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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, £ 81.95
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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
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"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, £ 80.95
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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.
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"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, £ 59.95
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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
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"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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Long-Term Care, 2005.
A discussion of the issue of long-term health care.
1,754 words (approx. 7.0 pages), 4 sources, MLA, £ 38.95
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This paper discusses long-term care and its affect on the health care industry today and in the future. It explains that long-term care is becoming much more prevalent in American society because people are living longer. It points out that as the Baby Boom generation ages, there will be even more elderly and infirm that will need this special type of health care.
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"Long-term care is changing the way America looks at health care. Because new ways of caring for the elderly are clearly necessary, there is more interest in this topic, and more research is being done on how to correct the problems associated with long-term care. Experts have found some alternatives to long-term care, which include in-home services, assisted living, and/or some form of assistance from family members or friends. Studies indicate that these in-home interventions, if started early enough, can reduce the need for long-term care. One study notes, "personal care services can prevent inappropriate institutionalization and that these services need to be a component of policies for future elder care because the majority of personal care services now provided for individuals are performed by female family members" (Palley & Hollen, 2000, p. 181). Other alternatives include group homes and adult day care, which are both becoming more popular, too."
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Caregiving for the Elderly, 2005.
An examination of contemporary emotional problems facing caregivers for the elderly.
2,487 words (approx. 9.9 pages), 20 sources, MLA, £ 51.95
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A number of studies have been conducted over the past decade that provide insights into the type of emotional problems that can occur in the caregivers. There is also research that is done to determine the means by which the emotional turmoil can be reduced if not eliminated. This paper offers example of both types of studies. Although any type of illness can be used, a number of these articles use the emotional problems resulting from having a parent who is suffering from Alzheimer's disease. It explains that this illness can be very similar to dementia that often afflicts the elderly.
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"Increasing numbers of the babyboomer generation are having to take care of their aging parents in addition to other responsibilities, such as sending their children to college and working full time to pay for rising expenses. The degree of stress that occurs regardless when caring for someone who is ill, is aggravated because of emotions including guilt that one is not doing enough, fear that a loved one is suffering, sadness that a life is coming to an end and depression from frustration and exhaustion. Resources are another difficulty. In many cases, the older children do not even live in the same area as their aging parent and have to find services that are at a premium and vary considerably from one place to the next. Or, if living near one another, considerable time is required to run errands, go to and from the doctors, and respond to phone calls at all time day and night. It takes its emotional toll upon the strongest of individuals. Until recently, discussion of care giving focused on the recipients of care. However, increasingly specialists are addressing the needs of relatives and other informal caregivers."
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End-of-Life Care, 2005.
This paper discusses cultural issues in end-of-life care.
1,495 words (approx. 6.0 pages), 19 sources, APA, £ 33.95
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This paper explains that, in this age of increased social diversity, the cultural aspects of end-of-life care have become increasingly important in the nursing profession; however, the cultural problems of extended life care through artificial means complicate this issue. The author points out that disparities in cultural backgrounds between patient and health care workers may become a problematic area. The paper relates that a strong cultural component of end-of-life nursing care is understanding the implications of spiritual and religious issues.
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"End-of life care nursing requirements are in themselves complex and an area in which more research is required. The research in palliative care has over the last decade focused on a holistic approach to the issue. This refers to care strategies that include the wider context of the patient's life; such as social, psychological and spiritual needs. More recently research in these areas have been extended to include an even wider range of contextual issues and a greater focus on the sensitive dynamics that culture plays in this form of nursing care."
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Equal Employment Opportunity, 2005.
Examines age discrimination as a form of unfair treatment in the American workforce.
