will look at programs and services that provide long-term care for the elderly. My grandmother‚ 89 years old‚ has recently decided to move into an assisted living facility after living by herself
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Over a century the long-term care system has gone through five cycles of changes that are woven together. Professors David Smith and Zhanlian Feng describe the changes that have occurred and the challenges long-term care faces in hopes to educate policymakers to learn from the past and not remake the negative effects. Extended over approximately 20 years a piece‚ these five cycles start in 1910 to present day (Smith & Feng‚ 2010‚ p. 28). Access to quality of long-term care has become strained
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and utilized‚ population ageing entails an increase in the need for Long-Term Care (LTC). LTC is defined as a set of activities and relations at the intersection of state‚ market and family that aims to meet the health and social needs of older persons. There are two main (often parallel) systems of LTC: 1) informal care providers‚ such as unpaid family members and paid home care workers employed by the family and 2) formal care providers‚ such as nursing aides and support workers employed by regulated
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