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Dementia, 2005.
This paper discusses dementia, a chronic and usually progressive deterioration of mental abilities and intellectual capacity due to changes in the brain such as widespread loss of nerve cells and the shrinkage of brain tissue.
1,345 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 3 sources, APA, $ 45.95
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This paper explains that, since dementia is most commonly seen in the elderly, it is often erroneously considered to be part of the normal aging process; however, it is important to remember that dementia is a condition that is a result of a disease or trauma and does not occur in a healthy person simply because of old age. The author points out that the two most common forms of dementia are Alzheimer's disease and multi infarct dementia; both types are irreversible and cannot be cured, although there progress can be slowed with proper treatment. The paper relates that people with multi infarct dementia can be helped by controlling their blood pressure, blood cholesterol and diabetes to prevent further strokes; by using medications for reducing agitation, anxiety, depression, or sleeping problems; by avoiding alcohol and smoking and by continuing physical and mental activities.
Table of Contents
Is Dementia an Inevitable Part of the Aging Process?
Differentiating Dementia and Normal Aging Process
Types of Dementia
Diagnosing Dementia and the Role of the Cognitive Psychologist in Diagnosis
Helping Patients to Cope with Dementia
Conclusion
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"Dementia affects our memory, decision-making, judgment, spatial orientation, thinking, reasoning, and verbal communication. Its symptoms may include asking the same questions repeatedly; becoming lost in familiar places; being unable to follow directions; getting disoriented about time, people, and places; and neglecting personal safety, hygiene, and nutrition. Similar symptoms are sometimes displayed by older people due to emotional problems, which can be mistaken for dementia. These emotional problems may be triggered in the older people due to the trauma of major changes in their lives such as at the time of retirement or having to cope with the death of a spouse, relative, or friend. Such emotional upheavals leave an old person feeling sad, lonely, worried, or bored. Adapting to these life-changing events can confusion and forgetfulness in some people-the classic symptoms of dementia. Fortunately, emotional problems can be eased by supportive friends and family, or by treatment from professional doctors, psychologists or counsellors and are not a permanent feature. Furthermore, certain physical conditions such as high fever, dehydration, vitamin deficiency and poor nutrition, bad reactions to medicines, problems with the thyroid gland, or a minor head injury may also result in dementia-like symptoms but the resulting condition is not dementia and needs to be treated differently."
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Japanese and American Longevity, 2005.
A discussion of the reasons why Japanese generally live longer than Americans.
2,548 words (approx. 10.2 pages), 15 sources, MLA, $ 77.95
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This paper looks at the reasons why Japanese longevity is 3 years more than their American counterparts. The paper discusses issues such as lifestyle choices, food choices, health care systems and urban development. The writer concludes that Americans' choice of unhealthy food is a major factor for their lower longevity.
From the Paper
"As long as profit and politics continue to drive the forces of the food industry in America the changes will never be broad. The appeal of fast food and unhealthy flashy consumables will likely speared across the world before it actually shrinks in the United States. Yet, maybe with the wisdom of these other cultures and the relative response time to derogatory changes associated with global dietary changes will come home to the consumer in America."
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Osteoporosis, 2005.
A look at the problem of osteoporosis, a debilitating bone disease.
1,610 words (approx. 6.4 pages), 4 sources, APA, $ 52.95
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This paper presents an overview of osteoporosis, explaining that it is a disease that affects people on a global basis and is becoming more of a problem as people live longer and the global population grows. The paper also looks at the costs of treating the illness and risk factors associated with the disease.
From the Paper
"Approximately 8 million people in the United States are affected by osteoporosis (Ray, Chan, Thamer, et al, 1997). Of these, 80% are older women (Ray, Chan, Thamer, et al, 1997). In addition to this problem, another 17 million people in this country have low bone mass, which puts them at an increased risk for developing osteoporosis as they get older (Ray, Chan, Thamer, et al, 1997). Every year, 1.5 million broken bones, 500,000 of them spinal fractures and 300,000 of them broken hips, are caused by the disease (Ray, Chan, Thamer, et al, 1997). It has been predicted that 50% of women and 20% of men who are over the age of 65 will have a fracture or broken bone related to osteoporosis at some time throughout their lives (Ray, Chan, Thamer, et al, 1997). The population of the world is increasing, and the life expectancy for people in many countries is also increasing, which means that osteoporosis and the number of people afflicted with it is going to continue to rise and become even more problematic in the future (Ray, Chan, Thamer, et al, 1997). "
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Parent Caregiving, 2005.
