Elderly Course Works Samples For Students

My patient is a seventy five year old African American man with Geriatric condition. Geriatric is a condition that affects elderly people. The medication administered to such individuals is called Geriatric medicine. It is also called family medicine or internal medicine. This medicine helps to promote the prevention of disabilities and diseases in older adults (Kagan, 2010). The physician who administers geriatric medicine to the patient is called a geriatric physician or a geriatrician. In other words, Geriatrics is the ‘care of elderly or aged individuals’.

As said above, my patient is a seventy-five old African American male. His name is Caleb Rama. ...

Guardianship refers to the protective legal procedures for people who are not able to manage their own assets due to incapacitation. Guardianship involves removal of the rights of individuals. Guardianship is of importance in cases involving lack or inaccessibility to finances, vulnerability to exploitations or creating trust funds.

Guardianship is necessary where lack of access to finances is especially when the assets of the incapacitated individuals are held by an individual without proper trusts documentation or identification. Guardianship is, therefore, necessary in order to ensure that there is proper planning of the estates before the elderly are incapacitated (Jedrzejewski, ...

Age has a biological and social classification. Age distinguishes acceptable behavior for different social groups such as the right to vote and the military enlistment age. The entire course of a human life has different social constructions that occur at different times. The aging population in America occurs due to improvements in life expectancy and advances, in healthcare technology. Schulz (2006) cites that the future projection of the elderly living in Eastern and Western Europe is likely to increase. The regions of Northern America and Oceania will experience an increase in the number of the elderly. The rates of the elderly ...

Introduction

Population ageing is currently viewed as most wide-spread demographic trend. Decreasing fertility and increasing life expectancy have tremendously altered the ratio between the young and old in current population of the world. Global UN research on population ageing (2007) suggests that population ageing is concerned with four salient aspects, such as being unprecedented in human history; pervasiveness of the trend, which is now affecting almost all parts of the world; enduring nature of the trend (the situation is not likely to be subjected to significant changes; and, what is more important, the trend’s having profound consequences for almost ...

Review of the 21st Century Elderly in India

A casual observation reveals that current senior citizens in India lead healthy, honorable, and satisfying lives. After retirement from regular job, they work full day or part-time. Many have sufficient savings, travel to places, learn and use computers, use empowering technology like internet, and live with integrity as active members of the community. On the other side, it is observable that many elderly retire without a pension, provident fund or even savings. Some are exposed to health hazards, lack access to basic healthcare, and suffer abuse and neglect from their kith and kin. This pathetic situation is unacceptable, and should ...

Introduction

People in the developed countries are living longer with advances in medical science. The life expectancy, today, is much longer than it was in the previous generations. With the baby boomer generation now reaching the age of 65 years and people living longer as compared to the olden days, the population worldwide of those aged over 65 years is increasing day by day or is set to increase substantially in the coming decades ahead. With an increased life expectancy, there is also a rise in chronic diseases. Worldwide, over 22 million people die from chronic diseases every year (Free 2). ...

Fall prevention is important in both hospital settings and at home because they can result in fractures, head trauma, soft tissue trauma, prolonged rehabilitation, emotional trauma, loss of confidence, and high patient readmission rates (Oliver, Daly, Martin, & McMurdo, 2004). For the healthcare providers, fall prevention is an essential practice because poor prevention measures can result in increased anxiety or guilt among the staff and litigation from the injured patient’s family if the fall occurs within the hospital.

The elderly population is at a significant risk for adverse events when they fall in contrast to other age groups. According ...

For developing fall prevention strategies in a nursing home for elderly patients, it is important to create a safe environment and improve treatment protocols. According to the facility’s mission statements, its aim is to provide safe and evidence-based health services to senior citizens with the intention of improving health, improving quality of life, tending to the patients’ emotional needs, preventing harm, and alleviating suffering as humanely and safely as possible. The facility supports equal treatment to all patients and the preservation of human dignity while providing healthcare services. The plan aligns with the facility’s mission statement because falls in ...

