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This work is suitable for medical and other students and trainees learning the behavioral sciences. It is a clearly structured, compact text on the behavioral sciences for medical and other students and trainees, including practical features such as annotated review questions and a practice exam. The brand new edition of this compact text presents succinct information about the wide variety of behavioral, social, and psychological sciences that comprise the behavioral sciences relevant to health and wellness. Based around but expanding on the Integrated Sciences Model, and integrating the Institute of Medicine’s key themes for medical training, the new edition is organized in sections covering: Biological Mediators of Behavior; Individual-Environment Interaction; Development Through the Life Cycle; Social and Cultural Determinants; Societal and Behavioral Health Challenges; The Health Care System, Policy, and Economics; Physician-Patient Interaction; and Psychopathology. New chapters deal with Stress, Adaptation, and Illness; Geriatric Health and Successful Aging; Palliative Care; Health Care Issues Facing Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Individuals; Competency in Clinical Education; Health Literacy; and Changing Risk Behaviors. Clear appendices review principles of epidemiology and biostatistics. Each chapter begins with guidance questions and ends with current recommended readings and review questions. A complete 300+ question-and-answer USMLE-type review section not only allows readers to check how well they have learned the material, but also highlights important points and adds additional specific information to supplement the text. The authors of this text are experienced teachers and researchers drawn primarily from the membership of the Association for the Behavioral Sciences and Medical Education……..

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 “A particularly weak book in the field of behavioral sciences.” 2008-07-22
By Andrew J. Degnan (Washington, DC)
At the outset, this book shows every promise of being a great book for a psychiatry, psychopathology, or behavioral sciences course. It has a great layout, plenty of USMLE-style review questions (most of which are actually good), and covers a broad spectrum of topics. Yet, here the expectations end unfulfilled.

The text is too long to be a review book and yet, too perfunctory and simple to be a textbook. It lies in a middling area of inadequacy. The authors would have done better to include more detail so as to be comprehensive and/or restructured the text to eliminate a lot of unnecessary sentences dedicated to explaining simple concepts that belittle the, no doubt, educated reader. There are much better texts in terms of learning behavioral sciences for the Step 1 such as the BRS or High-Yield books by Barbara Fadem, these books are much more succinct and stick to the relevant material.

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I had absolutely no problem with buying this book. The book arrived without delay and in excellent condition. I believe I bought the book as “like new” but it looks brand new to me. I would highly recommend this seller. Thanks~

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3040715    กระบวนการจัดการเพื่อพัฒนาสาธารณสุขมูลฐาน    Managerial Process for Primary Health Care Development

แนวคิดและบทบาทสำคัญของการสาธารณสุขมูลฐานที่มีต่อการพัฒนาชุมชนและกระบวนการจัดการเพื่อพัฒนา การใช้การสาธารณสุขมูลฐานเป็นกลวิธีในการแก้ปัญหาสุขภาพ และการสาธารณสุขมูลฐาน

(The concept and key role of primary health care in community development and its managerial process; all aspects of the primary health care approach to health problems; important issues on primary health care; the managerial process; wider coverage and community involvement, strengthened intersectoral action, resource distribution, managerial support-systems and information transfer, logistic, maintenance and supplier manpower development and essential drugs.)

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3040731    การบริหารระบบบริการสาธารณสุข    Health Care System Management

การบริหารระบบบริการสาธารณสุข การปรับเปลี่ยนแนวการบริหารทางสาธารณสุขในทางที่สอดคล้องกับกระแสโลกาภวัตน์ (Globalization) การวางแผนองค์กร การวางแผนเชิงกลยุทธ แนวทางการบริหารงาน บุคลากรสาธารณสุข การบริหารข้อมูลสารสนเทศเพื่อนำมาใช้ในการจัดระบบสาธารณสุข รวมทั้งแนวทางการประเมินถึงความสำเร็จและสัมฤทธิผลขององค์กร

(Health care system management; changes in health care management Relating to Globalization; organization planning; strategic planning; Health personnel management; Management of information system to be Applied in health service system; evaluation of Effectiveness and Efficiency of organization.)

