Disability-adjusted life year

As a CCLS we take on a code of ethical responsibilities to provide psychosocial care to infants, children, youth, and families regardless of race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, economic status, values, nationality, or disability. To be a quality care provider one must be aware of their personal biases and be able to leave them at the door, thus to not allow these biases or personal beliefs to interfere with the quality of care provided to every patient and family. A major role of a CCLS…

living space or accepting assistance while still maintaining your independence, it is clear that you need to be able to identify your limitations and adjust your life to accommodate for them as you age in place. Eddie was able to modify his daily routine to involve healthier life choices in order to keep his health as he aged further; the 74 year old woman from Verbugge and Jette’s study, Ruth H., Ruth L., and Margaret rearranged to their living spaces to make their homes more comfortable and…

In many families, there appears to be a pattern of autism or related disabilities further supporting the theory that the disorder has a genetic basis. Other researchers are looking into problems during pregnancy or delivery as well as environmental factors such as metabolic imbalances, viral infections and exposure to chemicals…

Chagas in the Southern Cone of South America”, in the textbook “Case Studies in Global Health: Millions Saved” by Ruth Levine. The case study gave me a broad yet detailed overview of the Chagas disease, control and elimination efforts over the last 100 years, and more importantly it discusses the success and details of the Southern Cone Initiative (INSOCUR). I constructed an outline of the Chagas according to the case study. I began by outlining what Chagas disease and how it is spread. I…

Globally, one in four people will suffer from a mental disorder during their lifetime, by 2020 behavioral health disorders will surpass all physical diseases as a major cause of disability (Insel, Collins & Hyman, 2015; World Health Organization [WHO], 2001). The attention and resources given to mental health disorders are disproportionate to the significant impact upon society and individuals. Preventive mental health will become paramount, however, despite cost effectiveness, lack of awareness…

established in 1935, had a few programs that had provided assistance to the elderly and blind individuals. These programs had mainly been administered by state and local governments, with minor assistance from the federal government. Throughout the years, problems arose as the programs became increasingly complex and costly. In the early 1970s President Nixon’s administration had seen the need to reform these particular programs and created the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program. The…

Introduction My task was replicating the experiences a seventeen-year-old male with Becker Muscular Dystrophy (BMD) could encounter. As a part of the experience, the task requires me to consider that BDM is an ailment that the principal effects are characterized by progressive muscle weakness and wasting much like Duchenne (Lister Hill National Center for Biomedical Communications, 2016). BMD is brought on by a X-linked mutations of the dystrophin gene (Mah et al., 2014). The mutation causes…

more than 1,700 retail outlets and business banking centres comprehensively. The first stakeholder that is involved are the employees of NAB. Since 1998, NAB has provided their employees two days every year to volunteer their period for the purpose of building talents and prosperoous groups. Every year over 400 community organisations to advertise over 22,000 volunteering activities are worked alongside NAB and NAB definitely has their heads held high as they are recognised as pioneers in…

In an article written by Lori Daniels, James Boehnlein, and Phillip McCallion about post-traumatic stress disorder, the practice of life review has shown to significantly lower post-traumatic stress disorder among aging veterans suffering from the mental disability. Awareness of this disorder has gradually increased since veterans returned from the Vietnam War, but there has yet to be a breakthrough in how to properly treat post-traumatic stress disorder. The authors state that the effects of…

What is autism? Autism is a complex developmental disability. Autism affect each individual differently. Autism appears in the first three years of life, and affects the brains normal development of social and communication skills. Autism is the most severe form of ASD. ASD is defined by a certain set of behaviors. Statics says about 1 percent of the world population has ASD. The characteristics of behaviors of ASD may appear in infancy between 18-24 months. During a doctor visit the doctor…