Life Transition on Older People Introduction Older adults are faced with various challenges as they attempt to transition to a new lifestyle. In most instances, older adults plan for their old age and how they intend to live after retirement. However, at times it is difficult to plan and circumstances can lead to a change in lifestyle. For instance, loss of employment or unplanned retirement can greatly influence how older adults face the world. The role played by nurses in helping older adults transition and get comfortable in a new living style cannot be ignored. Therefore, it is crucial to look into various aspects that affect older people. Living in a familiar environment is a crucial aspect held dearly by aging persons facing retirement. Illnesses are prone to occur among older people because their immunity is weak. Providing  retiring older patients with necessary observation and treatment is paramount for allowing a peaceful transition without increased stress. On many occasions, older patients have been neglected by their caregivers, nurses, or family members leading to anxiety and depression. It is highly essential…

Social Services in Singapore Introduction Many countries across the world are faced with the challenge of taking care of their elderly people.  This is a group of people who are in a delicate stage of life where they need to be well taken care of to avoid their premature death due to elderly health issues or having them live in isolation. Ageing is one of the most critical social issues that affect the current society. This is because if the elderly people do not have a source of living the rate of dependency is increased. As a result, they become a burden to the society. Furthermore, because of ageing, their healthcare needs are so demanding that it requires people with stable income to maintain their health. Therefore, there is a need for the governments to have policies that would support the ageing people to help them to lead a comfortable life.  This study explores the issue of ageing population as a major social issue in Singapore and examines the policies that have been put in place by the government of…

Walker Percy’s “The loss of a creature” Walker Percy’s “The loss of a creature” is an essay that explores how the perception of the world seems to have changed over time. The writer explores how the experiences of Garcia López de Cárdenas in the Grand Canyon no longer seem to be the same for people who visit the place in the current days. Percy argues that the only person who got to experience the Grand Canyon for what it really is was the one who discovered it. However, once the government turned it into a national park, it became government property and commercial land, thus losing its essence of sovereignty that people could go and enjoy at will. Besides, this change in the status of the Grand Canyon also made it lose its symbolism as it is now viewed as a criterion for the preformed symbolic complex. Notably, this has been occasioned by the fact that people seem to be only going for the memories and take photographs that impact the perception of visitors through the pictures, postcards, and travel…

Affordable Care Act The affordable Care Act (ACA) remains one of the most groundbreaking health reforms in the US history following the 1965 enactment of the Medicare and Medicaid policies. The march of 2010 witnessed the breakthrough when president Obama passed ACA into law requiring all the US residents to acquire the same in an endeavor to increase healthcare coverage to many citizens. The cost of healthcare in the US was recorded as the highest among many other nations making health insurance an affair of the rich exclusively. As a result many lives were lost since the poor were locked out of health covers. The policy not only focuses on the clients receiving health insurance and quality services, but also majors on health professionals including APRNs and DNPs in an endeavor to expand their scope of offering leadership on different levels to increase efficiency and safety of care. ACA core values remain provision of increased healthcare insurance coverage, improved access to preventive healthcare services and enhanced preventative health and wellness programs among others. The Obama care main agenda lies with…

developing my cultural and world view The areas that I look forward to developing is my cultural and world view. In that, I will be able to tell the differences of the underlying client’s beliefs of various spiritual systems. Also, as a therapist, I think it’s essential that one meditates on their spirituality so that one can be able to relate with a patient on a spiritual level. Counselor’s self-awareness is very vital in therapy. Successful counseling should address the body, mind, and spirit. A primary therapist’s goal is to ensure the well-being of the client. Spirituality and religion are vital sources of strength to some clients, it gives meaning to their lives, and it can be essential in promoting their mental healing and well-being. In Blair’s findings, some patients described how spirituality played an indispensable role in their lives because it helped them get an identity (Blair, 2015). During a therapeutic process, the counselor must use the client’s spiritual beliefs to help them explore and get better. The spirituality topic is susceptible, and one should have some level of…

