The effect of social support on functional recovery and wellbeing in older adults following joint arthroplasty.

Projections by the U.S. Census Bureau indicate a continual rise in the population of older adults.

Leading change.

Teamwork remains a big part of a rehabilitation unit's success. What do you do when there is dissension within the ranks and each shift becomes segregated, is resentful of the other, and spends a good part of each day complaining about the inadequacies of the current system? At one facility, patient falls, staff injuries, and workers' compensation cases were on the rise. Work became a chore that few looked forward to.

An integrative review of the concept of well-being.

Well-being can be defined in terms of an individual's physical, mental, social, and environmental status with each aspect interacting with the other and each having differing levels of importance and impact according to each individual. A change in the different aspects of well-being of an individual may be reflected in an alteration of behavior or the performance of a task or activity. Although the current research environment has emphasized the importance of well-being, little emphasis has been placed on this concept from the individual's point of view or perspective.