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3103102    การดูแลสัตว์เลี้ยง    Pet Care

การนำสัตว์มาเลี้ยง กายวิภาคพื้นฐาน พันธุ์ของสุนัขและแมวที่นิยมเลี้ยง พฤติกรรม อุปนิสัยและลักษณะ ประจำพันธุ์ ชนิดของอาหารและการให้อาหาร การดูแลสุขภาพ การจัดการผสมพันธุ์ การดูแลลูกสัตว์ การฝึกในบ้านและการใช้คำสั่งพื้นฐาน การประกวดสุนัขและแมว

(Domestication; basic anatomy and popular breeds of dogs and cats; behavior, temperament and breed characteristics; types of food and feeding; health care; breeding management and pediatric care; house-training and basic commands; dog and cat shows.)

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Congratulations to the America people.  You have successfully elected the one person that can, and will, completely destroy the Constitution.  Thanks to electing Obama, we are losing all our freedoms one by one.  The government now controls our energy usage thanks to Cap and Trade.  The government now controls our thoughts and the expression of those thoughts thanks to the Hate Crimes legislation.  The government will soon control our choice of doctors, medical procedures, and general lifestyles thanks to the health reform bill.

 Is this the change that you wanted America?  For all the faults that George Bush had, he wasn’t intentionally trying to destroy the foundation of this nation.  Obama is doing this on purpose.  Having grown up surrounded by communists he was doomed to at least lean in that direction.  So it is no surprise that with every situation that comes up, he looks to his communistic philosophies for the answer.  In every case, he is wrong.  Communism does not work.  Just look at the fall of the Soviet Union and the horrible conditions in Cuba as examples of how bad communism can turn out.  Even China has started to implement more capitalistic solutions to problems because the old communistic approach doesn’t work.

 I read an article this past week about a “Constitutional Congress” meeting in Illinois.  This meeting had a lot of people with a large range of differing philosophies, but one major goal.  They want to preserve the original intent of our founding fathers.  They want to resurrect the Constitution.  They drafted a document that restricts the federal government from stealing our freedoms.  Especially our freedom of speech, religion, and gun ownership.  The document also calls the Patriot Act unconstitutional along with all these energy initiatives and the health care reform.  I agree with most of what they came up with but I don’t understand how it can make a difference.  Unless the American people start demanding that their representatives actually represent them in Washington, congress will just keep doing what they have been doing this past year.  How can we actually implement and ratify the document that was produced?

 The only solutions to our issues are voting out the current representatives or impeaching them.  I think we need to start impeachment proceedings.  Maybe if one or two get impeached, the rest will finally start to pay attention.  I would prefer to vote them out of office, but that would mean putting up with a lot of them for another couple of years. 

 The only other possibility is the Supreme Court.  If our current justices would actually do their job, none of these pieces of legislation would make it into law.  Since every single one of these bills undermines something in the constitution, the Supreme Court needs to strike them down and declare them unconstitutional.  But they have made it abundantly clear that they do not want to hear anymore cases related to our first amendment rights.  They recently chose not to hear a case concerning a valedictorian’s right to mention God in their commencement speech.  By refusing this case, they allowed a blatant violation of an individual’s right to free speech.  This is inexcusable.

 Our country is in a world of hurt right now and unless we act soon to take our country back from these communists, we will lose our country for good.  Come on people wake up and fight for this country and the constitution.

