Essays on Older People

A Diet After All

Revised Article:

Older people who are struggling with excess weight or obesity are often pressurized by family and friends to take up diets resulting in intentional weight loss. However, a recent study has revealed that weight loss among the elderly may not necessarily prolong their lifespan. Never the less, the researchers who published their findings in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition also noted that there is no apparent harm in weight reduction either.

Weight loss among older citizens has traditionally been a cause of concern as it is often a symptom of ...

DHEA:

Dehydroepiandrosterone, or DHEA, is a hormone the human body produces via the adrenal glands, which are above the kidneys. The exact effect of DHEA is not yet fully identified; however, it is believed to be a precursor of the female and male sex hormones, namely estrogen and testosterone, among others. Precursors are substances that the body converts into hormones.

The production of DHEA usually reaches its peak around the mid-20s and declines ever after. The same applies to estrogen and testosterone, whose production also declines with age. For that reason, if an individual wants to increase their hormone levels, it ...

Introduction

Arthritis is a type of joint disorder involving the inflammation of the joints. It can affect one or more joints. Arthritis is commonly used as a general term referring to many types of illnesses all leading to the degeneration or inflammation of the joint. There are very many forms of arthritis illness. Osteoarthritis, being the most common form of arthritis (VanItallie, 2010). It is a degenerative disease of the joints which is as a result of age, trauma to the joint or infection to the joint. Another form of arthritis is rheumatoid arthritis. Joint pain is the main complainant by people suffering from ...

Sexual Health Issues of Patients in the Primary Health Care Setting

Gott, M., Galena, E., Hinchliff, S. and Elford, H. (2004). “Opening a Can of Worms”: GP and Practice Nurse Barriers to Talking about Sexual Health in Primary Care. Family Practice, 21(5): 528-536. doi: 10.1093/fampra/cmh509.

Abstract

Several studies claim that some health professionals do not allow sexually related issues to be discussed for a long period of time during patient consultations hours under the primary care setting. The aim of this study is to determine the barriers perceived by general practitioners (GP) and practice nurses to inhibit the discussion of sexual health issues under primary care and to identify the ...

Community Location

According the population census conducted in 2000, the total population of District 13 is 106, 120. However it has been observed that the population of the region has been on the rise. The people in the district live in different locations. These locations include; the Coney Island the Brighton Beach, Bensonhurst, Gravesend, Bath Beach, Homecrest and the Sea Gate.

The Coney Island is an urban residential neighborhood located in the Southwestern side of Brooklyn in New York City. The Coney Island is around 4 miles long and half a mile wide. The Coney Island creek that ...

Clinical judgment is exceedingly indispensable and paramount in the provision of care among the aged. The care is provided by qualified nurses, and its essence is to maintain excellent health, prevent diseases, recover health, and attain the best quality of life. In line with this, the nurses also play significant purpose in minimizing distress, maintain a healthful and a well responsive physiological, social, psychological and cultural state in the old population (Mauk, 2010). Further, the care is particularly essential among the aged, since they have complex health and body system characterized by frequent infection with chronic diseases, reiterated diagnosis, generation of ...

Basic Facts:

According to Dr. William C. Shiel Jr., “Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a slowly progressive disease of the brain.” As Dr. Shiel pointed out, the patients of AD often suffer memory loss as well as problems with reasoning, planning, language, and perception but all these impairments usually happen gradually.

Older people especially those over the age of 70 are more at risk of having Alzheimer’s disease. In fact, studies show that 50% of people who are 85 and above are affected with this illness. However, an article entitled ‘What is Alzheimer’s?’ posted on Alz.org ...

Annotated Bibliography Elder Adult Care

Chang, H. J. (2009). Preventive Care for Older Adults. AMA'S Journal of Ethics Vol 302, No. 24, 1.

According to this article, the population of older people in the United States at the age of 65 years is expected to be at 20 percent by 2030. The author stipulates that the risk of mortality will be determined by an individual’s ability to carry out daily chores necessary to accomplish basic needs. The author of the article lists some recommended preventive measures that can be carried out on adults and people over the age of 65 years. For ...

