Essay on Elderly

Introduction: Elderly abuse is no longer the “quite as kept” family secret. Due to the economic pressures of families reuniting to make ends-meat and the medical treatment with improved diets, which adds to the length of life contributes to family stressors. These stresses may present themselves in the form of sexual, physical, psychological, emotional and fiscal abuse. This paper will give exposure to many known causes and treatment, analyze current and past data outlining the potential rise

Elderly Adult Assessment According to Ruoff, (2002); Brown, Kirkpatrick, Swanson & McKenzie, (2011), “Between 80% and 85% of the elderly living in nursing homes suffer from chronic pain disorders” ( As cited in Lombard, et al., 2015, p.1140). OM is a part of this percentage of elderly that has been living in pain for over ten years. In the first section of this paper, this author will be questioning OM about his perception of pain, and in the second part of this paper, personal reflections about

ELDERLY DRIVERS INTRODUCTION I think elderly drivers should be testing twice a year depending of their age. Driving has a lot of responsibility as you get older you reflex are not the same your eye vision stars going blurry I think after 65 of age the public safety should have more programs and more testing for their physical and their medical history sometimes know they don’t have a choice family members won’t help them to take them to doctors appoint.t I know that in some states when you get

and the unique problems that elderly prisoners face while incarcerated and subsequent to release” (Stojkovic, 2007, pg. 98). Incarceration of elderly criminals is a highly debated topic in criminal justice. The definition of elderly criminal in this case will be a person 60 years or older that commits a criminal offense. This is not a new topic; however, there is not a lot of research conducted on elderly offenders. There are many arguments as to whether these elderly criminals should be treated

on Sexuality of elderly sexuality Human sexuality means the ways in which people experience and express themselves as sexual beings (Rathus et al., 2010).Sex is part of human life, it is a common sense that people normally concern sex since adolescence, but there is no absolute answer for, when sex should be terminated in human life. During the Cho Yiu Chuen’s elderly interview, I saw an adult magazine on an old man’s bed; it triggered me to concern about the sexual need of elderly. Literature review

Influenza in the elderly: What you need to know Access to health care services Influenza is a serious but common respiratory illness. The flu "usually occurs in 15-25% of the world's human population each year. This illness typically has a low death rate, with average overall mortality rates of 0.1%" (Pierce & Black 2008: 1). However, the elderly are one of the more susceptible populations to contracting influenza and suffer more severe consequences than healthy adults as a result of being exposed

Research on elderly nutritional outcomes is often found in geriatric medicine and nutrition literature. This set of work is focused on the physiological relationship between deficiencies in specific nutrients for the elderly. Often this work examines the role of food insecurity in nutrient intake (Catlett, 2009; Lee et al, 2010; Lee & Frongillo Jr., 2001; Rose & Oliveira 1997; Russell et al, 2016; Sharkey, 2002; Wellman et al, 1997). Additionally, this literature has extensive work on nutrition intake

is used toward the care of elderly US senior citizens. Elderly people are vulnerable to many diseases, but one of the incidents that the elderly people are prone to is fall. As a person grows older, chances of fall increases. Elderly person have weaker bones, and a damages caused by a fall can have a huge impact on an elderly person’s health. Falls are the leading cause of injury related visit to emergency department and primary etiology of accidental deaths among elderly people. Emergency department

Elderly Care Ethical issue Paper Oshein Robinson Abstract When we are talking about the word neglect or abuse it is usually associated with woman, children and or animals. We forget to think about elderly abuse, which is overlooked because there is plenty of elderly who can look after themselves and still be a valuable part of society, but we forget the ones who are not capable of that. This paper is about raising concern about the ethical issues of elderly being abused and mistreated.

Safety Measures to Address Elderly Falls in Long-Term Care Falls are the leading cause of unintentional injuries in the elderly patients living in the long-term care setting. The aim of this project was to identify risk factors associated with increase falls among the elderly in order to prevent and monitor safety related events relating to falls. There are numerous risk factors associated with falls among the elderly, as the direct care nurse, working in the long-term care setting, we need to