My Precious Duo

By: Wilbert C. Laforteza

I traveled thousands of miles and so on

With you twin chums who carried me alone

With you, we jogged, ran and rode…

And even strolled leisurely on the road

We befriended since when I was young boy

From the day when parents bought a new toy…

With a twin “Wintops”, bared under the sun

A twin, who helped my tickled feet to walk, jogged then run

When I grew up, I was introduced to your kin

Headed by Sir Titan, noted for his inversed white and brown skin

Kin who turned to be my long friends…

Through the years, albeit their names has rolled-off from trends

I won’t forget all the members of your family

I owe gratitude; you carried me on trivial and murky times…amiably

You cared for my feet, freed from injuries and pricks

So I’ll be your friend, even we’ll fall into hundred creeks

I reached anywhere, earned reputations, dreamed to soar

Together, we proved that in camaraderie, there’s lore

Thank you, my precious duo for having you…

You deserve a fraction of my life’s story, my SLIPPERS…adieu!

A  LETTER TO MANKIND

By: Wilbert C. Laforteza

Dear Mankind,

I beg pardon on the tragedy last September 26, 2009, Saturday. I console you amidst the pain. I know you’re badly hurt and sad…my sympathy be with you!

As of now, perhaps you still irk but allow me to express my grief so you’ll understand why. On the night of Friday (Sept. 25), I was so depressed, so sad, desperate and felt worthless and uncared…and so I burst in tears. I was so hurt; it was because of you…I blame you. Yes, you curse me for sending the storm and flood…but I’m sorry, I can’t hold the temper anymore. I blame you for the pain I feel. I’ve been desperately appealing for exigent help and care but you denied. I demand you for your failures and arrogance…you’re getting to the nerve! You’re defiling my beau!

My hair, the forest, grows scantly and now looks awkward for a woman like me. I told you to plant another tree whenever you cut some but you didn’t. Instead, you even razed the rest…the whole wildlife and their niche. The land which is my delicate skin is now infested and filthy. You littered your dirt everywhere and bathed me with your toxic chemical wastes. You even deformed my skin and body by digging holes for quarry and mining, thus destructing the natural landscapes turning them prone to landslides. My blood (lakes, rivers, seas, oceans, et al) is now battling with sepsis due to pollutants… Whenever my hypertension strikes, it means my veins are clogged with garbage and debris. When my heart pumps rapidly due to a tickle which is the earthquake, it forms big waves and even tsunamis enough to claim lives. I have given the enough temperature according the places you belong but still unsatisfied. You keep heating your environment by burning fossil fuels and other burnable materials. My eyes are now partially blind because of the fog and smokes carrying acids. I’m partially deaf because of the uncontrolled noise pollution. I have a cough; it’s due to the inhaled domestic and industrial smokes as well gaseous chemicals. My bones, the rocks, are now flaking because of the acid rain that pours in me whenever I bathe. And when I drink water, I can taste the repugnant juice of your garbage.

Man, you caused my ordeals…and yours. I condemn what you did but not you because I love you. There are ways to meet the proper change and I want you to act on that. Let’s do our part…mutually. I’m so old by now. Though weak and tired, I still slowly revolve around the sun and though dizzy, I still patiently rotate so I can give you the nights and days. Sometimes, I often stumble because of my weakening body…you may feel me shook-up, remember me when there’s an earthquake…forgive me if it may bring damages to life and property.

Man, I have my flaw too, just like you. I can’t provide unlimited resources which you derive all your needs. Please protect your nature: the wildlife, flora and fauna, your marine resources, aerial and land resources, too.

I’m sorry when I can’t easily control my clouds; it results to uneven rain distributions causing La Niña and El Niño. And whenever goes beyond control, too, results to the formation of storms which are the typhoons. I mistakably pour hailstorm on the tropical areas as well cast tornadoes. My old cap, the ozone layer has its holes unfilled; I’m worried because of the UV rays. My aging bones, the rocks, are now brittle…slowly weathering. My unhealed wounds, the volcanoes, may pop their sap…be prepared.

I’m appealing, take good care of me…I need your help. Learn to recycle to eliminate voluminous wastes…segregate them properly and trash them at the right place. Plant more trees. Eliminate burning excessive fossil fuels and anything. Shield me from ruin. Be environmentally aware…pro-nature. I’m afraid and I don’t know if I can still live long…I still can’t imagine the time comes when I’ll be drifted away and disrupts…help me, save me! Please…

Sincerely,

Mother Nature

Nature’s Rage

“Abuse God, He’ll always forgive,

But abuse nature, it will never forgive”.

