Ageing

I found that America itself is destroying themselves, not only from industrial groups but from the sole individuals living their daily lives. In America we have doubled the amount on health care then any country, but why is our life expectancy decreasing? There are multiple tiers that are influencing our decrease in age expectancy. Some factors are within our control and some are not. We control how to better treat our bodies while economic situations may have some individuals at a disadvantage…

The institutionalization of older adults in managed care settings such as nursing homes and hospital geriatric units is a pattern that has been common in recent decades. By 2030, statistics estimate that the number of elderly population in America will reach 71 million, an increase of over 200% from the 2000 census for this demographic group (Schiamberg et al., 2011). This figure projects a continued increase in the admission of older adults in long-term care. However, the increasing…

Elderly drivers more common, causing more accidents Advances in science, nutrition, societal infrastructure and health care allow us to live longer than ever before. The average U.S. life span is now 78.7 years (76 for men, 81 for women). This means that, in essence, our country’s population is skewing older. The United States Census Bureau estimates that America’s population of residents aged 65 or older will reach more than 83 million by the year 2050; this represents almost twice the 2012…

I am very thankful to have been part of the E-LINC program during the 2017 spring semester. It has been a very positive and rewarding experience that will be useful in my future career as a Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner. First and foremost, I have learned that the elderly individuals have the very same needs as any other age group. They get embarrassed, have crushes, desire romantic intimacy and still have desire to engage in sexual relationships. In my interaction with my client for the…

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People are led to believe that a senior living facility is filled with older adults that are alone and lonely. They do not have a family or their family has abandoned them. Seniors are placed in the senior living communities because they simply do not have any other options. Today's senior living facilities are vastly different than those myths that perpetrate a fear of living in senior communities. Let's look at a few of the biggest fears of senior living. Boredom Seniors assume that they will…

The way people prepared for their retirement has changed dramatically over the last few decades. It used to be that most people planned and saved for their retirement the same way and those plans were fairly predictable. However, nothing could be further from today's reality where planning and saving for retirement is a much, much different scenario. Retirement in the 1980s Decades ago most retirement plans consisted of a combination of social security and a company pension plan. Then once you…

The patient I chose to be my geriatric patient is an active 81 year old man. For the sake of this project we will refer to him as Chaz. Looking at Chaz, you would never imagine that he is 81 years old. Since retiring, as an engineer from Cessna Aircraft, over 10 years ago, Chaz has been staying busy. In addition to riding a Harley Davidson motorcycle, Chaz is a member of the Wichita Corvette Club, often going out to 81 Speedway to watch the races. Also, he teaches an education course on gun…

According to the Government Accountability Office, 34.3% of the federal workforce government wide is eligible for retirement. The purpose of this thesis is to provide alarming demographic statistics concerning the federal government workforce composition and propose a comprehensive plan to address this threat to organizational sustainability. According to OPM, there’s approximately 1.8 million full time permanent employees and the average age of this population was 47.4 . In addition, 90.21% of…

As humans age and grow, it gets more and more difficult to be able to function as they did in the past. Many elders usually suffer from aches and pains that begin to affect their ability to complete daily tasks. Joint pain especially is a pain that elders have to endure, however it does not only affect elders. Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA), the most common autoimmune arthritis, has already affected over 1.5 million people in the United States alone. Although most of the people that have been…