Patient AO is currently treated with atenolol 12.5 mg daily with doxazosin (8 mg daily), hydralazine (10 mg qid), sertraline (25 mg daily), and simvastatin (80 mg daily) for hypertension and hyperlipidemia. The patient also has a medical history of obesity and has gained 9 pounds recently. According to Arcangelo and Peterson (2013), age is a significant factor in determining treatment for hypertension and hyperlipidemia. In adult patients, adverse events will be unlikely. However, decreased hepatic and renal functions in elderly patients may influence drug therapy recommendations.

It is recommended that the treatment starts with diuretics and beta blockers if possible ...

Introduction

Active aging is influenced by a variety of determinants surrounding an individual. A good comprehension of these determinants is very useful in the formulation of programs and policies for promotion of wellbeing and health. Health determinants of aging are very good predictors of how populations and individuals age. It is essential to obtain data about the health determinants of aging for an individual or a population to understand how these determinants influence aging (WHO, 2012).
Well-designed health questionnaires are good methods of gathering data about the health determinants of aging. Questionnaires are standardized and objective data collection methods. They are ...

- In order to increase the resilience of elderly people, I would work with them on several life areas. As self-esteem plays an important part in developing coping mechanisms to enhance resilience, self-esteem building activities should be an important part of the individual’s life. Having a purpose in life is also important for everyone, including the elderly.

Working towards something positive, perhaps that helps others, is a solid way of gaining confidence and being better able to recover after a traumatic life event. Thirdly, a strong social network can really help an individual’s resilience. I would set up groups and activities for ...

Discrimination on the basis of age is termed as ageism. Ageism has been prevalent for a long time in the western society as well as other societies; elderly are commonly being perceived as people of low value (Bowling, 2007). They are also considered to be a significant economic burden to the society; and is often perceived that any medical treatment would not bring much benefits to the elderly individual; and will be of a shorter duration; and that they have already had a ‘fair innings’ in life (Bowling, 2007).

Ageism is one reason why the elderly adults perceive themselves as stressed. Such ...

Identify the targeted population

In the modern time, the population within U.S is highly growing older and this has been causing different implications on different things including the health, economic together with social institutions. Therefore, this makes it imperative for the state to analyze the past population in order to estimate the future characteristics of its population. Such analysis is significant because it enables the country to implement policies relevant in making informed policies relating to different important sectors such as the health issues of the elderly population. Conversely, this paper highlights the effects of population demographics on the needs and services of ...

Position Paper on the Feasibility

Advancement in technology has become widely spread all over the globe. Implementation of utilization of technology in everyday life applications is increasing at a high rate. Technology has been seen to improve the quality of life of the elderly people. In addition to that, it is evident that technology enhances, the safety, independence as well as the security of the elderly people. It has been noted that the technologies involved in the limitations that people face in their old age has, for a long time not drawn the interest it deserves.

The main aim of this paper is to give the ...

Part I

What is being done to address the issues you identified?

Ageism is a major problem that affects the elderly individuals in society. Usually, these people are treated with a lot of prejudice where in society; people look down on them and treat them as if they are not part of that society. There is also the issue of discrimination at work places. The old people are not given much attention because they are thought to be slow, ineffective and lazy. This puts them at a very high risk of being laid off from work. They are usually not considered for promotions since ...

The term crisis is quite broad in definition, and can be used to refer to a wide range of scenarios. One of these areas is in the human life, where people go through various types of crises which are unique in specifications. The essay below looks at the individual and familial crisis situations and how they can affect an individual.

Introduction

A crisis can be said to be a situation that is well out of control or one that makes the concerned parties to experience difficulties in trying to come up with a solution. When such situations arise, there is the need to ...

Introduction

Cognitive disorders are those which often affects elderly people especially those who are above the age of 65. In this kind of a disorder there is a significant change in the manner an individual behaves and functions. The function of the brain is impacted in cognitive disorders and hence this may have severe impact on the physical and mental functioning of an individual affected by such ailment.

