...From the automobile to the computer, the light bulb to the micro-chip, the emergence of new technology has been the story of human development over the past 150 years. With the current challenges, such as how to slow global warming, feed a rapidly expanding population, and cure disease, the technology just beginning to emerge is more crucial than ever. The world might be increasingly reliant on high-tech gadgets and new-media information sources, but, contrary to popular belief, that has only seemed to strengthened traditional family values. What we need to realize is that “traditional family values” is a very hard thing to define, because it means different things depending on different families’ traditions. Since human beings first fashioned primitive hand tools, technology has continuously transformed the way we life, the nature of our relationships with each other and the manner in which we interact with our environment and nature itself. It is said that technology affects us from the cradle to the grave. Technology now affects us before we are born and in many cases after we die. Technology will enable diverse cultures to collaborate more efficiently, in every sphere. It will bring people and organizations together, closer. Technology will strengthen the institution of family and help it survive the onslaught of modernity and individualism by creating newer and richer touch points. Ten years ago, we were drifting away from our extended families – our cousins, our...
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...Written Assignment 6 As a generation, we want to see the future full of technology that is somewhat unbelievable to even imagine. People in the last century wished for flying cars, and drugs that could cure our most lethal sicknesses, with some advancement. The world in many ways has remained the same, during the last generations lifetime so far, and the future may or may not change as drastically as some may believe it might. The statuses of the world’s powers have shifted, through the use of diplomacy, and war, but how much can the world truly change in the future? In the field of medicine, there have been many advancements in the ways that some common sicknesses can be treated, and even prevented all together. Although some of the most likely ailments for humans every year can not be totally prevented, the technology of the future might see better antibiotic production methods, and distribution techniques to allow for more individuals receiving treatment sooner, rather than allowing for a greater spread of the illness. A greater contribution that might be seen is the ability to build useable organs from a lab, and not requiring someone to die before someone receives the needed organ. “A company called Organovo has developed the first commercial 3-D bio printer that builds custom organs cell-by-cell. Each individual cell is based upon sample cells from the body of the customer. Organovo reports that veins and arteries will be available in 5 years, and more complex organs...
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...maintaining a quality continuum of care during and after treatment for physical, mental, or age associated illnesses. Long-term care is also known as personal assistant services and is defined as an individual who requires health care assistance for more than 90 days. Personal assistants provided to a patient help them with the activities of daily living (ADL) as well as instrumental activities of daily living (IADL). These activities may include personal care services like bathing, doing household chores, and other activities to help the patient remain independent while still residing in or near his or her home while maintaining the quality of care the person is accustomed to if there are no medical hindrances preventing it. Long-term care also includes community services, such as meals, adult day service programs, and transportation services (Austin & Wetle, "The long term care continuum, Who needs long-term care?," 2012). Residential facilities, such as skilled nursing facilities and assisted living facilities, also provide long-term care services along with housing ("National Clearinghouse For Long Term Care Information,” n.d.). Continuum of care services are utilized by elderly individuals, individuals that have a chronic illness, or may be disabled either physically or mentally. It is estimated that 80% of the individuals who use long term care services are over the age of 65 (Austin & Wetle, "Chapter 8, Who uses LTC?," 2012). A facility-based service provides...
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...2011 Stud Home Com Sci, 5(2): 93-98 (2011) A Study of Elderly Living in Old Age Home and Within Family Set-up in Jammu Aruna Dubey*, Seema Bhasin**, Neelima Gupta* and Neeraj Sharma* * P.G. Department of Home Science, Govt. College for Women, Parade, Jammu, Jammu & Kashmir, India ** Directorate of Distance Education, University of Jammu, Jammu & Kashmir, India KEYWORDS Elderly. Old Age Home. Family. Modernization. Urbanization. Life Expectancy ABSTRACT The last century has witnessed a rapid increase in the population of the elderly people in the developed and industrialized countries. This phenomenon is not restricted to the western world only, but many countries such as ours are now feeling the impact of this transaction. This situation could be attributed to a combination of factors such as increase in age, longevity and decreased death rates due to advancement in the field of medicine, improvement of life expectancy at birth, and enhancement in the average span of life. India ranks 4th in terms of absolute size of elderly population .The country is not adequately equipped to look after their special health needs and the changing traditional value system. A feeling is now growing among the aged persons that the attitude of the younger generation towards them is not as desired. In the above context, a study was conducted to understand the feeling of the elderly residing in the old age homes and within the family setup in Jammu. The sample of elderly women...