1,590 words (approx. 6.4 pages), 5 sources, APA, £ 35.95
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When most Americans think of the term Equal Employment Opportunity, they think about racial discrimination. However, as the Baby Boom generation, the largest generation in American history, gets older, age discrimination is likely to become a larger and larger factor in the discrimination lexicon. This paper shows that more and more equal employment opportunity lawsuits are likely to be initiated because older workers think they have not gotten fair treatment by their employers. In order to assess the current status of both public and legal thinking regarding age discrimination as an equal employment opportunity issue at present, a number of these publications are researched in this paper for recent events and cases regarding age discrimination.
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"In denying the charges, Belk claimed that the changes were meant to consolidate operations from five division offices in the Southeast to the Charlotte headquarters (Dyer 2003). While that may make good business sense, it might also raise a red flag with observers, as most of the jobs in question where high-level jobs in the divisions which might be assumed to carry not only sizeable salaries, but would also be performed, in many cases, by older workers who were approaching retirement and would therefore be eligible for pensions. The attorney representing the employees noted "Many times in these kind of cases, the older employees who were making more money and bigger pensions are the first ones to go...You can't just decide to get rid of all of these old people just because they're making a lot of money." (Quoted by Dyer 2003)"
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Seniors and Medicare Reforms, 2005.
A look at medicare reforms and health care costs, questioning whether seniors are really better off.
22,651 words (approx. 90.6 pages), 9 sources, MLA, £ 170.95
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This study looks at the Medicare reform issue and determines whether there is merit to the desires of those that wish to change the reforms that will go into effect in two years. Chapter One takes into account the problem, the overview of the study to be conducted, and how significant this study is. Also included is the rationale and scope of the study, as it is necessary not only to show how and why the study is important, but also to show what will be proved and how this will be carried out. Chapter Two is a review of sources that give indication as to the feelings and beliefs about Medicare reform, as well as what kinds of changes will actually occur when Medicare reform takes place. Positive and negative aspects are discussed, as well as a description of the sources. Chapter Three is the methodology chapter, and it explains what kinds of tools were used to create this study. Chapter Four deals with the analysis of the data that was collected in Chapter Two, since the opinions and beliefs of the individuals that are dealing with this issue are very important. Chapter Five then examines the recommendations that can be made as to how the program can be improved and looks at the conclusions that can be drawn from the information already collected about the issue at hand.
Table of Contents
Chapter One
Introduction
Statement of the Problem
Overview of the Study
Significance of the Study
Rationale of the Study
Scope of the Study
Chapter Two
Review of Related Literature
Description of Sources Used
Positive Aspects
Negative Aspects
Literature Review
Chapter Three
Methodology
Research Design and Approach
Procedures Used and Data Analysis
Research Considerations and Limitations
Validity and Uniqueness of the Data
Summary
Chapter Four
Analysis of the Data
Chapter Five
Summary Conclusions and Recommendations
Bibliography
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"This study that will be conducted here is a simple one. A review of the literature will be undertaken in the following chapter, and this will allow for study of the plans that the government has and the ways that they have decided to change the Medicare system. Sources will be used to show both the positive and negative aspects of changing the Medicare system, as well as to show the positive and negative aspects of the system that Medicare currently uses.
Only by examining both of these can it truly be determined whether the changes that are to be made to Medicare are going to be good or bad for the majority of people in the long run. It is possible that the changes that will be made to Medicare will actually help some people, but if they do not help the majority of those that use the system, then they are not really what is needed to fix Medicare. It is safe to assume that the Medicare system, like so many other health care systems in the United States today, is broken and needs to be fixed. However, there is grave concern about whether the reforms that are planned for Medicare are actually the fix that Medicare needs."
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Music Therapy, 2004.
An analysis of the therapeutic use of music in the care of dementia patients.