Impact of cognitive disorders on the elderly

Elderly people suffering from cognitive disorders like dementia, Alzheimer’s disease and the like are increasingly dependent on another person. This may lead to severe stress on the part of the caregiver. Another impact ...

Cognitive functioning is an intellectual process in which people become conscious of the things that happens to them. For example, perceiving the changes and effects and comprehending new ideas. The process that concerns symbolic operations of cognitive functioning is a gradual process. For example, memory, thinking, and creation of imagery concern the activities of the mind. It particularly encompasses the essence of being aware and having the capacity to make judgments (Poon, 2006).

Various activities need to be done in order to maintain the cognitive functioning. Since mental dysfunction would occur, a mental illness which causes emotional stress and cognitive problems. ...

Many at times are many diseases that are affecting people in various stages of their lifestyle./ Some have been studied research done, and their cures have been successful. Arrhythmia is a disease that affects the heart. It is known as a disease that normally affects the rate of the heartbeat by either slowing the pace of the heart beat or increasing the pace of the heart beat. It is a disease that is associated with the elderly people who are seen as most people who have such heart defects. With the associated symptoms of arrhythmia, is it true that it affects only ...

There are numerous factors in an organization’s macro-environment that naturally affect manager’s decisions. New laws, tax changes, demographic change, government policy and trade barrier changes all have an impact on an organization. This paper analyzes the political environment, economic, social, technological, legal and environmental environments of health care industry in Ontario.

It is evident that there is a growing political pressure on healthcare authorities across provinces. For instance, currently, the Ontario’s government health care stands at 42% of the total program spending. Equally, due to the state’s political stability and the likelihood of an increase in ...

Hosoda Mamoru’s film, Summer Wars is a relevant piece in entertaining and providing information regarding the culture of the people from which it is derived. This animated film addresses various factors such as the power of westernization, the cultural perspectives, problems facing the young people in the Japanese society, and the manner in which trickery can inhibit one’s power. Coupling animation and reality, the movie clearly tackles technological evolution and scenes of extreme disaster with ease. This essay will discuss the social conditions that affect the Japanese people, characterization, and the manner in which solution is sort within ...

Introduction

Home Health Plus is a new service based company. Till date the service offerings available in the retired and old age service market are limited. There are very few healthcare providers offering quality services, and there are very few products catering to the needs of the retired people. Home Health Plus plans to offer some unique products in this market. Currently, the services available for old age people are mainly provided if a person stays in an old age home or community.

Services like light housekeeping, laundry services, preparation of meals and snacks are offered at reasonable price only at old ...

- The extent to which. the Proposed Consent Decree squarely addresses the situation, the policy and procedure, directive, and the appellate court decision

Consent decree is the resolving of a lawsuit where an individual or a corporation reaches a resolution to take specific actions without admission of guilt for the occurrence that resulted to the lawsuit. This settlement is contained in a court order as the court instructs relief against the defendant and comes to a decision to the maintenance of jurisdiction against the case to ensure the settlement is followed (Hensley et al, 2006, pg. 389). This case involves Plaintiffs Jack Jones and ...

Introduction

In most of the developed countries, there has been arising questions concerning Vitamin D. Vitamin D deficiency is mainly caused by lack of exposure to sunlight and a poor diet. Currently, and according to studies, there is no sufficient or optimal level known for Vitamin D. Lack of knowledge is causing uncertainty in the world. There are few people that understand the necessity of having Vitamin D supplement, while few have knowledge of the people that should use supplements (Consensus Vitamin D position statement, 2010). Despite the lack of sufficient information about Vitamin D supplements, there is the fear of ...

