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Placing a loved one in a nursing home may be the most difficult and heartbreaking decision one will have to make. The reasons for admitting someone into a nursing home is usually because they cannot provide care for themselves, their caregiver is no longer capable, or they require full-time medical attention. Peace is typically found when one realizes it is the best option for the individual and there will be a quality health care team to support and comfort them. Susan was admitting into a…

Similarly, in Ontario, among 1.5 million older populations, approximately 4% or 60,000 experience abuse (OHRC, n.d). These figures are only of the documented cases. The real incidents of abuse are believed to be higher than the available statistics because many cases are…

Air pollution is a serious issue that affects the entire world. Motor vehicle use, factory output of sulfur-dioxide and carbon monoxide from burning fossil fuels, and the use of pesticides in agriculture which leads to high levels of ammonia, all contribute to the amount of air pollution in the atmosphere (Air pollution, n.d.). Not only are air pollutants depleting our ozone layer, they are also affecting the health of people. As nurses, it is important to be aware of the causes of illnesses…

Economic Potential. Retrieved: http://canada2020.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/2014_Canada2020_PaperSeries_EN_Issue-04_FINAL.pdf Canadian Federation of Students- Ontario, et al. (2014, February 27). Addressing Youth Unemployment and Underemployment: Submission to the Premier’s Council on Youth Opportunities, Government of Ontario. Toronto, Ontario. Retrieved: http://ofl.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014.02.27-SUB-UnderEmployment.pdf Bernard, A. (2013, June). Unemployment Dynamics Among Canada’s…

In the study done by the University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, and Canada they focused on our preferences and how we choose the people we involve ourselves with. What we often don’t notice is that we tend to pick based one what is most closely related to us. Usually people’s preferences are based on background or their views, but recently scientist see that it can also be related to genes. There are many other studies that come to this conclusion we find ways to relate through scent…

at-risk quality, but multiple coupled with a lack of intervention. At-risk youth can be identified and strategies for preventing and correcting at-risk behaviors and environmental influences can be implemented so that adult criminality does not occur (Ontario Ministry, 2013). There are many strategies for preventing at-risk behaviors in focusing on violence there are seven noted by the world health organization. These seven include: (1) increasing safe, stable and nurturing relationships…

Under the terms of the settlement, Transgenomic agreed to provide CHEO, located in Ottawa, and all other Canadian public sector hospitals and laboratories, the right to test Canadians for Long QT on a not-for-profit basis. But Lipkus said the settlement's impact is much broader than the five genes and particular syndrome at issue in the lawsuit. "This agreement defines a practical pathway that will allow Canadian public hospitals and labs to conduct genetic testing without legal roadblocks from…

I could not make them continue this way. The social workers did not have any answers and it did not look like there would be a reversal of the judge’s order. For some reason, the lawyer and the court felt Alexandrea and Matthew were better off in Ontario, CA rather than in a small rural town where it is safe to walk down the street, there is only one class per grade in the elementary school, and there are…

In a case that occurred in California, a woman named Guadalupe t. Benitez was receiving infertility treatments to have a child with her partner of the same sex. However, this was put to a stop by physicians Christine Brody and Douglas Fenton who refused to continue with the treatments because they had religious beliefs that homosexuals should not have children with the use of artificial insemination. Fortunately for Benitez, she found another physician to continue with the treatments and had a…

Lincoln MacCauley Alexander has been described by Dr. Daniel Hill as, "a proud chapter in Black Canadian History. A soldier, lawyer, and parliamentarian, he is a man of compassion and generosity who has given us pride and our children hope."(1) The impact that Alexander's journey to becoming the first black Member of Parliament in Canada has had is overwhelming. Lincoln M. Alexander played a significant role is positively influencing black Canadians throughout his life. This is demonstrated by…