...psychological, or social health” (de Chesney, 2012). There are many vulnerable populations and this paper will concentrate on the elderly. According to Walsh (2009), the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), states the elderly are considered anyone 65 years old or older. With the increased lifespan of elderly, there have become new demographics of young old (65-74), old (75-84), and oldest old (85 & over), and the frail old (anyone over 65 with physical or cognitive disabilities). The US census bureau estimated in 2011, the population of elderly persons 65 and over living in the U.S. to be 311,501,917. Between 2000 and 2010, the population 65 and over grew at a faster rate than any other population in the United States, 15.1% compared to 9.7% of the rest of the US population. Thirteen percent of the population is elderly; 55.2% are married, 32% live with family members, 51.7% are female, 48.3% are male, 60% are white, 17% are black, 18% are Hispanic, and 5% are other races. Education wise, 10.9% have less than a 9th grade , 10.3% have attended between 9th and 12th grade but did not receive a diploma, 36.4% are high school graduates, 20.6% have some college, and 22.5% have Bachelor’s degree or greater. It is estimated that elderly between the ages of 65-84 are doubling as the baby boomers age, with 85 and over being the fastest growing group due to elderly people living longer (US Census Bureau, 2012). As one ages, there are often cognitive changes and physical disabilities...
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...so comments in those areas should be ignored. Please see the other helpful writing resources in the Tutorials and Guides section of the Center for Writing Excellence. Thank you for using WritePoint. Vulnerable Paper [This title could be more inspiring. Labeling it a "paper" or an "essay" is redundant (what else could it be?), and only a few words as a title are not very explanatory (or intriguing to the reader). An ideal title has between six and a dozen words ] -Part ll Legy George HCS/531 May 7, 12 Doris Chimera Vulnerable Population- Part ll Most [Make sure paragraph indentation is five to seven spaces or one tab stop] elderly persons (64 percent [Use the symbol with numerals--64%] ) live in families with modest incomes (150 to 299 percent [Use %] of the poverty level) or moderate to high incomes (300 percent [Use %] of the poverty level or above). However, over ["Over" is used to describe something physically above...
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...Evolution of Services and Programs For as long as humans have existed, there has been elderly care. By nature, we are a caring species. The means of the care provided for the elderly population has evolved tremendously within the last fifty years. The twentieth century has been a record era for the elderly population. Within the last fifty years, programs and services have been established to provide many means for older adults. To care for older adults, many programs and services have gone above and beyond to provide as much as possible for older adults to remain happy and healthy throughout their later years. In 1965, Medicaid and Medicare were established as part of the Social Security Act (Administration for Community Living, n.d.). When the Medicare law was passed, large nursing homes based on medical models were built. These facilities included nursing stations and routine care that was given until the patient passed away. In the 1980s, Congress was brought to the attention of abuse and neglect in nursing homes. To stop this from happening, the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987 was declared. This stated that residents in nursing homes deserve a home where they can live for the rest of their lives like individuals. At this time, social, spiritual, emotional, occupational, recreational and cultural needs were introduced as needs to the elderly residents. Today, the elderly population is growing rapidly as the Baby Boom generation enters their older adult...
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...Later Adulthood Development Report Christina Burgess BSHS/325 August 30, 2015 Laura Cobb Later Adulthood Development Report “As of 2005, there were about 37 million Americans age 65 and over. By 2030, the number is projected to be 72 million- a 100 percent increase in 25 years, compared to a 30 percent growth in total population during the same period” (Zastrow & Kirst-Ashman, 2010, pg. 643). During later adulthood, marks a new era in living life to its fullest. Many older adults tend be happier than ever during this phase in their life. Even though later adulthood have more health issues as they age, it is a time in a person’s life to reflect upon the life they have lived because of the use of retirement, transitioning from work to retirement, and the social policies to protect them. When an individual enters later adulthood, they then begin to go through different changes in their role and their social position in our society. In many other parts of the world, transitioning into later adulthood is a sign of wisdom and a mark of status. However, later adulthood is stereotyped into being "an awful life stage that is erroneous, and sadly is a factor in older adults' being treated as "second-class citizens" by some people who are younger" (Zastrow & Kirst-Ashman, 2010, pg. 588). Moreover, many older adults are very healthy and remain to have an active lifestyle while many still think, feel and act as if they were still in their 50’s. Society tends to respect later...
