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By Lynne Segal, Elaine Showalter
A courageous e-book with a polemical argument at the paradoxes, struggles and merits of aging.
How outdated am I? Don't ask, don't inform. because the child boomers process their 6th or 7th decade, they're confronted with new demanding situations and questions of politics and id. within the footsteps of Simone de Beauvoir, Out of Time seems to be at some of the matters dealing with the aged--the battle of the generations and baby-boomer bashing, the politics of wish, the decreased scenario of the older lady, the distance at the left for the presence and resistance of the outdated, the issues of facing loss and mortality, and the way to discover victory in survival.
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F. 1 (continued) 32 Care of the Older Adult With Gastrointestinal Problems 2) 3. 4. Review of systems a) Ear: pain, discharge, tinnitus, decrease/increase in hearing, use of hearing aids b) Eye: pain, discharge, vision, corrective lenses, blurred vision, diplopia, night blindness, color vision c) Reproductive system g. Hazards to human life, human functioning, and human well-being 1) Personal safety practices 2) Social habits (drugs, alcohol, tobacco, coffee-tea-cola; specify level of use) h. Normalcy: promotion of human functioning and development within social groups in accord with human potential, known limitations, and the human desire to be normal 1) Health habits a) Health resources used (medical, dental, vision and hearing, screening programs, immunizations, counseling) b) Personal health practices (stress/anxiety management, meditation, relaxation techniques; self-breast exam, testicular exam) 2) Self concept/image a) Body image (appearance, boundaries, limits, inner structure) b) Mental health i.
Attitude ii. Affect/mood iii. Thought processes (logical, coherent, perceptual) iv. Sensorium and reasoning (levels of consciousness, orientation, memory, calculation, abstract thinking, judgment/insight, intelligence v. Locus of control vi. Potential for danger (harm to self/other) c) Spirituality Developmental Self-Care Requisites a. Life-cycle stage and related concerns (neonatal, infancy, toddler, preschool, school age, adolescence, early adulthood, middle adulthood, childbearing, late adulthood b.
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