For instance people with dementia can be affected by grief as in the most common of circumstances they are elderly and may have suffered the loss of a partner. Greif can affect people in a variety of ways and emotionally it can suppress a person’s appetite leading to dehydration and mal nutrition, or someone comfort eating and eating excessive amounts leading to weight gain and possibly someone becoming obese. 2. Explain how poor nutrition can contribute to an individual’s experience of dementia. If someone has poor nutrition
Approximately 550,000 individuals are determined to have heart failure every year. It's the main source of hospitalization in individuals more established than 65. Heart failure doesn't mean the heart has quit working. It implies the heart is less ready to pump blood through the heart and body, and weight in the heart goes up. Subsequently,
Traditional treatments for depression such as pharmacotherapy can take between one and four weeks before any therapeutic effect is noticed and thirty percent of people do not respond to it at all (Craft, 2005). A single bout of exercise has been found to reduce the severity of depression and anxiety in clinical and non-clinical populations (Haake et al., 2009). Additionally, research indicates that the chronic effects of long-term exercise are equally as effective as pharmacotherapy and psychotherapy (Craft & Landers, 1998). Long-term exercise programs are particularly effective in alleviating the severity of depression in both clinical and non-clinical populations. They are also beneficial for anxious individuals and improving long-term well-being (Weinberg & Gould, 2011, p. 401).
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 68 percent of the people in our country are overweight. Half of that 68 percent, or 34 percent of our population is obese (Overweight Prevalence). Weight loss basically boils down to burning more calories that you eat (Staff, Counting Calories: Getting back to weight-loss basics), but this is easier said than done for some people. What do you do when you’ve tried diet after diet and nothing has worked? More and more people are turning to gastric bypass surgery.
I. Introduction a. Audience hook: Lives could be saved if more of the population was trained in Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) and the use of an Automatic External Defibrillator (AED). According to the Heart Rhythm Society “An estimated 382,800 people experience sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) in the United States each year” (Sudden Cardiac Arrest Facts 2013). Only 32% SCA victims get CPR because most bystanders do not have training.
It is not clear whether these are from lupus itself or whether there related to the general stress and fatigue of having a chronic illness. More severe symptoms such as difficulty with memory loss, concentration, numbness or weakness of the arms and legs are not to common. People with this disease may also develop inflammation of the heart sac, which may cause severe or sudden pain on the center of the left side of the chest that may spread to the neck, back, shoulders or even arms. People may also develop inflammation around the lungs, which may cause a stabbing chest pain and coughing. Many people tend to lose weight when their disease is active.
As the majority of the population becomes older than 65, disability and its secondary consequences become major issues. While it is true that more than half of Americans do not follow the recommendation of 30 minutes of exercise per day, five or more times per week, persons with disabilities report even higher rates of inactivity and of obesity. They are also more likely to smoke. Barriers to Exercise Some barriers to regular exercise faced by persons with disabilities include cost of membership to fitness centers, lack of transportation, lack of information regarding available wheelchair-accessible facilities and programs, lack of accessible equipment in the centers, lack of available/affordable equipment for home use, and the perception that fitness centers are unfriendly environments for people with disabilities. Additionally, many persons with disabilities don't know what exercise program is suitable for their particular condition.
The risk for being diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes is higher for people who are older, obese, have family history of the disease and who do not exercise. In Type 2 diabetes the symptoms appear slower than do in Type 1 diabetes. Some of the symptoms are the same, but the symptoms for Type 2 are: urinating often, losing weight unexpectedly, feeling tired and hungry, sores that will not heal blurry eyesight and being thirsty. Type-2 diabetes can be managed with eating healthy, exercising, and checking your blood sugar. Some people may also have to take medications.
Lameec Gerald We live in a time where overweight and obesity is the 2nd most cause of preventable deaths in America. (“The Most Preventable Causes of Death in the U.S”) The way to prevent these deaths are exercising and eating healthy . However Approximately 1 out of 2 Americans are low income or poor according to the census bureau. ( WASHINGTON AP) Food prices are continuously rising, especially healthy food. How can the average American be healthy when they can't afford healthy food and if they can how do they what is healthy .
The study estimated that in 2005 in the United States, there were 45,000 deaths associated with lack of health insurance. A Johns Hopkins Hospital study found that heart transplant complications occurred most often amongst the uninsured, and those patients who had private health plans fared better than those covered by Medicaid or