Introduction

Nursing is generally concerned with care. As such all characteristics analyzed about this discipline should relate to the concept of care. This task aims at analyzing four major attributes of nursing in relation to a story of personal experience. The attributes to be analyzed in this case include loving kindness; patience; commitment; and openness/attendance to mysterious and unknown happenings of life and death or allowing miracles to take their course. The aim of this paper is particularly to provide insights into what is expected of a nurse in caring for and about persons in need. The story being analyzed involves a nurse’ ...

The skyrocketing per capita Medicare spending is accelerated by aging population, fraud, and healthcare cost. These progressively accumulate unfunded liabilities threatening the sustainability of Medicare programs.

The aging population is susceptible to chronic or acute illness making them to fall sick quite often making the elderly population to demand more medical services than the younger generation for example in 2002 Canada used approximately $8,208 per year per elderly persons and $1,428 per year per persons below the age of 65. As the medical costs increases with age, the cost of medical services given to the aged people ...

Introduction

The film, my neighbor Totoro presents us with how reality can be viewed. Unlike other films, the characters in this book constitute animals. Miyazaki, an author of the book believes that reality can be viewed from a more direct experience. The way the book is organized is an indication of the confidence Miyazaki has in his claims. Miyazaki claims that he is not interested in religion but that he is interested in “spirits” in Japanese way of life (Mccarthy 121). At the superficial value, the statement may look unreligious, an antichrist and associated with cult. However, as I would explore ...

- Introduction to Adult Nursing
Nursing is an important role to play, be it for the young ones or the adults or the elderly. For adult nurses, the role is ever more enhanced because they need to look after the needs and care of the young adults all the way to the elderly patients. The role of a nurse in such a situation cannot be underestimated because it is the job of the nurse (in adult nursing) to manage the patients and ease them. Thus, the nurses in adult nursing need to have strong inter-personal and communication skills. An adult nurse ...

Pet therapy refers to guided dealings between a trained animal and an individual in which the animal trainer is also involved. Animals are used in treatment in hospitals, elder living amenities and educational settings. Pet therapy offers individuals an opportunity to improve their life through human-animal relations. This ideology developed from the conviction in the supernatural spirits and influences of animals. It first appeared in the assemblages of hunters and gatherers people and the initial report of pet therapy took off in the late 18th century at the York Retreat in Britain headed by William Tuke. It is a developing field ...

What are the challenges faced by MCOs regarding practice variations? What do you think can be done to meet these challenges?
Variations in healthcare programs are expensive. Overutilization, underutilization, and improper utilization are challenges that MCOs face. MCOs should adhere to procedures and protocols using the established standards by organizations example the national committee for quality assurance (NCQA).

Differentiate between the three main processes of institutional utilization management

Determine the main purpose of each process of institutional utilization management. Which process do you think is the most important, and why?
The direct admissions’ purpose is to create timely attendant for the outpatients that come to the hospitals. ...

Washington Works (WAW), a non-profit making organization has endeared the community in providing employment training for the Seattle disparate communities. The company has been successful in creating training programs and employment opportunities for people in this area. The rent initiative of the program motivated the residents to attend the training programs. Prior to the stat of the training program by WAW, Rhodes had made visits to the residents and share information concerning the employment training and the community’s response was positive (Grover, 2005). On the first day of the training, program only five residents turn up for the training. ...

Question 1) The article provides several quotes from family members and public figures describing the event with strong negative language. However, the nursing home admits that it approved the decision, and at least one nurse insists that it was done “in good faith." How does the author's tone, language, and quote choice shape the reader's overall perception of the event?

As noted in the first analysis, the author is openly biased on the whole issue. He/she seems to be sympathetic with the complainant without giving enough information on the whole matter and the detailed explanation as given ...

Age: 32 years

Sex: Female

Marital Status: Married

Occupation: House wife

No. of children: 6

Religion: Islam

Gulsanga Sodozai is a female villager in Andkhoy, Afghanistan. Andkhoy is a town/village in the northern Afghanistan in Faryab Province. The population of the area according to the census in 2004 is 37,100. The town is located at the northern part of the province having the national border with Turkmenistan (“Andkhoy”).

