Unfortunately‚ many older adults are viewed as if their opinions or ideas are not worth listening to. The research article‚ the experience of being listened to: a qualitative study of older adults in long-term care settings‚ explored the experience of being listened to for older adults residing in long-term care settings. Throughout the study‚ certain themes emerged from the participants’’ interview statements which were collected and categorized. As these themes are emergent‚ they allow the researcher
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Long-Term Care: The Impact of the Elderly Providing accessible‚ affordable‚ and high-quality long-term care services to an aging population presents a growing challenge to long-term care providers. As the oldest members of the baby boom generation approach retirement‚ federal and state policy‚ makers are exploring policies to care for the increasing number of elderly and to finance expanding long-term care needs. Other concerns include how to provide an adequate mix of institutional care and home
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Long-term care includes nursing home facilities as well as home care agencies and assisted living facilities. Who uses long-term care services? Why do they use them? Mainly the elderly (considered age 65 or older) population uses long-term care services; however‚ there are those who are younger and mainly physically or mentally handicapped. However‚ those who use long-term care services are those who require additional assistance or recovery time. Examples of some situations in which an individual
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Long Term Care Facility Long term care facility is a place where one can access health‚ supportive services‚ personal care helping them meet the needs of the frail older people or those who have no or limited capacity and ability for self-care. The limited care may have occurred through chronic illness‚ chronic injury‚ cognitive‚ physical or even mental disability or other health-related conditions. The services offered in the long-term care facility can includes the assistance with activities of
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well as long term care‚ choosing home care or hospice as opposed to long term care can be the most appealing option. I believe the quality of life‚ comfort level and costs exceed any care given in a long term care setting. Growing old and receiving care in my home would be my first option. Right now with the economy as terrible as it is‚ cost is a huge concern to everyone‚ and comparing the cost between home health care and long term care the difference is phenomenal. A typical long term care facility
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Management & Labour Relations School of Management and Labour Studies Tata Institute of Social Sciences Mumbai 2014 DECLARATION I‚ Siddharth Shah‚ hereby declare that this dissertation entitled ‘Content Analysis: Evaluation of the concept and process of attaining self-actualization in the Bhagvad Gita Way’ is the outcome of my own study undertaken under the guidance of Mr. Abhishek Kumar‚ Assistant Professor‚ Centre for Human Resources and Labour Relations‚ School of Management and Labour Studies
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abuser. It can seriously damage any number of personal and professional relationships. Drug abuse affects all aspects of an abusers life. This can lead to loss of jobs‚ families being torn apart through violence or divorce‚ prison‚ and death for some. All of these have far reaching consequences. The drug abuser who receives no rehabilitation can be doomed to a life of low self-esteem and crime. It is like a cancer on our society and worthy of serious consideration. Drug usage and abuse is considered
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organizations use risk management methods to guard their assets against likely threats brought on by legal liability. An important component of risk management programs inside the long-term care setting is the ability to reduce the amount of avoidable accidents and injuries and to reduce the financial severity of claims. Long-term care facilities offer a wide array of services to residents‚ and possible injuries is significant to the frail‚ elderly population they assist. Knowing how to recognize risks
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our past memories and experiences. In neurological terms‚ memory is a set of encoded neural connections in the brain (Mastin‚ 2010). Neurons are laid down and connections are made so that these memories can be retrieved for later use. When these pathways are damaged‚ memories can no longer be stored. People can get amnesia due to a head trauma‚ or traumatic shock‚ as see this in the movie Memento. When we have an experience‚ for example‚ a kid pricks his finger with a needle and that hurts him‚
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rich—the minimum income of the target customer household is $200‚000; she’s fashionable—she knows fashion‚ lives fashion‚ and watches it wherever it appears; she cruises the Internet (e.g.‚ Style.com) and reads the “right” publications; she demands quality—she wants fashion well made and she wants the real thing‚ no imitations; she wants the unique—no copies‚ no mass production; she’s as current as tomorrow—she’s after the latest and will take a risk to beat her peers to tomorrow’s best; she gives
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