Reminiscence in the Face of Death of a Filipino Elderly With Substance Use Disorder: The Case of Burt

2020 ◽  
pp. 003022282097627
Author(s):  
Sixtus Dane A. Ramos
Keyword(s):  
Substance Use ◽  
Clinical Practice ◽  
Substance Use Disorder ◽  
Elderly Person ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Development Research ◽  
Old People ◽  
Different Types ◽  
The Face

Death is an important reality that the elderly face. In preparation for death, old people engage in reminiscence. However, the presence of addiction in the elderly may influence this process. The current study examined the life of Burt, a sixty-five year old man with substance use disorder, his reflections on death, and the different types of reminiscence he uses. Using a case study, six themes were uncovered. Burt’s reflections on death revealed his awareness of his death, how he plans to spend his dying days, and his idea of a symbolic death by losing his loved ones. Burt engages in reminiscence patterns that are composed of identity recollections, life milestones, and painful experiences. These themes were examined in order to understand how an elderly person with addiction prepares for his own death. Research limitations, recommendations, and implications in clinical practice and human development research are also discussed.

scholarly journals Optimal strategies to protect a sub-population at risk due to an established epidemic

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elliott H. Bussell ◽  
Nik J. Cunniffe
Keyword(s):  
National Park ◽  
Optimal Strategies ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Phytophthora Ramorum ◽  
Limited Budget ◽  
Redwood National Park ◽  
Buffer Region ◽  
The Face ◽  
Test Robustness

AbstractEpidemics can particularly threaten certain sub-populations. For example, for SARS-CoV-2, the elderly are often preferentially protected. For diseases of plants and animals, certain sub-populations can drive mitigation because they are intrinsically more valuable for ecological, economic, socio-cultural or political reasons. Here we use optimal control theory to identify strategies to optimally protect a “high value” sub-population when there is a limited budget and epidemiological uncertainty. We use protection of the Redwood National Park in California in the face of the large ongoing state-wide epidemic of sudden oak death (caused by Phytophthora ramorum) as a case study. We concentrate on whether control should be focused entirely within the National Park itself, or whether treatment of the growing epidemic in the surrounding “buffer region” can instead be more profitable. We find that, depending on rates of infection and the size of the ongoing epidemic, focusing control on the high value region is often optimal. However, priority should sometimes switch from the buffer region to the high value region only as the local outbreak grows. We characterise how the timing of any switch depends on epidemiological and logistic parameters, and test robustness to systematic misspecification of these factors due to imperfect prior knowledge.

Relationship-Based Recovery Case Study: An Interpersonally-Empowering Approach to Recovery from Substance Use Disorder and PTSD

2016 ◽  
Vol 47 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-50 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sonya G. Wanklyn ◽  
Andrew E. Brankley ◽  
Gab Laurence ◽  
Candice M. Monson ◽  
Jeremiah A. Schumm
Keyword(s):  
Substance Use ◽  
Substance Use Disorder

THE IMPACT OF CO-RESIDENT SPOUSES AND SONS ON ELDERLY MORTALITY IN RURAL BANGLADESH

2000 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 89-98 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. OMAR RAHMAN
Keyword(s):  
Elderly Women ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Elderly Person ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Elderly Men ◽  
Old People ◽  
Prospective Data ◽  
Rural Bangladesh ◽  
Adult Sons ◽  
The Impact

This paper uses prospective data from the Matlab surveillance system in rural Bangladesh to demonstrate that initially co-resident spouses and sons have a major impact on the subsequent mortality of old people, with significant differences by the sex of the elderly person, and the age of the son. Spouses significantly reduce mortality by similar magnitudes for both elderly men and women. On the other hand, co-resident adult sons reduce mortality for elderly women much more than for elderly men, with younger sons being more beneficial than older sons. Furthermore, both married and unmarried females appear to benefit equally from co-resident adult sons. Finally, this analysis suggests that the impact of spouses and sons on mortality in old age is not substantially mediated through changes in elderly economic status.

Substance use disorder in the elderly and specified DSM-5 criteria

2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 197-204
Author(s):  
Juliette Salles ◽  
Nathalie Mariaux ◽  
Nicolas Franchitto ◽  
Sandrine Sourdet ◽  
Christophe Arbus
Keyword(s):  
Substance Use ◽  
Substance Use Disorder ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Dsm 5

“This Isn’t the South Bronx”

Social Text ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 38 (3) ◽  
pp. 27-53
Author(s):  
Maisam Alomar
Keyword(s):  
Substance Use ◽  
Substance Use Disorder ◽  
Crack Cocaine ◽  
Criminal Liability ◽  
War On Drugs ◽  
Opioid Epidemic ◽  
South Bronx ◽  
Law And Technology ◽  
Pain And Suffering

This article takes up the issue of substance use disorder, arguing that the discourses surrounding the 1980s crack cocaine epidemic and the present-day opioid epidemic rely on similarly racialized rhetoric, and examining the implications regarding pain and suffering, safety and employment of establishing substance use disorder as a (white) disability and not a (black) criminal liability as it was understood throughout the Reagan-Bushera War on Drugs. These racially disparate characterizations of substance use disorder help shape and in turn are perpetuated by the respective technologies of rehabilitation and criminalization developed in response. This article takes the debate surrounding the categorization of substance use disorder as a prominent case study in how state and civil society understand and relate to an emergent disability through the deployment of law and technology.