Source adopted:”Map of Afghanistan”.

Figure 3 Map of Andkhoy

Source adopted: “Andkhoy”

The town was first founded by Alexander The Great. It was remained the part of Bokhara but ...

According to The Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary (8th Edition), schizophrenia is defined as “a long-term mental disorder that involves a breakdown in the relation between thought, emotion, and behaviour, leading to faulty perception, inappropriate actions and feelings, withdrawal from reality and personal relationships into fantasy and delusion, and a sense of mental fragmentation.” (Oxford 947) It may also involve hallucinations, bizarre behaviour, disorganized speech and strange feelings like the patients believing that people are targeting to harm them.

Schizophrenia affects both men and women. The disorder is usually diagnosed during the early adulthood age of between 17 years and 25 ...

The objective of this ethnographic interview is to be able to familiarize the interviewer with the culture, beliefs, traditions and language of one of the care givers from the Philippines. The role of care givers around the world is significant because they provide care to people who are impaired by sickness, illness or old age. Even young children are dependent on care givers to provide assistance in their daily sustenance such as taking a bath, eating and dressing up. The person that I decided to interview is a care giver who is a Filipino, married and have 3 children of her own ...

Quality Improvement in the field of health care has continued to be a priority for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). Priority requirements in the Affordable Care Act, in the Section 3011 of the National Strategy for Quality Improvement in Health Care have a number of goals. These include improved outcomes, patient-centeredness, and efficiency for all populations, identification of potential areas for rapid improvements areas, and a keen assessment on the gaps in comparative effectiveness, quality, and efficiency.
Nursing Homes is pursuing the development of a quality improvement plan to address the issue of patient falls. The objective of the ...

There are different user needs that should be considered while undertaking project design. There are different needs for different users. The needs of the users are the parameters and the dimensions along which the different needs of the users may be found to vary. Different users have varying needs, thus, need considerations along these lines.

Physical characteristics

Physical characteristics are the features that describe the outward features of users. These features include the size of the hands of different users, the eyesight, color of the interface and the ease at which the desktop icons can be manipulated. If the user interface ...

While growing up, everyone has a vision and a dream of what they would love to be identified with as their profession. I have not been left out in the dream as well as I have always admired the nursing profession since I was a little child. The desire to become a nurse still burns in me and I believe I will achieve my dream of the same and aspire to greater heights in the profession.

I have always wanted to do something that really will influence a lot of people in a very dire need of my service, services that may not matter a whole ...

Introduction

The health care sector is changing rapidly and to remain relevant, health care facilities must develop and implement strategic plans. A strategic plan incorporates historical values and current trends to determine a desired future position for an organization. In the health care sector, patient centered care is the latest trend in quality assurance.

Therefore, health care organizations need to align their strategic plans with the needs of their consumers. One of the situational management tool that managers use to align their organizations operations with the needs of their consumers is a SWOT analysis. SWOT is an acronym for strengths, weaknesses, opportunities ...

What is a quality-adjusted life year?

A quality-adjusted life year is a year of life that is free of any problems, symptoms or health related disabilities. It is a concept or a measure of determining the performance of medical treatments and interventions. For instance, calculations are made based on the cost per life gained by different treatment options. The quality-adjusted life year makes it possible to compare different programs directly.
How can it be used to compare differences in health status between someone who is healthy and someone who is not? Can it be used to compare health outcomes of someone who is ill with someone who ...

Introduction

There are several theories that seek to explain the abilities, behaviors and skills of individuals in different stages of their life. They include the psychosocial, biosocial and the cognitive theories of growth and development. They propose the expected behavior of an individual at the different stages of their life. Naturalistic observation is one of the ways that researchers employ to support the external validity of various research findings. The researchers embark on the study of a certain behavior as it occurs in its natural behavior. To ensure the validity of the results, the researchers should neither interrupt nor manipulate the ...

