asked if she would consider allowing me to do my presentation as their theme we were all ecstatic. My chosen topic was entitled “HAVE A SHOT>>>ITS GOOD FOR WHAT AILS YOU” An educational presentation for the promotion of health and prevention of disease in older adults through immunizations. I took a light hearted approach with numerous plays on the party atmosphere. As I alluded to before, the Golden Girls and their spouses are technically “Older Adults” but only by virtue of their ages. They
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Diana Frias LACS 271 Professor Almendros March 23,2014 The chagas disease The spread of the chagas disease is most common in places of greater poverty in Latin America and the Caribbean. The chagas disease is a parasitic disease named after the Brazilian physician Carlos Chagas who discovered it in 1909. It is spread to animals and people through a bite of an infected insect named triatomine bugs or “kissing bugs” that carry the parasite known as Trypanosoma cruzi (Boston College). The
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July 26, 2014 Epidemiology on Mononucleosis Mononucleosis is a viral disease caused by the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), that affects people between the ages of ten and thirty-five, but anyone at any age can contract the disease. This disease is found mainly in adolescents. It is also known as “the kissing disease”, and it is indistinguishable from other members of the herpes virus group (123helpme, 2014). The most frequent mode of transmission is intimate salivary contact. It can also be transmitted
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Alzheimer’s disease. He is in the early stage of the disease at this point. Mrs. Speed is quite concerned about the progression of the disease, whether Mr. Speed can still be employed, if he can be left alone for several hours at a time, and what medications he will be required to take. How would you respond to her concerns? Is there other information that would be helpful to the Speeds? Where can they find more information about Alzheimer’s disease? Alzheimer's disease is a disease affecting the
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Four billion cases of diarrhea occur annually, of which 88% is attributable to unsafe water, and inadequate sanitation and hygiene. 1.8 million People die every year from diarrheal diseases, the vast majority being children under the age of 5 years. Lack of safe water perpetuates a cycle whereby poor populations become further disadvantaged, and poverty becomes entrenched. WHO (2010) estimates that 94% of diarrheal cases are preventable through modifications to the environment, including interventions
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this time, people who are infected may be asymptomatic, but can spread this disease without realizing it. Deprived of HIV medications, an infected individual will go being HIV positive to having AIDS, in about 10 to 12 years. “AIDS is the final stage of HIV infection.” The body has been damaged beyond repair and the immune system so weakened by this disease that a person starts to suffer from complications of this disease. The person starts to experience “opportunistic
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Hand washing is the most integral part of health care`s universal precautionary rules, considering all exposures to human and animal samples is potentially hazardous and infectious. Exposure to potential infectious agents not only does it causes a diseases to the exposed person but it does also keep the line of infection for the agent to infect more and more people. Therefore, Hand washing is an important employee safety requirement in healthcare. There are crucial steps to be followed for a proper
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a novel idea. In 350 B.C., Hippocrates recommended boiling water to inactivate “impurities”. The U.S. and Central Europe, where water and sanitation services are nearly universal, significantly reduced water-, sanitation-, and hygiene-related diseases by the start of the 20th century by protecting water sources and installing sewage systems. However, in developing countries, water and sanitation services are still severely lacking. As a result, millions suffer from preventable illnesses and
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question for unit on Alzheimer’s disease. I cannot even imagine how hard it would even be to not know the things that you used to know when you were a younger person. This disease has and knows no barriers therefore, anyone can get it. I too work with many elderly people and have worked with those that have dementia or Alzheimer’s disease. When I work with people with this disease, I try to put myself in their shoes and wonder if I had this disease/condition the absolute worst case
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Introduction This is a report that compares and contrasts two well-known organisations that helps people in their daily livelihood. Here we discuss one of the biggest supermarket chains; Tesco and the calmer organisation known for helping people with heart disease; British Heart Foundation. It is clear that these two are different from each other because Tesco is for profit and British Heart Foundation is simply voluntary. One of the main points for Tesco is that it is a PLC (Public Limited Company) which means
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