Elderly and disabled

topic rarely addressed or even discussed. Over recent years depression has gained serious recognition as an illness and is the center of countless studies and awareness campaigns. With great amounts of time being spent on the topic of depression the elderly population often gets neglected when talking about this issue. Depression affects people of all ages and it is important to understand depression as it is present in our aging population. Trigger Event Through experience in the clinical…

that are being overlooked in the elderly population. Substance abuse in the elderly is one of the fastest growing issues in the United States. The use of alcohol or "misuse" of alochol can place the elderly in many detrimental psychological, physical, and social consequences that may be undetected. There are many reasons for geriatric substance abuse and many ways in which nurses can impact misuse in a positive way. Substance abuse usually doesn’t occur with the elderly buying and taking drugs…

understand and can relate to the elderly population. I want to learn as much “book work “as possible, but I also know that experience is the mother of all teachers. As I view my self-introductory,…

structure of how the elderly are taken care of and the independence of the youth to leaving the traditional sets of morality that shaped each individual, a new world is taking place. Whether or not it will…

paper is to discuss constipation concerns within older adults and how nurses can promote healthy bowel movements in the elderly. Constipation is referred to as a gastrointestinal disorder followed by a set of symptoms. According to Day (2014), symptoms include hard stool, infrequent defecation leading to discomfort, and difficulty in…

talked with the staff and toured the facilities as we learned more about the community. I was surprised at how nice the facilities were and the degree of freedom the residents had. As I have never been to a memory care facility for the elderly, my idea of elderly care was formed by what is shown in the media. In Happy Gilmore, Happy’s mother is in a prison-like retirement home where the staff is rude to the residents and they are constricted to a prison-like schedule of meals and activities…

Being a certified nursing assistant (CNA) for elderly comes with many challenges, and I didn’t discover this until after did my clinical at a nursing home. There, I observed many opportunities for learning and growth in long-term care. With the permission of my instructor, I explored around and had a little time to communicate with the senior citizens. I continued to make observations and found that communicating with the elderly presents difficulties that impact the CNA’s ability to implement…

companion. The greatest fear for most seniors is living in elderly or nursing homes with strangers and sometimes healthcare providers. Robots solve this problem by promoting independence. Also, robots preserve the dignity of the elderly people especially when performing personal care such as toileting, bathing, and dressing. Most people have a personal dignity that should be respected. Some healthcare and home care institutions strip the elderly people of their dignity. In some cases, some…

which is a comedy with regain youth film, which talks about a 70 years old woman suddenly becomes 20 years lady again. This film describes the old woman’s life story with her family, love relationship, cultural, and generation gap that to recalls elderly numerous worries and regret with their pass. There are a lot of life experiences which are aging, family relationship and life change. The 70 years old old woman who like sarcastic with people, so that almost nobody like to talk with her. Her…

Movement Therapy (DMT) in recent years has progressed to a more commonly accepted form of Therapy, especially among the elderly. Seeing first-hand the effects that DMT has had while working in a Senior care facility pushed me to study DMT. The point of this paper is to show how dance movement therapy has and can improve the life of the elderly. Thanks to DMT life of the elderly has been benefited in several different ways: Physically, mentally, emotionally and socially.…