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). ...

Discrimination has become a phenomenon challenge today with the most common of its form being based on gender, age, and race. This moral vice is rampant in the American society despite the government’s achievements in creating a free nation. Various factors such as stereotypes are responsible for discrimination in the USA. Gender discrimination is unfair treatment of another person based on his or her sex. In the USA and other nations, women are victims are prone to gender discrimination more than men are.

Men are accused of suppressing the rights and privileges of females in an attempt to dominate the ...

Arguably, older age is one of the unavoidable stages in human life. As a matter of fact, there are various classic aging patters that people undergo in their lifetime. As people grow older various things change, this includes physical, social and psychological changes. Certainly, studies show that older people tend to score lower on performance tasks, but can tremendously maintain their verbal reasoning for some time. These classic aging patters and characteristics are caused by various factors. The decrease of performance in the older age is caused by a decline and changes in non-cognitive functions such as psychomotor skills and perceptual ...

Introduction

Pain tolerance has been defined as the maximum level of pain that a person can undergo. For various reasons, pain tolerance is higher in man than in women, and it is speculated that this is because of the traditional need for display of masculinity by men while women tend to be more expressive of their pain and will thus most likely not withstand the same level physical pain as men. This paper seeks to develop an objective psychological test to be used for the measure of pain tolerance among different populations of interest, with particular focus on the pain tolerance ...

Severe acute respiratory syndrome is a life threatening condition that is caused by a virus from the Coronaviridae family. The SARS virus is believed to have originated from the Guangdong province of southern China before spreading to Hong Kong, Canada and the United States of America. The virus has an incubation period of 2 to 7 days but it may last up to 10 days. Like other respiratory disease, SARS is spread through direct contact; long range and short range. The major agent of transmission is the droplet nuclei. The symptoms of the disease include: fever, chills, malaise, cough, dyspnea and ...

Twenty-six year old Josh Higgins, an out of work reporter was found murdered in his mother’s house in New Jersey at 6 p.m. Sunday, 21st May, 2011. The coroner’s report proved that Josh was drunk and probably passed out when his throat was slit with a kitchen knife. Although initial suspects included Josh’s step father, his mother, a few of his subjects during his years working in crime and several others, three months of investigation led the police to Josh’s current girlfriend Amanda Seyenne, a 23 year old Asian-American medical student who, now accused, faces trial for manslaughter. ...

Part 1

In April 1999 The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) was built as a Special Health Authority to advocate and further the clinical quality and effectiveness of the resources in the NHS. NICE is an independent organization in charge for stipulating national guidance on the advocacy for good health, prevention and medication of illnesses (Chidgey, Leng, & Lacey, 2010). NICE has given a set of guides for the users of National Health Services to follow. The responsibility of NICE is to improve outcomes for people utilizing NHS and other public health services (NICE, 2013). The coverage of the organizations functions ...

Financial Support for the Older Population

As reported by the Administration for Community Living (2015), there were over 39.6 people in the older population bracket in 2009. This accounted for 12% of the total population in the country. It is estimated that in 2030, the older population will have increased to 72.1 million people, a number that will have increased double fold to the figure reported by the break of the millennium. This means that the current trend where the federal funding for the ageing population will increase even more marginally. There are a variety programs designed for the ageing population. These programs are meant to ...

Introduction 3

Analysis of aging workforce 3 Succession Plan 4 Conclusion 5 Introduction Nowadays, HR techniques prefer to hire people of older age (above 50) and this is because older people with their experience and knowledge can manage things in a better way. Various studies have proved that people of older age can put more focus any task constantly than younger people. It is, therefore, considered to have older people in the workforce who can perform tasks with more concentration. When it comes to managing something, older people think from all sides; however, younger people being passionate and ...

Equal Opportunities

Question one (257 words) Equal opportunity for older people framework document contains distinct provisions that help people understand the care they offer. Precisely, it uses unique terminology to explain the various concepts. For instance, "age discrimination" refers to any action that adversely affects an older person because of their chronological age. However, discrimination can also imply a positive discrimination. Fundamentally, positive discrimination would refer to the action taken to uphold the best interests of the beneficiaries, that is, the older people (Department of Health 2001). Negative discrimination occurs in various levels. Primarily, these include age, monetary capability, fame ...

