Essays on Older People

The world is gradually becoming virtually smaller this is because of the rapid globalization being experienced everywhere. As we experience rapid globalization so is our level of knowledge meaning we can perform so many activities with ease and far much better than we used to before. We have less mortality rate as people are living longer than before. An improved health care service has also promoted people living longer than before. Canada has seen a decrease in fertility rate especially in the twentieth century and when we combine this with a low mortality rate; it means that Canadian population ...

Essay

Needs Assessment and Rationale Falls are a serious public health issue in the United States because it is the main cause of trauma-related incidents and injury-related emergency cases, and the leading cause of unexpected deaths among the elderly. People aged 65 and above comprise the majority of casualties from falls (Al-Faisal, 2006). The prevalence of falls rises continuously with age irrespective of gender and racial/ethnic affiliation. As reported by Stevens and colleagues (2010), “each year, about one-third of all older adults fall. In 2007, an estimated 1.9 million fall injuries among persons aged 65 years and older were treated ...

Health care settings function in a well collaborative manner where multidisciplinary work environment exists. In a complex care situation, such as transition care of patients, the role of nurse care professionals was believed to be vital in coordinating the care. For instance, in geriatric settings, it is these professionals who can take up the complex tasks to enable the elderly individuals in transition from the care center to their residence seek suitable care and therapy (Cortes, Wexler & Fitzpatrick, 2004). So, there is a growing research interest on how these nurses utilize their potential in administering the care quality for ...

Introduction

The focus of the research is on determining how the changing role of the field of Transitional Nursing can affect the quality of healthcare that is provided to the elderly population. Initial research has revealed that people above the ages of 50 are considered to be more at-risk for contracting chronic diseases, and also for relapses because of various demographic and lifestyle factors. The focus of this paper is on developing a study design and sampling methodology for the research, as well as formulating flow charts and maps in order to better understand the dependent and independent variables involved ...

Abstract

E-services can be best described as services offered by governments and organizations via the Internet. This paper intends to measure the usability of E-services for illiterate users in Saudi Arabia. This is done by using a general form specifically designed for data collection. The utilization of a special soft keyboard has been suggested for bringing improvements in the E-services usability.

Introduction

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has shown excessive interest in the transformation to e-government in the recent years. For that reason, the government and institutions are considering to introduce electronic services. This is also important as e-services offer huge ...

Increasing of the physical exercises is a goal or health promotion program for healthy people 2020 mainly among older adults. There are some benefits associated with physical activities among older adults. As one age, their body becomes inactive and the change taking place in the body is inevitable. At this point, one is at risk of developing lifestyle or the chronic conditions since one is inactive. First, moderate physical exercises reduce chances of dying from heart disease, and chances of developing depression, stress as well as anxiety (Purnell, 2013). The exercises should be moderate because strenuous exercises will not ...

Question 1

According to Mauk (2014), the older population is defined as a group comprised of individuals aged 65 years and above. This group typically faces various challenges ranging from health to aspects of their social lives. For this reason, it is important to provide adequate resources to such individuals so as to improve their quality of life. In this case, various learning resources can be provided to David. Since he faces a dehydration problem, as a nurse, one can provide relevant resources on how he can improve the nature and quantity of his fluid intake to alleviate the problem. Also, ...

Introduction

Hiring professional and skilled employees is the key objective of the Human Resource Management (HRM) department. For the purposes of the realization of this strategic objective, the HR manager is obliged to pursue equality in provision of working opportunities for all employees regardless race, sex, nationality or any other supplementary factor giving ground for unequal attitude. In this particular situation, the managers of the company request the Human Resource Department to resolve issue pertaining to division of quotas between ground crew and other employees. With that, the attention of the managers is focused on the age of the employees ...

Essay

Childhood is one of the best human periods. It is the time when we feel careless about our life and believe our lives to our parents. Every generation feels differently about the youth and children. There is generation gap. Older people can’t understand younger people. It comes because of the development of the humankind. The world constantly develops: culture, politics, economics, religion, techniques, science etc. People develop with them. Older people have some difficulties with the new gadgets. They don’t understand new fashion styles. The 20th century had so many changes and events, that lots of generation ...

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Long-term care is usually required for those people, who have chronic illness and/or disabilities, thereby requiring personal care assistance for long period of time. This long-term care not only includes health-care services but also requires assistance in personal care and activities such as dressing, eating, bathing, walking, and transferring (Housing Bureau for Seniors, 2015). This paper deals with the information about the care required by older people and integration of long-term care services in a cost-effective and attainable manner.

