“Homelessness among a national representative sample of US veterans: prevalence, service utilization, and correlates,” which is a case study on the topic of homeless veterans in the United States. This article finds that low income, younger age, and poor mental and physical health had significant impact on whether a veteran would spend time homeless. The conclusions found in this article will be examined and compared with other related articles and data. This article shows that there is a correlation between
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my degree, I wanted to do my discussion question for unit on Alzheimer’s disease. I cannot even imagine how hard it would even be to not know the things that you used to know when you were a younger person. This disease has and knows no barriers therefore, anyone can get it. I too work with many elderly people and have worked with those that have dementia or Alzheimer’s disease. When I work with people with this disease, I try to put myself in their shoes and wonder if I had this
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Abstract Many people, in the contemporary society are living under economic, emotional and psychological depression, a situation that has forced a number of them to seek for therapeutic assistance from professionals. Therapeutic visits to professional counselors have increased since the last half of the 20th Century, where major global changes began to take place. However, it is crucial to note that the increasing growth has been reflected by the rise in the number of therapy models such as Solution-Focused
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do and it is the human service professional’s job to verify that reason. An ordinary development milestone has serious impacts on clients and the social workers must understand these milestones to provide information to the clients. Proper assessments of client behavior are relevant to the biological, psychological, and social development systems that operate together and affect behavior. Biological, Psychological, and Social aspects of development The fundamentals of human development in
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Father has a history of cardiovascular disease, he had a myocardial infarction in 2000, and both Mother and Father have diabetes. Paternal Grandfather died from complications of a myocardial infarction. No family history of cancer. Physical Assessment of patient is an alert and oriented, well developed twelve year old male, appears anxious, in mild distress. His skin is pale, warm, and dry, with adequate skin turgor, capillary refill is < 2 seconds. He has nasal flaring, tripod positioning
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witness the lack of services provided to the people there. There is also a growing need for human services workers in these geographical areas. It is very sad to visit the community grave sites and see the devastating losses families face due to mental illness, violence and drug and alcohol abuse. Michael E. Bird, (2002) notes the following observation: Wherever there has been dispossession, we see in the dispossessed populations significant damage in health, in educational levels, and in social
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According to the World Health Organization's (WHO) constitution in 1948, health is defined "as a state of complete physical, social, and mental well-being, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity" (Nutbeam, 1998, p. 351). Health promotion is "the process of enabling people to increase control over and improve their health" (World Health Organization, n.d.). Health promotion includes different focuses with different levels of involvement and services aimed at providing information and
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one expands their worldview and becomes competent at creating an open dialogue with patients. Learning to have respectful conversations regarding spiritual needs will prove fulfilling for the provider and patient. Once one understands needs and barriers to care we are able to provide a spiritual and holistic experience. Exploring spiritual needs such as prayer and meditation and giving patients the opportunity to practice those in a healthcare environment is respected. Exercising additional patience
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Community Health Nursing Reflection NUR/405 August 7, 2012 Community Health Nursing Reflection According to Phyllis Meadows (2009), “Community health nurses are valued for their adaptability and willingness to provide care in many settings, including community health clinics, churches, homeless shelters, and schools,” (p. 19). Community health nurses aim to improve health outcomes and improve the infrastructure used to monitor and manage disease within the community. Healthy People 2020 has
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THE PUBLIC'S PERCEPTION OF MENTALLY ILL OFFENDERS Name Institution Subject Date Attestation I appreciate the nature of plagiarism, and I am mindful of the University’s course of action on this. I, therefore, attest that this dissertation reports unique work by me throughout my University project. Signature (you must delete this, then sign and date this page) Date Acknowledgements I would like to pass my sincerest gratitude to my parents
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