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Purchasing and owning a home opens the doors to a lot of opportunity. Home ownership allows the homeowner to take out loans against the home to finance other investments. To protect the home, while it is being purchased or when a mortgage is taken out on the property, homeowners insurance many times, is required. Homeowners insurance is also helpful even if the house and any loans against it are paid off. Homeowners insurance in Memorial Texas protects from many different perils and includes…

remain in their homes as long as possible. Staying in their homes where care is readily available, the aged will neither be exiled from their homes as they search for residential aged care. This translates to more reconnection with the relatives and the loved ones thus eliminating adverse impacts of social isolation such as stress (Bernoth, Dietsch & Davies, 2012). Deriving from the experience with the aged in the chosen community, the aged who are taken care of from their homes without having…

Midwifery has fascinated me from an early age. The process of how something so minuscule can grow into something so beautiful as well as knowing that as a midwife I have played a part to bring that most beautiful thing into the world excites me. Having the chance to provide that support through pregnancy, to the birth and then postnatal stages of a special time in a person 's life and guiding them through it is what draws me to become a midwife. In my spare time I have researched midwifery…

The water droplets roll down my forehead as I lay in my bed looking at the water damaged ceiling. At twelve years old I slept in a one window attic in a tattered bed, under a leaky roof. I do not have any family nor friends to speak of and no real optimism for the future. School was my only outlet yet it was also beginning to be the root of my humiliation and embarrassment. Leaving school today with tears in my eyes and my teacher’s voice ringing in my head all I could ponder was this can’t be…

To see residents in a nursing home enjoying life was quite eye opening. I have to admit I believed the stereotypes that a nursing home was institutional, almost hospital like. However, observing the quality of life the residents were displaying squashed my perceptions of nursing homes. The residents were full of life and very willing to speak with me and reflect on their life changes. Before this experience, I felt a nursing home was a place where the elderly did not have a voice, could not…

The purpose of the concept analysis developed by Leslie and Lonneman was to review literature of other scholars to determine if the development of trusting relationships between the patient and RN in the home health care setting resulted in better patient outcomes. The article, “Promoting Trust in the Registered Nurse–Patient Relationship”, was developed through the implementation of Rodgers evolutionary method of concept analysis, which she developed in 1989 (p.59). The evolutionary method…

offers advice in regards to internet access, “To increase the value of this service, add adaptive equipment, along with training in how to use it, lockable laptop drawers, additional electrical outlets and policies on maintaining privacy in the nursing home”. Opportunities for continuing education will provide personal growth in addition to activities. Connecting with local Universities would help foster this relationship. Change in menu needs to take place in order to accommodate the baby…

communication, 03/27/12). An example of disengagement theory if an older adult who has heart disease may develop shortness of breath may be unable to continue daily walks with their friends. The older adult will develop less contact with friends which may lead to fading friendships. Another example of disengagement theory if when a retired career women experience loss of social network and self-satisfaction of work. Aging-related that impacts an older adult’s cultural, for example, is the…

EdenHill Communities is a non-profit Continuing Care Retirement Community (CCRC) located in New Braunfels, Texas. EdenHill began as a charitable home for older adults in 1910, and by the 1980’s EdenHill evolved to include a large skilled nursing unit, a rehabilitation center, assisted living apartments, and cottages for independent living (2016). Today, EdenHill Communities has a large campus with a number of buildings for independent living, and one large building with separate areas for…

In the movie Moneyball (based on the book Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game by Michael Lewis), Billy Beane attempts to form a competitive baseball team for Oakland Athletics by assembling undervalued talent through a sophisticated approach of Sabermetrics. As demonstrated in the movie, a strong team can be built with empirical analysis of the game, answering objective questions and making data based decisions in athletic recruitment as against prejudice, wisdom and gut instincts. The…