It’s the most abhorrent first time in the country’s history of calamity, a tropical storm brought a devastating and enormous flood dipping many places like Metro Manila, Pampanga, Cainta, et al. The nation succumbed on the flash flood happened last September 26, 2009, Saturaday. Just 9 hours of nonstop downpour was enough to equate a month-long rain (410 mm rain gauge range, which was even higher than the normal rain gauge range). Due to the incident, it must be cursed by many for the ruin it brought, tremendously.

Undeniably, tropical storm Ondoy and the flash flood it brought seem as a sample of the perfect “Destroyers and Assassins”. They are envoys of destruction and death – destroying voluminous properties, taking 300 lives, and leaving numerous individuals homeless. What must be the message of these calamities?

Although we grieve from such tragedy, it’s not an excuse for us to ignore the lessons behind it. Really, experiencing such is detestable and once again, proved that experience is a harsh teacher…it gives the test first before the lesson. I’m sure, we learned a lot from Ondoy.

Why the killer flood happened is an indication of mankind’s negligence. An end justifies the means an action employed; therefore, anything we do has its connection to the outcome. It’s safe to say that we are the cause of the killer flood. Man made the massive pollution causing the world’s threatening “global warming” which contributes to the climate change and the deterioration of the ozone layer.

Mother Earth perhaps is calling for us. Let’s get hand in hand saving the Earth from destruction. Let’s go back to the basic – plant more trees, dispose garbage properly and let’s eliminate burning too much fossil fuel that contributes to the pollution of our land, water/marine and air biodiversity.

We can’t resist from the changing climate as well the uprising calamities, but we can resist wasting lives and properties by ensuring preparedness and safety. Let’s adopt the Boy Scout’s motto: “Be Prepared”. Preparedness won’t make us futile and cry over a spilled milk. The positive side of the tragedy is that it brought us lessons that we must not be too reluctant and numb of what our surrounding needs…it’s an eye-opener for us to perform our duties towards the nature with dedication. And due to the rage, it surfaced many heroic Filipinos who helped willingly their fellows who’re in dire need to save their lives. Some heroic fellows even paid life just so save the rest…flagging the sacred sacrifice, giving their life in exchange other’s safety. The spirit of sharing, concern, help, love and care flourished… awakening everyone the virtue of “Bayanihan”.

A calamity unexpected brings a grotesque disaster but a calamity being prepared brings less ruin and grief. So, when nature’s rage strikes, behold to its possible lessons it may bring which will serve as the mirror to check out what’s lacking in our part. Wait not for another disaster, life is too short to waste on insignificant things…your belongings; your loved ones and your life can be lost in a blink of an eye when you’re hit by nature’s rage.

Any type of floor requires care, whether it be bare hardwood floors or flooring covered with carpeting or linoleum or tile. Hardwood floors can be scratched by dirt, dented by high-heel shoes, or ruined by water, so care must be taken.

The elegance of hardwood floors improves the appearance of practically any home, with the lustrous, vacuum cleaner, brown or golden tones adding a touch of life to the rest of the decor.

When you lay your hardwood floor, you’ll find that there are many styles and colors of wood to choose from, from as to birch to cherry to hickory to maple to oak. The style of the floor also varies, from parquet, to plank, to strip. And finally, the colors vary from blonds to reds to honey to natural. So matter, vacuum cleaner, what decor you have, you will find a type of hardwood floor to complement it.

Hardwood floors are durable, but they do need to be taken care of. But, vacuum cleaner, then – so do carpets! Unlike, vacuum cleaner, a carpet, hardwood,, vacuum cleaner, vacuum cleaner, floors – properly treated – are not stained irreparably if you spill a glass of cranberry juice or something similar on them – so long as you clean it up immediately. Carpets may hide the bits of grit or sand that may come off your shoes as you enter the home, but they do dirty your carpet. However, it is slightly more serious on hardwood floors, as the finish can be scratched by ground in dirt. So its best to take, vacuum cleaner, care to ensure that, vacuum cleaner, this doesn’t happen. Prevention is always better than cure.

