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Financing Elderly Health Care, 2004.
This paper discusses the problems of financing elderly health care, one of the most foundational issues in our culture.
935 words (approx. 3.7 pages), 6 sources, APA, $ 33.95
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This paper explains that limiting elderly health care is a substantial ethical question. The author points out that the current health system is based upon gaining profits by cutting corners on standard preventative care and by offering substantially overblown services to those who can afford to pay for them or who have no voice to say no. The paper urges that cost caps be set on new technology, pharmaceutical profits, administrative inefficiency, and the reduction in duplicate services.
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"Within the debate, there are some foundational ideas associated with just how the costs for elderly care will be covered. The ideas are sound, even when argued by those who advocate severe restrictions for the care of elderly. Gleaning from this debate the actual meat of the problem and the solution can be difficult but the most reasonable summation of the issue is made by Alan Sager, who by the way advocates for guaranteed full access to health care by the elderly, ?Priorities must be set democratically. Community representatives, patient advocates, organized workers, and other affected parties---not just physicians and hospital administrators---should make the difficult decisions about how to allocate resources...?"
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Child and Elderly Care, 1991.
This paper examines the implications in the workplace of the need for child daycare and elder care requirements.
1,575 words (approx. 6.3 pages), 7 sources, $ 55.95
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"This research examines the implications for the office of the future of child day care and elder care requirements. In this examination, the problem is described, responses and suggested responses to the problem are explained, and the implications for the office of the future are discussed.
The Problem
The need for child day care and the need for elder care stem from two separate problems. The responsibility for addressing each of the problems, however, most often falls to the same group of people--persons employed outside of the home. Thus, responses to each of the problems hold implications for employers--for the office."
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Elderly Care in Canada, 2002.
A discussion of middle aged children looking after their elderly parents.
2,150 words (approx. 8.6 pages), 6 sources, $ 80.95
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This paper discusses middle-aged people taking care of their elderly parents. It argues that the government must fund home care to avoid a crisis in elderly care.
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Elderly Care in the United States, 2002.
An analysis of care for the aged in the United States, focusing on family home care verses managed care.
1,400 words (approx. 5.6 pages), 8 sources, $ 53.95
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In the case of the managed care systems, which seek to accept certain candidates for their facilities, it is clear that money and disability of the older patient is a bar to entrance. This is major problem in the world of health care and this paper will help to see other methodologies and motivations to help bring the older patient back to the family structure or otherwise called: home care. The aim of this paper will be to understand the possibilities and to educate on the proposition of home care for the elderly in today's world.
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Abuse of the Frail Elderly in Care Environments, 2004.
Develops a proposal for the investigation of the functionally impaired elderly in institutional caregiving environments.
1,840 words (approx. 7.4 pages), 16 sources, APA, $ 63.95
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This paper develops a preliminary research proposal for the investigation of the functionally impaired elderly in institutional caregiving environments. The introduction provides basic information from studies on abuse of the frail elderly by their caregivers at home and in institutional care homes.
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Elder Care Resources, 2008.
This paper discusses the necessity to adapt to the increasing elderly population in order to meet specialized health care needs of geriatric individuals.
961 words (approx. 3.8 pages), 7 sources, MLA, $ 34.95
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In this article, the writer outlines salient features and issues regarding care of geriatric individuals in the context of working family members. It is the contention of this paper that, through bringing attention to the need for employees to both meet the needs of their elderly family members and employers, some of the difficulties encountered as a result of lost job opportunities, productivity and benefits can be avoided or at least alleviated. The writer concludes that an elder care program can, nonetheless, benefit both employer in terms of employee retention and investment, and employee in terms of uninterrupted income, personal, professional and organizational advancement, this new market can possibly lead to better uniformity in providing for elder care.
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"As the elderly are experiencing an increase in life expectancy, dying is no longer a swift and uncomplicated transition. The salient natural course of most elderly patients is that of exacerbations and a semblance of normalcy, where death may come in the form of a coup de grace type insult or a disease exacerbation that is never fully recovered from. From the perspective of the aged, it is not merely enough to reach a chronological age and a sense of maturity; it is more important that independence in the form of being able to perform activities of daily living, having one's cognitive faculties intact, being able to be looked upon with status in society.
"A fear of losing one's independence permanently with an acute disease presentation or an accident such as a fall, along with a sense of mortality constantly shadows the elderly patient. "
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Elder Care, 2003.
Discusses the effects on a family caregiver.