Percentage of older people requiring long-term care

Older people require not only formal care at home but also require long-term care either at home ...

Introduction

Memory is defined as the multitude of abilities and capacities which human beings depend on to perform various life functions. This implies that the concept of memory is important in people regarding the way they remember life experiences hence every challenge that presents itself in understanding the functioning of the brain needs to be researched, and credible findings generated to improve the performance of human memory. Many people still wonder about the operation of the human brain and memory regarding the various functions performed and the way it influences forgetfulness among individuals. While other researchers have viewed the human ...

Introduction

Nutritional needs changes throughout a person’s life that if not properly assessed may lead to malnutrition. Malnutrition is the state of the body lacking important nutrients or having excess or imbalance of energy. According to studies, 16% of people over 65 years and 2% of people over 85 years are malnourished. Studies also show that approximately two-thirds of people occupying hospital beds are above the age of 65 years (Ahmed & Haboubi, 2010). Malnutrition is associated with a number of health outcomes such as poor wound healing, slow recovery from surgery, higher hospital readmissions, and deaths. Malnutrition is high ...

There is a notion that suggest that allowing older people to still take up jobs is one of the reasons why youth unemployment is skyrocketing today, especially in most developed economies such as those in the European Union and North America . The validity of this argument is based on the notion that there are only a finite number of positions in the job market and both the young and the old generations of workers are competing to be in those positions. While this may be true at some point, the job market and the movement of workers is much ...

Summary and Reflection

The speaker’s topics are focusing on occupational health and safety in general terms with various themes to focus on in the broad topic. Understanding the cause of a problem is the first step that will help prevent the occurrence of an injury or problem in the future. Pollution arising from smoke is hazardous to our bodies. Although the government has mandated and given authority to a body to ensure the citizens are safe, it is the responsibility and the duty of every individual at personal and home level to ensure their safety. Smooth co-existence in the society and ...

Family has always been very important for every individual. The main principles of the family are stable and cannot be changed; however, many aspects of family relationships are constantly changing in view of the large variety of social, economic, and other reasons. Typical modern family is not the same as it once was. The recent five decades have seen a significant divorce rise, substitution of marriage by the cohabitation, “blended” families of either heterosexual or gay design, and born out of wedlock children (for example, over 50% of all children of African-American origin). It proves a change from the ...

The homosexual community in China faces discrimination and is treated with less respect as compared to the heterosexuals. The older people in China are rigid and refuse to change their negative perceptions towards the homosexuals. The older people perceive homosexuals as being sick and think homosexuals need to seek treatment. The homosexuals experience social stigma and pressure from their families, friends, colleagues, and the community as a whole (Preston 219). The homosexuals, thus, experience problems such as the fear to seek health services due to fear of stigmatization (Feng et al.). The marriage law bill, for the homosexuals, which ...

Dehydration is the excessive loss of water by an individual which in turn reciprocates in the disruption of the normal bodily functions. This improper functioning of the body is mainly caused by the fact that the human body is in a constant state of losing fluids and it is always required that the lost water be replaced, however if not replaced, then complications may arise. The elderly in the nursing homes tend to be victims of dehydration mainly due various reasons such as being unable to speak out when they need to be given fluids and further inadequate supervision ...

Part A: Personal Safety

Question 1 Hazard The personal safety hazard in scenario A is the unlocked front door and the open windows while the client is asleep. In scenario B is the client banging the seat on the train platform. In scenario C, the community member who yells abusive things to the support worker and his client and follows them around the shopping mall. In scenario D, the personal safety hazard is the uneven path that exists in the complex where the client lives. In scenario E, the arrival of all customers at once causing much commotion is the personal safety hazard. ...

The grammatical functions in the main clause of each of the sentences include: Subject, Direct Object, Indirect Object, and Subject Complement. 1. Mary didn’t tell me where she had found the missing scissors. [Mary] – Subject. [me] – Indirect Object. [where she had found the missing scissors] – Direct Object.

The fancy sports car his mother had bought generated a great deal of excitement.

[Car ] – Subject . [a great deal of excitement] – Direct Object.

Bill seemed thoroughly satisfied with the condition of the residence.