Health care remains an imperative component in national development. Many states across the globe understand the importance of establishing health care system that offers quality, affordable and reliable medical services to the people. In order to attain this goal, nations across have invested heavily in health care system with the intention of improving quality of medical service rendered in public and private hospitals. Governments have addressed the issue of improving health care system seriously and have mobilized resources required in the implementation process. In a similar vein, government institutions have worked collaboratively with other nongovernmental organizations in advocating for reforms ...

Glycosylated Hemoglobin: HgA1c

Glycosylated hemoglobin is formed by the irreversible, non-enzymatic binding of circulating glucose to the amino groups of lysine and valine residues in hemoglobin. It is measured as a ratio of glycosylated hemoglobin to non-glycosylated hemoglobin. The level of HgA1c in erythrocytes depends on the concentration of glucose in blood. When level of blood glucose is high, the rate of glycation is increased, hence more glycosylated hemoglobin. Glycation occurs slowly and over the entire lifespan of the red blood cell, i.e. 90-120 days. Therefore, HbA1c reflects the average level of blood glucose exposed to the red blood cell over the past ...

In recent times all over the world, chronic diseases have become rampant and they are a real source of public health concern to the populace and health practitioners alike. Chronic diseases have been referred to as diseases which progress slowly, have long duration, are devoid of resolving spontaneously, restricts and limits the productivity, function and the quality of life of the person afflicted with such disease. A chronic disease has dire consequences on the life of the ill person. Also, it has the ability to distort the life of a healthy partner and also healthy relations. The nature of chronic diseases ...

Ethics, a moral philosophy or branch of philosophy that determines the course of human action pertaining to the concepts of right and wrong (Longstaff, 1995, Web). Ethics is being observed in the society as a universal benchmark of human behavior. More importantly, it is being practiced in all industry particularly in healthcare. The fact that healthcare is dealing with patients and their welfare, it is detrimental that people in healthcare industry religiously follow the ethical standards of their profession. Health professionals deal with circumstances and situation that has a direct impact to another person's life on a daily basis. Therefore, it is ...

Arguably, human sexuality is very important in development and growth of human beings. As a matter of fact, human sexuality evolves from one stage to another as people grow. Each stage has various characteristics, challenges and effect that mould individual sexual behaviors. In the analysis, there are various approaches used by psychologists in advising different stages of development of sexuality issues. As a therapists, there are various ways to use in counseling individuals on sexuality issues that are related to decision-making, psychological changes, as well as physical changes. In order to get through these problems individuals need to understand their problems, ...

Wrongful Death

Wrongful death is a legal term used to describe the death of a human being due to the negligence or misconduct of another individual, company or entity. A suit for wrongful death can only be brought by members of the immediate family, usually the spouse, child, or parent of the deceased. Every state has its own civil statutes that dictate the procedures for a suit of wrongful death. Actions for personal injury, conscious pain and suffering, or expenses related to the decedent's death, may be appended to an action for wrongful death.

Elements of a Lawsuit for Wrongful Death

The particular circumstances surrounding the death of a human being ...

The poem “Annabelle Lee” makes me feel sad that the time these lovers had together was cut short by Annabelle Lee’s illness. The poem talks about a love that even the angels covet. Even though Annabelle Lee is now dead, the author of the poem still loves Annabelle Lee just as much as when she was living. The fact that Annabelle Lee’s lover sleeps by her grave every night makes me wish I had someone who loves me that much. The author is so determined to stay with Annabelle Lee that he says neither angels nor demons can ...

Medicaid Program in the United States

Medicaid is a program for people and families with few resources and low income. Both the states as well as the federal government fund it. Medicaid services are states managed. They are only offered to United States citizens and individuals who are legally permanent residents of the United States of America. The targeted individuals are adults of low income, their children, as well as the disabled. This service is the greatest funding source to medical and healthcare services for the low-income earners in the United States. It is a federal funded social insurance program, which focuses entirely on the disabled elderly ...