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 6 sources, $ 39.95
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Covers stress and financial hardship. Focuses on the "sandwich generation, " which refers to adults, mainly women, caring for both the elderly of their family and their own children. Discusses helping elders with tasks and the activities of daily living.
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"According to the United States Bureau of the Census, as of 1995 there were at least 54 million people who were 55 years old or older and 33.5 million of those were over 65 years old (Mathur & Moschis, 1999). According to the National Alliance for ..."
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Nursing Care for the Elderly, 1996.
Examination of the history of elderly care & its impact on the elderly, their families, & professional care providers. Reviews current developments & possible future directions.
2,700 words (approx. 10.8 pages), 11 sources, $ 95.95
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"Nursing home care and its alternatives continue to be issues which face the elderly, their families, and the social workers who assist them. Families must struggle with the decision of what kind of help to give their elderly loved ones, while at the same time, social workers must try to accommodate an increasingly geriatric population.
Nursing homes have become part of the solution and part of the problem. Nursing home care has always been expensive, and state legislatures, concerned with the fact that people are living longer and at greater expense, have pursued ways of making the public dollar stretch further. Social workers, lobbying groups such as the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP), legislators, and the elderly themselves have attempted to find alternatives to..."
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Social Care for the Elderly, 2008.
This paper discusses social care provision for the elderly and disabled.
2,400 words (approx. 9.6 pages), 7 sources, MLA, $ 73.95
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This piece assesses in detail the issue of community based care for the elderly and disabled. The progressive nature of community care is examined with specific reference to issues such as aging population rates and the ever changing societal makeup that underlies the provision of social care. Above all, the work examines the extent to which in recent years, greater emphasis and importance has been placed on the availability of institutional care places. However, the writer notes that this progression has simultaneously developed alongside a concerted wish on the part of service providers to retain strong elements of independent living. The paradox is explored on the basis of the availability of resources measured against service needs.
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"Underlying this matter is a process of social and communal change that has developed over recent decades, not only in Britain but in the wider Western world. With specific reference to elderly people, developments in science and medicine have resulted in an aging population that has placed greater weight upon systems of care both inside the community and beyond. However, such developments have coincided with a relative breakdown in the societal norms that previously accounted for the care of the vulnerable in society. These breakdowns include issues such as: changes in the patterns and breakdowns of marriages; percentage decline of single women within the population; changes in family sizes; and the ever increasing participation of women in the labour market. When such developments are conceptualized in conjunction with the issues of ageing population and the wish to remain in ones community, it is clear why the numbers of elderly people forced to seek places in institutions have determinedly refused to reduce."
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Care for the Elderly in the U.S., 2002.
A study into the need for long-term health care for the elderly in the U.S.
2,500 words (approx. 10.0 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 75.95
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The United States has no current integrated system of providing long-term health care for older Americans. This paper examines why such an approach for long-term care for the elderly would be beneficial to all generations in a society as well as looking at the factors that have produced this growing need for long-term care (longer life spans, rising demographics).
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"How to pay for the care ? whether that care comes in the form of a nursing home or a person coming in to cook and clean a couple of times a week ? is in many ways the key question that must be addressed when considering how the elderly will be cared for. For while it would be hard to find anyone who argues that the elderly should not receive the best possible care. No one is advocating that seniors should be left without nutritious food or social contracts or proper nursing care. The subject under debate is always who will pay for these services. The United States, lacking a socialized system of health care, has always left the question of such care to the individual involved or that individual?s family and friends."
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Care for the Elderly, 2007.
This paper examines the pros and cons of nursing home care versus assisted living care for the elderly.
1,592 words (approx. 6.4 pages), 29 sources, MLA, $ 52.95
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The paper examines the positive and negative aspects of nursing home care versus assisted living care in terms of care, health, quality of life and costs involved. The paper discusses how making sure that the appropriate level of care is provided should be the foremost concern when making this very critical decision for oneself or for another member of one's family.
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Objective
Health and Safety
Review of Literature
Summary and Conclusion
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"One of the first of the many important considerations at this juncture in the life of an individual of advanced age is the health and safety of that individual. While it is optimal to have a living arrangement that allows the most freedom, independence and autonomy possible, the individual's health both physically and mentally must be the first and foremost consideration. In the case that the individual has Alzheimer's disease or Parkinson's disease, assisted living may allow too much autonomy and therefore not be in the best interest of the elderly person. However, in the case of only mild forgetfulness assisted living offers an arrangement that includes the best of both worlds."
