Activities of daily living

Whereas life expectancy varies worldwide, the industrialized nations claim an increase in longevity in the past few decades due to improved nutrition and medical care. In 2014, there were 46 million people (15% of the population) age 65 and over living in the US, amongst which 6 million were over age 85 (FIFARS, 2014). While the overall progress in science and technology allowed for better nutrition and the eradication of many infectious diseases, resulting in an increased lifespan, the…

Curtilage can be defined as an enclosed area or land around the proximity surrounding a home in which the grounds are utilized for daily activities of domestic living in which the homeowner has taken protocols to ensure the privacy of that area. The word curtilage plays an important part in the United States Constitution. Its determination of the Fourth Amendment is extremely important in prohibiting unreasonable searches and seizures of an individual home or property by justifying a reasonable…

Mobility is crucial to maintaining independent living. Physical mobility would be impaired by a number of conditions such as cerebral palsy, multiple sclerosis, and muscular dystrophy. Mobility impairment is a disabling condition which can affect children in several ways. If a child is physically disabled, it may affect the mobility, impact their lifestyle, education and development throughout their life. Due to an impairment in physical, children with cerebral palsy can face many consequences.…

Nursing Diagnoses When dealing with schizophrenia there are so many nursing diagnoses to work with, beginning with self- harm acts and going to inability to thrive socially, mentally, and physically. The first diagnoses, is ineffective coping. Defined by NANDA-I as the inability to form a valid appraisal of the stressors, inadequate choices of practiced responses, and/or inability to use available resources, defining characteristics such as destructive behavior toward self, difficulty…

What I consider a human service, as well as, a spiritual problem is mental illness. The internal cause for mental illness may vary, based on or depends on the specific disorder. Mental illness could be triggered by different biological, psychological, and environmental factors, which contributes to the advancement of mental disorders. The external cause could come from life’s circumstances such as: pain, bereavement, incapability and loss of independence (Stein, 2013). My son was…

Clubhouse/Drucker Brain Injury Center is a community-based program for individuals that have a disability due to a brain injury. The focus of the Clubhouse is to provide the members with a work-ordered day routine and daily life skills. The program promotes self-sufficient living, personal success, skill acquisition, social skill development, and role restoration. All those skills are crucial for the population that the clubhouse serves which is adults with developmental disabilities. There are…

personal lives and their ability to perform daily activities. Sometimes long-term care involves medical practitioners who help the patient in issues concerning their health and their basic tasks. Patients diagnosed with chronic diseases such as diabetes and high blood pressure require ultimate care while healing. The care will help them with their treatment to ensure that it is effective and takes a short time. Such care includes advice on per diet and healthy living. Research shows that age is…

seen negatively. In this movie, the EPA refuses to believe that his city has ghosts or paranormal activity. The EPA suggests that the Ghostbusters are the ones that are bringing the paranormal activity to the city. Society viewed the portrayal of scientists as nerdy and/or evil years ago, but today most people view…

adjusts human behavior. When we refer to social control theorists they focus upon the causes of why people who pick a delinquent subculture and entitle themselves to be a part of a gang. The influences are more likely decided upon individual’s daily activities or everyday morals. The more elaborate a person who spends their life among a civilized family, group of friends and society completely, the less likely they are to diverge from the straight and narrow. This particular perception first…

Treatment plan includes a left knee CL-hinged knee brace with suspension sleeve to prevent further instability and valgus malalignment, and to provide stability and facilitate maintenance of Activities of Daily Living. There is concern in regard to instability, near falls, and actual falls due to instability of the left knee. There is also a concern in regard to development of derivative injury if falls occur thereby, complicate the case and add to costs…