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...would also like to thank my family members for their support and my friends for accompanying me in this tour. Introduction: On March 1, 2012, I along with my partner visited an Old Age Home in Gazipur. It was perhaps first time for us visiting an old age home. The moment we entered inside the home we got wrapped in the tranquility surrounding the home. Everybody was inside. Soon, we met a lady – care taker of the home, she led us to an office where we were made to sit. Next to our room, we saw some 15-16 people all old aged; all were engaged in their daily activity. This centre started its activities in Dhaka in 1987 with the initiatives of a rich industrialist of the country. Later the centre was shifted to the outskirts of Dhaka city in a large area at Gazipur District in 1994 and Nobel Laureate Mother Teresa laid the founder stone of its planned rehabilitation centre of 5000 elderly people. At present it has two branches in two districts and a total number of 1500 elderly have full board accommodation with socio-cultural and geriatric facilities. It has large agricultural activities where the elderly participate in gardening, farming, pisi-culture and other related agricultural activities. It has representatives in all 460 sub-districts of the country who disseminate the information and collect poor, helpless elderly people for this centre. It has a different abandoned child and older prostitute rehabilitation activity. The center has future plan to establish ten old...
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...some are not What happens to societies as their pattern of birth, death or migration change Understanding all these consequences of population change (either growth or decline) 5.5.1.2 SOURCES OF DEMOGRAPHIC DATA The kind of information we often seek for are: i. Population size and distribution ii. Population processes (fertility, mortality, and migration). iii. Population structure and characteristics Three major sources of information for these three population processes are: a) Census Information about persons – age, sex, marital status, source of livelihood, place of birth, number of children ever born, etc. Information can be found in official government reports. b) Registration of Vital Statistics Information about events – vital events and their rates are called vital rates – birth and deaths. - Vital registration – marriage, divorce, adoptions, fetal deaths as well as migration c) Sample Surveys - This method produces the same kinds of information and often much more detailed – based on a small sample rather than on the whole population – a sample of the population. - Sample permits a lower total cost and a greater emphasis on the accuracy of the information about each individual. 5.5.1.3 WHO USES POPULATION DATA? I. Demographers -...
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...Mental Health Disease Robin Cameron NUR/408 Janruary 16, 2011 Nancyruth Leibold Mental Health Disease According to Perry, Presley-Cantrell, and Dhingra (2010) “Mental illness is term health conditions that are characterized by alteration in thinking, mood, or behavior or perhaps a combination that is associated with distress and/or impaired functioning” (p. 2333). Mental health has become an increase concern in the vulnerable elderly population across the nation. Two of the major mental diseases that are prevalence in the elderly population are Alzheimer’s and Dementia. Alzheimer and Dementia are both diseases that affect the elderly population across the nation by declining loss of intellectual functioning. Not much is known about these disease processes but what is known is both these diseases are similar in signs and symptoms (Fisher Center For Alzheimer‘s Research Foundation, 2011). To explore and understand more about Alzheimer and Dementia disease process, it is important to understand what epidemiology is. Then this paper will show how the steps and methods the epidemiology uses to help determine the cause and effect of a disease. The paper continues to review how the epidemiological triangle is used. It is important to tie it altogether by explaining how epidemiology is used to help explore and understanding in how the disease process develops, any identifying causes and how to either slow the effects or prevent the disease process of Alzheimer from...