An examination of factors involved in choosing suitable caregiving arrangements for one's elderly parents.
2,579 words (approx. 10.3 pages), 11 sources, MLA, $ 77.95
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This paper examines factors regarding selecting care for one's elderly parents - the balance of work and caregiving; choosing an agency or home; guardianship; involvement of other family members and finally the stress factor. The paper also looks at one theory about caregiving known as the exchange theory.
From the Paper
"Some of these changes will come through health care reform. Granted, Medicare and Medicaid help a lot with parent caregiving, but they do not go far enough. One perfect example is the situation of immigrant elderly parents. Parent caregiving for immigrant parents is utterly non-existent on the federal and state government agendas, and this creates a situation in which elderly Americans' health deteriorates because minor conditions are exacerbated via missed doctor visits and checkups.
It is simply too expensive to care for an immigrant elderly parent in this country, and the resulting health care decisions are often highly inefficient, not to mention destructive for the parents' health too.
Some provisions must be made for caring for these elderly immigrant parents who cannot live on their own and support themselves.
These changes will not solve the problems of parent caregiving in America; they will, however, make it easier for the adult children to exercise their reciprocal roles and ensure their parents longer, happier, healthier lives."
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Elderly Access to Vaccinations, 2005.
Argues that America must ensure that programs to provide pneumococcal and influenza vaccination to the elderly are implemented to assure long-term health for senior citizens and the American health care system.
6,315 words (approx. 25.3 pages), 18 sources, MLA, $ 147.95
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This paper determines that, because of scientific and medical data available, it is imperative for elder citizens to have access to pneumococcal and influenza immunizations. Through a thorough study of various factors, the paper concludes that failing to make these immunizations available, will result in widespread sickness and affliction, and a rising burden on America's health care tab.
Introduction
Data
What is Being Done
Effects of Failing to Provide Pneumococcal and Influenza Vaccinations for Senior Citizens
Conclusion
From the Paper
"The overwhelming conclusion of this paper is that available funds should immediately be spent to encourage our nation's senior citizens not only to get a influenza vaccination, but a pneumococcal vaccination as well.
The flu-shot shortage makes it more even more imperative for senior citizens to get a second, often overlooked vaccine that protects against a type of pneumonia germ that's a common complication of influenza.
The pneumococcal vaccine is a one-time shot for anyone 65 or older. Younger people with heart and lung illnesses, diabetes or weak immune systems need it as well, but the greatest urgency is to get the vaccination affordable and available to our nation's elderly.. It's not a replacement for a flu shot; high-risk patients should continue trying to find that.
But many of the same people most vulnerable to flu - namely, our nation's elderly -- also are at high risk from this dangerous bacterial infection. They need the pneumococcal vaccine anyway - so the focus should be on making the influenza vaccination available right alongside the pneumococcal vaccination."
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Interest Rates and Pension Plans, 2004.
An analysis of the future of pension plans in the United States.
928 words (approx. 3.7 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 32.95
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This paper discusses private retirement plans and interest rates. The paper contends that private retirement plans will increase in importance for Americans over the coming years as a secondary source of income for retired Americans. The paper assesses that there is no direct relationship between the discount rate and the earnings of a pension plan's investments. However, the paper claims that constant fluctuations in the discount rate set forth by Congress make pension plan confidence uncertain.
Outline
Introduction
History of Discount Rates
Summary
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"The strength of private retirement plans must be maintained in the upcoming years due to the increasing number of Baby Boomers who will be retiring in the United States. Many retired Americans rely on private pensions and employer-sponsored retirement savings as a secondary source of income in addition to Social Security (Brinner 131). In addition, because the human life expectancy has increased dramatically over recent years, it is very important that policymakers encourage the growth of employer-sponsored retirement plans (Hungerford et al. 13)."