A Critical Look at Assessment When it comes to education, it is essential to establish checks and balances that periodically evaluate the progress of the learner and their response to a given teaching strategy to ensure they effectively benefit from the same. Educational assessment is the systematic process of documenting and using empirical data based on a learner’s response to a teaching program. The data, in this case, ranges from the learner’s knowledge, attitude, and skills to beliefs about the particular teaching program. By evaluating the student’s response to a given teaching program in this manner, the educator will be better placed to determine the student’s learning ability in addition to refining and improving student learning. The student’s knowledge is refined by making the necessary adjustments to a particular program based on the learner’s reaction. Some programs may be too advanced, while others may be ineffective and irrelevant to the student’s learning needs, thus the need to adjust these to suit the intended effect. Some of the basic types of assessment strategies include pre-assessment, whose goal is to determine the…

Richard Paul on critical thinking Critical thinking as a concept was developed more than 200 years ago and has continued to evolve. The phrase critical thinking first use was in the mid-late 20th century. Various definitions of critical thinking form a comprehensive concept into understanding the interdisciplinary interpretations of what it is. Michael Scriven & Richard Paul define critical thinking as the process of skillfully and actively conceptualizing, analyzing, applying, synchronizing, and evaluating information gathered through experiments, observations reasoning, communication, reflection, or experience. Arriving at conclusions is influenced by various factors such as beliefs, universally recognized values, the topic of interest, relevance, consistency, and alternate viewpoints. Critical thinking is self-guided and attempts to apply the highest level of fair-mindedness. Critical thinkers are rational, reasonable, and empathetic s who seek to make the best conclusion that is mutually beneficial to them and the society at large. To be a critical thinker is to be aware of the inherently flawed nature of human thinking when left unchecked. Hence, a critical thinker needs to understand their egocentric and sociocentric tendencies and balance them…

Arab, Iranian, and Baltic people Overview of the article The Arab, Iranian, and Baltic people share common cultural values and communication style that causes a lot of misunderstanding among Western health care professionals. Despite the fact that the people of the Middle East differ ethically, they share common behaviors and values, which are attitudes towards health and illness, the importance of family and affiliation and interaction style. According to Donnelly et al. (2016), the problems that arise among the Arab, Iranian, and Baltic people when providing health care include difficulty in obtaining adequate information. Besides, there are conflicting beliefs concerning the issues of planning for the future, the demanding behaviors that are caused by the patient’s family. Also, the difference in the patterns in which the bad news and the death of a patient are communicated to the family members. The health care providers need to understand and have competencies to handle the different cultural practices,which will help in improving the provision of health care services. Culturally competent health care professional helps in reducing the gap and health care disparities…

Personality Traits                         Personality traits reflect peoples characteristic patterns of thoughts, feelings and  behaviours. Personality traits imply consistency and stability.an individual’s behavior towards others,attitude,characteristics, mindset makes his personality. The big five personality traits have an impact on individual difference as well as contributing positively to an  individuals                 The following are the big five personality traits Openness Openness is one of the big five personality traits. This trait has some characteristics such as insight and  imagination. The people who have this trait will also be open minded and have interests in knowing and learning about the world around them as well and learn new things and also new experiences that they encounter( Deesilatham, S., & Hosany, S. 2018, June).. This trait will contribute positively to individual performance where by a student possessing this trait will excel in his academics because they will always be willing to learn new things especially education wise and also they will always be open to new ideas and concepts that they encounter every day in the learning context. Conscientiousness This is the second trait among the…

Spirituality in Health Care and Wellness Question 1 The perceived role of spiritual beliefs in illness and recovery is the primary influence upon healthcare beliefs and the behaviour among people. Only through understanding their spiritual beliefs of people can the care provider or nurse effectively meet the needs of patients from diverse religious beliefs. When the nurse failure to understand what the spiritual needs of patient entail, the patient will fail to understand if the nurse or doctor is working in her/his best interest to save their life.  The patient will automatically think that it is only the spiritual being such as God who knows best. Why religion is not researchable, it plays a crucial role in healthcare psychologist, patient and care provider. Religion empowers the patient via connecting them to the community, superior force and psychological stability. As such, the ability to empower can be applied by the nurse to aid t patient struggling with diseases. Recognizing the spiritual needs of the patient helps the care provider to gain an understanding of the two issues. The beliefs that are…