Mats and Rugs
Mats with bristles placed outside, vacuum cleaner, your doors will allow visitors to wipe their feet. Once they enter the house, shoes should be discarded and replaced with indoor slippers to wear instead. (This is a good idea even if you do have carpeting, as it’ll save, vacuum cleaner, you having to vacuum more often than necessary.)

Furniture
It’s always a good idea to place felt pads under all furniture legs, so that they may be moved about easily when you’re cleaning. Move furniture carefully so as not to gouge or scratch the floors.

Water
Excessive water can damage hardwood floors just as it will damage, vacuum cleaner, carpet. Hardwood, vacuum cleaner, floors are usually treated to repel water – nevertheless any spills should be cleaned up immediately. If you have a hardwood floor in your kitchen, area rugs in front of the refrigerator (if it has an icemaker), the dishwasher, and the kitchen sink are essential.

Daily Care For Hardwood Floors
There are no special tools needed to, vacuum cleaner, clean your hardwood floors, vacuum cleaner, on a daily basis – a broom works just fine.

Weekly Care
Hardwood floors are usually waxed, or have a polyurethane coating over them. Just as with cleaning linoleum, or even furniture made of wood, you’ll want to make sure you use the proper cleaner so that the finish doesn’t yellow. Consult with the manufacturer of your flooring to learn which cleaner they recommend. If you’re going to mop, vacuum cleaner, your floor, make sure you use a very dry damp mop – excess water can seep into seams and ruin a wood floor.

However, with the proper care, your hardwood floors will grace your home for a long time to come.

Overweight students at university in Pennsylvania told to take fitness class or risk diplomas

PHILADELPHIA – A Pennsylvania university’s requirement that overweight undergraduates take a fitness course to receive their degrees has raised the hackles of students and the eyebrows of health and legal experts.

Officials at historically black Lincoln University said Friday that the school is simply concerned about high rates of obesity and diabetes, especially in the African-American community. (full article here)

By KATHY MATHESON , Associated Press

PHILADELPHIA – A Pennsylvania university’s requirement that overweight undergraduates take a fitness course to receive their degrees has raised the hackles of students and the eyebrows of health and legal experts.

Officials at historically black Lincoln University said Friday that the school is simply concerned about high rates of obesity and diabetes, especially in the African-American community.  (full article here)

Was watching “Ghosts of Girlfriends past” this weekend and though it was an overall rubbish film with a rubbish sense of nonsense, one thing stuck with me and hit me as being very true. It’s when Connor Mead, the lead character, says this:

“Someone once told me that the power in all relationships lies with whoever cares less and he was right.”

Somehow felt like he was talking to me. Opening some old wounds and telling me, “Duh you fool! You didn’t know that already?”

Thankfully, he then said something that made more sense and salvaged the situation for me:

“But power isn’t happiness, and I think that maybe happiness comes from caring more about people rather than less…”

Touche!

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We understand the stresses associated with leaving your pet behind. We also understand animals are more relaxed and comfortable in their own home environment, so, as an alternative to cramped, stuffy kennels, we offer private dog sitting. We will visit your home at least twice a day to ensure your pet is fed, watered and walked as needed. We promise to stay with them for a cuddle as well as some playtime.

We also feel it’s in your best interest to keep your travels private, so while we are tending to your animal(s), we will make your home seem occupied by turning on lights, adjusting temperature controls if need be and leaving a radio or a television on for company… G-Rated shows only, of course.

If your pet is sick, on medication or elderly, we will personalize our care to their needs. We tend to all animals according to your instruction.

Our goal is to ensure your pet receives the best stress-free care possible while you’re away. We will also provide a daily e-mail of updates on both your animal(s) as well as your home.

