PROBLEMS OF WELL-BEING

By: Shelby Kun and Courtney Tudor

1. MENTAL HEALTH2. CHILDHOOD IN 2016

3. ER WAIT TIMES4. ELDER ABUSE IN

NURSING HOMES

Mental Health“Mental Health has been defined as a state of well-being in which an individual realizes their abilities, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work positively and is able to make a

contribution to one’s community.” –CMHA 2013•More than the absence of mental illness.•One can have symptoms of a mental illness and still experience periods of a mental well-being.

Mental Health•Common conditions now-a-days could include;

•Anxiety Disorders

•Eating Disorders•Mood Disorders•Schizophrenia•Stigma & Discrimination

•Etc…

“Anxiety disorders affect about 12% of Canadians. They include phobias, panic disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder and obsessive-compulsive disorder.” -CMHA

Mental HealthWhat can we do to solve some of these issues?•Canada and Ontario offer several different resources available to help patients receive care and support.

•We could make help more accessible for our everyone.

•Spend more budget funds to create therapeutic day programs and therapies.

Mental HealthConflict Theory

•Society sometimes glamourizes mental illness and wellness.

•There isn’t enough care or programs in place for patients who need the help right away.

Childhood in 2016“Time for play in most kindergartens has

dwindled to the vanishing point, replaced by lengthly lessons and standardized testing…” –

Alliance for Childhood Organization•In Kindergarten classrooms:

•2-3 hours per day in test preparation, testing or being instructed.

•30 minutes or less per day learning to play and interact with other children and exploring creativity.

Childhood in 2016•Electronics use in kids development can impact emotional, cognitive, and sensory brain growth.

•Children seem to be more agitated and exhausted.

•More kids start to struggle socially.

•Disrupts sleep patterns.

•Overloads sensory systems and breaks attention spans and focus.

Childhood in 2016What can we do to solve some of these

issues?•Limit the amount of time we allow our kids to utilize electronics.

•Plan more outdoor play activities.•Organize outdoor playdates with kids of similar ages.

•Enroll kids in summer day camps.

Childhood in 2016Symbolic Interactionalism Theory

•Kids have trouble communicating face-to-face.

•Social Interaction is through a screen and keyboard, not verbal and physical.

•Kids struggle to occupy themselves without technology and electronics.

ER Wait TimesEmergency Room wait times means “the total time that someone who visits an Emergency Room looking for immediate, unscheduled care spends in the ER. Total time spent in the ER is the maximum amount of time nine out of ten patients spend in the ER, receiving care or waiting for admission to a hospital bed. The measurement of wait time, starts when a patient registers or is triaged ( triage is the process for deciding which ER patients need or are likely to benefit from immediate treatment). It ends when the patient is discharged from the ER or is admitted to a hospital bed.” (Ontario Wait Times, 2008)

ER Wait Times•“Canadians make almost 16 million visits to emergency room departments each year.” (Hildebrandt, 2014)

•A lot of Canadian’s can now find out what times they will be waiting at their hospital to see an emergency room physician for the initial assessment. This information was released by Canadian Institute for Health, it covers 161 hospitals, which is 60% of the hospitals in Canada.

•Ontario and Alberta are the only two provinces that have all of their hospitals included in the report.

•At our local hospital, The Royal Victorian Hospital, the wait times can range from an average of 3.5 hours to almost 5 hours.

ER Wait Times•“In the report more than 40% of the hospitals fell below the suggested three hour wait time to get assessed by an emergency room physician.” (Hildebrandt, 2014)

•The report only looks at 90% of patients going into the ER, the remaining 10% of the patients waited longer times in the ER.

•Patients arriving at the ER are of course cared for by greatest risk to non-life threating, this impacts wait times as well.

ER Wait TimesWhat can we do to solve some of these

issues?•By providing more staff physicians on at all times in the Emergency Room, to ensure patients are getting to see the physicians quicker.

•Opening more after hour walk in clinics.

ER Wait TimesStructural-Functionalism Theory

ER wait times can relate to structural-functionalism theory by the society as being the hospital that is a system of interconnected parts that work together in harmony to maintain a state of balance and social equilibrium for the whole; each part of the hospital effects the other part so one of the reason for slow wait times could be due to another part of the hospital.

Elder Abuse in Nursing HomesElder abuse is “the physical or psychological abuse, financial abuse (such as improper use of the elder’s financial resources), medical abuse or neglect of the elderly. Elder neglect includes failure to provide basic health and hygiene needs, such as clean clothes, doctor visits, medication, and adequate nutrition. Neglect also involves unreasonable confinement, isolation of the elderly family members, lack of supervision and abandonment.”(Holmes, Mooney, Knox, Schacht, 2012)

Elder Abuse in Nursing Homes

Elder Abuse in Nursing HomesWhat can we do to solve some of these issues?

•Put more attention on the problem, publicize.•Make sure all staff are trained properly in care taking.

•Keep a close eye on all staff and how they are treating patients.

•Family members talk with elders about abuse and how they are being treated.

Elder Abuse in Nursing HomesSymbolic Interactions Theory

Elder abuse can relate to the symbolic interactionist theory. With a generation that constantly stereotypes everything, the stereotypes towards elders are negative, implying that in a world where individualism and self-reliance play major parts in today’s society, there is little use for the older population.

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