Comprehensive Scholarly Paper Gerontology is the scientific study of old age‚ the process of aging‚ and the particular problems of old people. With maturation the elderly suffer from age-related changes that effect their overall health and day to day living. Even those these changes provide limitations that can be lived with‚ these changes can also exacerbate many medical conditions. The elderly client I decided to evaluate‚ H.J.is a 76 year old african american female‚ that has a past medical
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full-time and enrolled half-time in the Masters of Arts online program at USC’s Davis School of Gerontology‚ I am a goal-oriented person. This orientation drives me to achieve any goal I set through persistence and commitment. Although I have balanced work‚ school‚ single parenting with grace‚ I continue to remain motivated. The goals I have set for myself are twofold. First obtain a Masters of Arts in Gerontology; the elder generation impacts our future one‚ and it’s crucial that we care for our elderly
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ago. So I have personally witnessed my grandmother go through the grieving process as well as deal with her own sickness. Unfortunately my grandmother will have to enter a nursing home because my mother can no longer tend to her needs. This is a difficult time for my family because my grandmother doesn’t want to go into a nursing home‚ but she requires 24/7 care. For my interview I chose the neighbors mother who’s situation‚ age and lifestyle are very similar to my grandmother’s. Her name is Lucy
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Evidence Based Practice for Quality Improvement In today’s society‚ the number of aging people are steadily increasing‚ leading to longer lives with advances in medicine and technology. Gerontology is the study of the physical‚ social‚ psychological‚ and cognitive characteristics of aging (Tabloski‚ 2014). These studies bring forth valuable information of the geriatric population to enhance quality of life. The purpose of this paper is to discuss challenges related to age‚ provide literature on
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N330 Care of the Older Adult and the Family in Retirement Study Guide for Final 1. Why is it important to study gerontological nursing? Our society is rapidly aging‚ with an increasing proportion of the population being over the age of 65. This growth of the older population is expected to increase dramatically over the next 25 years. Consequently‚ there is a growing need for professionals to be trained to work with older persons. 2. Review the roles of the gerontological nurse.
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Field of Gerontology Michael Popowitz HCS 548 – Foundations of Gerontology February 20‚ 2012 Patti Yudelson‚ MSN‚ RN Gerontology is a fairly new multidisciplinary field focusing on several aspects of the aging process. Gerontologists study the aging process of the physical‚ mental and social changes in our aging population. Gerontology also includes investigating the effects on society resulting from our aging population. As humans‚ we are constantly trying to deny the fact that we are aging
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Destiny Estrada Prof. Gleason Comp & Lit 1 December 17‚ 2013 Health Nurses‚ Healthy People When we think about nurses‚ we picture people in scrubs running around doing their duties to help someone who is sick. Someone who is also a doctor‚ someone who is; or maybe is healthy because they are role models to the sickly. The Nurses’ Health Study is flawed because nurses are well known to be unhealthy as a group. According to Michael Pollan‚ a journalist‚ “the Nurses’ Health Study failed
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COGNITIVE AND PERCEPTUAL FACTORS IN AGING AND DRIVING PERFORMANCE* Edward J. Rinalducci‚ Mustapha Mouloua‚ and Janan Smither Department of Psychology University of Central Florida Final Technical Report No. VPL-03-01 Visual Performance Laboratory Department Of Psychology University of Central Florida Orlando‚ Fl. 32816-1390 Technical Report submitted to the Florida Department of Transportation‚ Tallahassee under grant number 16-21-713 to the University of Central Florida and CATSS:
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defined as the manifestation of biological events that occur over a span of time. Aging can also be defined as a progressive functional decline‚ or a gradual deterioration of physiological function with age‚ including a decrease in fecundity (Partridge and Mangel‚ 1999)‚ or the intrinsic‚ inevitable‚ and irreversible age-related process of loss of viability and increase in vulnerability (Comfort‚ 1964). Clearly‚ human aging is associated with a wide range of physiological changes that not only make us
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Norton was relocated into a nursing home where her morale quickly declined. There are several factors that contribute to Mrs. Norton’s waning spirit in the nursing home. The first contributing factor is that she is relocated to a new environment and she is away from home. Most older adults perceive nursing homes negatively (Person- Environment Interaction lecture‚ slide #10). Mrs. Norton might feel that a nursing home is the last place she will stay before she dies. The nursing home staffs are also trying
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