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...each generation. Members of the younger generation are influenced by the most recent fads and trends, while the older generations are much more traditional and conservative. This gives our organization an opportunity to develop and market our product with the older generation as well as the younger generation individually. In addition, due to Marie’s personal and business knowledge of Japan and Japanese culture, we have a great deal of resources which can be used throughout the course of this project. The business we have selected is that of an affordable retirement home option for the elderly in Japan. Traditionally, the eldest son has been given the task of taking care of the parents in their old age. More recently, however, this task has fallen to those outside the family due to the rise in small businesses which provide these services. The problem with these services is that the elderly rarely receive care more than once or twice a week for a few hours at a time; the high cost of services discourage people from requesting more time. We believe that we can create an affordable establishment by building the retirement home in the countryside and hiring caretakers from outside Japan through a worker exchange program. Government subsidies may also be provided, as the institution benefits a majority of the population. We have researched the country factors, competition and market opportunity and performed SWOT analysis. In addition, we present our business objectives and...
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...1 Home Healthcare The business is all about providing non-medical aged care to the elderly, so that they can hopefully stay in the comfort of their own home, rather than have to move to an aged care facility. Our services will be kept pretty simple, but will be tailored individually to each customer. The structure of the business will be pretty simple to start with, I’ll be the main boss overseeing everything, and doing a bit of work myself, with a couple of employees, and that will increase as the business grows. The business will be innovative in the way that it connects with other groups and businesses. We will also be the first private South Australian company that receives Health and Community Care funding from the government. Currently, only private businesses in Perth and Victoria are receiving this funding. 2 As I said before the business will focus on helping the elderly in everyday activities. Our services will include things like • Support services such as gardening, lawn mowing, cooking, cleaning, transport, food shopping, phone up service • Mental/physical stimulation sessions • and we can fit out the house out with equipment needed in order for person to stay at home This will all be individually tailored to the customer and what they want or need. As you can see on the screen the age profile of the Australian population is set to become a lot older. There is going to be need for a lot more aged care in our country. This generation have...
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...Rehabilitation for elderly When rehabilitation comes to the mind, many people think of getting a treatment for drug abuse or any type of addiction. Rehabilitation not only helps a person recovering from illness or injury, but, also helps to increase their function as much as possible and also provide mental support during rehabilitation. However, there are different purposes of rehabilitation while restoring a person’s state of well-being. Some senior citizens may require a residential care facility and their family members may not be able to stay around them due to their busy lifestyles. In such situation, rehabilitation centers are extremely essential for elderly people, whether they are suffering from various diseases such as terminal illnesses or needs special attention due to their old age. Rehabilitation centers provide facilities to those people, who are sick and unable to perform their everyday life activities independently. It also helps to restore their good health conditions that are sick: physically, mentally, socially, and spiritually. Elderly people definitely need special attention to improve their health, advocate their emotional problems and organize them to make their life easy. An article by unknown says that the numbers of Americans over 65 is expected to nearly double by 2030.” So, we need more health care facilities and workers to take care of the elderly. There is a demand of nurses, aides, therapists to provide proper health care to the elderly. The government...
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...Design for Elderly Friendly Nurul Hidayah Ahmad Alemi SYS 705 Advanced Interaction Design Universiti Teknologi MARA nurul0903@yahoo.com Abstract—A number of senior citizen population or elderly people increased every year. There are many difficulties and weaknesses involve as we get older such as cognitive disabilities, memory decline, poor vision, thus the assistive technology nowadays should follows some design specification that suitable for an elderly to satisfy and simplify their everyday life needs. Hence, this paper attempts to discuss about the issues, concept, applications and design for elderly friendly in details. Keywords—Elderly: Assistive Technology: Design for Elderly. II. ISSUES In the past few years, people assume elderly pathetic, poor and unfortunate also useless. They have been national development and nation. On the other hand, designer should follow some design guidelines on how to design the assistive technology or application that suitable for the elderly depending on their type of impairment or disabilities. considered not so important in the community. Nowadays, community realize that the elderly should involve or participate in the social and community activities as they had a lot of knowledge, experience and I. INTRODUCTION Elderly is defined as aged 60 years and above. The number of older people is rapidly increasing in Malaysia and also in developing countries [1],[2]. The rapid wisdom that can be shared to give some ideas in the requirement...