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Medical Care for the Elderly, 2002.
An examination of material inequality and the health care system for the elderly in Canada.
2,400 words (approx. 9.6 pages), 9 sources, $ 89.95
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A significant portion of those over 60 in Canada, predominantly those living alone, lives below the Statistics Canada low-income cut-off. This has a significant impact on their health and increases the demands that they place on the health care system. This discussion identifies the extent of poverty amongst the elderly, its implications for future government health care policy and the inadequacy of government responses to this point.
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Plan of Care for an Elderly Patient, 2008.
An assessment of an elderly patient suffering from constipation, incontinence, and urinary tract infection, and a proposed plan of care.
740 words (approx. 3.0 pages), 3 sources, APA, $ 26.95
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This case study analyzes the health problems of an elderly patient that mainly involve constipation, incontinence, and urinary tract infection. The paper points out that these problems are very common among people over 65 years of age. The study proposes that the patient be provided with a program of good nutrition and health teaching by qualified nursing staff. The program will also require regular check-ups. The paper concludes that the successful implementation of this program should help to eliminate the patient's problems.
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Introduction
Analysis of Data
Assessment
Plan of Care
Nursing Orders
Implementation
Evaluation
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"For older adults, if the food plan is going to meet nutritional needs, it must account for changes related to aging (Collis, 2002). Joan must receive enough calories per day to meet her needs for protein, calcium, iron, and vitamins. Because of the presence of the pressure sore, Joan needs protein to allow the sore to heal. Protein also is needed to build and maintain muscle and tissues (Collins, 2002). Because of such serious problems with constipation, Joan most especially needs a high amount of fibre in her diet. She can obtain fibre from such foods as bran products, raw fruits, prunes, and whole grain breads and cereals (Kozier, et. al., 2000)."
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Caring for the Elderly, 2007.
A look at the argument that the quality of life of the elderly depends greatly on their access to the services they need.
950 words (approx. 3.8 pages), 7 sources, MLA, $ 33.95
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This paper examines how today, the perspectives of old age have changed considerably and how medical innovation, social developments and changing perceptions about old age are changing what is involved in being elderly in today's society. It looks at how the quality of life of the elderly depends greatly on their access to the services that allow them the greatest potential for maintaining and enhancing their quality of life.
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Introduction
Physical Care and Development
Social Care
Emotional
Spiritual
Conclusion
References
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"This is also the stage of one's life that a person contemplates the purpose of one's life and the implications of one's actions. Thus, spiritual support becomes essential to many individuals. Programs that support the spiritual needs are initiated by religious affiliations but community and social support can enhance the access to these channels. Some religious groups sponsor recreation centers and support groups for their members to ensure their access to spiritual services (Caring for the Elderly)."
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Caring for the Elderly, 2008.
This paper identifies the issues in palliative care for geriatric patients.
1,407 words (approx. 5.6 pages), 14 sources, APA, $ 46.95
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The paper introduces the topic of palliative care for geriatric patients by explaining that the purpose of bringing attention to common problems in elderly patients is to avoid or alleviate some of the difficulties encountered prior to the final transition from life. The paper looks at elderly patients' propensity for being undiagnosed, misdiagnosed or under-treated in the areas of pain, confusion, satiety and anorexia, and gastrointestinal distress. The paper addresses the psychosocial issues of fears and depression and notes the importance of support systems to ease transition from life to death.
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Introduction
Altered Presentation of Health Problems
Psychosocial Issues
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"The geriatric population is gradually becoming the largest single demographic group worldwide. Ironically, efforts to address their special health care needs, especially with regard to palliative care, continues to progress at a slow pace to such a point that the present crop of health care professionals will be unable to adapt quickly enough to meet geriatrics' specialized needs (Besdine, Boult, Brangman, Coleman, Fried, Gerety et al, 2005; Swiss Academy of Medicine, 2004). The National Institute of Health (NIH, 2004) has reiterated this and the assessment that end-of-life care is particularly incoherent regarding its development and establishment as a science and have yet to develop consistent use of validated measures and explore further new interventions. The primary objective of this acute care nurse practitioner content development manuscript is to concisely consolidate salient features and issues regarding common clinical presentations of geriatric patients for use in a clinical setting. While this may drastically contrast from the approaches to palliative care, it is the contention of this paper that, through bringing attention these common manifestations in elderly patients, some of the difficulties encountered prior to the final transition from life can be avoided or at least alleviated."
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