Sentences with phrase «elderly people suffering»

We would have many fewer people in nursing homes, fewer stroke victims, and fewer elderly people suffering from dementia and unable to enjoy life.
Nor does Wesnes believe that cognition - enhancement, and the problems that come with it, will necessarily be limited to middle - aged and elderly people suffering from memory loss.
(Likewise, elderly people suffer more from chemotherapy than the young.)
A majority of elderly people suffer from some extent of osteoporosis, which results in brittle, easily damaged bones.

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I also know quite a few people have serious, disabling health issues who are not elderly — who are on disability, live with family members and suffer daily.
No matter where she finds herself, she is present and loving to the people around her, whether it's an orphan suffering from TB in a slum in Hyderabad, India, or an elderly neighbor down the street from her home in Boone.
He's an elderly person who recently has suffered brain damage not once but twice.
More than a quarter (27 percent) of the doctors said they would kill an elderly person «with medical grounds for suffering but in the absence of severe physical or psychiatric disease.»
Even more startling, 18 percent disclosed that they could «conceive of» euthanizing an elderly person who was simply «tired of living, without medical grounds for suffering
We are talking about vulnerable elderly, frail people who are suffering terrifying symptoms, being sedated with current antipsychotics even though its well known that they cause terrible health issues and even death in people with dementia, and have very little benefit.
In addition, elderly people tend to take more than one drug at the same time, which multiplies the chances of suffering from adverse effects due to potential drug - drug interactions.
He explains that elderly people often suffer from poor balance when the nerves in their feet lose sensitivity.
«With a rapidly ageing society, an increasing number of elderly people require care after suffering from stroke, and other - age related disabilities.
With tens of millions of elderly people worldwide suffering from dementia, researchers have been exploring the use of natural substances to prevent and alleviate age - related cognitive disorders.
Studies show that elderly people who drink 2 - 7 glasses of wine per week are less likely to suffer from clinical depression.
In a study conducted on 40 elderly people previously or currently suffering from anemia, it was proven that spirulina supplementation improved and increased the hemoglobin content of red blood cells.
Because Huckleberry fortifies capillaries and strengthens veins, it helps to improve blood circulation by increasing the ability of fluids and nourishment to pass freely and is, therefore, also valuable to people, particularly the elderly, who suffer from poor circulation to the hands and feet.
But, resistant starch can help people eat less food (click here for more details), which is not a benefit in elderly adults suffering from «the anorexia of aging».
At times, there could be elderly people who are suffering from ailments.
«we travel into the community to pick up cats from people who have no transportation, are elderly, or otherwise have no means with which to bring cats to our shelter... We focus... on cases where cats are suffering due to neglect from improper care, lack of necessary medical assistance, situations where no action has been taken to spay or neuter resulting in uncontrolled breeding and hoarding cases where large numbers of cats are kept inhumanely in unsanitary and crowded conditions.»
I know of people who began to neglect their elderly dogs as they were in their last year or so, with the dogs suffering painful symptoms and not given proper medical care or social interaction.
If an elderly person that you love has suffered a brain injury in Kentucky due to someone else's actions or negligence, contact a Louisville brain injury lawyer at Gray and White Law.
Researchers found that elderly people who are abused emotionally, financially, or suffer neglect are twice as likely to die in the facility as other residents, and that those who are physically or sexually abused have a greater chance of dying in the year after the abuse is reported.
Also, if you or an elderly person you love has suffered from nursing home abuse, I could fight for justice and fair compensation on behalf of the victim.
In actuality, emergencies can occur any time, especially for elderly people who may suffer more serious trauma if involved in a car accident or fall.
No elderly person should suffer abuse in a nursing home.
The elderly woman is the second person who suffered from flesh - eating infection related to Hurricane Harvey.
In addition, the candidate has excellent communication skills, an empathic, compassionate nature, more than capable of providing assistance to elderly people and people who suffer from incapacitating diseases.
Human rights principles are, of course, designed to ensure that Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander peoples, refugees, asylum - seekers and new migrants, people with disability or mental illness, women, the elderly, young people, people of faith, gay men and lesbians, people experiencing homelessness, detainees and prisoners, people living in remote and rural areas and, indeed, all who suffer disadvantage have their inherent dignity respected and do not experience discrimination.
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