contribute to emotional and physical problems, which decreases an individual’s capability to function normally at work or home. An increased number of people suffer from depression annually (Brosse et al., 2002). Most of the patients receive treatment from their primary care providers. Mostly, treatment for depression in primary care settings involves pharmacological therapy only. Evidence has shown that an inclusion of cognitive-behavioral therapies, mainly physical exercise, can improve the health
(Salpeter, Khalaileh, Weinberg-Corem, Ziv, Glaser, and Dor, 2013) Another study suggests that diminished insulin sensitivity in the elderly is multifactoral as well. (Chen, Bergman, Pacini, Porte, Jr., 1985) Factors contributing to altered carbohydrate metabolism in aging include obesity and a progressive decline in physical activity. (Lewis et al., 2011) Lastly, the elderly also may take medications that treat comorbidities that effect insulin and glucose. Some of these include coreg, lipitor, corticosteroids
action of swimming dates back for centuries and is healthy activity that cuts through boundaries such age and physical disabilities. There are numerous types of exercises but when evaluating them all, it is easy to see why swimming is the best exercise. Swimming is the best form of exercise because it is not limited by age or abilities, and it has many psychological and physical benefits (“Swimming”). Swimming can be beneficial to people despite ages and abilities. While swimming, the body is supported
Gerontology is the scientific study of old age, the process of aging, and the particular problems of old people. With maturation the elderly suffer from age-related changes that effect their overall health and day to day living. Even those these changes provide limitations that can be lived with, these changes can also exacerbate many medical conditions. The elderly client I decided to evaluate, H.J.is a 76 year old african american female, that has a past medical history of chronic heart failure
during normal daily activities such as lifting a heavy object or rolling over in bed. Whether someone will develop osteoporosis or loss of bone, known as osteopenia, depends on the thickness of the bones early in life, as well as health, diet, and physical activity later in life. The exact cause of osteoporosis is not known. However, osteoporosis has been linked to the natural process of aging and to the decreased production of estrogen in women and testosterone in men. Not getting adequate
Elder Paper - Physical Activity/Exercise All individuals, especially elders, benefit (both physically and mentally) from being physically active Defining the terms, physical activity is “any body movement produced by skeletal muscles that expand energy” (cite course PowerPoint). Per the course PowerPoint (cite with year 2013), exercise is the “planned, structured and repetitive body movement accomplished to maintain or improve one or more components of physical fitness.” The fitness levels determine
encounters from professionals in the past. In order to decrease the symptoms of schizophrenia in African-Americans, clinicians can promote wellness, such as exercising, practicing healthy dietary behaviors and improving medication adherence to improve health outcomes. Other than mental illnesses, African-Americans are at risk of having other physical diseases such high blood pressure, diabetes, and cardiovascular diseases than Caucasians. African-Americans may believe the causes of schizophrenia may
Introduction: Aquatic therapy is a type of physical therapy that is done on water instead of land. Aquatic therapy can include water weights, exercises in the water, and water aerobics. Some programs will combine both land and water exercises, and others will be just aquatic exercises. Aquatic therapy takes the weight off people so people are not bearing on all their body weight like they are on land which is called buoyancy.1 Aquatic therapy can be used for many different types of illnesses, diseases
Should we really take eating healthy and exercising seriously? Exercise and eating healthy are two of the most important things you need to do to take care of your body properly. Both exercise, and eating healthy, have many advantages and benefits. They help with multiple things needed throughout your life. These things include growing physically, mentally, and if you are religious, spiritually as well. All of this adds up to your body functioning in the highest and best way possible. People that
psychiatrist will swear that antidepressants really have helped many of his or her depressed patients” (Depression 2015). “Meanwhile, there are also many patients, equally depressed, who obtain little or no benefit from antidepressants, and a large number of carefully conducted studies that find little benefit in the active ingredients of these pills, once placebo effects are factored out.” (Depression, 2015). Placebo effect is improvement in the condition of a patient that occurs in response to treatment