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People consistently comment on my skin.  They remark that I have hardly any wrinkles and my skin is beautiful.  Thank you Peeps!  I suck in compliments like a sponge and absorb as much pleasure as possible from each and every one.  I highly recommend learning to receive a compliment, as it is a true gift to the giver.

That said, I have decided to divulge my “secrets” for beautiful skin.  With a background in cosmetology, yoga, herbalism and aromatherapy…not to mention a mother who had a penchant for vitamin supplementation, I now give you the full monty on how I do it.

10 pointers from a tantric yogini that will keep your face dewy, fresh and lovely all winter:

1.  Drink plenty of water daily and take your vitamins.

2.  Never use really hot water on your face, only warm or cool.  Your skin will retain its moisture better, and besides, hot water is just too harsh.

3.  Eat your MUFA’s…monounsaturated fatty acids…flax seeds, avocado, olive oil, dark chocolate, evening primrose oil, cod liver oil, nuts and seeds.  Nourish your skin from within and get healthier while you’re at it.

4.  Retinol is the only stuff that has been proven to make a difference in diminishing lines and wrinkles over the counter.  When you use it, be sure to use sunscreen as well to avoid burning this newly sensitive skin.  You can purchase a retinol cream for about twenty bucks at the drugstore without a prescription.

5.  Vitamin C is key for gorgeous skin.  Find a vitamin C serum or cream and use it to continue to help the old skin cells fall away to reveal the fresh new skin underneath.  You’ll be amazed after only a few weeks at how much fresher and vibrant your skin looks.

6.  Once in a while, warm up some sesame oil after you’ve cleansed you face and gently massage in upward circular motions.  Deeply moisturizing and detoxifying, and leaves your skin oh-so-soft.  Also a great detox.  Use the organic, untoasted sesame oil, or try virgin olive oil, apricot kernel oil, or avocado oil if you want varied moisturizing and vitamin effects.

7.  Practice yoga.  Your circulation will benefit, your body will detox naturally, and the relaxation will unfurl your brows, causing less wrinkles.  Speaking of yoga, tantrikas know that a practice of self pleasure will keep your skin glowing and prolong your life.  Continue to work with the chi, folks.

8.  Do a weekly steam facial with herbs, a pot of boiled water, and a towel over your head.  Follow with a mask from the kitchen.  Avocado mashed with yogurt, or oatmeal or just mashed strawberries work well.   Eggs make great facial masks if you apply yolk first, let dry, and then whites over it and let dry.  My favorite one is honey with a drop of rose essential oil for intensive moisture.  Honey is a natural humectant and your skin will be softer than you can imagine afterwards.

9.  Sleeping Beauty was gorgeous cuz she slept so much.  Get yourself enough beauty rest, darlings.  Oh, and did I mention fresh air and sunshine?  That too.  Mother did know best.

10.  Last but definitely not least, try out some of my seriously gorgeous facial elixirs and bask in the exquisite sensory experience…essential oils are my secret to young skin.  Indulge in a special blend by me and put your best face forward!

Every time we held hands, it felt perfect. It changed me, I started to care. But now.. i don’t give a fuck no more. Don’t give me shit cause I know that you’re full of it.

3107791    คลินิกฉุกเฉินและการดูแลสัตว์ป่วยวิกฤต    Emergency and Critical Care Clinic

การดูแลและรักษาเพื่อกู้ชีวิตสัตว์ป่วยในภาวะฉุกเฉิน รวมทั้งดูแลรักษาสัตว์ป่วยที่เข้าขั้นวิกฤติ โดยการใช้เครื่องมือและวิธีการที่เหมาะสม

(Care and treatment of animals during emergency including animals in critical care period using proper equipment and methods.)

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Seniors who neglect themselves, risking their own health and safety, tend to be individuals with limited social networks and little social engagement, according to a study by Rush University Medical Center.