Towards a unitary perspective between Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Substance Use Disorder. Heroin use disorder as case study

2014 ◽  
Vol 55 (5) ◽  
pp. 1244-1251 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liliana Dell’Osso ◽  
Fabio Rugani ◽  
Angelo Giovanni Icro Maremmani ◽  
Sara Bertoni ◽  
Pier Paolo Pani ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Substance Use ◽  
Substance Use Disorder ◽  
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder ◽  
Traumatic Stress ◽  
Stress Disorder ◽  
Post Traumatic Stress ◽  
Heroin Use ◽  
Heroin Use Disorder ◽  
Post Traumatic

scholarly journals Społeczne inicjatywy na rzecz organizacji opieki socjalnej nad ludźmi starymi w Królestwie Polskim na przełomie XIX i XX wieku. Zarys problematyki

1970 ◽  
pp. 47-61
Author(s):  
Aneta Bołdyrew
Keyword(s):  
Medical Care ◽  
Social Protection ◽  
Pension System ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Religious Communities ◽  
Old People ◽  
Difficult Situation ◽  
Self Help ◽  
The Face ◽  
Old People's Homes

Lack of a universal pension system in the Kingdom of Poland in the late 19th and the early 20th centuries was one of the factors contributing to the difficult situation of the elderly from non-elite social strata, particularly in the face of insufficient support of the families. The homeless, who often also suffered from diseases, were crippled and begged, found themselves in a particularly difficult situation, men and women alike. Organising institutional social protection and medical care for this group required instant action. The priority was to establish homes for old people and various types of residential homes. This was primarily handled by charities for which medical care and welfare of the elderly were among the most important areas of activity. Old people’s homes were also established by religious communities and individualsas well as institutions operating on a self-help basis.

scholarly journals Conditions conducive to the domestic violence against the elderly based on the judicial and investigative practice of Ukraine

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (46) ◽  
pp. 118-127
Author(s):  
Vlada Husieva ◽  
Serhii Lukash ◽  
Viacheslav Krykun ◽  
Oleksandr Morhunov ◽  
Kateryna Shapoval
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Elderly Person ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Old People ◽  
Law Enforcement Agencies ◽  
Foreign Countries ◽  
Forecasting Method ◽  
Grouping Method ◽  
Age Category

The purpose of the article is to identify the causes and conditions that contribute to the commission of domestic violence against the elderly, as well as the possible consequences of this phenomenon. The article dedicated to exploring the facts of abuse of family members to the elderly. The authors use general and special methods that allow obtaining scientifically based conclusions and suggestions, such as analys, comparison, classification, grouping method, dialectical and forecasting method. In particular, the practice of law enforcement agencies of Ukraine was analyzed and it was established that murders can be the ultimate negative consequence of domestic violence. It was determined that different criteria are used in determining the age category of the elderly in different countries, and therefore, the authors took as a basis the category of women over 55 and men over 60. In this study, the terms "elderly person" and "old people" are used interchangeably. The analysis of the legislation of foreign countries allowed to single out the problematic issues of legal qualification of the facts of domestic violence committed against the elderly, as well as the reasons and conditions that contribute to its commission.

scholarly journals AYURVEDIC MANAGEMENT OF SWITRA ROGA: A CASE STUDY

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (10) ◽  
pp. 2567-2571
Author(s):  
Megha Murali ◽  
Arunima Kumari ◽  
Sujeet Kumar
Keyword(s):  
Human Body ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
The Face ◽  
Destruction Of Melanocytes

Skin is the largest organ of human body. Skin complaints affect people of all ages from the neonate to the elderly and cause harm in a number of ways such as discomfort, disfigurement, disability and even death rarely. Vitiligo is the condition presenting with whitish discoloration of the skin. It is an acquired condition in which circumscribed de-pigmented patches can be seen. The destruction of melanocytes, pigment forming cells, causes lack of melanin, coloring pigment which leads to this condition. It affects 1-2% of the population worldwide. Onset is usually in the childhood and females are mostly affected. In Ayurveda, the science of life, the disease called “switra” can be correlated to vitiligo. Aim of the present study is to evaluate the action of Ayurvedic medications on switra roga. Here, am presenting a case of 5 years old girl who came to OPD with c/o white patches over left side of the face. A notable improvement in the condition has been observed in this case. Keywords: Switra roga, Vitiligo, twak vikara.

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