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...take care of the elderly. The cost for care has gone up also, making more families opt to keep their loved ones at home instead of sending them to the nursing homes. The fear of elder abuse is higher now because of the cost rise in elder care. Nursing homes are being frowned upon because they do not have enough staff to properly take care of the patients they have. This presents a big problem for society because either choice, nursing homes or in home care can have a negative outcome for our elderly. Abuse is happening more often because we were not prepared in advance to take care of this jump in patients. This paper will look at this issue from a utilitarianism point of view as well as an emotivism point of view. From a utilitarianism point of view the best way to fix this problem would be for more people to pay attention to the elderly. Everyone working together to fix this issue would be the best route. Leaving it to only a few people is not going to work. Laws have been passed and yet we still have elder abuse going on. For the elderly that are being taken care of in their homes there should be more than one family member taking care of the person when at all possible. Each family member could take turns so that no one person gets over loaded and stressed out. That would keep them from taking it out on the elder family member. In a commentary in the Los Angeles Sentinel Meyer (2004) wrote "Elder Abuse is the mistreatment of an elderly person by someone...
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...“Death, destruction, horror, and despair” this is what will happen if the elderly keep on driving. The elderly shouldn’t drive and I’m here to emphasize why. I think old people shouldn’t drive because they cause the most accidents, they are very slow when driving, and they put their own and other lives at risk. They are getting to be a big problem and I think that they should be stopped. How many more people must be hurt until our government finally comes to its senses. The first reason why old people shouldn’t drive is because they cause the most accidents. In my research I found that the elderly 75-85years old cause more accidents than young and reckless adults 16-21(U.S.A. Today). The pro-elderly might say that the elderly don’t know any better and that the government doesn’t require you to take a driving test once you become a senior but whose really to blame (U.S.A Today). The elderly shouldn’t be driving in the first place. Statistics state that as you get older you lose focus and that exactly what is happening they aren’t paying attention (smart motorist). The second reason why the elderly shouldn’t drive is because they are very slow. The speed limit clearly says 65 and they are driving at 15. It really grinds my gears. Studies say that the reason they drive slow is because they take medications that can make them sleepy or drowsy and they have little physical activity (smart motorist). So it’s not completely their fault. But that doesn’t make an excuse for the problem...
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...the family’s intrinsic worth for resourcefulness. Although these pieces have existed for decades, as early as 20th century, its material integrity and functionality are still in excellent condition. Aside from this furniture, accessories from their previous residence are also to be employed and displayed in this house. Among these items are old wooden carved wall decors and figurines, and traditional Filipino vases. As part of the general concept, modern furniture are to be supplemented. These type of furniture would translate the modern expression of the interior, bestowing their characteristics of straight lines and sleek design. To take consideration the elderly, it is ensured that the furniture and accessories being used are safe, free from harm, and looks pleasing to them. This is a factor that can help the elderly to participate normally in the everyday household activities. Having the old pieces of Filipino furniture is to give them the best opportunity to reminisce the good old...