“We need to better understand elder self-neglect – who is at risk and why – so that we can find solutions and establish appropriate policies,” said Dr. Xinqi Dong, the study’s lead author.  “This is particularly important because reports of self-neglect to social service agencies are rising.

“Moreover, as our aging population is rapidly increasing in size, elder self-neglect will likely become an even more pervasive public health issue.”

The study was based on records drawn from the Chicago Health and Aging Project, a study of 9,056 individuals 65 years of age and older who live in Chicago’s South Side. Over the 12-year course of the study, 20 percent of these seniors were reported to the Chicago Department of Aging because of concern about suspected self-neglect.

Elder self-neglect generally manifests itself as “a refusal or failure by the person to provide himself/herself with adequate food, water, clothing, shelter, personal hygiene, medication and safety precautions.”

Twice as many women as men and more than seven times the number of African Americans as whites were reported for self-neglect. Those reported, compared with those not reported, tended to be over the age of 80 and have a lower socioeconomic status. The individuals also tended to have nutritional deficiencies, medical conditions and cognitive, physical and psychological deficits.

However, independent of all these factors, lower levels of social well-being – specifically, limited social networks and little social engagement – were major risk factors for self-neglect.

The study has important implications for health and social service professionals, Dong said.

“Professionals who work with the elderly need to be mindful not just of their patients’ health profile, but also of their social well-being, a factor that may put them at risk of self-neglect,” Dong said.  “With social services being cut, and community and city resources lacking to help seniors, the problems of isolation can only grow worse.”

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Seniors who neglect themselves, risking their own health and safety, tend to be individuals with limited social networks and little social engagement, according to a study by Rush University Medical Center.

“We need to better understand elder self-neglect – who is at risk and why – so that we can find solutions and establish appropriate policies,” said Dr. Xinqi Dong, the study’s lead author.  “This is particularly important because reports of self-neglect to social service agencies are rising.

“Moreover, as our aging population is rapidly increasing in size, elder self-neglect will likely become an even more pervasive public health issue.”

The study was based on records drawn from the Chicago Health and Aging Project, a study of 9,056 individuals 65 years of age and older who live in Chicago’s South Side. Over the 12-year course of the study, 20 percent of these seniors were reported to the Chicago Department of Aging because of concern about suspected self-neglect.

Elder self-neglect generally manifests itself as “a refusal or failure by the person to provide himself/herself with adequate food, water, clothing, shelter, personal hygiene, medication and safety precautions.”

Twice as many women as men and more than seven times the number of African Americans as whites were reported for self-neglect. Those reported, compared with those not reported, tended to be over the age of 80 and have a lower socioeconomic status. The individuals also tended to have nutritional deficiencies, medical conditions and cognitive, physical and psychological deficits.

However, independent of all these factors, lower levels of social well-being – specifically, limited social networks and little social engagement – were major risk factors for self-neglect.

The study has important implications for health and social service professionals, Dong said.

“Professionals who work with the elderly need to be mindful not just of their patients’ health profile, but also of their social well-being, a factor that may put them at risk of self-neglect,” Dong said.  “With social services being cut, and community and city resources lacking to help seniors, the problems of isolation can only grow worse.”

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I hope I win the lottery.
The Leafs are hopeless.
I hope she likes me.
That boy is hopeless.
Hope is a dish best served with love.
Hopelessness is a dark, lonely place.
I need hope.
I have no hope.

Hope is, in and of itself, such a simple concept isn’t it? I mean it is all about looking forward. A positive spirit. A light.

Having hope implies a future. It is like a light at the end of a dark tunnel. We use the word hope endlessly. And actually I believe it is a most overused and bastardized word, much like love.

For some reason we, as a society, have a tendency to take words of depth and crush them into absolute meaninglessness, mostly by sheer overuse. Love is the example because we love chocolate and we love teddy bears and we love chicken fried steak and we love money. Teenagers are in ‘love’. Couples think sex is love. The divorce rate shows the truth in that. Teen pregnancy rates show the truth in that.

