Themes in Reminiscence Groups with Older Women

The preponderance of older women in the United States is apparent to all professionals in health care for elderly individuals. Because there is much emphasis on health care promotion for all age groups, providers of health care seek strategies for health promotion for older women. Although the literature is replete with information on reminiscence in general, and specifically reminiscence group therapy, there has been little discussion about the use of themes in reminiscence therapy groups. There are no publications about themes appropriate for reminiscence groups composed solely of older women. This article is based on three research studies and analyzes themes used in the three protocols for those studies. Appropriate themes for an all women's group are discussed and implications for practice are suggested.

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Helping Nurses Manage Their Stress by Integrating Health Promotion

Californian Journal of Health Promotion ◽

10.32398/cjhp.v4i4.1981 ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 4 (4) ◽

pp. 9-12

Author(s):

Edward V. Wallace

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Health Care ◽

Health Promotion ◽

Community Health ◽

Stress Management ◽

The United States ◽

Ecological Perspective ◽

Ecological Approach ◽

Health Promotion Programs ◽

Management Workshop

In the United States registered nurses constitute the largest health care occupation; with about three out of five jobs being located in hospitals Everyday more and more nurses describe their profession as increasingly hectic and stressful. The purpose of this study is to design and implement how nurses at the Cayuga Community Health Network Center can reduce stress by using an Ecological Approach on health promotion programs. Two-hundred and seventy five nurses agreed to attend the Stress Management for Professional Caregivers workshop. All of the participants were female, with the majority being Caucasian. A majority of the nurses stated the workshop made them think about how they handle stress. Nearly all of the nurses stated that the information in the stress management workshop was valuable to them professionally. The success of this stress workshop demonstrates that implementing health promotion programs from an ecological perspective has the potential to reduce stress among nurses.

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Medical Expenditures on and by Immigrant Populations in the United States: A Systematic Review

International Journal of Health Services ◽

10.1177/0020731418791963 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 48 (4) ◽

pp. 601-621 ◽

Cited By ~ 9

Author(s):

Lila Flavin ◽

Leah Zallman ◽

Danny McCormick ◽

J. Wesley Boyd

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Health Care ◽

Medical Care ◽

Health Care Policy ◽

Age Groups ◽

Health Care Expenditures ◽

The United States ◽

Public And Private ◽

Health Insurance Markets ◽

Private And Public

In health care policy debates, discussion centers around the often-misperceived costs of providing medical care to immigrants. This review seeks to compare health care expenditures of U.S. immigrants to those of U.S.-born individuals and evaluate the role which immigrants play in the rising cost of health care. We systematically examined all post-2000, peer-reviewed studies in PubMed related to health care expenditures by immigrants written in English in the United States. The reviewers extracted data independently using a standardized approach. Immigrants’ overall expenditures were one-half to two-thirds those of U.S.-born individuals, across all assessed age groups, regardless of immigration status. Per capita expenditures from private and public insurance sources were lower for immigrants, particularly expenditures for undocumented immigrants. Immigrant individuals made larger out-of-pocket health care payments compared to U.S.-born individuals. Overall, immigrants almost certainly paid more toward medical expenses than they withdrew, providing a low-risk pool that subsidized the public and private health insurance markets. We conclude that insurance and medical care should be made more available to immigrants rather than less so.

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Is Obesity A Significant Predictor Of Asthma, Asthma Related And Total Health Care Costs Among Elderly Individuals In The United States?

Value in Health ◽

10.1016/j.jval.2013.03.1030 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 16 (3) ◽

pp. A204

Author(s):

R. Shah ◽

Y. Yang

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Health Care ◽

Health Care Costs ◽

The United States ◽

Elderly Individuals ◽

Care Costs

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Knowledge and Beliefs About Health Promotion and Preventive Health Care Among Somali Women in the United States

Health Care For Women International ◽

10.1080/07399330601179935 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 28 (4) ◽

pp. 360-380 ◽

Cited By ~ 83

Author(s):

Jennifer Carroll ◽

Ronald Epstein ◽

Kevin Fiscella ◽

Ellen Volpe ◽

Katherine Diaz ◽

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Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Health Care ◽

Health Promotion ◽

Preventive Health Care ◽

The United States ◽

Preventive Health ◽

Knowledge And Beliefs ◽

Somali Women

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Pediatric Hand and Upper Extremity Injuries Presenting to Emergency Departments in the United States: Epidemiology and Health Care–Associated Costs

Hand ◽

10.1177/1558944719866884 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 155894471986688 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Alfred Lee ◽

David L. Colen ◽

Justin P. Fox ◽

Benjamin Chang ◽

Ines C. Lin

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Health Care ◽

Emergency Department ◽

Upper Extremity ◽

Emergency Departments ◽

Age Groups ◽

The United States ◽

Primary Diagnosis ◽

Trauma Patients ◽

Extremity Injuries

Background: Upper extremity injuries represent one of the most common pediatric conditions presenting to emergency departments (EDs) in the United States. We aim to describe the epidemiology, trends, and costs of pediatric patients who present to US EDs with upper extremity injuries. Methods: Using the National Emergency Department Sample, we identified all ED encounters by patients aged <18 years associated with a primary diagnosis involving the upper extremity from 2008 to 2012. Patients were divided into 4 groups by age (≤5 years, 6-9 years, 10-13 years, and 14-17 years) and a trauma subgroup. Primary outcomes were prevalence, etiology, and associated charges. Results: In total, 11.7 million ED encounters were identified, and 89.8% had a primary diagnosis involving the upper extremity. Fracture was the most common injury type (28.2%). Dislocations were common in the youngest group (17.7%) but rare in the other 3 (range = 0.8%-1.6%). There were 73.2% of trauma-related visits, most commonly due to falls (29.9%); 96.9% of trauma patients were discharged home from the ED. There were bimodal peaks of incidence in the spring and fall and a nadir in the winter. Emergency department charges of $21.2 billion were generated during the 4 years studied. While volume of visits decreased during the study, associated charges rose by 1.21%. Conclusions: Pediatric upper extremity injuries place burden on the economy of the US health care system. Types of injuries and anticipated payers vary among age groups, and while total yearly visits have decreased over the study period, the average cost of visits has risen.

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