Abstract
This paper compares and contrasts continuity of care and continuum of care and shows how each one may impact a patient's care. It gives descriptions of the different facets of continuity of care and continuum of care and how each is important to quality patient care.

From the Paper
"Continuity of care is defined as the continuation of care of a patient over time by multiple health care providers ..."

Tags:continuum of care, continuity of care, patient

Abstract
In this paper, the writer presents an examination of special education and looks at how the continuum of services applies to a specific disability. The writer uses the example a student who has ADHD and explores each level on the continuum of services roster to see how services could be addressed in each setting. The writer includes a discussion about the new federal mandates and examines how they impact each level with regard to least restrictive environment. The writer concludes that the continuum of services for the student with a qualifying disability provides the ability to tailor the student's individual needs to a variety of settings. The writer notes that students can now receive an education that incorporates a regular education experience, special education classroom time when needed and other areas designed to help the student get an education in the least restrictive environment.

Outline:
Introduction
Continuum of Services
Case Study Example
Continuum of Services for ADHD

From the Paper
"Before one can begin to evaluate the effectiveness of continuum of services and how that relates to a student with ADHD it is important for one to understand what a continuum of services means and how it operates."
"The basic explanation of continuum of services as it relates to special education is an option that provides or offers educational services to the students in public education settings who have special needs and that offer includes a range of settings. Some examples of settings that a continuum of services can incorporate include a regular education classroom, a special education classroom, a resource room, and specialized school settings. A continuum of services is a plan that offers a wide range of services that are designed on an individual basis for special need students."

Tags:student, disorder, skills, environment

Abstract
The paper explains continuum of care to be ongoing, fully-informed and integrated health care service provision. The paper then examines the barriers to continuum of care provision in mental health care services. In its conclusion, the paper highlights the need for mental health care to properly utilize the resources available.

Outline:
Introduction
Continuum of Care
Barriers and Challenges
Continuum of Care in Action
Discussion and Conclusion

From the Paper
"The health care delivery component's role in service provision in the area of mental health is a critical contributor to the overall management of health care resources. This is because a 'continuum of care' mental health care environment is characterized by an ongoing and highly informed practice in service provision. Because of the differential treatment regimens, the ever-expanding knowledge in the research of mental health science accompanied by ongoing rapidly developing technologies and pharmaceuticals treatment options, continuum of care in mental health cannot possibly allocate health care resources in an efficient manner. The problem is that there are barriers to continuum of care provision that mental health care service providers often have little to no control over in the life of their patient."

Tags:resources, access, availability, professionals

Abstract
According to Susanne K. Langer in her work, "Mind: An Essay on Human Feeling", acts function as elements in the continuum of a life. This paper analyzes Langer's views on the subject including her theory that within all acts, one can find smaller functional sub-units which, in their miniature realm, still exhibit and adhere to the typical act form. Langer claims that if we should turn our attention in the opposite direction, from microscopic acts to those of macroscopic dimensions, the same essential pattern, the same act form, will dwell there too.

Outline
The Act Concept
Individuation and Involvement
The Evolution Of Acts
The Growth of Acts

From the Paper
"Langer refers to the environment facing an organism at any given time as the environmental situation or ambient world. An organism shapes its ambient world; the stuff of the actual environment is altered through peripheral contact with that life. Not only do environmental forces impinge upon the organism, but that life, because it is a life and therefore does not exist passively, effects changes on its immediate environment. We could say that, in a sense, both creature and environment adapt. Different organisms in the same environment, because of their probable living uniqueness or individuation, may therefore exist in widely different ambient conditions. (282)"

Tags:organism, Descartes, William, Montagna

Abstract
This paper addresses all four parts of the question on menopause and concentrates on the postmenopausal experience.

Tags:menopause, as, complex

Abstract
This paper examines the use of deadly force and how it applies to law enforcement. The paper discusses how the use of a force continuum is a topic that has come under fire in recent years as people being chased pass away or people being shot turn out not to have guns. The paper also explores the importance of a use of a force continuum while at the same time explains that force is sometimes necessary for the safety of the suspect, the public and the officers.