Hope is a critically important word, like love. There is depth and meaning, emotion. Something ‘more’. A spirit if you are so inclined. And we hope for so many things these days don’t we?

I hope we have McDonalds for dinner. I hope that cop doesn’t pull me over. I hope I can finish this in time. I hope my boss doesn’t get mad.

I hope that I don’t die in Afghanistan. If I do, I hope my family will be able to survive and move on.

I hope that a heart becomes available. Am I selfish to think that? Someone has to die to save me. I hope they don’t suffer.

I hope my legs work. I hope I don’t have to be in a wheelchair and be taken care of.

I hope someone can spare me some change. I haven’t eaten in two days.

I hope my dad doesn’t drink tonight. I’m so tired. I don’t want his ’special’ time any more.

Hurts doesn’t it? Hurts to think we are so shallow and self absorbed. Hurts to forget there are people in this world who are barely hanging on and need real hope.

So what is hope?

Hope is the concept of having a future. Hope is knowing you have a present. And hope implies ‘better’. If you are not in a good place, hope is that things will improve. Whether that means survival, less pain, full belly or something more.

So if you are in a good place, if you are happy, what does hope mean to you? I mean, you could hope that it continues. But really, isn’t that just another selfish statement. So what does the happy person do with hope? This is the crux. This is the great, killer part of hope.

You need to share it. You have to take your joy and send it out into the world. You need to make your hope someone else’s. You need to put your joy on the market for those who need it most. Because you will stagnate without making use of that hope.

Hope is a spirit, no matter what your belief system may be. Hope is the manifestation of joy. So the two groups need each other. The hopeless need the hopeful. There is no hope alone. Hope requires help. Hope demands you make use of it. And the hopeful need the hopeless. Because there is an economy in hope. In order to maintain your stash of hope, you have to invest it. In others. And you will receive it back in spades.

In this society that preaches me above all. In this neighbourhood that requires we look away when the old man next door waves. In this corner of town where we look down on the homeless. In this mall where the snicker at the poor schmuck in the wheelchair. In this school where we tease the girl with the strange bruises. In this park where the teenage boy is drunk and we want him arrested for his anger issues.

Where is their hope?

Here’s a mirror. Do you see it? It’s you. You are their hope. You are their moment of kindness. You are their salvation. You are their light. You are their love.

Yes, I said love. You don’t need a bible to figure out that love is the basis of every gift. Love makes you want to help. If there is no love in your heart, there is no hope. And those hopeless souls who need help, need a hand, need someone will remain.

Hope is the basis of society as is love. It is the ‘we’. It is the ‘us’. We are one. Unfortunately that basic truth is a lie. Right now we are far from one. But it sits upon each of our souls to take back that darkness. To rip open the shroud and show the light.

I am you and you are me and we are all together.

Aren’t we? I live in hope…

Two days after surgery to replace both my knees, a social worker employed by the hospital told me that the insurance company would not pay for me to stay any longer. Seeing that I was barely able to get to the bathroom on my own, she told the company I was not ready to enter rehab and insisted that I needed at least another day in the hospital.

She was right, and I was grateful for the intervention. I was in no shape to argue with insurance bureaucrats whose goal is to save money and who had no interest in, nor any way to assess, my well-being.

As health issues go, mine was a relatively minor concern. I now realize that in the complex world of modern medicine, nearly all patients, and especially those who are critically ill, need an advocate, someone to negotiate with medical professionals, insurers and others to ensure that they are receiving optimal care.

David Wayne Smith, a disability specialist at the Arizona Arthritis Center in Tucson, became an advocate for his 58-year-old son, who had been thrown from a horse and lay near death in a hospital room 500 miles away. He had several broken ribs, bruised lungs and serious breathing problems, Smith wrote in the September-October issue of Arthritis Self-Management. For three long weeks, during which there were many close calls with death, his son lay in a drug-induced coma.

Steeling himself against profound feelings of helplessness and fear, Smith realized he had to become part of his son’s treatment team as a patient advocate.

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