[Bill] – Subject. [satisfied] – Subject Compliment. [with the condition of the residence] – Direct Object.

Beatrice claimed that she can achieve a perfect score on the assignment.

[Beatrice] – Subject. [that she can achieve a perfect score on the assignment] – Direct Object.

Our guests walked to the shopping mall in the afternoon.

[Guests] – Subject. [to the shopping mall] – Subject Compliment II. Ian appreciated the gift which he ...

Background

Wound healing is one of the most important processes in maintaining the health of a person. Multiple factors affect wound healing in humans regardless of age. A partial list includes diabetes, hereditary healing disorders, obesity, drugs, alcoholism, smoking and compromised immune condition. Infection, stress, nutrition, and radiation therapy can also contribute to delayed or incomplete wound healing (Guo & DiPietro, 2010). In the start of a wound, an inflammatory response is initiated. Blood vessels expand, helping white blood cells and nutrients to reach the wound. Wound healing is achieved through the processes of hemostasis, inflammation, proliferation, and remodeling. Proper sequence ...

Ageing and Mental Illness

The older members of the population are increasing, with recent indication that people who are over 60 years old are growing in number in the past years. This social phenomenon can be attributed to the advancement in medical technology that provided for the people’s health and well being. With better technology and medical attention, older people can enjoy their advanced years, and can still be valuable members of the society, not only in their capacity as family members but also as active contributors in the workforce. However, while there are older people who enjoy good health, there are ...

(Author Name) (Course Name/Number) Poverty is a problem that has existed since the beginning of time. Although we primarily view poverty as the lack of finances in today’s currency driven economy, in reality, poverty can be measured absolutely or relatively, depending on a number of different factors that contribute to the target population being assessed. A closer look at the definition of poverty reveals that; Poverty can be defined in a range of different ways: as lack of resources or income available to purchase necessities or to achieve an acceptable standard of living; through actual levels of expenditure; ...

Beth, an 86 year old patient residing in a nursing home shows all signs of alert and with no indication of dementia. Due to her old age and the associated frailties, Beth has had unsteady movement and has a positive history of falls. Despite the many efforts to manage Beth and prevent the occurrence of such falls, the nurses have had a hard time dealing with Beth due to aggression and resistance to utilize the available measures that the care team considers pertinent to her safety. Beth is cognitive and coordination are considered as exposure factors that could lead ...

Abstract

Successful andragogy-based outcomes can be realized by the creation of comfortable professional development opportunities that focus on training applicability to address the concerns, interests, needs and issues pertaining to middle adult workers. Participation in practical activities and role playing enable middle adult learners to relate to novel teaching instructions and, by extension, keep them interested and engaged in their work place activities. The reason to keep middle adult staff engaged is to ensure that they have a positive attitude towards their job and that they are able to sustain their productivity for a considerable period. As such, there is ...

Abstract

For a long time, the medical profession has subscribed to many ethical statements that have been developed primarily for patients’ benefits. As members of the medical profession, physicians should always recognize their actual responsibility of the patients, society, self, and other professionals. Adhering to the set principles of professional conduct is essential in acting ethically in the profession. The topic of physician-assisted suicide (PAS) is controversial in the American medial context. Physically assisted suicide and euthanasia are often used interchangeably. The ethics of these issues are squarely placed before the public eye. This paper focuses on the ethics surrounding ...

29th of April 2016

People have gotten used to that work is often characterized by time intervals of 8 hours per day, 40 hours per week of 22 working days per month. For the most part, it is the number of hours worked, rather than the fulfilled objectives that define the size of the salary, and the amount of office hours spent at work positively characterizes the employee in the eyes of the employer: he is always at the workplace – means reliable, stay late to work – purposeful and dedicated to the cause. This approach causes more confusion and dissatisfaction among young professionals in ...

Abstract

This paper discusses how exercise stimulates the release of growth hormone. Older people tend to have lower levels of the hormone. As a result, mechanisms have been formulated to help deal with the deficiency which includes inducing the growth hormone into the individual’s body. This, therefore, leads to the discussion of the exact mechanism through which the growth hormone facilitates exercise, maintains growth and repair of worn out muscles or even reverses the aging process among the aged. Also, the functions of IGF-I binding proteins during exercise and its importance in aiding the release of the GH is ...