Introduction

Social relationships have become a center of scientific study among scholars who are interested in the understanding of the process of aging. A healthy social relationships are perceived to have an influential and positive effect on an individuals overall well being. However, during the past, there is only a minimal interest given to the study of social relations and only recently has scholars worked on its definition and its effect on an individual's lifespan. The convoy model of social relationships is one among the theoretical structures that aims to study the correlation between individuals and their relationships within and across specific ...

Introduction

Gerontology is one of the subject developed to address a key social issue; aging. That is because aging is marked by misunderstandings that result to stereotyping the old aged and people relying on myths in describing and even relating with the old adults. In that view, this discussion seeks explain he foundational concepts of the subject explaining how the subject is multifaceted and collaborative rather than being single subject knowledge. Finally, the discussion explains the subject’s theories are tied to the myths and stereotypes.

Analysis

Foundational concepts Gerontology has four key foundational concepts including the biological aging, chronological aging, ...

A Report

Introduction Care homes for the elderly people, who cannot take care of their own, have always had a significant role in provisions of health care in any society. This is the reason why the most suitable use and funding of health care in care homes has been a crucial subject of key health policy initiatives in the developed as well as developing societies over many years. Rejuvenation Personal Care Home is a facility that provides care to the older people who are unable to take care of themselves. There are several projects going on under this agency which deal with several ...

Introduction

Divorce is the dissolution or termination of a marital union. It is the reorganizing or cancelling of legal responsibilities of the marriage, thus breaking the bonds of matrimony between a husband and wife under the rule of law of a given country or state. Annulment declares the marriage null and void and, therefore, annulment is not a divorce. Divorce as a legal process comes along with some factors, which involve the distribution of property, child support, child custody, spousal support, child access, vision of debt and parenting time. In many countries, monogamy is required by law so divorce will allow former partners to remarry. ...

Most governments all over the world have social policies that help support and overcome the weaknesses of the major social organizations of the nation, especially the disabled, the youth and the elderly. When it come to the quality of life of senior people, some aspects comes into play. These are health status, income security, education and employment and, the perception of older people to social connectedness. According to statistics, the Canadian population is rapidly aging. Older people makeup a rapidly growing population and, this trend is expected to go on for some time since there is improved life expectancy ...

Reflection Paper Based On a Real Interview of an Older Adult

Introduction As one grows older, there is a stark difference in one’s nutritional needs. This is chiefly because of the changing physical condition of the body, resulting in changes in many bodily functions (1). Additionally, their ability to perform tasks that they performed erstwhile is greatly reduced. This is either due to reduced convenience or decreased mobility. Whatever the reason may be, it is important for clinical staff in addition to family members to show concern and sensitivity to the unique needs of the elderly population. This can only be developed by attaining an understanding about their needs ...

Since ancient times, the elusive concept of wisdom has figured prominently in philosophical and religious texts. The question remains compelling: What is wisdom, and how does it play out in individual lives? Most psychologists agree that if you define wisdom as maintaining positive well-being and kindness in the face of challenges, it is one of the most important qualities one can possess to age successfully — and to face physical decline and death. Vivian Clayton, a geriatric neuropsychologist in Orinda, Calif., developed a definition of wisdom in the 1970s, when she was a graduate student, that has served as a foundation for research ...

Advantages of a retirement home for Mrs. Willis

Introduction For many years, retirement homes have helped families in caring for their loved ones once they grow old. Today, many people work and spend limited time at home. The absence from home makes it difficult to take care of their old relatives once they become unable to provide for themselves. It creates an additional burden to those responsible. Retirement homes seem to offer a solution to the problem; they offer a conducive and safe environment where senior citizens can spend their last years well. It exposes them to other senior citizens they can interact with; such homes provide a safe ...

