Assisting the Elderly Population's Quest for Independence Assisting the elderly (age 65 and older) population in maintaining their independence has become a national issue. ... The population of persons 65 years and older in America is expected to double in the next 50 years. ... The elderly population is at risk for debilitating chronic and long-term diseases. ... The research seems to clearly document additional emotional, educational, and cognitive needs of the elderly population. ... Now is the time for Advance practice nurses to achieve great strides in caring for this popu...

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Considering "aboriginals comprise 4.3% of the total Canadian population" (La Prairie, C. 2002), out of that "23% of federal inmates are aboriginal" (La Prairie, C. 2002). Also, only 3% of the total Canadian population is black while 9.5% of federal inmates today are black (an increase of 80% since 2003) (Zinger, I. 2013). ... The mentally ill make up 4% of the American population and account for 15% of state prisoners and 24% of jail inmates (Sweetland, H. 2014). ... In 2006, Solano was rebuilt to house 80,000 inmates, but ended up holding double that number (Stelloh, T. 20...

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In comparison of 1960 to 2000, "the median family income had doubled, to $163,000 in the same elite zip codes. ... "The wealthiest 1 percent of the American population holds 34 percent of the national wealth. ...

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To preserve validity and protect their study against the dangers of self-report surveys, the researchers used methods to double-check responses. ... " The subjects who participated in the self-administered questionnaire were selected from students in mostly entry-level courses because these courses were open to all majors and most accurately represented the entire population of the university. ... Random sampling is most often used while collecting subjects for an experiment because it is the best way to accurately gather representation from the entire population. ...

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That's a 4hr increase from 2006 which states that social media has more than doubled in 2011. ... The book also states that "Half of the population of the Earth – that's right 50% of all humans living on the planet – is under 30 years old" (Qualman, 2009) and "For the first time ever, social media has overtaken pornography as the number one destination and overall activity for people around the world" (Qualman, 2009). ...

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Social Control Theories take a sort of opposite approach from other theories in criminology. They start by asking why most people do not commit crimes rather then why they do commit them. They focus on restraining or controlling factors that are broken or missing inside the personalities of criminal...

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He believes that structural violence is a certain way of describing arrangements that are made within society that place people and populations in harm's way. ... Other studies involving America and their infant mortality rate, have found black babies rate to be double that of white babies, and the infant mortality rate overall in America is far higher than in any other developed country. ...

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