...Argue whether or not "Simple living" would be beneficial or, even, possible in modern society In this contemporary society, simple living is an uncommon practice. However, making one’s life simple requires consistency, determination, and demanding practice. Everyone perceives the meaning of simple living differently since it is a deliberate way of living. For example, some people are willing to forgo everyday amenities such as cell phones, televisions, and the internet whereas some others are not, but instead are ready to give up things like expensive cars, jewelries, large homes, and so on. Although, downsizing one’s life requires people to do without certain things, it’s satisfying and rewarding since it helps to reduce expenses and consumption, alleviate stress and hassles in life, and improve the quality of life. Simplifying one’s life makes one refrain from frivolous spending and excessive consumption, which will consequently increase savings so that expenses can be met on time. One would be well-budgeted to meet unforeseen circumstances. Moreover, most people do not know the difference between needs and wants. For instance, a Mercedes Benz, which is a luxury good could be considered a basic necessity in this modern society. Everyone needs the basic necessities, that is, food, water, clothes, and shelter to subsist. However, reducing unnecessary possession and consumption on these necessities would be of a great deal of help. For example, instead of eating outside...
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...THE LIVING WAGE AND ITS EFFECT ON THE ECONOMY INTRODUCTION The topic of our study investigates the living wage and its effect on the economy. A survey will be distributed asking questions about wages, cost of living, and making ends meet. Our conclusions and recommendations on the topic of living wages will result from this survey. BACKGROUND The definition of living wage is “a term used to describe the minimum hourly wage necessary for a person to achieve some specific standard of living. This means a person working forty hours a week, ”should be able to afford housing, food, utilities, transportation, health care and recreation” at a basic level. (Wikipedia.org). Currently, a living wage is set by local municipalities based on a local cost of living assessment, and applies only to government employees and/or contractors. This is different from minimum wage, which is set by law through the Federal government. The federal minimum wage is the minimum amount that a worker can be paid an hour and this law applies to nearly all workers. In Michigan, the minimum wage is currently $7.40 an hour. Minimum wage does not always meet the requirements of a living wage. (Wikipedia.org). For example, in 2008, East Pointe, MI paid its employees a living wage of $10.40/hr , while Detroit, MI paid its employees and contractors $8.25/hr, both with health benefits in comparison to $7.40/hr Federal minimum wage.(laborstudies.wayne.edu/ According to the Economic Policy Institute...
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...INTRODUCTION “Assisted living facilities—nonmedical, community-based, residential settings that provide housing, food service, one or more personal services, and watchful over sight to frail elders and other persons with physical and mental disabilities”(Ball, Whittington, Perkins, Patterson, Hollingsworth, King & Combs, 200, p. 304) . As the baby boomers age there are more and more Americans living is assisted living environments. There is plenty of research of how the families of the clients like the environment that their families live, but not a great deal on how the actual client feels about the environment. The key factor to this is that many of them no longer have the ability to communicate logically, and coherently with researchers/care...
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...Simple living The term ‘Simple Living’ is introduced in the text ‘Simple Living, Recession-Style’ by Elizabeth Scott. The idea is to “pare down and get rid of all the extra “stuff” that we think we need, but don’t.” By getting rid of what does not really serve us, one can enjoy the important things in life, such as relationships and family. By not getting distracted by unimportant things, one can focus on becoming a better person and getting “a better understanding of “who we really are.”” Elizabeth Scott is very positive to the idea of simple living. She was introduced to it in ‘Simple Abundance’ by Sarah Ban Breathnach. She says this way of living could result in less stress, stronger relationships, and a more meaningful life. It is not all, that choose this way of living themselves, a lot of people are opting it out of necessity. They need to save money, due to the fact of financial problems. She makes it clear that the experience of living with less, may feel hard when not voluntarily chosen, but family togetherness will still be the end result. Judith Levine is also very positive towards the idea of simple living. She has written the book ‘Not Buying It: My Year Without Shopping’, in which she describes how she and her partner did not buy anything unnecessary for a year. In the interview she explains how thinking about ones choices also is a part of simple living, for instance instead of buying biodiesel one can buy biofuel made from plan cellulose. Judith Levine introduces...