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Alzheimer Patients, 2004.
An analysis of a social work internship experience with Alzheimer patients.
1,328 words (approx. 5.3 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 44.95
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This paper presents an overview of a social worker's service learning experience at an Alzheimer's care facility, with patients exhibiting various stages of Alzheimer's disease. The writer's experiences are examined in this paper. The paper describes what the writer learned through his interactions with older adults at the clinic, that much like anyone else, Alzheimer's patients need stimulation, warmth, compassion and an environment that encourages interaction and relationship building.
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"My first impressions were that Legacy Gardens provided optimal care for the elderly. Up until this point in time I had held a somewhat negative image of care centers, believing that they were a place that people might 'dump' elderly family members or sick patients in order to 'wash their hands of them.' I held an image that staff were abrupt with patients and unkind, simply doing a job because they had to rather than because they wanted to. My impressions were immediately changed however, upon working at Legacy Gardens. "
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Nursing Home Abuse, 2005.
This paper discusses that government and private investigations reveal that nursing home residents nationwide are often succumbed to death or serious injury because of neglect in the nursing homes.
2,870 words (approx. 11.5 pages), 16 sources, MLA, $ 85.95
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This paper explains that, since the residents of nursing homes are dependent on their staff for most or all of their necessities from food and water to medication and toileting, the care recipients are left in a very vulnerable position and often times without alternatives. The author reports that an analysis of the population of nursing homes over the last decade reveals the fact of malnourishment or undernourishment in about 35 percent to 85 percent of the U.S. nursing home residents. The paper stresses that it is essential to be cautious in selecting a care facility, to pay attention to the care being given, to educate people about nursing care abuse and to report elder abuse regardless of personal consequences.
From the Paper
"The types of abuse occurring in nursing homes against the elders reflect the types prevalent in domestic environments including homicide, physical and sexual attack, neglect, inappropriate restraint, financial abuse, separation, oral threats and intimidation. Additionally, the nursing home abuses stems from traditional practices giving rise to chronic neglect, sub-standard care, overcrowding, authoritarian practices, and failure to safeguard the residents against inexperienced, distressed or greedy workers or against abusive residents or visitors. The delicate types of abuse have been innovated that refuse the residents the liberty to exert personal choice in respect of eating, getting up or going to bed; forcing the residents to involve in the activities and branding the bothersome individuals, giving rise to depersonalized dealings and isolation. Moreover, it has been noted that facilities engage in prejudiced practices like emphasizing activities that supports more capable residents."
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Michael Ignatieff's "Scar Tissue", 2005.
Book review of Michael Ignatieff's fictional story about dementia and aging.
890 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 31.95
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This paper presents a summary and review of Michael Ignatieff's story, "Scar Tissue" about dementia and the effects of aging of an elderly parent can have on an individual's soul, sense of self and sense of place within a familial context.
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"Despite the fictional conceit, this book deals with a subject that is all too physically real for many elderly Americans and families, and it is unsparing and real in its level of medical details. One can only describe it as harrowing as a real-life, true account of such suffering-in the heart of the child protagonist as much as the mother slipping into her final darkness, before death. Michael Ignatieff's title refers to the first scan of the woman's brain. It shows "scar tissue," the physical manifestation of a mental disease affecting the mind."
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Caregiver Stress, 2004.
An analysis of the emerging problem of abuse of the elderly and caregiver stress.
4,604 words (approx. 18.4 pages), 16 sources, MLA, $ 119.95
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This paper discusses abuse in general, with a focus on abuse of the elderly. The paper examines the relation between the stress levels of the caregivers and the abuse of the patients. The paper defines elder abuse and presents a profile of the elder abuse victim. Factors contributing to abuse are explored and the relevant statistics are provided.
