Essays Tagged: "Self care"

Cultural Communication and the Disabled.

from birth, becoming disabled involves learning new ways of relating to people and talking about oneself and one's needs. Communication may be affected by disability as much as it affects mobility, em ... ne's needs. Communication may be affected by disability as much as it affects mobility, employment, self-care and social relationships. The emphasis on physical attractiveness in Western culture may d ...

(4 pages) 188 0 5.0 Nov/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Communication Studies

Verbal abuse

as a result harder to recover from. It was interesting to see how emotional abuse causes long term self esteem issues and profound emotional repercussions for the partners of abusers. Self-esteem is ... l repercussions for the partners of abusers. Self-esteem is worn down, sense of options evaporates, self-care is compromised, and the power of choice is eroded. (Engel, 1990).Furthermore, it is amazin ...

(9 pages) 144 3 4.7 Apr/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

Urban vs. Suburban After School Care

ms are funding, play versus academics, developmentally appropriate planning, what parents want, and self-care versus after-school care. Examining urban and suburban community based after-school care p ... o until they can do it for themselves. The level of needed intervention will vary. The child who is self-assured and confident in his/her ideas will need less intervention than the child who needs str ...

(13 pages) 132 1 4.5 Apr/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Sociology

Diary Thing

omehow notices it. It never fails if I see her being grumpy I can, nine times out of ten, look at myself and correct my attitude and then she is fine. My stress could have many short and long t ... ing that you do not want to. It can make you irresponsible. Being a single mother, I cannot allow myself to do that again. This is why I have decided to try some different ways of coping with my stres ...

(2 pages) 37 0 3.7 Jul/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays

Schizophrenia.

of schizophrenia including delusions, hallucinations, thought disorders, loss of boundaries between self and nonself, blunted or inappropriate emotional expression, socially inappropriate behavior, lo ... opriate behavior, loss of social interests, and deterioration in areas of function such as work and self-care. Delusions can make a patient believe that he or she is being persecuted by those around t ...

(5 pages) 68 1 4.8 Oct/2005

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases

Communication Audit Paper: An interview with Mrs. Whitson, the Director of Keystone Services - review of the agencies methods of communication.

f an individual's daily living and social skills, including the ability to make decisions regarding self care and life, communication skills, problem solving, conflict resolution, anger management, fr ...

(7 pages) 123 0 5.0 Mar/2006

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies

G. Family Plan of Care

tructure, function, environmental characteristics, and cultural assessment. Assessment of universal self-care requisites, developmental self-care-requisites, and health deviation self-care requisites ... information obtained from the G. family shows no need for an in-depth cultural assessment.Universal Self-Care Requisites for G. FamilyAirHygiene. The G. family is cleaned and well-groomed. They have g ...

(13 pages) 102 0 3.7 Mar/2007

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine

Why I Want To Be A Occupational Therapist

The health related career that interests me the most is an Occupational Therapist. I choose this career because they he ... hey help people regain their ability to do something that they used to do.My personality suits this career because I love to work with people and I like to teach people things. I believe that I have t ... to use their silverware. I think that would make me suited to become an Occupational Therapist.This career might conflict with my personality because sometimes I loose patients with things and I don't ...

(1 pages) 22 0 2.3 May/2001

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Parents Perceptions of After School Programs

tive activities, such as watching television or playing video games and etc. There is evidence that self-care for children younger than 8 or 9 years is associate with poor school adjustment and the un ... _________________________________________________________________ Percentage of children who are in Self Care ________________________________________________________________________ Grade Working Bot ...

(6 pages) 36 0 5.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

Dementia

or desire to move independently can decline, leaving thembed/chair bound;The person's capacity for self-care progressively diminishes, making them totallydependent on carers;The person's ability to e ...

(2 pages) 47 0 3.7 Oct/2008

Subjects: Science Essays > Physics

Book review: Help for the Helper

the Helper, the author aims at clarifying concepts such as burnout and distress. The importance of self-care is emphasized throughout the book. A major component of mental self-care relates to the co ...

(4 pages) 1313 0 0.0 Jan/2009

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology