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Institutional Care of the Elderly
The Hastings Center Report, 1994There is no reason to doubt that a society can, indeed, very well be judged on the basis of how it takes care of its elderly. By assuring high quality care, whether by providing it directly in public institutions or by supporting private caregivers, society could demonstrate its appreciation to a whole generation.
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The Hastings Center Report, 1982
entailed a kind of abandonment of the aged. It meant leaving the old country, the land of one's forebears, for a strange land, often without the comfort of one's mother tongue-all for the sake of the young. Immigrants made an extraordinary sacrifice and placed an extraordinary pressure on their sons and daughters. In Great Britain, W.H. Auden once said,
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entailed a kind of abandonment of the aged. It meant leaving the old country, the land of one's forebears, for a strange land, often without the comfort of one's mother tongue-all for the sake of the young. Immigrants made an extraordinary sacrifice and placed an extraordinary pressure on their sons and daughters. In Great Britain, W.H. Auden once said,
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Journal of the Irish Dental Association, 2017
recently completed the Specialist Certificate in Health Promotion (Oral Health) at NUIG, and chose oral health in the elderly in residential care for my research and final project. The census of 2011 states1 that “the population of people aged 65 and older is increasing”.
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recently completed the Specialist Certificate in Health Promotion (Oral Health) at NUIG, and chose oral health in the elderly in residential care for my research and final project. The census of 2011 states1 that “the population of people aged 65 and older is increasing”.
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The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 1989
Western values have long emphasized an interventionist approach to problems of health and health care. Yet, as medical technology becomes increasingly expensive and as the number of older people grows, proposed changes often are now governed more by considerations of cost than by quality of services.
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Western values have long emphasized an interventionist approach to problems of health and health care. Yet, as medical technology becomes increasingly expensive and as the number of older people grows, proposed changes often are now governed more by considerations of cost than by quality of services.
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Nursing Standard, 1987
A study in Dorset comparing the care of elderly mentally ill patients in a hospital setting and a community hospital has revealed fewer patient accidents and a lower staff sickness rate. A patient-centred method of care was used in the community hospital and despite the patients having greater freedom of movement, there were fewer accidents.
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A study in Dorset comparing the care of elderly mentally ill patients in a hospital setting and a community hospital has revealed fewer patient accidents and a lower staff sickness rate. A patient-centred method of care was used in the community hospital and despite the patients having greater freedom of movement, there were fewer accidents.
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Intensive care and the elderly
Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics, 1997During the last 20 years the number of elderly patients treated in our intensive care units (ICUs) has almost doubled. Today about 30% of all ICU-patients are more than 70 years of age. Therefore, this subject has become more and more important, both in public policy and for scientific research.
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New England Journal of Medicine, 1985
OVER the next several decades the practice of medicine in the United States will be increasingly influenced by the health care needs of our rapidly enlarging elderly population. Just as children are not merely young versions of adults, the elderly are not simply old adults.
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OVER the next several decades the practice of medicine in the United States will be increasingly influenced by the health care needs of our rapidly enlarging elderly population. Just as children are not merely young versions of adults, the elderly are not simply old adults.
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