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Montana country collage, Bozeman. The Jones and Bartlett sequence in Nursing. textual content for nursing scholars and practitioners on universal disabling stipulations and their effects for people, households, and society. Emphasis is at the nurses' position and accountability.
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Chapter 3 utilizes a developmental approach to discuss how individuals respond to disabilities at various points in the life span. Specific problems and concerns of the disabled are addressed, as well as factors influencing adaptation. A personal account of a disability is included at the end of the chapter. Chapter 4 focuses on the responses of the family throughout the disabled person's life cycle. Factors that influence adaptation are discussed, and the chapter ends with two families' stories.
It has been said that nearly half the people over age 85 are victims of this devastating disease (Evans et al. 1989). Projections indicate that by the middle of the twenty-first century there will be 14 million people in the United States suffering from Alzheimer's (Pfeffer, Ofifi, and Chance 1987). Table 1-2 summarizes the numbers of persons in the United States with selected chronic conditions. Each of us will experience some form of limitation in our lifetime. It may be something as common as myopia, minor hearing loss, or stiff joints.
He or she may experience extreme self-centeredness and futility. To an observer, a grieving person may seem confused, disorganized, apprehensive, and poorly focused. Many grieving individuals display a degree of hyperactivity and an inability to sit still, moving about in an aimless search for something to do. Engel (1964) described coping behaviors associated with the grief brought about by illness, loss of a limb or a body part, a blow to one's self-concept, or the necessity to change one's lifestyle.