Home Run Derby

M. Ben Natan, A. Lowenstein, and Z. Eisikovits conducted a study of 22 nursing homes in Israel by sending out 600 questionnaires to be completed by the staff of long-term care facilities. The researchers also sent 24 questionnaires to the administrators of the facilities. Out of the 600 questionnaires sent out, only 85 percent was…

Both programs are run by the government. Medicare is an insurance program in which medical bills are paid from trust funds and it is specially designed for the people of 65 years old or over. On the other hand, Medicaid is an assistant program, which is designed to serve…

told by friends and family that they could not do what I do and that I have a gift. This gift, the ability to care for others when they are no longer able to care for themselves, is what made the decision to move my father-in-law, Harald, into our home an easy one. After being hospitalized several times over the last year, sending Harald back to his apartment -- alone and unable to fully care for himself was not an option. After-all, he was able to get around, with the assistance of a walker.…

GirlChild is a fiction novel written by Tupelo Hassman. The setting takes place in the dirty roads of the Calle de la Flores, a bunch of trailer homes making it a trailer park, uniting all people that live there the same, outside the small town of Reno, Nevada in the 1980s. This well known novel is about a young girl that shares her life story that comes with many struggles and obstacles. One of the main Character is Rory Dawn Hendrix. She is the young girl that this novel is mainly about.…

kickstarter that can enhance the music experience. The things that are important in speakers these days are the battery life, sound quality, and the convenience. The first speakers, XPUMP, is made turn any device that is plugged into it into a surround sound home theater experience. The other…

him on the things to consider when choosing a long-term facility for his mom, I know would help him to effectively deal with his mom lifetime disability. Choosing a nursing home for a family member can be one of the most difficult decision anyone ever has to make. The fact that a loved one has to move a family member from the home that they have known for over 20 years into long-term care means that he or she is in a vulnerable…

The article “Why Do Language Die?” by Noah Tesch reminds me a conversation that I had with a Cherokee when I visited a Cherokee preservation festival several years ago. The young man I have talked with had told me that they are demanded from the government to adapt the endangered Cherokee culture into their everyday lives, which include their younger generations to learn Cherokee languages along with English. Languages are not only a way to communicate, they also represent different cultural…

To start off, the title of the graphic novel, Fun Home, is portrayed as an environment where people live usually accompanied by sweet memories of growing up, having fun, enjoying every moment of their childhood. However, Bechdel uses the word “fun,” short for “funeral,” to refer to Bechdel’s funeral home business, which is her grandfather’s (Bruce’s father, which is her father’s dads’) family business. In Chapter 3: “That Old…

Language plays a big part of our lives, having a lasting fact about us. When speaking a certain language, it can shape our identity. Having an accent will give people the perception that you’re not around from that area, city-state country. Language can have many effects on our personalities. Our language speaks volumes about our identity. Both Amy Tan’s “Mother Tongue” and Richard Rodriguez “Memoir of a Bilingual Child” are great examples of how the language you speak shape our identity. Amy…

family members are increasingly associated with influential decisions and that of placing a relative in a nursing care home or living with a family caregiver. Current literature primarily focuses attention on the negative effects of family caregiving on elderly persons. Nonetheless few direct attention to their positive impact. As a result, this paper will explore the issue of nursing home care and benefits for elderly people living with family caregivers. Family or informal caregivers pertain…