Living Dead

death rather than cower from it. It is also used to celebrate and remember the deaths of loved ones. Skulls are an important aspect to this tradition since it symbolizes death and rebirth. Indigenous people brought them out to honor the dead and believed the dead would come back to celebrate with them. Before the Spaniards came for conquest, the celebration lasted about a month. When they arrived, they tried to remove the ritual from existence and when the Spaniards realized they couldn’t, they…

The following explanation is going to be for those people who are familiar with the video game called The Walking Dead and also for those people whose favorite character was Carley or they just liked her. But for those who is not familiar with this game and has no clue who she is and what is going on, feel free to ignore this post. This is going to be my personal explanation of how Carley could survive after she got shot by Lilly and perhaps be brought back to Season 4. So, Season 1, Episode 3:…

Water Betters Our Future Care, Health & Society:Focus on Elder Care and Senior Living The world of health care is only growing each day. The amount of care needed for the late baby boomer population is rising and the demand for caretakers is higher than ever. Water has been proven a necessity to live, but it has other important roles as well. Water is also used for medical and therapeutic care. In the elderly population it has been know to decrease stress, help with depression, relieve pain…

SunnySide Assisted Living is a newly opened assisted living facility that offers a wide range of services and activities. SunnySide Assisted Living is designed to allow elderly individuals to enjoy retirement while maintaining their independence. Retirement should be enjoyed, not spent doing household chores. This assisted living facility is designed for elderly individuals who are both completely independent and/or individuals who need personal assistance with daily activities. The physical…

An assisted living facility, or nursing home, is a long term senior care option that provides personal care services to geriatric or injured patients. Assisted living communities provide basic medical monitoring as well as activities of daily living (ADLs). For this field work assignment, I visited ManorCare Health Services, an assisted living and rehab facility located in Towson, MD. This specific location specializes in ensuring vital medical care and rehabilitation in a warm and caring…

Ohio Centers for Assisted Living (OCAL) is a state-wide organization aimed at helping the geriatric population of Ohio. OCAL was one of the first organizations in Ohio for assisted living and they are still growing today. OCAL strives to ensure that senior citizens of Ohio have access to quality assistive living services available and that those citizens have the means to acquire them. Their mission statement is as follows, “Assisted living is one of the fastest growing sectors of the long-term…

data for such measures. Continuing Care Retirement Community A CCRC is a community living arrangement on a single campus that provides health care, housing, and social services. It offers different levels of services ranging from independent housing to nursing home care. The fee arrangement for a CCRC normally comprises of a monthly fee and an entrance fee. These fees are based on the size of self-governing living unit and charge a sizeable one-time entrance fee. This entrance fee may or may…

A major role of practicing healthcare professionals in today’s society is their moral and ethical approaches to a patient’s overall care. In this specific case, Martha Rogers, an 85-year-old gerontology patient, was admitted to a psychiatric unit of the hospital due to confusion and increasing irritability. Following evaluation, healthcare providers found she was dehydrated which may have caused some of the symptoms that she was undergoing; Mrs. Rogers, however, became calm and cooperative with…

assistance with activities of daily living (ADLs). Many adult care homes are situated in large single-family homes that have been renovated into multi-unit apartments. These homes may only have the capability to care for a few…

be analysed; it says that instead of just judging the work in front of you, you need to look at how the work relates or builds upon that of previous poets. I believe that this relates to the movie, The Dead Poet Society for a number of reasons, the first being that the excerpt uses the word “dead poet” when describing whose past work the the current poem should be judged against, this obviously relates to the title of the film, which foreshadows Neil’s own death in movie. The last thing I that I…