Elderly care

topic rarely addressed or even discussed. Over recent years depression has gained serious recognition as an illness and is the center of countless studies and awareness campaigns. With great amounts of time being spent on the topic of depression the elderly population often gets neglected when talking about this issue. Depression affects people of all ages and it is important to understand depression as it is present in our aging population. Trigger Event Through experience in the clinical…

of the elderly population, the issues and challenges affecting the health and quality of life of aged people is increasing as well. In Canada, although the majority of seniors live in private households, the need for institutionalization is likely to grow for the seniors due to factors such as death of family members or friends, changing family structures, increased probability of living alone, compromised health status and retirement from the workplace. Retirement homes, residential care homes…

Movement Therapy (DMT) in recent years has progressed to a more commonly accepted form of Therapy, especially among the elderly. Seeing first-hand the effects that DMT has had while working in a Senior care facility pushed me to study DMT. The point of this paper is to show how dance movement therapy has and can improve the life of the elderly. Thanks to DMT life of the elderly has been benefited in several different ways: Physically, mentally, emotionally and socially.…

services for the elderly persons in Palm Beach County. The organization plays a critical role in the community as it touches the lives of over 2000 elderly individuals every day committing to provide exceptional healthcare services to the elderly population. The organization provides essential services, as it is the only well-established corporation in the area offering a range of health care services that include memory care, assisted living services, independent and long-term care, assisted…

it hard to adjust to the new life changes. Elderly individuals frequently have to find means to cope with all kinds of changes in their lives which may include social, financial, and health issues. To cope with the situation, most elderly people consider spending their old age in a nursing home, community-based center, or they employ professional social worker in their home. The social workers services needed may include adult day care, mental health care, crisis intervention, case management,…

Older Americans Act was enacted over 50 years ago in 1965 order to provide millions of elderly U.S. citizens much-needed home and community services (Blancato, 2014). Even though it has been changed and updated over fourteen times, its primary goal is to continue to help older adults remain as independent as possible by staying either in their community or in their homes (Blancato, 2014). In order for elderly people to live in their homes and communities longer, they often need help from family…

For one thing, the approach to treating a geriatric patient who suffers from heart failure should be different then treating someone with heart failure in their fifties because of anatomical changes leading to physiological changes. For example, elderly people with heart failure have a higher probability of cellular death of myocytes, impaired stem cell function, reduction in cellular divisions, impaired release of calcium and malfunctioning sarcoplasmic reticulum (Abete et al., 2013). These…

cognition. To learn new skills, they require more time and training. Young people can perform even better than the elderly who have done double practice of the young. It affects people in professions such as piloting (2007, 267). Furthermore, old people need to be taken care of by several people, and they cannot be a part of the working population. Therefore, when the number of elderly increases, it can only cause the lack of labor force. Moreover, older people spend less on consumer goods.…

causes of death that are increasing in prevalence for all age groups. They are also on the rise in a specific age group, that of older adults. Depression in elderly adults, although prevalent, is under-diagnosed and under-treated. In order to address this concern, it is extremely important to develop a better understanding of the life of an elderly adult by examining their thought processes and overall quality of life. Understanding will increase the ability to alleviate…

understand and can relate to the elderly population. I want to learn as much “book work “as possible, but I also know that experience is the mother of all teachers. As I view my self-introductory,…