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...The opportunity to be able to continue living in their own homes and be independent as possible is very important for aging people. This means the elderly people may be reluctant to think of themselves as dependent and in need of care. Likewise, eighty year old Mr Len Robbins desires to retain control over his ageing life in his own home. Mr Robbins has been diagnosed with prostate cancer, pulmonary fibrosis and myocardial infarction. This paper will examine how nurses can provide safe care to Mr Robbins within his home environment. It will also discuss whether nurses can fulfil the wishes of Mr Robbins and his daughter while minimising his risk of physical and psychological injury. The ageing process requires the elderly to adapt to changes in their physical, social, emotional and mental health states (Thygesen et al., 2009). The elderly are always at risk of physical and mental illness (Boehlke, 2009).Therefore, placing the elderly people in a nursing home is not the optimum solution to keeping them safe and healthy; providing a “Hospital in the Home” to Mr Robbins maybe a better choice in order to ensure that he and his daughter’s wishes are fulfilled. A Hospital in the Home’s patients are visited by doctors and nurses at least once a day and is covered by Medicare for a senior Australian. Hospital in the Home can also provide Mr Robbins with needed equipment such as shower stool and toilet chair to minimise his risk of falls and injuries (Boehlke, 2009; De Blok et al., 2010)...
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...Stereotyping This is a report about how the different life stages get stereotyped and how that can affect an individual. Stereotyping means pre judging someone or something you don’t know due to the influence of a group of others opinions. Infancy 0-3 usually gets stereotyped as the snotty, loud, crying babies that are a very big responsibility to take on. Most parents want to have the ‘perfect’ baby and be the ‘perfect’ parents; however that is not always the case… Some baby’s may be more wingey than others and that may affect the parents in a negative way. They may become depressed and that may impact the child negatively as they may start to neglect the child. People stereotype thumb sucking at this age or nose picking, older children and adults would not pick their nose in public whereas infants have no understanding of embarrassment and may do this in public. People may stereotype infants to tantrums and breathe holding as a way of getting what they want. Some people stereotype infants in a very negative way and decide on not ‘wanting’ to have kids themselves as it is easier to live for yourself. For Childhood 4-9, people seem to think children are bad behaved. If someone has an only child, the stereo type is that the child is over protected and is spoilt and then grows up to be selfish and lonely. This stereotype may affect parents choices and they may not want that to happen and in result have more than one child. Children at this age seem to be very adventures...
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...Society’s attitude about death is defined with the views of the individual. All of the attitudes can be attributed to how someone is raised and the ideas that impacted their lives. For example, if someone is raised in a church that believes that you are born again, then when our physical bodies die our spirit goes to be in heaven and they will see each other again. This is just one of many examples. Others believe that we are reincarnated and come back in another form or nothing happens at all when you die. Overall it is believed that death is a part of life and ultimately there is no argument for what the final outcome of death. People will often try to make death sound more pleasant by using phrases like passed away or passed on. When you hear about the birth of a baby into a family there is much excitement when the news is spread, however when the idea that a person is about to die there is usually a lot of stress, anxiety and fear. If an individual has a fear of death or thinks they can avoid death then there are seminars and classes that can be taken to try to deal with any anxiety that can be felt because of this. I work in an environment where there can be death every day. I have had a fear of death before and still sometimes still feel scared. It is my hope that as I continue to work I will become less fearful and learns from the others that I am working around. Many of the residents that I work with seem like they are ready to die and they have a plan in place...
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...Literature Review: ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- Elderly Care Introduction: Approximately 90% of people who take advantage of the elderly are their own family members. Elder abuse has a negative impact on the victimized elders worldwide. It is defined as intentional actions that cause harm or create a serious risk of harm (whether or not harm is intended) to a vulnerable elder by a caregiver or other person who stands in a trust relationship to the elder. This includes failure by a caregiver to satisfy the elder’s basic needs or to protect the elder from harm (Bonnie, R, & Wallace, R Eds., 2003). Although there is a lack of statistical information of elder abuse, there are sources that provide proof that elder abuse is a bigger issue than people perceive it to be. It can occur in many forms such as physical, emotional, financial and sexual abuse. In this paper, the question being investigated is “How knowledgeable are Barbadians on the effects of elder abuse?” The following literature reviews attempts to answer this question. Review of Findings: Each literature piece that has been reviewed pointed out that elder abuse is a major issue and is a topic that is given little recognition or response. According to Penny Bain and Charmaine Spencer, 2014, about 80% of abuse or neglect of older adults is hidden or goes undetected in Canada. Only about one in five cases of abuse come to the attention...
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