Activities of daily living

attacks which can lead to death; however, adapting to a positive lifestyle can reduce the risk? Considering the length of time one has to live, we examine the centenarian. Centenarians are individuals who live to the age of 100 and beyond and those living beyond the age of 110 are known as supercentenarians. Several regions of the world, known as The Blue Zones have been researched to identify the areas which have the highest recorded number of centenarians. The locations of the zones are…

Thornton Wilder creates a celebration of life in his play Our Town. Unlike most plays, Wilder strips the scenery, set, and props bare in Our Town to elevate the greatness of the simple and ordinary life while presenting “no curtain. No scenery. The audience, arriving, sees an empty stage in half light” (Wilder act 1). The playwright invites the audience to use their imagination to fill in the lack of detail. He makes the story personal by creating a simple plot, ordinary characters, and using…

Subsequently, the daily life of a Spartan male was comparable to the life of a soldier living on base. Aside from daily training and military drilling, twice a day a Spartan male would dine on a meal of salted pork in blood with fourteen of his fellow soldiers in groups called Syssitias (Brand, n.d., p.11). Similar to Athens, Sparta had a slave culture that performed many of the manual labors duties, which also like Athens, freed up the Spartan male so he could purse leisurely activities outside…

He is a white male, retired, 83 years old, lives on two story house with his wife who requires assistance for her daily living activities. One year ago R. fall down the stairs in the basement which resulted in right lower leg fracture. As a consequence of this fall, R. was confined to the bed. After this fall, the overall health of R. rapidly declined, and never turned back…

As a sports fan, I was never truly aware of how sports impacted my daily routines. Nevertheless, watching sports were a part of my daily routine, as much as completing my homework and talking to my family. It was a daily necessity; I had to stay up to date on the stats and current news in the sports world. However, during my 72-hours abstaining from sports, I became aware that my consumption of sports no matter through what media source was constant and a little over obsessive. Therefore, taking…

Self-care skills mean the ability of the child to meet his/her own needs and involve behaviors and activities that eventually lead to independence(King, 2014). These skills include dressing independently, brushing teeth and hair, bathing, toileting and personal hygiene, eating and drinking by themselves. It is important to encourage children to become independent with their daily living skills. It’s a healthy and normal part of their development. In addition, supporting this independence can…

During that time I had the opportunity to help a nine-year-old girl with activities of daily living. Each day the camp had fun activities planned. These activities included going on zip lines, roller skating, swimming, crafts, and a talent show. Two young boys even successfully rode a tandem bike. Roller skating with four blind adults is one of my fondest memories. Even…

Instead of words or letters you could color code things that use daily. They way to help a child with dyslexia in the community is to teach them what signs say around the area so they don’t have trouble if there was to be an emergency. In the education setting you could help the child recognize the places they are messing…

focus of the incarnational tradition. “The Incarnational Stream of Christian life and faith focuses upon making present and visible the realm of the invisible spirit. This sacramental way of living addresses the crying need to experience God as truly manifest and notoriously active in daily life” (Foster 238). Living according to the principles outlined in the incarnational tradition challenges us to recognize God’s sovereignty in all situations. It promotes total dependence upon God and blurs…

Mental Health Waiver: WISE The Mental Health Waiver, also known as Working for Integration Support and Empowerment (WISE), is a waiver program that helps individuals with serious mental illness who are currently residing in an institutional setting, or are deemed eligible to reside in an institution, transition back into the community. Previously, adults with serious mental illnesses were being discharged from inpatient treatment settings and placed in nursing homes to meet their needs.…