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...Sustainable Living Study Guide Unit 7- EMPOWERMENT • No Impact Man epilogue • Plan B pages 241-249, 266-268 • Green Living Handbook pages 100-107 The Study Guides for each chapter are designed to help you focus your studies. These will NOT be turned in for credit. However, you may use them to help you during your quizzes, and quiz questions will be based on the study guides. Your quizzes will be timed, so it will behoove you to have prepared your answers to these questions! No Impact Man Epilogue I don’t have any study guide questions for you from the epilogue. Just read the chapter and think about what Beavan learned through his family’s year of living with limited impact. I also suggest you look through the appendix to see the wealth of resources provided for moving forward with any of the topics discussed in the book. Plan B pages 241-268 Can we Mobilize Fast Enough? What is tax shifting? When indirect costs, such as climate change, oil industry tax breaks and subsidies, and treatment of related respiratory illnesses are calculated, what does gasoline cost per gallon? Currently, the world’s taxpayers are spending how much money to subsidize environmentally destructive activities such as fossil fuel burning, over-pumping aquifers, clear-cutting forests, and over-fishing? What can I do? Green Living Handbook pages 100-107 How can you easily double your positive impact on the Earth? What are some ways you can take this...
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...Living life as we are meant to Life is much simpler that we make it. Life is easier than we are living it. All we need is our basic instincts to live a simple and happy life. Annie Dillard is saying in "Living Like Weasels" that things are easier when your choices are made with instinct and carried through rather than analyzed. We all know that life through an innocent, and simple mind is a wonderful thing. That might be why we remember childhood as an easier time. We grow up and things get complicated and we loose that innocence or mindlessness. “The weasel lives in necessity and we live in choice, hating necessity and dying at the last ignobly in its talons.” (Dillard 100) Choice is something that we make day in and day out. I believe that Dillard is saying that the mindlessness of a weasel is simple to the core and it only making choices based on pure instinct rather than vanity or personal motive. It is a simple mind of a wild animal that uses necessity to make its choices. “People take vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience-even of silence-by choice.” (Dillard 101) We choose to ignore our basic natural instincts for personal gain that we hoard for our future needs, but we don’t ever have the time to enjoy all that we have acquired. So why do we move so fast to gain as much as possible to overlook that we don’t have the time to enjoy it. Dillard is arguing that life is moving by to fast and so much is happening right before our eyes. We are so busy with our day-to-day...
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...Imagine a cherry tree in full bloom, its roots sunk into rich earth and its branches covered with thousands of blossoms, all emitting a lovely fragrance and containing thousands of seeds capable of producing many more cherry trees. The petals begin to fall, covering the ground in a blanket of white flowers and scattering the seeds everywhere. Some of the seeds will take root, but the vast majority will simply break down along with the spent petals, becoming part of the soil that nourishes the tree — along with thousands of other plants and animals. Looking at this scene, do we shake our heads at the senseless waste, mess and inefficiency? Does it look like the tree is working too hard, showing signs of strain or collapse? Of course not. But why not? Well, for one thing, because the whole process is beautiful, abundant and pleasure producing: We enjoy seeing and smelling the trees in bloom, we’re pleased by the idea of the trees multiplying (and producing delicious cherries), and everyone for miles around seems to benefit in the process. The entire lifecycle of the cherry tree is rewarding, and the only “waste” involved is an abundant sort of nutrient cycling that only leads to more good things. Best of all, this show of productivity and generosity seems to come quite naturally to the tree. It shows no signs of discontent or resentment — in fact, it looks like it could keep this up indefinitely with nothing but good, sustainable outcomes. The cherry-tree scenario...
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...George Romero's 1968 classic „Night of the Living Dead“ redefined the portrayal of zombies, who previously arose as a result of voodoo mysticism, and introduced the flesh eaters. Henceforth, his flesh eaters became the primary structure of the genre. Although the term used in the film is „ghoul“, Romero's movie introduced the theme of zombie in the contemporary fiction. The story revolves around Ben, Barbra, and five other characters trapped in a farmhouse in Western Pennsylvania, which is attacked and surrounded by a large group of undead monsters. „Night of the Living Dead“ was influenced by the events of the 1960s, such as the civil rights movement and Vietnam war. It was created as a social critique, with the dead returning to life as a...
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...Assisted living is a fairly new and unique part of the long term care continuum of services. The goal of assisted living is to maximize the independence of older adults while living in a homelike environment. This paper will provide an overview of assisted living facilities including the number of facilities and residents, costs, services, and growth expectations. Challenges with oversight and regulations will be discussed as well as solutions to the problem. Challenges and solutions for staffing and training issues will also be discussed. The paper will also highlight “In Loving Hands Assisted Living” which is a local assisted living facility that I called and visited to aid in my research. I will give an overview of the Fort Washington area in terms of older adults and the long term care market. The challenges with this provider are marketing and staffing for which I suggest low cost advertisement and comprehensive staffing patterns. Lastly, a conclusion and summary are provided for the current state and future of assisted living facilities. Overview of Assisted Living While the definition of assisted living facilities vary from state to state, this type of facility is generally defined as “a housing option that involves the delivery of professionally managed, supportive services and depending on state regulations, nursing services in a group setting that is residential in character and appearance” (Evashwick, 2005, p 152). Assisted living facilities...