Introduction

In this paper, the article titled “Effect of 2-yn− 3 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acid supplementations on cognitive function in older people: a randomized, double-blind, controlled” by Dangour et al., 2010 will be critically appraised. The article describes a study that sought to establish whether 2-yn− 3 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acid supplementation has an effect on cognitive function in older people. In the study, a randomized, double-blind, controlled trial was used. Reduced cognitive function and dementia in older people continues to increase and pose a significant challenge to the elderly. Several studies have reported an association between the intakes of ...

Introduction

Child sexual abuse refers to the abuse of a child’s sexual simulation for personal pleasure, especially by adults or older adolescents. Child sexual abuse can occur in different settings including in school. The abuse can also take many forms including fondling, child prostitution, child marriages, and child genital penetration among other cruel forms. Child sexual abuse can also encompass the exposure of children to sexual videos and photos, acts like masturbation, exhibitionism and exposing a sexual intercourse act to a minor ("Child Sexual Abuse: MedlinePlus", 2016).

Purpose Statement

This paper aims to uncover the degree of childhood sexual abuse and ...

The main criteria for differentiation between governmental, quasi-governmental and voluntary health agencies are the funding sources and system, subjects of administration. Their common aim is to develop a community’s ability to solve the health-related issues effectively. Governmental agencies build up an inherent sector of the entire governmental structure, managed by the state officials and funded by tax dollars. Quasi-governmental agencies represent a mixed form of administration, that comprises some official tasks and responsibilities, partially governmental funding, but at the same time are able to operate independently. As for the nongovernmental health agencies, they receive their donations only from ...

Individuals with advanced age are prone to acquire a spectrum of illnesses due to a decline in their body functions. This group requires a thorough care management from the health care system to overcome further consequences. In such context, the present description deals with a topic entitled ‘Nutrition and Hydration in Older Adults’

Significance to nursing students:

This topic is important to nursing because nurse serve as the ideal candidates who could provide the care and warmth needed for the patients of this particular old age. In the nurse profession, geriatric nurses are special category of nurses who assist the older patients. The ...

Policy supports to Alexandra Hospital

Singapore is a country that advocates for equal opportunity for all. There are people of diverse cultures and races in the country. The state supports for non-discrimination of persons based on religion, gender, age or race. To encourage the participation of the elderly in the workforce, the country's legislature passed the Retirement Age Act in 1999. This law led to the raise of the retirement age from 60 to 62 years. In 2006, the Tripartite Alliance for Fair Employment Practices got established to promote non-discriminatory employment practices. Another aim of the coalition was to change mindsets among employees, employers ...

Abstract

This paper provides a detailed exploration of the methodologies, findings and conclusions of five researchers in the area of entrepreneurship and the various factors that impact on it. The aim of this review is to support the research that on “Motivational Factors of students becoming Entrepreneurs using a push-pull theory of Entrepreneurship.” This review explores issues such as social capital and cultural capital and how they reinforce entrepreneurial development. Further, this review explores risk-taking and the factors surrounding it. The research concludes the risk-taking in entrepreneurship involves not only an examination of the returns, but also the duration during ...

The aging process occurs during a person’s lifespan. Nobody can escape this process and it happens to everyone. Aging is associated with maturation, growth, and discovery (Cohen et al., 2015). Many abilities of human beings peak before the age of 30, but there are other abilities that continue to grow and develop throughout the life of a person. Most people who are over the age of 65 are healthy, fully independent, and happy while others start experiencing signs of deterioration. These changes are normal and not harmful. The hair thins and start turning gray and skins thins and ...

Abstract

As the aging population in the United States and other similarly developed nations across the globe continues to burgeon, the health significance of the aging population in these nations continues to increase. In 2008 alone, about 28-35% of those aged over 65 years were reported to fall every year with the proportion being greater at 45% for individuals aged 70 years and over in the US. The proportion of hospital admission owing to fall for people who are aged over 65 years ranges from 1.7 to 3.0 per every 10,000 individuals in the universal population. Hip fracture, upper ...

This paper argues that the period between 1960 and 1970 marked an era that was characterized by not only a social revolution but also a political revolution in the United States of America. The aspects of this thesis can be seen in the interview below. The person whom I chose for my interview is my neighbor Mr. Richard Jones born on April 17, 1942, in Texas. He was educated and worked in Texas as a casual laborer in one of the ranches. In addition to that, in the social aspect, modernism became the thing to be; a classic example ...

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 ...

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 ...