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...Franco, Reina L. Mrs. Luningning O. Marcelino BSN – 4B, B1 Ageism - also called age discrimination is stereotyping of and discrimination against individuals or groups because of their age. It is a set of beliefs, attitudes, norms, and values used to justify age based prejudice, discrimination, and subordination.1 Gerontology - is the study of the social, psychological and biological aspects of aging. It is distinguished from geriatrics, which is the branch of medicine that studies the diseases of the elderly.2 Geriatric Nursing - Nursing care of the aged patient given in the home, the hospital, or special institutions such as nursing homes, psychiatric institutions, etc.3 Issues Facing the Elderly Being old can mean being sick, poor, hungry and depressed, even in developed nations like Australia. What are the issues? In Australia, the ‘elderly’ is generally a reference to people over the age of 65. Lots of over 65ers lead healthy and empowered lives, and many are involved in community volunteering. But for the elderly, health can be a big concern. Their bodies are more susceptible to illness, they may be physically frail, and many are on medications which are costly and ongoing. An elderly person who is able to fund their own retirement is called a retiree. This means they had a job that paid them enough superannuation. Someone who is unable to fund their own retirement, and is paid welfare money by the government is called a pensioner. Pensioners...
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...to die earlier than Canadians with high incomes. It is estimated that if the death rates of the highest income earners applied to all Canadians, more than one-fifth of all years of life lost before age 65 could be prevented.” Toward a healthy future: Second report on the health of Canadians Some perspective Minimum wage work is not distributed equally in Ontario: women, racialized workers and recent immigrants are more likely to be working for minimum wage. In 2011, the share of racialized employees at minimum wage is 47% higher than for the total population – 13.2% as compared to 9%. Fully 19.1% of recent immigrants are working at minimum wage, more than twice that of all employees. Young workers are much more likely to be working for minimum wage than those who are over 25. But almost 40% of the 183,000 Ontarians working for minimum wage were 25 years of age and over in 2011. The share of adult employees at minimum wage more than doubled between 2003 and 2011. However, the pace of increase was even faster for racialized adult employees and adult employees who are immigrants. Further, almost a million Ontarians are making between $10.25 and $14.25 an hour. The age distribution of low-wage employees shifts at this range: 61% of those making $10.25 to $14.25 are 25 years of age and over. The assignment This assignment...
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...process, is categorized by the progressive degeneration of organ systems and tissues. It is mainly determined by genetics and influenced by a wide range of environmental factors, such as diet, exercise, exposure to microorganisms, pollutants, and ionizing radiation. It is accepted that the aging process falls physiologically into three groups of changes that occur with advancing age. The first group encompass changes in cellular homeostatic mechanisms, for example, body temperature, blood, and extracellular fluid volumes; the second group are related to a decrease in organ mass; the third and possibly the most important group of changes, in terms of their impact,...
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...It is thought that in the United States a person does not need to plan or save for retirement because social security will cover our needs when we reach the age of retirement. It is thought that social security will always exist, and we will be able to live off the amount of benefits that we each will receive. This would be one of the worst thoughts a person should have in his or her mind. What kind of savings or other forms of financial income would a person is able to depend on if the social security program should happen to cease? It would be a mistake to entertain this type of thinking because social security is not only going bankrupt, but there is also a possibility that the social security program will cease to exist. I strongly urge Americans to think momentarily about the amount of benefits that he or she will receive and if it will be enough money to keep up the cost of living, and to support a family at the same time . We, as Americans, should start to save money for the retirement years at an early age instead of depending solely upon living off social security benefits. The facts are that social security system will most likely be bankrupt or non-existent when the younger generations reach the age of retirement. The social security program has been in trouble for a number of years and is one its way to becoming bankrupt. According to The Heritage Foundation, “As millions of baby boomers approach retirement, the program's annual cash surplus will shrink...
