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is paid at a rate of 60% of the weighted average of that of a medical facility. The State of Illinois has statistical found out that it is less costly to assist those with a disability to stay in their home verse the effective cost of a medical facility. Therefore, in the article, Nursing Home, Assisted Living, or Independent, “the yearly cost for an assistant living care will cost the individual with a disability as estimated, $28, 800 to $66, 000 a year, compared to that of a nursing…

What I was looking forward to doing my senior year, was leading my team as a senior to the best we could be. I was working harder than I ever had all winter long leading up to this. I had one goal that I did not see happen any of my four years there, which was getting to the state championship. There were a lot of things that had to go right for this to happen. The team had to be good, they had to work hard every day, they had to win districts, they had to win regional’s, and the most…

security of your family, your favorite blanket, or even your favorite stuffed animal that provided you comfort when times were tough. I know what this is like firsthand. Then think about being put into a home with a set of strangers who are now acting as your parents. This home is called a foster home and is part of the foster care system. The foster care system is a temporary arrangement that allows another adult to take over the care of a child whose biological family cannot look after the…

Students are constantly asked, ever since a young age, the question of “what do you want to be when you grow up”, and this is a question that happens to encompass life. The idea of deciding a major just happens to be the first stepping-stone into the “real world”. Diving head first into the world of majors can be a very terrifying place, but that’s why many explore different pathways, to discover one’s true calling, one’s niche. While I am unsure about my future endeavors, I would like to think…

holistic care and that is what West Harbour Gardens Residential Care is known for. The Residence is under the umbrella of TerraNova Homes & Care Ltd with its Mission: to provide best possible care to all residents and to be recognized as the leader in residential care to contribute to the benefit and welfare of all New Zealand and all New Zealanders. (TerraNova Home Care, 2014a). West Harbour Gardens Residential Care is located at 315 Hobsonville Road West Harbour West…

smiled back. Then we held hands walked all the way home. The next few days, I looked for Zaire to come out van but I didn’t see him. Then my phone rang and I answered “Hello?” “Hey! You missed me?” it was Zaire. “Yeah, I did” I was smiling ear to ear. My co-workers were looking at me and they began laughing at me. I felt like a teenager talking to her high school crush. “Well I’m done community service and I got a job working at the nursery home now. Anyways, I was wondering if I can take out…

Step X: “You are here.” I am a sophomore at the college of CSB/SJU. I am a nursing student and take school very seriously. I think that being a nursing student takes dedication and commitment, which was important for me to learn in my first year of college. My concerns are centered around my future, family and friends. I believe that my concerns are very self centered because of the point of my life that I am in. I am trying to find out who I am and where I belong in the world. My interests are…

birthday arrives. With many not graduating high school, and little stability, emotional support or general 'life training ', foster children in Canada often fall into poverty when no longer supported by the system. Required to leave their foster homes at 18, most of these children have no clue how to pay bills, pay taxes, and upkeep a job and school at the same time, let alone cook for themselves (OACAS, 2012). Although Persaud and Norrington (2009) note they are given a monthly allowance if…

Choosing a Different Path This point leads me into just what types of homeschool styles are there and what does the curriculum look like. Homeschooling is individual for each family, and a lot of times individual to each child in that family, because we all do not learn the same way. What is working for one, might work for another. To answer this question there are some typical terms you’ll hear when looking into homeschooling. These include—classicalist, unschooling, traditionalist and…

or era without that being its intended purpose. The documentary, Alive Inside, provided a look into how the brain’s reaction to music for nursing home residents with dementia provided an alternative therapy by allowing them to temporarily regain the memories and movement of their younger years. At the suggestion of Dan Cohen, social worker, nursing home volunteer and non-profit organizer of Music & Memory, the film’s director followed him for a day and what he discovered that day of the extent…