Nursing home Essays & Research Papers

I am seeking to find a home for my 76 year old Grandfather Leroy. It is becoming increasingly difficult for him to take care of himself and no family members are available to take care of him as it is becoming a full time job. He was diagnosed with colon cancer a few years back and his disease, in conjunction with chemotherapy, has taken away his capacity to care for himself. He was also recently diagnosed with Parkinson¡¯s disease. The name of the Nursing home that I chose to evaluate is the...

In Britain, when someone gets old, they often go t olive in a home whit other old people where there are nurses to look after them. Sometimes the government has to pay for this care. An elderly nursing is a place for people who don’t need to stay in a hospital, but they do need specially care. But who should be responsible for our old people? It’s well known that when somebody gets old, in our country, that person stays at home under some relative’s care, specially the sons or daughters, but...

Nursing homes are a hard decision to make for a loving family to decide on for their loved ones. Questions arise of the type of care their loved ones need. Is it necessary for the loved one to go into a nursing home? Is the loved one at an age where a do not necessitate rule should be applied? What types of medical conditions does the loved one already have? Will the home supply all that is needed to their loved one? What are the rules and limits that should be placed on a loved one that needs...

Nursing Home Culture Change: How It Benefit Your Bottom Line Kevin Do University of Connecticut Management of Long Term Health Care Organizations Professor: Brandon Munson Date: 11/01/2012 Abstract This paper will discuss the culture change in long term care industry focused on nursing homes in America. Also, the methodologies of culture change will also be addressed. In the end, what culture change will benefit the nursing homes and how it helps managers to manage their bottom...

 Nursing Home Industry Alfredia Williams Grantham University: AH511 August 28, 2013 Nursing home industry provides residential care for people with a chronic illness or disability. The care is continual to individuals who require help with activities of daily living. Nursing home facilities supply rooms, meals, social activities, personal care, 24-hour nursing supervision and access to medical services when needed. There are three types of nursing facilities in the United...

One day, each of us will have to place a family member in a nursing care facility. What we don't expect is for our family members to be mistreated in these facilities. As statistically proven by the National Association of Adult Protective Services Administrators (NAAPSA) for the National Center on Elder Abuse (NCEA) (www.elderabusecenter.org), in a 2000 study that included responses from all 50 states plus the District of Columbia and Guam, elder abuse has reached epidemic proportions, with...

A congressional report which was released in July stated that the amount of abuse occurring in nursing homes in our nation is increasing dramatically. Physical, Sexual and verbal abuse is occurring and something needs to be done to stop it. "Thirty percent of nursing homes in the United States---5,283 facilities---were cited for almost 9,000 instances of abuse over a recent two-year period (Special Investigations Division of the House Government Reform Committee). Reading this article...

In some nursing homes there is not enough staff to provide adequate care for residents. This causes neglect to residents who need consent care. Without consent care many residents face serious health problems and/or even death. One way of solving this problem is to increase staff in many of these facilities. One way of bringing this about is the H-1B Technical Skills Training Grant to fund the cost of training new recruits. Nursing homes are requiring larger and larger amounts of staff to...

 HND in Health & Social Care level 5 HEALTH AND SAFETY IN THE HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE WORKPLACE UNIT 3 Tutor: Chisomje Ezeaku Submit by: Anasthasia Ngalula From group: D ID: LCC20135253 1.2 The responsibilities of employers and employee for maintaining health & safety in a workplace Health and social care settings also face potential hazards and injuries, so policies and legislation are need to promote and implement in the health and social care workplace. Employers and...

Blake Elliott October 16th, 2011 Putnam – HSC 4564 Mini-Paper #2 Interior Design for Retirement Homes At the Waterford, you'll find the freedom to create the lifestyle you've always wanted. Each morning you'll awake to a colorful palette of possibilities from which to paint your day. Enjoy the quiet, muted tones of solitude in your spacious apartment, knowing friends and an attentive staff are close by. You'll always have a wealth of things to do right at your fingertips keeping you as...