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...states that wellness is defined as the state of healthy living achieved by the practice of a healthy lifestyle, which includes regular physical activity, proper nutrition, eliminating unhealthy behaviors and maintaining good emotional and spiritual health. In understanding this definition of wellness, I am able to state the eight components: physical, social, emotional, environmental, spiritual, financial, intellectual, and occupational. Of the eight components, my strongest area is intellectual and my weakest area is physical. I maintain my intellectual wellbeing by keeping an active mind, in ways such as taking classes that stretch my knowledge and involving myself in educational opportunities. I am working to improve my physical well being by avoiding burn out from overinvesting myself, learning to manage my stress in healthy ways,...
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...Running Head: BRAIN HEALTH IN ASSISTED LIVING Running Head: BRAIN HEALTH IN ASSISTED LIVING Brain Health Knowledge in Assisted Living: Establishing Baseline Information for Interventions to Promote Adaptation and Successful Aging 410 - 01 Research Article Review Final Tammie R. Bryant I. Title At a word count of 17 words, the title is rather long for an average title length. Moreover, it skipped on important information that will let the readers know the jurisdictional or geographical limit of the study by not mentioning “North Carolina” in the main title. However, it does encapsulate the main variable (“brain health knowledge”) and the principal aim “establish baseline information” and rationale (“interventions to promote adaptation and successful aging”) of the study. Although, the part of the rationale (“promote adaptation and successful aging”) provides a clear declaration of the content of the study, it increased the word count by five words (two of which contain 10 letter's each). Alternatively, it could have opted to use a shorter three-word phrase “quality of life” (with no word containing more than six letters), which can adequately represent the content (and mentioned in the first sentence of the abstract) without sacrificing length and, simultaneously, allowing space for the state name in the main title. II. Abstract The American National Standard for writing abstracts requires the presence of four essential elements in the content: purpose, methodology...
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...than three sentences in each cell of the table. * * | * Qualitative | * Quantitative | * Article Name Listed in APA Format | Jerlock, M., Gaston-Johansson, F., & Danielson, E. (2005). Living with unexplained chest pain. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 14, 956-964. Retrieved from http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Dumont, C.J., Keeling, A.W., Bourguignon, C., Sarembock, I.J., Turner, M. (2006, May/June). Predictors of vascular complications post diagnostic cardiac catheterization and percutaneous coronary interventions. Dimension of Critical Care Nursing, 25(3), 137-142. Retrieved from http://journals.lww.com | * Research question | * How does unexplained chest pain affect the everyday life from a patients’ perspective and how can this help fill in the gaps of nursing knowledge and improve nursing practice (Jerlock, Gaston-Johansson, Danielson, 2005). * | * “What was the incidence of vascular complications post CC and PCI at the University of Virginia Heart and Vascular Center during the years 2001 through 2003? What patient demographic, comorbid, and procedural variables are statistically predictive for vascular access complications” (Dumont, Keeling, Bourguignon, Sarembock, Turner, 2006, p.137)? * | * Problem | * “Living with unexplained chest pain” (Jerlock et al., 2005, p.956). * | * Identifying risk factors or predictors of vascular complications after diagnostic cardiac catheterization and percutaneous coronary interventions...
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...INTRODUCTION This essay is a critique based on a pilot study carried out on ‘patient stories of living with a pressure ulcer’ and I will be using Caldwell, K. et al. (2005) as a structured research framework to carryout the evaluation on this study. First and foremost a definition of what research, (nursing research in particular) and research critique entails will give a greater understanding of what this essay aims at addressing. On one hand, Polit and Beck (2006, p4), defined research as a systematic inquiry that uses disciplined methods to answer questions or solve problems, while on the other hand they define nursing research as a systematic inquiry designed to develop knowledge about issues of importance to nurses, including nursing practice, nursing education and nursing administration. The importance of having research carried out in the nursing field can only be emphasised as it is the key element in generating and guaranteeing evidence to guide nursing practice and improvements to care and quality of life of both clients and service users as claimed by Polit and Beck (2006, p4). However once the research is undertaken and published, great emphasis is placed in finding out or identifying the strengths and weaknesses through critique. Polgar and Thomas (2000), point out that critiquing research entails identifying the strengths and weaknesses of research publications to ensure that patients/clients receive assessments and treatment based on the best available evidence...
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