Essays about: "CARE OF OLD AGE PEOPLE"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 21 essays containing the words CARE OF OLD AGE PEOPLE.

1. 16. Development and design of a kitchen solution using Inclusive and Pleasure Design.

   University essay from Institutionen för teknik och samhälle

   Author : Philip-Jan Flebus; Silvia Ferriz Bosque; [2012]
   Keywords : Inclusive design; Pleasure design; kitchen; design; product; users.;

   Abstract : The largest age group in western society, the baby boomers, was born between 1943 and 1964, considering different definitions for the time span. All these people have an age between 62 and 48 years old. The life expectancy of these people is the highest in history and they will be more and more willing to stay independent as long as possible. READ MORE

3. 17. Rågsveds Hälsoträdgård : et restorativt miljø for de ældre

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of People and Society

   Author : Bente Ben-Hamadou; [2010]
   Keywords : restorative environment; healing garden; housing; elderly; physical activity; social relations;

   Abstract : A growing number of people are getting very old. Experience says that after the age of 80 humans meet a growing need for assistance with daily care and activities and this may be the beginning of a negative spiral of passivity and social isolation. READ MORE

4. 18. Socio-economic factors impacting fertility preferences and fertility behaviours in Shanghai

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Development Studies; Lunds universitet/Graduate School; Lunds universitet/Socialhögskolan

   Author : Erin Kennedy; [2010]
   Keywords : China; population policy; housing; fertility preference; fertility behavior; development; single-child generation; Shanghai; Family Planning Policy; socio-economic variable; institution; policy variable; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : ABSTRACT Purpose: The purpose of this study was to explore the current factors affecting fertility preference and fertility behaviour in Shanghai among the first single-child generation who are now entering into their childbearing years. In order to gain a more clear understanding of fertility preference and fertility behaviour in Shanghai the following areas were explored in an attempt to discover the institutional/policy variables and the socio-economic variables that are impacting fertility preference and fertility behaviour: the number of children preferred by the participants, the actual number of children had or planned to have by the participants, the age or time of having a first child, the factors affecting a participant’s fertility preference and fertility behaviour, and the desired future direction of the family planning policy. READ MORE

5. 19. The unsustainable policy choice: China's dilemma of rapid population ageing

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för öst- och sydöstasienstudier

   Author : Sigrun Hjartadottir; [2007]
   Keywords : Development; Sustainability; Demography; One-Child Policy; Social sciences; Samhällsvetenskaper; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Anyone following trends in international business and economics is aware of the rise of China as an economic giant. As a part of its development strategy China, in the late 1970s, adopted a strict birthing policy to curb population growth. This has resulted in China having become an ageing society. READ MORE

6. 20. South African nurses experiences from caring encounters in nursing care of elderly patients sufferung from dementia

   University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Sektionen för hälsa

   Author : Elisabeth Byh; Maria Mellerup; [2004]
   Keywords : communication; dementioa; elderly; nursing-care; South Africa; demens; kommunikation; omvårdnad; Sydafrika; äldre;

   Abstract : To meet patients who are sufferng from dementia takes encouragement and imagination. As a nurse you should try to understand the patients verbal and nonverbal communicative skills. How you as a nurse act towards the patient is of great importance for how the nurse-patient relationship will be. READ MORE