One of the most accelerating neurological disorder among the elderly population, Alzheimer disease serves as the common cause for presenile dementia hitting the number of 13.8 million by 2050. (Herbert L.E, et.al). With increasing in ageing population the neurodegenerative disease rises while enhanced and magnified research has been conducted but no productive answer has been…
Case Study: Socio-Economic Influences on Health
<!–Content Start–> Zivile Mikucioniene Introduction In the year 2005 the health promotion has been defined by World Health Organization. This program enables people to pose control over their health and its determinants. Through a healthy public policy the health promotion program can be occurred. Income, employment, housing, food security and quality working conditions are the…
Development of Innovation in the Clinical Setting: Hydration in Nursing
Introduction This assignment will identify an innovation idea within a clinical setting, exploring different aspects, including the model used, feedback from service users and carers and why this innovation idea may be of use. Innovation is the action or process of transformation. The healthcare industry is constantly growing and transforming. It is crucial that today’s…
Womens Health and Gender Bias in Healthcare
Introduction When a patient enters the healthcare system, we assume that the person will be treated with sound judgement and treatment will be based on objective, evidence-based practice parameters set by reliable research. We rarely, if ever, anticipate that the clinical decision making may be influenced by the patient’s attributes such as religion or socioeconomic…
Relationship between Gender Inequality and Hunger
Relation of Gender Inequality and Hunger Hunger, malnutrition and poverty are natural human phenomena, but they are often discussed in ways that are far removed from people’s experiences and thus cannot explain their engagement in food systems. There is more than enough food in the world to feed everyone, but the number of people affected…
Health Profile of Enfield: Focus on Strokes
Contents Introduction…………………………………………….1 Demographic Profile of Enfield…………………………………1 -2 Health Issue in Enfield……………………………………..2 Who is affected? Health Inequalities …………………………….2 -3 Social Determinants of health Policy issues relating to Stroke……………………………….4-5 Public Health Provisions in Enfield…………………………….5-7 Conclusion……………………………………………..7 Reference List………………………………………….7-8 Introduction This report will be divided into three sections. In section 1, I will be talking about the profile of…
Infection control is a fundamental aspect of a nurses role
Infection control is a fundamental aspect of a nurse’s role, as well as the responsibility of everyone who works within healthcare systems (Department of Health (DH) 2006a). Infection control and the prevention of all infection remains a major goal within all healthcare settings, and lies with all healthcare professionals and personnel’s responsibility to ensure this…
Reflective Analysis Of A Students Induction Week
Reflective Analysis has gained a high level of recognition in higher education, it is now used to structure students learning ability, Reflective Analysis as helped me to be able to analyse and assess current and past events, situation and experience. Ann Mathews (2007) state that “it is a way whereby an individual turn out to…
Ethics and Influence of Mengeles Medical Experiments in the Holocaust
To what extent did the medical experiments conducted by Dr Josef Mengele during the Holocaust considered influential to modern medicine in today’s society? Medical practices conducted during the Holocaust were influential to today’s society to a small extent. Throughout World WarII, in quest to conquer the master race, Nazi Germany operated a mass genocide and…
Approaches Towards Dementia Care
Peter John Ignacio Jael Wafula Support Planning for Geriatric Health Conditions Introduction Today, our society consists of increasing number of people aged sixty five and over. This is the result of the baby boomer effect in which post world war two children are now in the latter stages of their lives. It is believed that…