Introduction

Stroke is defined as the onset of sudden death of brain cells as a result of lack or deficiency of oxygen in the brain. There are two types of stroke that can affect an individual namely Ischemic and Hemorrhagic stroke. Ischemic stroke is caused by the blockage of an artery leading to lack of oxygen in the brain. On the other hand, Hemorrhagic stroke results from a tear in the wall of an artery that causes bleeding in the brain. The part of the rain affected determines the severity of stroke suffered by an individual. The extent of damage on the ...

Think about the concept of poverty. How would a macro-level sociologist study this concept differently than a micro-level sociologist?

There is a variety of differences between macro and micro-level theories. Micro level deals with people and their interactions. The critics of micro level argue that they focus specifically on older people instead of social conditions and policies that force them to act the way such people do (Jones 112). Macro level concentrates more on social processes and problems, social structure and their interrelationships, as well. The best example is the way in which the impact of industrialization on older people’s status plus how income and gender influence older people's wellbeing. Bot micro and macro theories can take the ...

Abstract

The phases that elderly people go through in their life leave them exposed to physical and emotional vulnerability. This paper explores the ways in which the elderly face challenges in day to day life, from physical and emotional difficulties to stereotypes propagated in the media. In the face of such stereotypes, the elderly population often behaves in a way expected of them. The elderly are forced to devise methods to cope with these challenges if they are to fulfil the last stage of their life journey in a positive manner. Either by putting a positive spin on situations or by getting the ...

The great impact of social networks on nowadays society is unquestionable, as everyone can observe by himself or herself how all the current events are quickly dispersed and distributed through all over the world by the common people using their PCs and/or smartphones. Everyone has become a news agency nowadays with the development of the social networks, as the information you post on your profile can be available for everyone, can be discussed and argued. However, the information content in the social network is completely various including fake information, which purpose is to draw the viewer`s attention, shock him ...

VTE More Measure

Venus thromboembolism (VTE) is a condition that includes both pulmonary embolism (PE) and deep vein thrombosis. DVT occurs when blood clots in deep veins normally in the pelvic veins or in the legs. However, VTE is common in many regions and it is a dreadful condition. Notably, patients suffering from VTE have a 35% to 65% chance of dying from it. It is important to research on Venus thromboembolism (VTE) because as the third most common cardiovascular disease, it is a leading cause of mortality and mobility worldwide. Several risk factors are associated with VTE such as; increase in age, orthopaedic surgery, and ...

Question

The street I will be focusing on is Leystone High Road which is located in East London. Just like City Road which we leant about in the module and larger East London area. It is also one of the busiest streets in the region. Apart from the rows of different shops that cater to people’ general, and specific needs, Leystone High Road is home to many restaurants, coffee shops, public houses among other structures. The street has a lot of similarities to City road as will be seen in this essay. Leystone High Road is a major street and as ...

Taking the current meteoric and disturbing rise of lifestyle and chronic diseases into account, the shift from treatment diseases to chronic diseases will be a significant issue in the delivery of healthcare. Diseases and conditions such as obesity, diabetes, cancer, mental disorders, heart disease, pulmonary conditions, and stroke are projected to see a 42% rise by the year 2013. Chronic diseases cause about 60% of deaths worldwide. Most developed countries in the world are facing aging populations, and this will also affect the health delivery system because older people are more likely to be affected by chronic diseases. Older people are ...

Intro to Psychology Research – Statistics Paper

Introduction In this paper we have to analyze students’ performance in completing two kinds of mathematical problems: addiction problems and subtraction problems. 100 math problems were given for 36 students, and their performance was tested in two different ways. The first way was to complete math tasks in an organized fashion to minimize task switching (Task A). The second way was in a disorganized fashion (Task B) – it requires a task switch for every problem attempted.

- Would you finish the test faster if you completed all of the addition problems first and all of the subtraction problems second? ...

Introduction

The technology is accelerating at a faster rate for the last decades. People that did not experience the early generations of modern technology such as microwaves and cables are now experiencing the latest technologies such as Wi-Fi and the internet access (Mackee et al, 2012). However, it could bring problems to the older generation since they could not keep up advancements of the modern technology (Bean, 2006). Most of the older people in the society do not use the modern communications technology such as the personal computers, tablet, smart phones and the internet because of many barriers. These barriers include ...