15,400 words (approx. 61.6 pages), 70 sources, MLA, £ 170.95
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This paper discusses the use of music therapy to care for elderly patients suffering from dementia, in general, and Alzheimer's, in particular. The paper explains how nurses are at the forefront of the utilization of music therapy because they are the primary caregivers associated with the elderly. Guidelines based on understanding dementia and the effects of music therapy are used to design hypothetical programs for the treatment of Alzheimer and dementia patients.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Music Therapy: Origins and Generic Uses
Chapter 3: Understanding Dementia
Chapter 4: Music Therapy Literature Survey
Chapter 5: Nursing Guidelines for Music Therapy
Chapter 6: Conclusions
Chapter 7: Bibliography
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"The current President George W. Bush took the easy and political way out when he decided that government funds for his research would only be carried out on existing embryonic cell lines. (ABCNews, 2003) In any case, conservative commentators have called the younger Reagan's words disingenuous because they believed that he insinuated that a cure for the disease was just around the corner. The operative word that gets every body riled up is the word "embryonic." Abortion supporters and opponents weigh in on the matter. Dr. Bernadine Healy, former head of the National Institute for Health, opined in an editorial on a recent US News and World report asking that adult stem cell research be given a chance. (Healy, 2004)"
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Longevity and Quality of Life, 2005.
A discussion about whether improved longevity in recent decades can be matched with quality of life during the elderly age period.
1,254 words (approx. 5.0 pages), 7 sources, MLA, £ 28.95
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This paper explains that, due to modern medicine and improved health awareness, people are living longer. However, it discusses that community health centers and other organizations that take care of the aging population need to be equipped to deal with an aging clientele in order to guarantee their quality of life.
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"The predominant service made available to disabled older adults with developmental disabilities is community-based care (Lewis 2002). But current attitudes related to the provision of health promotion services, some physicians seem reluctant to provide appropriate care for these patients. Add to these the lack of formal training and financial incentives in the delivery of such care. It is, thus seen that it may take time before the quality of this type of health delivery system improves. Likewise, efforts at improving such a system and implementing it are beyond the control of regional health centers but lie in the hands of the legislature to allocate adequate resources and the Department of Health Services to collaborate with the regional centers and the Department of Developmental Services in realistically improving the delivery of appropriate health services to disabled older adults (Lewis)."
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Age Discrimination.
This paper discusses problems of age discrimination in the workplace.
2,070 words (approx. 8.3 pages), 5725 sources, APA, £ 44.95
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This paper explains that older workers, who are generally considered to be better employees, but usually receive higher salaries than younger workers because of their longevity in the company, are being exccluded from the work force by U.S. businesses. The author points out that, while it is legal to fire or lay off people as a cost-cutting measure, business decisions, such as downsizings, job insecurity, increased use of part-time and contract employees, and greater reliance on automation have created a corporate culture that makes older workers expendable. The paper relates that, in Europe, this problem is being handled in a more humane manner and states that, with the shortage of warm bodies to fill entry-level jobs in the U.S., and with the problems of balancing Social Security, it is unlikely age discrimination would be a feature of U.S. work life if the American population, as a whole, was not so dedicated to extolling youth.
Table of Contents
The Current Extent of the Problem
History of the Problem
Chart: Older Workers vs. Younger Workers
How the Aging Employee Issue Is Handled Elsewhere
Conclusion
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"IBM-Big Blue-has also been in the 'older worker' hotspot, although allegedly for a retiree, rather than a worker, problem. In 1999, IBM was switching its pension plan to a cash-balance plan rather than a traditional plan. Dave Finlay was calculating his future pension benefits and realized that he would receive more than 30% less under the new plan than under the old one. Finlay ran a spreadsheet program to compare the old and new retirement benefits. After spending what he calculated to be bout 2,000 hours on the project, he posted his spreadsheet process on a Web site so that other IBMers to calculate their own benefits potentials."
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Dementia, 2004.
An analysis of dementia, with a focus on alternative therapy for dementia patients.
2,377 words (approx. 9.5 pages), 3 sources, MLA, £ 49.95
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This paper discusses dementia and the types of alternative therapies that are currently being used and studied as ways to help dementia patients and their families without requiring medication. The introduction provides a brief look at dementia and addresses the main problem: these alternative therapies are very new to the medical field, and therefore, they are still largely suspect when it comes to whether they are safe and effective. The paper hypothesizes that alternative therapies are both safe and effective for dementia, based on current research and information, and that they can benefit patients when used either by themselves or in conjunction with medication.
