Life Beyond the Fall: A Literature Review and Comparative Analysis of Two Qualitative and Quantitative Studies on Risks of Falls in Older Adults

By Adam J. Pearson Introduction: Hazards of the Fall Expressing a perennial sentiment common to many older adults, one 94 year-old participant in Yardley et al.’s (2006) qualitative study reported that “Before my fall, I never thought twice about moving around my home. Since I fell and broke my hip, though, things have changed; I…

“Modernity has Failed Us:” The 1975’s “Love It If We Made It” as a Commentary on Three Contemporary Social Trends with Concrete Policy Implications

By Adam J. Pearson An Introduction to Modern Failures: Social Policy and The 1975’s“Love It If We Made it” The perennial role of the artist is to reach deeply into the ethos of a culture or the zeitgeist of an age and manifest its core essence in creative form. In their 2018 single “Love It…