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at St. Joseph’s Bluffs. Before my grandmother came to live at St. Joseph 's Bluffs, she lived in Leawood, Kansas, where she worked. When her Parkinson’s had progressed to the point where she could no longer live alone, she moved into an assisted living facility called Westbrook Terrace, also in Jefferson City, Missouri. This was a decision she and my father made together. She wanted to be close to her grandchildren, and our family wanted to be able to spend as much time as possible with her.…

2) a,b : This passage is taken from "What is Enlightenment", by Immanuel Kant, from the first page of the essay. Kant is criticizing the over dependence of a grown up individual for nurturing and caretaking and possibly resisting the responsibilities brought to him. He says these deficiencies are caused by laziness and cowardice. Kant states that enlightenment is a man freeing himself from self-imposed nonage. He moves on explaining the reasons why this nonage takes place, and then moves on…

Workers and Living Wage “We should raise the minimum wage so that no one who works full time has to live in poverty." Barack Obama. There are some people living in their house and they have many things like TV, computers, tablets, phones, cars. But they live on the poverty line due to the high cost of living. Especially in the United States of America the minimum wage hasn't been increased for seven years, and that's why there are many families struggle and still on poverty line even if they…

overmedicating patient, staff refused to perform Cardio Pulmonary Rescue for a dying resident, negligence and sexual assault. Because of poor supervision, a resident died twenty-five feet away from the facility (Dolmanlaw.com, 2016). When it comes to assisted living industry Brookdale is all above, but they are from perfect. The organization has been involved in several cases. According to (Dolmanlaw.com, 2016) in 2013, Brookdale got sued because of a wrongful death plus elderly abuse when one…

Throughout the book “Walden and Other Writings of Henry David Thoreau,” Thoreau argues that nature brings freedom to the soul, mind, and spirit. Thoreau emphasizes the fact that nature allows humanity to get back to the basics by empowering living instead of merely existing. In order to argue his point, went to live in the woods, provide for himself, saunter, and write daily in his journal. His project was then compiled into short essays to make his case. Thoreau set out to prove himself to…

The way I had to learn was though school, and the daily observation of the country we live in. To my understanding the government always say that hears our plead for a better minimum working wage, but they never take action. People are still living in poverty today, and the promises that we were told about raising minimum wages has yet to come. Know that I’m older I mostly see the government as liars that don’t really care about the American people, but act like they do. If we have a government…

The short story written by Alice Munro, "How I Met My Husband", takes place in Canada in the 1950s. Edie, who is the main character of the story, is a live in housekeeper for the Peebles. Mr. and Mrs. Peebles purchased a rather large home right outside the city limits across from the old fair grounds. While Edie was brought up to lead a simple lifestyle one could say she has come jealousy directed towards Mrs. Peebles by the way she judgmentally talks about the finer things within the…

All the sources in this paper point out that the vegan diet has been on the rise for some time, and they all discuss the common key nutrients that vegans tend to miss. Also, they all explain the basics of a vegan diet. A lot of these similarities occur because the media sources referenced research articles within their article trying to show that what they were saying was true and accurate. However, it is interesting how all the media sources describe the health benefits associated with a vegan…

A living wage is a decent wage. It affords the earner and her or his family the basic needs of living without utilizing government support or poverty programs. A living wage is a complete consideration of the cost of living. Wages vary according to location as costs of living vary by region. What specifically do “Living wage” ordinances call for? Since 1994, 130 municipalities have adopted living wage ordinances, that mandate that covered workers receive an hourly wage providing enough income…

I write to you today as an American citizen who is concerned with the future of this nation and the world. I am not a Democrat, a tree-hugger, or a person belonging to any other group or stereotype you may expect me to belong to. I am a Republican and a steadfast Republican at that. I belong to the party of “shut up and drill.” With that being said, the action by both parties to save planet Earth is not nearly great enough. Millennials, my generation, are being handed issues that are hundreds of…