Gilded Age

Dongson Drums: A Snapshot of the Village Life in Bronze Age Vietnam Thesis Statement: Although many scholars believe that the feathered figures on the drums are depictions of ancestor figures, ethnographic evidences from the Karen’s use of the drum and the Toraja’s funeral rites suggest that the images engraved on the drums are mere portrayals of village life in Dongson. Located in the Hong (Red) River valley, the Dongson society is said to be highly dependent on water for agricultural purposes.…

It is otherwise known as ageing in place, one of the ten goals of the Positive Ageing Strategy by the New Zealand government, wherein its goal is to make the elderly feel safe and secure while enabling them to age in the community (Ministry of Social Development, 2008b). A good home greatly affects both the physical and psychological health of its dwellers. In the case of the older people, a good living environment leads to independence, the feeling of security…

John Locke was a British philosopher, teacher and physician whose writings on political thought influenced enlightenment thinkers. He is credited with developing the theory that children prefer to be treated as rationale human beings who are capable of thought process of their own. Locke also thought that children do not respond well to long lectures, and they are taught by their life experiences and perceptions of those experiences. Also, that students need to receive better treatment and more…

Columbus landing on the shores of San Salvador. It was the start of new technological advances but the start of disease spreading across the world. The Columbian Exchange was also the start of one of the most significant results of the Age of Exploration and the First Global Age. This was a start of a New World (Americas) and it influenced technology, farming, disease, and cultural life for both the New World (the Americas) and the Old World (European, Africa, and the Middle East). These…

The topic that I am interested in is Data Mining. This is interesting to me because it can help in various areas of society. This includes the medical field, elderly care, and commerce. This is controversial because of the amount and type of personal data that is being collected. We are living in the “Big Data” era where there are many ways to collect data. It could be from your watch, phone, light bulbs or your car. Even your television collects data. I will explain and define the usage of…

for views that differentiated from neo-liberal accounts of ageing. There is a necessity to understand and acknowledge activity that looks outside financal, employment and physical capabilities to examine other ways in which older people can ‘actively age’ (Clarke and Warren, 2007, p. 483). The focus needs to be shifted away from this way of…

The short story “Doe Season” was written by David Michael Kaplan in 1985. Kaplan is considered to be a magic realist. Magic realism is a literary genre in which the story is realistic but it includes magical elements. “Doe Season” first appeared in his collection of short stories titled Comfort. This short story was chosen as one of the Best American Short Stories in 1985. He continued his work when he published his first novel called Skating in the Dark in 1991. He currently works Loyola…

1. Review the developmental theories described in the readings. Can you identify any of the theoretical underpinnings in clinical practice with adults or older adults? Investigate and describe the propositions of at least two theories or models in Alley et al. that you were not previously familiar with. For one of these theories, discuss the appropriateness and potential implications for their application in practice? Identify any potential unintended consequences for use of this theoretical…

beauty to art. Religiously, everything had always been explained by the Bible and a new view came with the ages in regards to this: some decisions were better left to man. Man decides his own fate, in his own time, on his own accord, and God is also important and will help with all of man’s own accord. It was about man now, not about God. This shift was huge culturally, and has left its impact for ages to come. However above these two changes, perhaps the biggest change took place politically.…

could not help but think that if Carl was younger the situation would have been handled differently. I definitely think that he would not have been removed from his home. I believe that because of his age Carl was bullied into a decision despite his wishes to age in place. However, the desire to age in place has not gone unnoticed by policymakers. Aging in place has become so prominent that housing policies are adopting this concern into their works. In the article “New Approaches to Housing and…