Cost Accounting of Nursing Home Introduction Cost accounting is traditionally viewed as manufacturing support system so it is usually used for product related systems. Nursing homes are the entities that provide healthcare services to patients seeking special treatments. The cost accounting for nursing homes will revolve around the services provided by them and we considered them as our major ‘cost objects’. It offers the most extensive care a person can get outside a hospital....

Nursing homes and assisted living Introduction Nursing homes, skilled nursing facilities, care homes, convalescent or rest homes deliver residential care in a place of residence for persons who need constant nursing care because of difficulties to carry out normal daily activities. Such residents consist of the elderly and young adults with mental and physical disabilities, occupational, rehabilitative and other physical therapies after an illness or accidents (Simon and Genner, 45). Other...

Nursing Home Abuse 3 Nursing Home Abuse As the healthcare system in this country has changed, so have traditional nursing homes. Families have the right to expect that their loved ones will be taken care of by professionals in a caring environment. Unfortunately, may people are being abused and neglected in nursing homes. It is very clear that abuse is a serious problem among nursing home patients, and something needs to be done to put a stop to it. Abuse can...

Running Head: KOT1 TASK #2 1 KOT1 Task #2 2 Medicare Part A Medicare Part A covers inpatient hospitalizations, skilled nursing facilities, hospice and home health care. The hospital, skilled nursing facility and home health care has to be a Medicare-certified facility and service. Based on Medicare Part A, Mrs. Zwick’s inpatient hospital stay of 5 days would be fully covered, according to...

 The Challenges of a Nursing Home Administrator During an Acquisition Judith Young-Bird HCS/320 – Health Care Communication Strategies July 21, 2014 Kelly Hernandez The Challenges of a Nursing Home Administrator During an Acquisition With the downturn of the economy, in recent years, it is an opportune time for companies to acquire businesses that are suffering. Unfortunately, healthcare facilities that assist long-term care patients fall victim to this misfortune in time. According...

23 March 2012 The Effects a Nursing Home Has on a Person Back in 2004 someone that my family knew had a loved one in a nursing home. This family was obligated to put their loved one in a home because she had suffered from an accident and no one in the family was going to be able to take care of her. After the lady had been in the nursing home for awhile the family was not visiting her as often as they had when she was first put into the home. The lady started suffering from other medical...

Medicare Assignment What is Medicare? What governmental agency administers it? Medicare is a national social insurance program; it is the federal health insurance program for people who are 65 or older, certain younger people with disabilities, and people with End-Stage Renal Disease known as a permanent kidney failure requiring dialysis or transplant. Medicare helps cover different specific medical cost. As a social insurance program, Medicare spreads the financial risk associated...

Care Quality of Nursing Homes in America The quality of care in nursing homes around the country is a topic that has become heavily researched over the past 30 years. In some parts of the world, like Wales, residents appreciate the care they receive from loving nurses and good programs (Palfrey, 2011). However, in many countries such as the United States, residents argue that there is a major need for reform in the nursing home industry. This issue has recently become overwhelmingly...

Elderly Abuse and Neglect in Nursing Homes Debra K. Showers Kaplan University Elderly Abuse and Neglect in Nursing Homes Are nursing homes abusing and neglecting the elderly? The elderly are abused and neglected in society today by caregivers in nursing homes. Elder abuse or neglect is a single or repeated action occurring within any relationship where there is an overlook of trust which causes injury or distress to an...

Myths and Reality are very far apart when it comes actually being placed or living in a nursing home. After working at a couple of private owned nursing facilities and two state funded nursing facilities I was able to see first hand the difference in the two. This also allowed me to eradicate these so called questions or myths. According to a reprint from the American Health Care Association; "Many myths, or misconceptions, persist about nursing facility life. In the past decade, nursing...

