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    Cinematic Perspective of “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” Introduction “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” written by Eric Roth and based on a short novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald is a story of an interesting man who lives his life backwards. The movie takes place in New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina and is told in a flashback perspective from the love of Benjamin’s life, Daisy and their daughter, Caroline. I heard many times throughout my life and nursing career, including from myself, “If

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    their respective texts King Lear and Birdman. Both portray the main character as an individual who has lost their power and must overcome the challenges that come of this. These characters also must endure society 's treatment of them due to their old age, especially from their younger counterparts. The authors also exhibit how each individual is treated by society due to their social position at the time. Both authors have the idea of

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    The purpose of our health fair event is to educate and encourage older adults to remain active in their daily lives. Physical health is beneficial throughout one’s entire lifespan. Incorporating regular exercise into your daily routine will prevent chronic disease, improves their overall mood, and lowers their chances of injury (Aldwin & Gilmer, 2013, Chapter 5). As we go through the aging process, our bodies require us to maintain a healthy lifestyle. Moderate exercise is favorable for people of

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    Aging, is the process of growing old, it is defined as the gradual biological deterioration of normal function, as a result of changes made to the mitotic cells, post-mitotic cells, such as neurons. These changes would consequently have a direct impact on the functional ability of the major organs such as the heart, lungs and kidneys biological systems such as the nervous, digestive and reproductive system and ultimately the organism as a whole. Aging is a progressive functional decline

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    the risen Savior in His full glory. This becomes the start of Revelation where Jesus would tell John about the present events likely to happen with the future outcomes of history. This happened with prophets in the Old Testament, such as Isaiah and Ezekiel. The parallelism between the Old Testament prophets and the author of Revelation is that each prophet received a vision from God. When God calls

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    Social Intervention for Depression and Social Isolation Among the Elderly Social isolation can be a major health problem for many older adults (Dickens, Richards, Greaves, & Campbell, 2011). Social isolation involves, individuals lacking social connections and engagement with others (Nicholson, 2012). Depression in elderly populations has become more prevalent with the aging population (Pittock, 2012). Depression has negative effects on many facets of an elderly persons life, including quality of

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    The Community Care facility will integrate into the community by partnering with hospitals and religious organization that can bring in resources for patients needing medical or spiritual guidance. Based on the information learned from reading in Module 6A, there are fewer hospitalizations occurring, when the primary care is highly integrated into the retirement community. The use of a physician assisted by nurse practitioners delivered clinical care only at the site, covered all settings and provided

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    is decisively agreed to be Matthew the disciple of Jesus. The book is dated between AD70 and AD80. The setting is in and around Galilee where Jesus began His ministry. In Matthew we find that this Gospel is the only book that comes alongside the Old and New Testament canonization that bridges these two periods in history. Jesus came to bring salvation but faced rejection from His own people the Jews. William Barclay suggest, ‘Matthew sees Jesus as the fulfilment of the hopes and dreams of the

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    generations all they have to offer.  Values such as community, respect, compassion, wisdom, and influence to name a few, embody our slogan: Empowering the Generations with Wisdom through Connections. The baby boomer generation adds a new sixty five year old every eight seconds and they have a lot to offer.  InterGENerosity provides both opportunity for employment and receiving in-home assistance with activities of daily living.  Older adults have the skills and

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    Discrimination towards the elderly community is constantly being tolerated across the world. A definition of age discrimination can simply be put into terms as; stereotyping and discriminating against a certain individual or group of people based upon their age. Which can also be classified as ageism: defined as the prejudice against older individuals that can lead into age discrimination.The elderly community is one common group of people that are constantly being put under discrimination because

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