Columbia is a country that lies on the coast of South America right next to Panama City. The country had earlier been under the colonization of the Spanish people around the year 1499. The country had a long history under the Spanish colonizers before they achieved their independence in the year 1819. After colonization and acquiring its independence, the country experienced many internal conflicts whereby there was instability in the country. However, the conflicts experienced have had a reasonable decrease over the last one decade. Columbia was one of the first countries to acquire independence and have a constitution in the South American ...

Jennifer Conlin, writer of “The Freedom to Choose Your Pronouns,” explores gender fluidity in teenagers and college aged students. She asserts that this is just another way teenagers are trying to go against the grain, but she also pairs this with showing that this is not just an American trend. During an interview, she recalls an individual’s example of gender fluidity by saying, “Maybe one day you wake up and feel more like a boy.” While this does not quite define the complexities of gender expression, it is one example that is easy for the general public to understand. ...

Media portrayals of the elderly

Old age is one of the realities of life that most people dread to accept. Generally family, friends and society give upon elder citizens counting them as frail and unproductive population. This adversely affects the physical and mental wellbeing of even the positive and upbeat older lot. A lot of older people face indifference of all sorts and suffer in silence. Attitudes towards old age are as important as getting old. According to Hatch (2005) “people absorb impressions, ideas, images, dominant values and sounds that reflect society’s attitudes toward aging from media. In addition, media reflect dominant values ...

1) Title: Improving the Knowledge and Practice of Resident-Centered Nutrition: Nursing Home Staff and Resident Outcomes 2) What specifically are you looking to find out? I intend to explore the effect of resident-centered nutrition education on the knowledge levels of the staff and actual nutrition practices as well as resident outcomes. My hypothesis is that staff education will improve knowledge and practices that will also translate to better resident outcomes. The independent variable is staff education while the primary dependent variables are staff knowledge of person-centered nutrition and nutrition practices. Secondary dependent variables or outcomes include the ...

The human development solely depends on the results of the diverse stages that occur in a human being. These stages start from the conception of a newborn until the day of death. Biological and sociological inheritance faced by an individual determines these stages of development. From the child’s conception to the death, the human being undergoes various stages to address and portray clear effects of the aging. The extended childhood, rapid maturity, gradually declining mental function and a post-productive period characterizes the development and growth in human. Various advancements occur that characterize these stages. For example, the proper use human bodies, ...

How Elderly Persons can be influenced to become Active Users of Smartphones to Communicate with Peers and Younger Aged Groups via the Use of Web 2.0 Technologies (Student’s Email Address)

ABSTRACT

The generational gap between younger age groups and senior persons who use mobile technology has been well documented. It is the purpose of this paper to document the challenges that senior persons face as it relates to the use of mobile technology. In addition, this research paper will reveal how mobile devices, such as smartphones and tablets, can be used to improve or enhance their social interactions ...

Aging is not something anyone can avoid. It comes with a lot of blessings, getting to see the world change or to see a new generation of people with new inventions. It also has its disadvantages; your body can fail on you, and there is nothing you can do to go back to the younger energetic years. The best one can do, is age successfully and this way you will not have any regrets. According to me, successful aging is mostly about remaining physically fit and capable of doing things for yourself even though not as good as when you ...

Introduction

Average score in the introduction Poor literature review An excellent theoretical representation A good analysis Average summary Overall mark for the paper (conclusion) Introduction The paper has the objective of thoroughly analysis a paper on the impacts of age stereotypes in the older people in the society. The topic seeks to showcase how older people are constantly discriminated in the society in terms of tasks given, rights, treatment, and financial benefits or recognition. Such discrimination often affects how the society perceives old people. In my perspective, such discrimination affects their quality of life, ...

Older people have complicated health care demands that make the entire medical service unique. Studies show that more than half of the adult population above the age of sixty-five has more than three medical complications. Some of the medical problems affecting the older people include high blood pressure, diabetes, heart diseases, Alzheimer’s disease, as well as arthritis. Geriatrics refers to a special branch of medicine that deals on the health of elderly patients. It is aimed at treating and preventing disability and diseases, as well as ensuring that the general health care of older people is guaranteed (Ebersole & Touhy, ...

