Discovering Diversity Project By Amin And Holmes

• Every individual, including individuals with dementia, has their unique life history, lifestyle, culture and preferences, including their likes, dislikes, hobbies and interests, which makes an individualised approach in care necessary.

All of the patients on my unit in my former position were in the beginning and mid stages of Alzheimer’s with one or two very alert ones. The challenge was keeping the more alert residents from rapid mental decline. The key in maintaining the resident’s dignity is providing an environment where they can participate in their level of care,

My interest in medicine was triggered by my own early experiences with nut allergy, which I was diagnosed with as a child. It fuelled my pursuit of knowledge in medical science as I was fascinated how there is not a known cause of peanut allergy. This captivating medical dilemma led me to recognise that there is a lot yet to be discovered in medicine. My curiosity in this field inspired me to initiate contact with allergy specialists and write a personal study on the topic where I explored the genetic and environmental effects of developing a peanut allergy.

Instead of treating all people with dementia the same – it makes the care you give

The world is not created by a single group whom all share the same beliefs and opinions. The education of a person shapes the way people think about society. It is shown through Jonathan Kozol's essay, "The uses of Diversity," how an impact of diversity has on our mindset. Differing opinions let people become informed; democracy is built on the idea of freedom of speech which is filled with diverse opinions. Diversity enables students to discern the world from various perspectives; it facilitates the use of our freedom of speech to produce informative

Attention Getter: Can you imagine your life if your memories and cognition slowly started deteriorating? Well, the Alzheimer’s Association’s webpage titled Alzheimer’s latest facts and figures last updated in 2018 estimates that that’s the reality for 5.7 million Americans.

Although institutionalized living facilities aim to meet the physical and emotional needs of their residents, the structure of most facilities also marginalize the older adults who live in them (Shentow-Bewsh, 2016). One example of such a living facility is the Terraces of Baycrest, a nonprofit retirement home for older adults aged 80-100+. This paper focuses on a change effort that could be implemented at the Terraces to reduce the marginalization of its residents.

Elders in nursing homes already have a loss of freedom and dignity because of their quality of life, but as we see in the documentary, these people are able to come alive again through

Focusing on dementia, it is not constantly possible to involve the dementia sufferers in the decision making course of their care without encouragement and assistance by

In the first article, the president of PRSA Torod Nepture discussed the road to diversity. When speaking on the topic, he expresses his passion to help talented practitioners who are entering the field. He also stated that during his time as president, he has developed a passion to expand to advocate for important causes. When asked about what he’d like to accomplish during his first year, he mentioned goals for he has for his Verizon team. Nepture believe that focusing on fewer things can lead to have a greater impact. He mentioned that this approach has been coined “impact at scale.” One of the key points of the interview was the question presented about the next step in professional PR. Nepture believes that this comes down to leadership

Therefore, it would be a reasonable assumption that if formal eldercare providers display empathy, and an interest regarding informal elder caregivers’ well-being, their caregiver responsibilities and offer caregiver training, perhaps African American informal elder caregivers and other minority elder caregivers would experience a sense of empowerment and a high sense of caregiver self-efficacy. Marshall and Gerstl-Pepin state (as cited in Gerstl-Pepin, Killeen & Hasazi, 2006, p. 252) that leaders who “care” about social justice would need to understand cultural and social inequities such as racism, sexism, heterosexism, poverty and disability to address these comprehensive issues.

Gilligan’s (1982) theory of ethic of care on the moral development of women, focuses on the highest moral requirement of taking care of needs and sustaining relationships. This ethic of care when associated with the care of aging older adults, accentuates the value of providing in-home care by family and fictive kin instead of choosing paid formal eldercare in-home services or placement in a long-term care facility (Anderson & Turner, 2010). According to Smith (1991) African American older adults who may be eligible for placement in long-term care facilities, are the same people who experienced blatant hostility and discrimination from many of the formal eldercare organizations that now offer support. Consequently, the cultural respect given

Growing old is something that no one ever wants to talk about but unfortunately in the end it happens to everyone. Growing up away from most of my extended family I never had an older presence in my life, besides my parents which some would argue were still kids themselves. With this grey matter in my mind about what it was like to be an older member of society I began to look into senior living homes. It always intrigued me where the line was drawn and in what circumstances should someone be put in a senior living residence and who made that distinction. Any given day you are guaranteed to see one of these older citizens doing everyday functions, for example shopping, exercising, interacting with others, the list goes on so why are some men and woman of the same generation in assisted living homes when others are not. When touring some of the senior living agencies in my area the distinction between the seniors in theses programs and the seniors I saw in public became evident. The seniors in these programs in one way or another needed help with everyday affairs. Whether it was something minor like having trouble with mobility and moving around to something a little more serious like having certain disorders or diseases. These men and woman needed help leading a stereotypically normal life. This is what drew me to The Benchmark. This agency’s staff was trained in a wide variety of caregiving tactics as well as having trained nurses on duty to ensure

Many sociological theorists studying the older generation focus upon healthcare inequalities as a wider research topic. This is evidently a high prioritisation for older people, yet socially older people experience inequalities and stigmatisation causing a division within society. The reporter will use granted and legal access into older people’s homes to identify inequalities apparent to older people within society from a personal perspective. A qualitative observational approach will be used to allow the informal discussion of each person’s perspective of their place within society. The paper develops an alternative, moral and intimate approach to the varied living standards of the older population, focusing on the mental welfare of each

When discovering the various altitudes of discrimination towards elderly people, what shines out the most is the discrimination towards elderly women. Women are often viewed as the caregiver for their families and friends. However, as they grow older they are considered fragile and as a burden by the people around them, often leading to older women being disowned by their families. It can be said without any doubt, that elderly women suffer and go through much more harsh living conditions than elderly men around the globe, as not only is their age targeted but also their gender. Speaking of demographics, what stands out the most is how there have always been more older women than men, but men still have more rigorous rights than women. Statistically, women have a longer life span, and thus many older women are left alone during their 60s . However, societal structures make it difficult for these women to live without relying on the men in their lives.