Essays on Biermann

The elderly population, beyond the age of 65 has tremendously increased, and current projections indicate that this population will continually increase in the coming years. The healthcare settings have not gone free of these changing demographics, and there has been a need to develop policies that cut across all healthcare settings to facilitate quality care for the aging population (Bennett & Flaherty-Robb, 2003). Different literatures have addressed the issue of care for the elderly population in various ways. While many recommendations exist at technical level, the primary idea is that the healthcare sector needs to adopt policies that facilitate quality ...

Type of Journal Format: Structured Journaling

BIO-317V (BIO-317V-0101) Abstract The research investigates the current state of healthcare services for the elderly and proposes the ways of improving it. The study investigates the challenges that the nurse-assistants face when giving care services to the elderly. The researcher collects data from 25 respondents in 2 Long –term Care Organizations (LTCOs) in New York. The researcher uses structured interview for collecting data from the respondents. A majority of the respondents are females. The researcher categorizes his interview questions into four topics: Job description, Challenges for providing care to the elderly, time-related challenges, and challenges during recruit-integration ...

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Haze is an atmospheric phenomenon where smoke, dust, and the other dry particles obscure clarity of the sky. The sources for haze particles are industry, traffic, wildfires, and farming (cultivating in the dry weather). Haze regularly occurs when smoke and dust particles gather in relatively dry air. The industrial pollution can cause dense haze that is called smog. When the weather conditions block dispersal of the smoke as well as other contaminants, they concentrate and form a low hanging shroud, which impairs visibility and may turn into a respiratory health threat. Since the year 1991, haze has actually been a predominantly serious ...