People Need Protein

'People who need people': attachment and professional caregiving.

From the perspective of attachment theory, this paper discusses individual differences in the quality of caregiving by direct-care staff for persons with intellectual disabilities. Theoretical arguments and findings from related literature are cited to support the probable role of professionals' own attachment experiences and their mental representations thereof. Case examples are drawn from a ...

People with dementia need better pain management.

ny notion that people with dementia feel less pain should be dismissed. Chronic pain is at least as prevalent among people with dementia (up to half) as it is among other elderly people. 1–3 Further, its frequency does not change with the severity of cognitive impairment. 4 However, chronic pain is typically underdetected in this population and, thus, is poorly managed. 5,6 This failure to dete...

Elderly people need an eye examination before entering nursing homes.

INTRODUCTION It is well documented that eye diseases develop with ageing and thus more elderly people have a visual handicap. It is important that the elderly are examined well, that they have the correct prescription and optimal aids. This is especially applicable to those residing in nursing homes. METHOD In this study, an eye examination was offered to all residents in 11 nursing homes. Th...

2014 Mission of Mercy: "something good" for people in need.

People Gather Only the Information They Need to Make Decisions

Imagine that you’re driving down the freeway on a foggy day. Struggling to read an exit sign, you stare at it for several seconds before you can make out enough of the letters to determine that it’s the right exit. In the past, you hardly glanced at the same sign when using that off-ramp. This phenomenon illustrates an adaptive feature of brain function. To conserve energy, you should exert a m...