Elderly Adult Survey Paper

As a child Mary’s mother, Hazel was a chartered member of “Beulah Seventh Day Adventist Church” (currently City Temple SDA Church). This is where Mary gained she introduction and devotion for Christ and the Adventist Faith. Attended Sabbath School, prayer meetings, Friday evening vespers and church school along with her older brother, Marvin was a foundation of life; Church was family and family was church. With her mother an active matron within the church, singing in the choir and serving in the Dorcas Society, tagging along to these activities quickly ignited in her a desire to sing and serve. A recognized desire for Family, church, friends, singing, and service that would remain

“The term ‘aging out’ refers to children within a state’s foster care system who are still in the system upon reaching the age of majority or when they have graduated from high school” (Craft, 2017, Aging Out). Many of these children “have not found permanency with an adoptive family … or they have not been able to return to their biological parents” (Craft, 2017, Aging Out). A child typically ages out at 18 years, “but some states have extended services beyond this age because so many young adults are just not ready to be thrust out into the world on their own at such a young age” (Craft, 2017, Aging Out). If a foster parent chooses to continue parenting the foster child once they have aged out of the system, they are able to as long as the foster youth is okay with this. If an individual continues fostering a child, they will no longer receive money from the state.

As Christians, we are to live in such a way that would lead others to Christ. Mother Goodman’s life has been most inspiring, especially to one of her long-time friends. He was willing to forsake a worldly lifestyle and accept Jesus as Savior because of her godly influence and high standards. He later became a member of New Hope and enjoyed reading his

For example, what makes Doris dance is German music, what makes her smile is people, what motivates her is to be a better person and achieve goals, and what gives her feeling and inspiration is her family and friends. Doris’s favorite birthday ideas are: favorite birthday cake flavor is angle food, favorite birthday and dinner is chicken. Doris’s favorite gift was jewelry she received as a child, and her favorite memory each year is blowing out the cake candles. Doris states her favorite special space is church because she loves the opportunity to sit and talk to God is this quiet atmosphere. Doris explains that growing up, her and her family went to a Methodist Church, but later in her adult years, Doris changed to becoming an Unitarian. Doris does not define on what religion she is, but rather the understanding that God is very important to her right now. She explains that she always finds peace with God and knows that God loves

In America we have very many ways people deal with their older relatives. Normally people put them in nursing homes or care facilities. I personally believe we should hold our elders in high regard. The older generations have seen and been through a lot of history, and have a lot of wisdom. Those who simply do not care about their older relatives are making a huge mistake.

I found the most recent state plan on aging at http://www.dea.ri.gov/documents/RIDEA%20State%20Plan%20on%20Aging%20October%201%202015%20to%20September%2030%202019.pdf. The Older Americans Act requires states to submit this plan every four years and it provides updates on legislation and activities were done over the past time period to support older adults, as well as give updates on what will be worked on in the future. It is sent to the State of Rhode Island to ensure policies are up-to-date and will provide the best care for this population. This is necessary in order for taxpayers to see where their money is going and how the RI DEA is planning to care for the older adult population. Otherwise, without this document, the department

Coming into this task, I had never put forth any interest in the aging population. I knew this group was vulnerable and in need of more advocacy to raise awareness but it was not as appealing as other populations. I did not have tremendous knowledge of what aging adults go through on a daily basis or any challenges they so often face. Therefore, when I arrived to the set location of the interview, I was a bit timid and afraid. This was my first time ever interviewing someone of this age with the intensions it was geared for. I was worried of how Denise was going to respond to my personal questions or if she even would. I was completely shocked to find that she was absolutely respectful and willing to answer anything I wanted to ask. After asking

The elderly population does not like relying on others for help. Most of the time, these patients do not verbalize when they are in pain or are depressed for fear of being a burden to their spouse, children, or friends. Because of this, nurses need to be astute enough to pick up on some of the nonverbal cues for when a patient is in pain or displaying signs and symptoms of depression. The purpose of this paper is to continue my interview with R.H. and assess his risk for depression, pain, and environmental hazards. In addition, I will ask the patient if he has an advance directive or living will and based on his answer I will formulate a teaching plan on areas needing

The sunset awaits outside the window and winter dawns upon me as I sit in my kitchen on a high stool, setting up my laptop. A pot of flowers sits outside the patio door, bowing their heads due to the cold.I am thankful I am not outside, for the kitchen is peaceful, illuminated with soft light and warm. A pan sits on the stove, and the coffee pot huffs steam. Once I get everything set up, my mom comes to join me on the high barstools. Genuinely, I see my mom as old some days but her best features: wisdom, kindness, and love, show through her wrinkles.Physically, I see my mom as the shorter type, not fat but not skinny but healthy, and tan with brown hair that has blonde highlights in it. Today, I’m interviewing my mom, Paula Krock, because she

It is difficult to accept that a senior in your life is no longer able to perform the same tasks they used to. Most likely there have been small signs seen that have raised concern, and in some cases a blind-eye might have been given to the fact. Or, maybe there were signs all along and no one recognized them until they got worse. Regardless, of the reason getting the senior help now will increase their safety at home, increase longevity, and keep them living happy at home. There are many early signs that can be linked to seniors aging and need assistance at home. Here are some of the early signs that homecare is needed that may surprise.

One of the most important factors to keeping seniors healthy is exercise. A community exercise program would encourage exercise in this population. Initiating a senior community exercise program within a community would require a large amount interprofessional communication and collaboration. In addition, to have a successful community senior exercise program it would the involvement of several different disciplines. Important disciplines to have involved in this community exercise program would be a medical provider, nurses, therapist, and dietitian. Each of these disciplines has a different specialty that brings different knowledge to the table, which will help create a comprehensive exercise program. Similarly, the collaboration of each

The baseline study of the elderly study sample are as shown in the given table. It can be observed that three-fifths of the total sample were composed of women, and also an expression of the high prevalence of diabetes, antihypertensive treatment, and CVD are evident.

This is an observational, cross-sectional, analytical and population-based study, conducted with elderly people registered in one of the FHS that cover the urban area of the city of Ijuí, RS, Brazil. The study was aimed at classifying the elderly population according to the levels of fragility, analyzing the relationship of social support with sociodemographic characteristics and levels of fragility of elderly people and evaluating the presence and extent of the Primary Health Care attributes from the perspective of elderly people. Data were collected by means of in-home interviews using a questionnaire containing sociodemographic variables, evaluation of social support, evaluation of fragility and evaluation of the Primary Care. The study

I have spent most of my career working with the geriatric population. It is where my heart is in nursing. I stayed true to this love and choose to discuss health promotion in a geriatric, age 65 or older, female patient. It may come to some of you as a surprise, but even in this late stage of life health promotion and disease prevention have a place in geriatric medicine. Research has shown that prevention and health promotion in this population is both appropriate and feasible; along with the fact that it can prevent the chronic illness and functional impairments among the elderly (National Research Council, 1988). Three big areas of health promotion in older adults are exercise, screening for Gynecologic cancers and

My grandmother, Esther Turner, has impacted my life in more ways than just simply being there for me, as a grandmother. She’s much more than that, in my eyes. Being the eldest of three, I’ve always taken on more responsibility as the older sister. It was my job to show my little brother and sister which paths were safe to take in this wild, confusing maze called life. At times, I felt like a mother myself, and at a young age, I found myself slightly intimidated by all the responsibilities that were laid on my shoulders. The main person I could talk to freely and openly, without judgment, was my grandmother. We have always been able to speak to each other about any and everything, nothing was off limits. That’s what I think brought us so close, the fact that she accepted me entirely for the person I presented to her.