Outline:
Introduction
History
What a Continuum is
Problems
Legal Issues
How Force Continuum Works
Conclusion

From the Paper
"Use of force continuums didn't exist prior to the 1960's. At that time law enforcement agencies across the nation used varying degrees of force in any given situation and the officers had to decide in the field what to do in an escalating situation.
While it was an accepted practice at the time it began to bring negative publicity to law enforcement agencies across the nation as problems began to crop up. Whether officers used to much force and the result was the death of someone who did not have to die, or they did not use enough force and the result was harm to the public, it seemed that they were under the gun in many debates when it came to the use of force(Petrowski, 2002).
It was a problem for all agencies but a particular problem for law enforcement agencies that had officers in the field. "

Tags:police, agencies, law, enforcement, perpetrator, citizen

Abstract
The paper begins by discussing the three major types of social stratification systems studied by sociologists. Then, the paper considers the usefulness of placing stratification systems on extremes of a social continuum, and touches upon where the United States would fall on such a proposed continuum. Finally, the paper identifies some key factors in the status attainment process that would limit or facilitate social mobility in the United States.

From the Paper
"Social stratification is a persistent aspect of effectively all civilized societies. The purpose of this paper will be to examine several pertinent aspects of social stratification. First, I will discuss the three major types of social stratification systems studied by sociologists. Second, I will consider the usefulness of placing stratification systems on extremes of a social continuum. In that regard, I will touch upon where the United States would fall on such a proposed continuum. Finally, I will identify some key factors in the status attainment process that would limit or facilitate social mobility in the United States."

Tags:social, stratification, u.s.

Abstract
This paper explains that a long term care facility, often called a nursing home, can provide both long term care for the elderly or medically fragile and short term rehabilitation care after an illness, injury or surgery. Next, the author relates how the increased support for homecare and assisted living facilities are competing with these long term care facilities. The paper recommends that nursing homes become skilled nursing care facilities, perhaps specializing in such areas as care of Alzheimer's patients and end-of-life hospice care.

Table of Contents:
Abstract
Introduction
Services Provided
How This Fits the Continuum of Care
Contribution to Healthcare Management
The Future for Long Term and Skilled Nursing Facilities
Ways in Which Long Term Care Needs to Adapt
Conclusion

From the Paper
"Home delivered meals are a popular service for those unable to cook nutritious meals. Alert alarms that call directly to the hospital if something happens is now a very helpful resource for the elderly living alone since this provides them a sense of security. Agencies are now available to add special equipment such as adaptive tubs, grab bars and railings in homes of the elderly. Motorized scooters and senior adapted apartments are designed to make them more mobile. There is transportation provided in most communities at low cost for the elderly or handicapped."

Tags:competition, safe environment, community services, hospice alternatives

Abstract
This paper will attempt to situate two Truffaut films - "Shoot the Piano Player" and "The Bride Wore Black" - along the critical continuum between these two auteurs. It will be argued that while the influence of Hitchcock in these films may be found mostly in their formal qualities, while that of Renoir lies in their thematic orientation, such an absolute distinction is alien to Truffaut's appreciation and understanding of these directors. Thus, rather than reading these films in terms of a tension between two polarities, it will be shown how Truffaut interweaves elements of both directors' visions in two complex visual tapestries that are ultimately and undeniably his own.

Abstract
This paper examines the importance of the study of gender. The paper first describes the divisions of gender, such as biological differences or societal divisions and then focuses on the importance of understanding the continuum of gender in order to increase equality and freedom for both men and women. The paper provides examples of the divisions of gender from the book, "A Thousand Splendid Suns," by Khaled Hosseini.

From the Paper
"In increasingly sexualized portrayals of both men and women in the media, women are portrayed as powerful through their sexual power. With their appearance, media would have consumers believe, women are able to control men. It is often heard in movies and television programs that a woman uses sexual intercourse as a source of her power: if the man does not do what she wants, he will not be rewarded in the bedroom. If this message were true, then women would dominate the world. As untrue as it is, this message helps perpetuate one of many stereotypes for women: that they are scheming and calculating, using sex to manipulate their partners (or potential partners)."

Tags:sexuality, feminism, masculinity