Typically, when we think of privilege, we do not fully realize the extent to which young adults are automatically included in society. Our opinions, buying power, sexuality, and intelligence are all taken for granted. We are seen as technologically savvy, adept in the workforce, innovative and energetic. Because of these assumptions, younger adults enjoy privileges in treatment at the expense of older adults and seniors. The first privilege of youth is (in general) enjoying uncomplicated health. I do not say ‘good’ health, because I think it is a myth that seniors do not enjoy, on average, ‘good’ health. However, ...

The welcome Senior Centre is an organization established in 1979 in Washington DC to take care of the ever increasing number of older people in the city. The city with a population of 646,449 has over 21% of this population as old people aged 65 years who needs care and protection. Thus, Welcome Centre plays a pivotal role in taking care of this population. However, its efficiency is hampered by factors such as the language barrier between its staff and the service seekers. Many older people of the DC society are Latino, who mainly speaks Spanish. They barely understand English ...

Human’s mind is capable of feeling a wide range of emotions, both positive and negative. Positive emotions are not always influenced by a mere absence of some unpleasant or tragic events, as happy moments can also take place because of events and people which are joyful and positive. On the other hand, negative emotions seem mostly to appear when there are no positive emotions to be make one happy or the pressure and stress have built up to the extent where any positive emotions are either taken for granted or unnoticed. Love, support, friendship, happy memories shared with the dearest ...

The Effect of Medicare and Medicaid on the Social Work Field

Introduction The American society is at the cusp of transformative change. With Baby Boomers of the sixties now reaching retirement age, the proportion of older people in society is going to increase. A smaller base of working population will have to support a larger slab of older people. As a result, existing frameworks of social security, Medicare and Medicaid would prove inadequate. New ways and means need to be explored to sustain the concept of an equitable and caring society that has been built in the USA. In this context, it is essential to explore the effect of the changing ...

Carleton University

Art therapy treatment has shown a promising effect on the alleviation of psychiatric symptoms in patients with Alzheimer’s disease. Many patients with dementia are facing the Alzheimer’s symptoms, such as memory loss and confusion, cognitive impairment, getting lost, difficulties coping with new situations, and also they are having problems in expressing feelings verbally. The use of art therapy helps patients with Alzheimer’s disease to deal with their symptoms in many different ways. It encourages people to express their feelings non-verbally whereas they can no longer do so with words. That will help them to release their negative ...

Introduction

Since time immemorial, couples aspire to become parents. Parenthood is viewed as many different things to different people, some consider it the happiest time of their lives, some consider it a challenge then there are those couples who consider it a burden placed upon them to teach a lesson or to mature them. The idea that some people who should never be parents actually become parents is very upsetting. Some people become parents way before their time, and their struggle is more than they can handle. There are some couples who want and aspire to become parents, but cannot due to several ...

Bloch, F., Gautier, V., Noury, N., Lundy, J.E., Poujaud, J., Claessens, Y. E. & Rigaud, A.S. (2011). Evaluation under real-life conditions of a stand-alone fall detector for the elderly subjects (Bloch et al., 2011). Annals of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, 54 (2011):391–398. This quantitative study by Bloch et al., evaluates the experience of 10 elderly adults aged 75 and above with the use of the VigiFall. The purpose of the research was to also to assess the participants’ acceptability and tolerance of the device in real-life settings. The accelerometric sensor of VigiFall was attached to the participants’ thorax ...

Bloch, F., Gautier, V., Noury, N., Lundy, J.E., Poujaud, J., Claessens, Y. E. & Rigaud, A.S. (2011). Evaluation under real-life conditions of a stand-alone fall detector for the elderly subjects (Bloch et al., 2011). Annals of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, 54 (2011):391–398. This article describes falls as being overly trivialized by both patients and doctors. Falls, however, can be the main cause of older patients’ mortality, morbidity, and being hospitalized. Statistics are included in the report. An example is the average age of elderly (73 years old) found to have fallen, sometimes even dead, and of 51% are ...

