Are The Barriers To Effective Pain Management In the Elderly? Rationale for this study The topic of this research was chosen for a combination of personal and professional reasons. While being out on placement within different care settings and working with elderly patients who were in pain due to co-morbidities. During the time spent with older patients and being involved in their care, as a professional it was felt that pain within the elderly was not always well managed through a number of different
usually denoted as old age. By this age most of the elderly retires from their jobs or their business and spend more time at home. So their home should be designed according to their body, mind and
This chapter deals with review of literature related to the research study. Based on the objectives of the research review was carried out and described in the following headings. • To study the socio demographic profile of the respondents • To identify the physical and psychological health of the respondents • To understand the quality of life of the respondents • To know familial relationship of the respondents Thrissur is otherwise called the Cultural Capital of Kerala in light of its social
2014) [1]. As mentioned by W.A. Wan-Ibrahim and I. Zainab (W.A. Wan-Ibrahim, I. Zainab, 2014), one of the reasons for population ageing is because the number of older people relative to younger generations increases. Even though the proportion of elderly person who aged 60 and over in Malaysia is still small and unapparent, but there are signs that the population of Malaysia is moving towards ageing [2]. Looking back to the history, most of the middle-aged and older adults will not have living parents
LITERATURE REVIEW 2.1 Introduction The prevalence of hypertension in the elderly urban population in Malaysia is 62% while in the rural area the rate is reported to be about 26% (Ong, Oung, Ong, & Tan, 2010). The number of hypertension patients of urban elderly is higher than the rural elderly (Ong et al., 2010). The study also found that the prevalence of depression among the elderly living in urban areas was more than double compared to those living in the rural areas. This could be associated
patients suffering from dementia. Although music therapy is considered a non-pharmacological intervention for the management of BPSD, its effectiveness remains unclear. This review aimed to investigate the effects of music therapy on agitation, anxiety and cognitive function older adult
temperature varies, the body temperature also depends on the age of the man. The child's body temperature newborns, toddlers, children, adolescents, adults, the elderly, and the elderly, all levels of this age have a body temperature that is not the same. Infants and children have a higher body temperature than in adults, the elderly and the elderly. Body temperature tends to decrease when the age is getting older man. Data from studies that have been conducted Mackowiak, Wasserman, and Levin which measure
their department managers in working with this population. Ross & Goldner (2009) conducted a “systematic, targeted search and review of the existing body of literature pertaining to stigma, negative attitudes, and discrimination towards mental illness, specifically as viewed through the lens of the nursing profession (p.559)”. This concentrated review of nursing literature discussed two themes: nurses as stigmatizers (negative attitudes toward mental illness – if greater familiarity led to less stigma
Assignment Title HOW TO IMPROVE THE END OF LIFE CARE OF PATIENTS WITH DEMENTIA LIVING IN THE NURSING HOME Contents Introduction Literature search strategy Literature review Conclusions Reference list Introduction World Health Organization defines "Dementia is a syndrome – usually of a chronic or progressive nature – in which there is deterioration in cognitive function beyond what might be expected from normal ageing. It affects memory, thinking, orientation, calculation, learning capacity
I. INTRODUCTION Nowadays, the growth of immigrant’s population of large city housing price is the reason why families living in high rise buildings have been raised over recent decades. Beside the high density and lack of communal spaces, people have always looked for alternative ways to reduce the negative effects on living in high apartments. The most significant factor that can be solved these problems and play a key role to drop down these effects is community space. However, people in modern