While some losses of strength and mobility are expected, it is easy to believe that the elderly are slowing down ‘just because they’re old’. Through a proper understanding of the ageing process, and the common pathologies that occur in the elderly, we can gain a more accurate understanding of what to expect and what can be done to maintain or even improve mobility in the elderly. Staying mobile is an important part of maintaining ones dignity, independence, and quality of life.
Subjects: Health
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Cry for Help
This primetime special features first-person stories from adolescents who are confronting depression, anxiety and mental illness. From depressed, suicidal teens to parents unaware of what may be troubling their own children to those on the front lines of prevention and care, CRY FOR HELP provides a rare and important look at mental illness among young adults.
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Brain Fitness 2: Sight and Sound – Public Performance
This program, specifically designed to help people get the most from their vision and hearing as they age, considers how these senses change throughout life and what people can do to keep them healthy and fully functional.
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Mental Health – The Individual and Society
Maintaining mental health in a complex, demanding society is necessary for participation in our world. Accountability for healthy choice is good for people and society. This program shows many aspects of mental health at a personal level, with steps and processes for recovering and maintaining well-being. It also explains how community structures play a crucial role in offering resources and systems of living that encourage mental well-being.
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The Brain Fitness Program – Public Performance
The Brain Fitness Program is based on the brain’s ability to change and adapt, even rewire itself. In the past two years, a team of scientists has developed computer-based stimulus sets that drive beneficial chemical, physical and functional changes in the brain. Dr. Michael Merzenich of the University of California and his colleagues share their scientifically based set of brain exercises in this life-altering program. Peter Coyote narrates.
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Brain Fitness 2: Sight and Sound – Home Use
This program, specifically designed to help people get the most from their vision and hearing as they age, considers how these senses change throughout life and what people can do to keep them healthy and fully functional.
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Basic Care Procedures: Showering and Bed Bathing
Maintaining personal hygiene plays an important role in preventing disease, especially infection; as well as contributing to the patient’s general well-being, preserving comfort and positive body image.The general care principles of safety, privacy and comfort are highlighted throughout the program.
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Administering Medications
Assisting in medication administration is an important role of the personal carer and carries significant responsibility. In fulfilling this role effectively and safely, the carer becomes a vital member of the health care team. This program introduces medication and looks at the five R’s principle of medication administration, the routes of administration and the various techniques of administering different medications. Students will gain insight into documenting the effects of medications, such as intended effects, side effects and allergic reactions.
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Betty Ford: The Real Deal – Public Performance
Betty Ford: The Real Deal profiles Betty Ford, her time in the White House, advocacy for equal rights and her substance addiction that led to the founding of the Betty Ford Center in California.
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Frontline: The Vaccine War – Home Use
Public health scientists and clinicians tout vaccines as one of the greatest achievements of modern medicine. But for many ordinary Americans vaccines have become controversial. Young parents are concerned at the sheer number of shots-some 26 inoculations for 14 different diseases by age 6-and follow alternative vaccination schedules advocated by gurus like Dr. Robert Sears. Other parents go further. In communities like Ashland, Oregon, up to one-third of parents are choosing not to vaccinate their kids at all. And some advocacy groups, like Generation Rescue, argue that vaccines are no longer a public health miracle but a scourge; they view vaccines as responsible for alarming rises in certain disorders, including ADHD and autism. This is the vaccine war: On one side sits scientific medicine and the public health establishment; on the other a populist coalition of parents, celebrities (like Jenny McCarthy), politicians and activists. It’s a war that increasingly takes place on the Internet with both sides using the latest social media tools, including Facebook and Twitter, to win the hearts and minds of the public.