Tag: Geriatric
Geriatrics, is a specialty that focuses on health care of elderly people. It aims to promote health by preventing and treating diseases and disabilities in older adults. There is no set age at which patients may be under the care of a geriatrician, or geriatric physician, a physician who specializes in the care of elderly people.
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Geriatric Care Available in New Zealand
Nursing Essays
Introduction Ageing population has out growth its number for years in many countries such as New Zealand that has a number of ageing population. Most ageing population are physically fit and have a h...
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Impact of Frailty on Depression
Nursing Essays
Background With increasing life expectancy, diseases associated with old age have increased in growing proportion in recent decades. (1) The integration of frailty measures in clinical practice is c...
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Dietary Habits, Exercise, and Constipation among Elderly
Nursing Essays
Student name: MAN HO YAN Title of the Study The title of this study is “The relationship between dietary habits, exercise, and constipation among elderly in Hong Kong. Objectives of the Stu...
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Management of Geriatric Health Facilities
Nursing Essays
Nirpreet Kaur Brar ABSTRACT The main purpose of the report is to tell about the different organisation’s services provided to elderly and how they can bring more improvements in their services...
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Person Centred Approach to Dementia and Geriatric Care
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Ranny Roi P.Gaco Abstract This paper examines the different principles involved in the person centred approach to dementia and other common geriatric health condition’s care. It will also tackle ...
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Auckland DHB Elderly Care Strategies
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Auckland DHB is based to part of Auckland City in which they are serving seven wards Avondale/Roskill, Eastern Bays, Eden- Albert (Balmoral), Hobson, Tamaki- Maungakiekie(Penrose), Western Bays and H...
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Person Centred Care for Dementia Patients
Nursing Essays
Ingrid Joy Moreno Castaneda Abstract This paper presents the different aspects of person-centred approach in the promotion of health to the elderly with dementia and other geriatric health condi...
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Elderly Demographics Research Study
Nursing Essays
Topic Background Health seeking behaviour is becoming more popular in the field of research study at present time. The use of this, somehow, became the window of opportunity to policymakers in deli...
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Ethical Issues in Geriatric Service Organizations
Nursing Essays
LINA DIAZ Common ethical issues and conflicts experienced by managers and practitioners of geriatric service organizations and recommend alternative measures to remove or minimise such ethical dile...
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Support and Charities for Geriatric Patients and the Elderly
Nursing Essays
INTRODUCION As population age, the body or physical appearance changes, mental, emotional and social aspects of person’s life are also altered. It is inevitable since nobody can live young for a lo...
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Nutritional Considerations in Geriatric Care
Nursing Essays
Title of the Topic: Nutritional Considerations in Geriatrics Running Title: Geriatric Nutrition List of Cotributors: Dr.Veena B. Benakatti, Post Graduate student, Department of Prosthodontics, KLEVK...
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Person Centred Approaches to Geriatric Care
Nursing Essays
INTRODUCTION In planning a care approach to your patient or client, there are a lot of factors that you should put in to consideration. You should be aware of your client’s history to begin with. T...
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Guidance for the Prevention of Falls in the Elderly
Nursing Essays
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), one out of three older adults have fallen each year and twenty five percent of these incidents result in severe injuries such as hea...
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