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"Dementia has become a concern that is now more widely studied than it used to be. Typically seen in the elderly population, dementia is characterized by several factors, including forgetfulness and agitation. Currently, there is no cure for dementia, and it gets progressively worse as the patient continues to age. Despite the lack of a cure, however, there are some treatments that are just coming to light where dementia is concerned. In other words, doctors and researchers are working on ways to be able to slow the progression of the disease and to ease the symptoms of the disease, and there are some medications that do show some promise at this point."
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Assisted-Living Facilities, 2005.
An analysis of current and future trends in assisted-living facilities in the United States.
3,900 words (approx. 15.6 pages), 13 sources, APA, £ 72.95
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Assisted-living facilities offer a relatively new way to care for seniors who can't manage on their own. The facilities are typically a cross between an apartment building with services and a nursing home with various levels of personal assistance, which are all covered by a monthly rental fee. This paper examines literature on assisted-living facilities in the United States. It concludes with a summary of the research, which shows that, as the American population continues to grow older, increasing numbers of alternative and assisted-living arrangements are going to be required. Assisted-living facilities now represent the most rapidly growing type of residential care for elderly individuals in the United States.
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"Unfortunately for many older people, a fundamental constraint remains in the face of these growing trends towards assisted living facilities: they are not cheap. "The people who express most interest in relocating to an assisted-living community are those least able to afford it, earning on average less than $20,000 a year" (Horvitz 1997, p. 40). A typical assisted-housing unit may easily cost more than $2,000 or $3,000 a month (or more, depending on the region the country); in fact, only 27 percent of those who expect they might need long-term care services say they could come up with the money to pay for them (Horvitz 1997). Although some states have begun to seek waivers to allow Medicaid to pay for assisted living, the government generally restricts coverage to stays in nursing homes--even though assisted living costs 40 percent less. "It's a cheaper option than nursing homes--daily rates are lower," says Redding. "You pay only for what you need, not for what your neighbor needs." Policymakers do have reason to be wary. If assisted living becomes covered by Medicaid, hundreds of thousands of elderly people might take advantage of it, thereby placing an ever greater demand on scarce government resources (Horvitz 1997)."
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Financial Planning for Retirement, 2004.
An analysis of the necessary financial planning for retirement.
2,219 words (approx. 8.9 pages), 8 sources, MLA, £ 46.95
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This paper describes retirement planning as an ongoing process that a person needs to keep up with if goals are to be met. The paper contends that for those at or near retirement age, the planning process goes from accumulation of wealth to making the right decisions about assets. While one will still continue to accumulate money from investments, one will also be looking at using that money for day-to-day living expenses. The paper explains that the right choices are imperative in order to have the retirement lifestyle one desires.
Table of Contents
Early Financial Planning for Retirement
Financial Planning for Retirement: The 30s
Financial Planning for Retirement in Middle Life
Financial Planning for Retirement in the Later Years
Financial Resources for Retirement Planning
Social Security
Pension and Profit-Sharing Plans
Other Retirement Accounts
Other Resources
Retirement Strategies
Summary
References
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"Credit card debt should also be evaluated when one is in their 20's. Many credit cards have interest rates of 20% or higher. Over time, a concerted effort should be made to lower balances on these cards. Continuing to maintain high balances and high interest rates delays
putting money aside for retirement. Financial goals should be shared with one's partner. It is of critical importance that each person is involved in the planning and agree on what type of lifestyle he or she wishes. Once the goals are mutually agreed on, both parties should be involved in carrying out the financial strategies necessary to achieve those goals. Each person should know and understand which investments to have and why. This is a critical period to educate oneself about how to handle finances."
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