Outline
Introduction
Emergence and Social Construction of Family Violence
Domestic Violence
Child Abuse
Animal Abuse
Elder Abuse
Statistics Regarding Elder Abuse
Laws and Legislation
Elder Caregiver Stress
The Future: Prevention or Eradication of Elder Abuse
From the Paper
"While many believe domestic abuse to be a relatively new problem, in fact, it was widely recognized as a problem in U.S. society as early as the beginnings of the temperance movement that began in about 1880. Indeed, it is arguable that the issue of familial stress was also a factor in that early recognition, as well as that recognition preceded the temperance movement's rise. The Woman's Christian Temperance Union was the foremost proponent of morality in many arenas during that time, and often presented its agenda concerning morality, temperance and aesthetics in drama. "The Little Captain," a temperance melodrama, was one such that "focused most exclusively on the social and familial effects of alcohol by explicitly detailing family violence. WCTU editors expected its unrelentingly miserable content to be so unappealing to youth that it could act only as a deterrent. The 'fallen' character in the melodrama, James Grey, was a father of four young children who was ruined by alcohol and destroyed his family in the process" (Parker, 1999)."
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UK Pensions Policy, 2005.
An in-depth look at the new reforms put out by the Labour Party concerning pension plans for the elderly.
4,489 words (approx. 18.0 pages), 19 sources, MLA, $ 117.95
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The pension policy of the UK is one that is followed as a model by various other parts of the world for its efficient dealing with the problem of pensions for the aged of the UK. The government takes a keen interest in reforms in the area of pensions and it was for this reason that it announced the latest set of reforms in the year 2000, in its 'pre-budget report' that was released in the month of November of the same year. The paper explains that the report contained a series of reforms and improvements for pensioners. Taken as a whole, the government will be paying pensioners the amount of more than 4 billion pounds a year, every year to pensioners, from the year 2003-2004 onwards. This amount would be a great boon for pensioners in improving the quality of their lives in their final years, especially in the case of those who are extremely economically deprived. The paper examines what prompted the New Labour Party to come up with a complete set of reforms and changes in the pension schemes and policies for pensioners and why there is a need for a pension policy.
From the Paper
"The legislation that traditionally covers the previously used occupational as well as personal pension schemes is applicable to this new scheme too, but the difference lies in the regulatory standards and the framework on which it is based. When an employer has been able to identify a stakeholder pension scheme and has been able to educate his employees on the various details pertaining to this scheme, he is then required to provide his employees with reasonable access to persons who are in charge of representing and selling this scheme. The employer would also be required to deduct contributions to this scheme from the employee's wages if requested to do so by the employee himself, and pay this amount into the stakeholder pension scheme. However, the employer is not expected to make any monetary contributions towards this scheme; it is the sole responsibility of the employee. In the case of the non-compliance of the employer, he would have to pay a hefty fine of up to 5,000 pounds, and up to 50,000 pounds for non-compliance from a company."
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Age and Job Satisfaction, 2005.
A look at whether there is a correlation between age and job satisfaction.
2,972 words (approx. 11.9 pages), 5 sources, APA, $ 87.95
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This paper examines the question of whether there is any correlation between age and job satisfaction and concludes that age is a highly correlated predictor of employee satisfaction. In determining this, the paper considers several factors that likely contribute to that state of satisfaction including difficulty of finding a job at an older time of life, reluctance to part with built-up prerequisites such as leave time, insurance benefits, profit-sharing and regard of one's coworkers, employers and so on.
Chapter One: Background
Chapter Two: Literature Review
Chapter Three: Research Statements and Methodology
Chapter Four: Results and Conclusion
From the Paper
"When there are too many workers and too few jobs, it seems that an investigation into job satisfaction is relatively without merit; when people are simply happy to have a job at all, they are unlikely to leave that job simply because some parts of the job itself, or the company, or their co-workers or the pay doesn't suit them perfectly. Although that is the situation at the moment, however, it will not always be so. While there are currently abundant older workers, notably the Baby Boom members born between 1946 and 1966, behind that generation-the generation of people born in the 1960s-there is a very small generation. No one at the moment is thinking about Baby Boomers and job satisfaction; mainly, at least from reading the consumer media, one would get the idea that companies' main desire is to simply get rid of the Baby Boomers, preferably without having to continue to pay their high salaries or pensions. Their lack of satisfaction would seem to be a bigger boon to businesses today than is keeping them happy. However, as noted, that will change. Before it does, it would be interesting to know not only if older workers in general are more satisfied with their jobs, but, if not, what is it that a company could do to help them in that respect."
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