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...In the comfort of your home, of course. Sandy’s Elder Care or (Assisted Living Facility) strives or (endeavors) to be that home for 4 full-time assisted living residents, offering medically-skilled care in a respectful, self-sustaining community. In our facility, residents will receive services from individuals with decades of experience in the medical and education fields as well as alternative visions of the potential in our elderly family members' latest years. In our first five years, we will establish a new kind of Elder Care model based on the idea that the elderly are fully-realized persons, with ideas, thoughts, and experiences which matter. Can you help us to realize this goal? 1.1 OBJECTIVES Financial: For our first year, we have four financial objectives: * To raise adequate funding for start-up. * To open the facility, and maintain it at 3 to 4 rooms occupied each month. * Begin development implementation for the ongoing funding needs of years two through five. Non-financial * To provide a warm, comfortable, safe and engaging home for up to 4 permanent residents. Ongoing feedback through the residents, family members of the residents and volunteers will give us a weekly update on our progress. * To provide adequate training, mentoring and compensation to our caregiving staff to create job satisfaction. 1.2 MISSION At Sandy’s Elder Care or (Assisted Living Facility), we promote the dignity and self-worth of all of our residents...
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...Assisted living in this situation in which the elderly has other people to rely on to help them with a daily care. These living situations are extremely varied and offer different levels of assistance in different types of places. The most common type of assisted living is the nursing home. These are where people live in a medical environment with rooms that they share with another person, were by themselves. They will be attended to by medical staff and many people here in these facilities suffer from one or more age related illness. You may choose to be in a senior apartment, of which there are different types. You can find one that is similar to a nursing home in which they have 24 hour medical staff in attendance, but will have private quarters like a normal apartment. These may have a kitchen in the apartment for personal use as well as a common dining area....
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...5 Ways To Make The Move To Assisted Living Awesome For Your Loved One Having to leave the home you've loved for years and move into a new one is tough enough, but changing your entire lifestyle, from independent to assisted living can be quite a challenge for anyone. While nursing homes and assisted living are often a necessary part of life, adjusting to them means giving up so much of the familiar and entering into a new and drastically different environment. Don't let an elderly relative you love face this change alone, even if you lead a busy life and barely have time to make meals and do laundry. Taking the extra time to help will mean all the difference in the world. 1. Tell All Friends And Relatives About The New Home While you don't want to overwhelm your elderly relative moving into assisted living with a bunch of visitors at once, you do want to make sure they don't feel as if life is passing them by and everyone has forgotten about them. Ask for cards and letters to be sent to the new address and whenever possible, in-person visits should be scheduled....
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...The casting of Duane Jones for the role of Ben in the film, Night of the Living Dead, is thought of being profoundly evocative because the role his character plays in the film of being an African American taking control during extreme conditions can be reflected to the events that have occurred or are still occurring during the making and release of this film. Some historical background surrounding and during the time the Night of the Living Dead was released, many things were going on in the year 1968 (Many is an understatement). Some big events that were happening during this time was the Civil Rights Movement, the Vietnam War, and the 1968 Presidential Election. Although years prior to 1968, legislations were being passed that banned any...
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...For decades, the undead has been used as a metaphor to depict cultural and social issues. The period of 1960 was marked with assassinations of the leader, cold war, the Vietnam War, and civil right movement and these were among the American history’s most turbulent years. During these political churning, the modern zombie was born. In the midst of it all came a movie that entirely changed the zombie film: Night of the Living Dead. In the movie "Night of the living dead", Barbra and her brother, Johnny drove their car to a cemetery to offer prayers and flowers at the grave of their grandfather. In the graveyard, they encounter an unusual dead human who stumbles towards them. In their chase Barbra escapes the dead creature and finds refuge,...
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...Senior living Care Facility 1.Executive Summary Odin is a organization in providing senior living solutions. We do this through our unique set of abilities to meet the changing needs of Chinese aging population, and through our culture of service and caring. Odin’s offerings for Chinese senior population falls into three main categories with increasing levels of care – independent living, assisted living, and memory care (include Alzheimer’s care and Dementia care).We offer the industry’s only seamlessly coordinated ancillary services platform, which includes therapy, skilled nursing and hospice services. Odin is a local company, but we serve people internationally. We are situated at a primitive lowland in the continuous mountains which are part of a 5A domestic scenery spot. The Facility on completion will consist of: 100 independent living units 120 standard assisted living units 128 specialized memory care assisted living units The Facility will combine health care services and housing serving all individuals who are in need of our services. The assisted living will offer housing with services such as 3 meals per day in a central dining room, weekly housekeeping and linen service in each unit, emergency nursing care and emergency call system monitored 24-hours a day, scheduled exercise and fitness classes, daily activities program, and social services. Concierge service will be available to make reservations and appointments, arrange transportation, etc. Residents will be...
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