Literature review Essay

Introduction The purpose of this review is to synthesis the literature pertaining to safe transition of care for older adults with dementia. As the number of adults age 65 and older continues to increase, the prevalence of dementia is expected to rise worldwide. In the United States alone, more than 5 million adults over 65 years old and more than 14% of those over age 70 have dementia (Alzheimer’s Association, 2015). Although dementia is considered a terminal illness (Mitchell, Teno, Kiely,…

intervention for children on their parents; perioperative anxiety and the relationship between parent’s and their children’s anxiety. A secondary aim of the study was to investigate the parents’ perceptions of the provided intervention. The literature review of this experiment…

Literature Review Kristen Allen Hodges University PSY-3550 Professor Bushey 04/12/2015 Review of the Literature Awareness and interests within substance abuse has come to a major forefront in the last several decades, but more than ever in episodic events within the scope of opioids and opiates. The review focuses on the aspects of substance use disorders, chronic relapsing disorders, behaviors, scientific studies of the brain and how substances effect individuals genetic…

Introduction The world is inundated with the media and multitasking. Therefore, with information so readily accessible that it seems almost impossible for your working and short-term memory to retrieve and hold memory in the mind. This article investigated how the attention of impulse relates to level of which participants multitasked with the media. The study hypothesized that frequent multitasking induces psychosocial and cognitive differences or whether the participants with these differences…

effectiveness of integrated therapies. The studies indicated that although teachers and therapists agree that collaboration is beneficial for students and team members, collaborating with team members is challenging (Dunn, 1990; Nochajski, 2002). The literature review also indicated that integrated therapies were as effective as direct service delivery models; however, the use of integrated therapies helped the teachers to feel more positive about themselves, acknowledge occupational…

Literature Review The Literature review is organized into three sections. The first section reviews literature that will focus on school shootings. The second section will define and explain how Positive Behavior Interventions and Support (PBIS) plays a role in schools if implemented with fidelity. The third section reviews literature of Character Education, and how character education and PBIS can work hand in hand for a terrific outcome. I will be comparing students from School White…

workplaces to administer in-service training for social work practitioners to disassemble their own hidden feelings and biases. These biases need to be dismantled or else it would affect a practitioner’s interaction with Muslim clients. Therefore, the literature search illustrates the need for social work curriculums to address inequalities faced by Muslim people in a domestic and international context…

deficiency. Various old and recent articles relating to anemia and crohn’s were extracted in order to facilitate the relation between the two and identify the frequency, blood tests and treatment of anemia. The findings, based on articles in this review, reveal that increase of anemia in CD is reported in older articles, however the most widespread condition is low levels of iron in the blood and also B12 deficiency has been found to be a cause of previous CD surgery. In order to cure anemia,…

Waldram et al. (2006) discuss and review the literature that pertains to the pattern of health and disease among Aboriginal people from the end of World War II to the early twenty-first century (p. 73). The chapter discusses infectious and chronic diseases, as well as intentional and unintentional injuries and how the rate of incidence among Aboriginal peoples differs from non-Aboriginal peoples (p.73). The authors also attempt to describe, using current research literature, various health…

Watling & Hauer conducted a Systematic review of peer-reviewed, published articles that delve into the effectiveness of either Ayres Sensory Integration (ASI) and sensory-based interventions (SBIs) on the occupational performance of persons’ with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). All articles reviewed by Watling & Hauer were published between January of 2006 and April of 2013 (Watling & Hauer, 2015). Watling & Hauer’s review is a part of the AOTA initiative to increase the use of evidence based…