Introduction

In the recent past, the trend in human social behavior and temperament has been a critical determining factor of the course of many global systems. The influence of human social behavior to the global systems is unlimited. Elements of social behavior have an effect to the world economy, consumer preferences, politics, religion, education, health, nutrition and a myriad of other utterly significant global structures. The media plays a critical role in engineering the moral response to a given event . The perception and understanding of global social systems is currently greatly dependent on the output of the media. One social element that is of ...

Introduction

Oral health means having healthy teeth and having no teeth disease. It entails the ability of individuals to carry out important functions like eating and speaking as well as contributing fully to the society. As such Australia’s National Oral Health Plan 2004-2013 is a plan whose main objective was to advance health and wellbeing across the Australian population by civilizing oral health status and reducing the burden of oral disease. With this plan, positive messages like ‘Healthy Mouth Healthy Lives’ are always promoted to the whole population, but most especially, to the vulnerable groups in the society and eases ...

Introduction

Palliative care focus principally on preventing, anticipating, diagnosing and managing symptoms suffered by patients with a life-threatening illness and assisting families create medically significant decisions (Lynn, 2005). The literature discuses the importance of providing age appropriate palliative care and nursing care using a palliative approach for a patient with neurodegenerative disease.

Importance of providing age appropriate care reflecting a palliative approach

Age appropriate palliative care has benefits to the patient and family members of the patient. As people age, they are prone to various chronic health problems (Weissman, 2011). For example, Parkinson's disease, which is the degenerative diseases, is one of the diseases that mostly affect the older population. Therefore, age palliative ...

Introduction

Through the years, theorists use a variety of theories in attempts to explain human development socially, emotionally, physically and intellectually. Among the most used theories are those of psychosocial development; the main contributor is Erik Erikson. His theory on psychosocial development is one of the most influential personality theories; he focuses on the belief that a human being develops in stages. The occurrences at every stage develop the person’s psychosocial abilities; Erikson explores the influence of social experiences throughout a person’s lifespan (Cavanaugh & Blanchard-Fields, 2006). The development of ego identity is a significant element in Erikson’s stages; ego identity refers ...

Introduction

In the article “Blue-Collar Boomers Take Work Ethic to College”, Sander Libby talks about how people that are older that were born in the 1940’s, would not retire until an old age. In addition, she estimates that in 2014, 41 percent of adults aged 55 or older will still be working. This does not necessarily imply that the government would raise the retirement age to above 55 years, but because retiring employee would choose to remain in employment to continue being self-reliant as well as socially and economically active. Thus, people are not able to retire until the ...

Among economists and demographers such as Wolfers and Friedberg, the steady rise of divorce rates from the mid 1960s to the mid 1970s has been the debate. Between this years it was discovered that women who are in their 20s contributed to averagely 60% of the rise. Researchers have keenly focused on demonstrating the increasing divorce rates by testing the changes in the economic empowerment of women (Nunley, 2010) and changes in the divorce laws in the early 1970s (Wolfers 2006; Friedberg 1998). The agreement from the divorce literature laws suggests the reforms led to a tiny transitory increase ...

Introduction

Elderly care refers to care of old people who are not physically fit like youngsters and need care in order to lead a cheerful life. People, in old ages, need extra care because body does not remain same as it used to be in young ages. This paper intends to discuss elderly care and further examines how elderly people are treated in different cultures.

Discussion

Elderly people need more care and attention as they are unable to work and need help of others even for their daily works. Usually elderly people are not able to cook, walk and finish other works. ...

HIV/AIDS prevalence in Southern Africa has remained high in the last decade and it is a very important indicator of the state of the epidemic in the region. There are several demographic factors that play a critical role in the sustaining of this condition in Southern Africa and this paper will explore the correlations between these factors and the epidemics, causes and impacts of demographics on the spread and tackling of the most serious epidemic in the world. It is estimated that 24.5 million of the 34.3 million infections around the world are in Africa and in 2000 8.57% of ...