 The Fate and Welfare of Nursing Home Residents: Towards A Holistic Psychosocial Care The Fate & Welfare of Nursing Home Residents: Towards A Holistic Psychosocial Care Problem Statement The rise in aging population has increased the demand for nursing home residential facilities. These institutions have become places of continuing care and treatment that is largely centered on biomedical model in which efficiency, consistency and...

We should not put our families in nursing home Purpose To persuade my audience why they should not put their family members in a nursing home. Introduction Do you have a disable or elderly family member that can not do for themselves? We as people need to think about where we place our family members as far as nursing homes and facilities. Many of you may not have any...

With the changed medical environment and the advancement of medical technology, the proportion of older people in developed countries, such as USA and UK, is higher than in developing and undeveloped nations. As a result, these governments have attempted to find an efficient long-term care to reduce social and medical costs. In the past, families needed to be responsibie for the elderly. However, in the late 20th century, due to the change of social environment, most families tried to find...

Hospital care differs from care at a nursing home facility. Hospitals specialize in short-term patient care. On average, a patient stays at the hospital for about four days. Hospitals treat and release their patients rather quickly because of the lack of rooms to accommodate them all, and the many demands from the insurance company. Patients come for numerous reasons that differ for all individuals. Patients come to the hospital in crucial situations, for which teams of medical specialists...

An instrument to measure job satisfaction of nursing home administrators Nicholas G Castle [pic] A649 Crabtree Hall, Graduate School of Public Health, 130 DeSoto Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA BMC Medical Research Methodology 2006, 6:47doi:10.1186/1471-2288-6-47 The electronic version of this article is the complete one and can be found online at: http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2288/6/47 | | | | | | | | | This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative...

Should laws governing Nursing Homes be changed? student Strayer University Course: Instructor: 09 Nov 2012 Should laws governing Nursing Homes be changed? Are the current laws governing nursing homes effective enough for the safety of residents? I am conducting research in order to better understand what my parents and eventually myself will be exposed to. My parents are getting to the age that my wife and I will have to make a decision to care for them or place them in a...

MM522 Marketing Plan Of Nursing Home CareZ Advocacy, Inc. Sherry Y Montique December 11, 2011 Marketing Management 1.0 Executive Summary Where would you want to live if you needed daily assistance? In your home, of course. Nursing Home CareZ Advocacy aims to be a guiding factor in transitioning you or your loved one into that new home. Nursing homes and assisted living facilities have become an indelible part of our health care landscape. These...

Preface People who have to leave their homes and families and move into a nursing home experience lots of grief and loss. This article is designed to help the family members and friends to better understand these losses and how they are expressed in words, actions, and/or emotions. During this time of change these people are experiencing one of the most difficult periods of their lives. Not only is it difficult for the person making the move, but also for that person's family and friends....

i n t e r n a t i o n a l j o u r n a l o f m e d i c a l i n f o r m a t i c s 7 8 ( 2 0 0 9 ) 494–502 journal homepage: www.intl.elsevierhealth.com/journals/ijmi Perspectives and expectations for telemedicine opportunities from families of nursing home residents and caregivers in nursing homes Jun-Yih Chang a,∗ , Liang-Kung Chen b , Chia-Ching Chang c,d a Department of Family Medicine, Shin Kong Wu Ho-Su Memorial Hospital, 95 Wenchang Rd., Shilin District, Taipei City 111, Taiwan...

Introduction Tele-nursing is the use of telecommunications technology such as videos, computers and tele-monitoring technologies to provide nursing care and advice at a distance. This growing technology offers many advantages in the delivery of healthcare information, disease monitoring, health promotion and disease prevention services, as well as nursing diagnosis, treatment and education to patient at home from a centralized location. Tele-nursing can be instrumental in helping...

Nursing Structure vs. General Acute Care The difference between the structure of a nursing home facility and a general acute care hospital Tracy Kennedy HCM 610-1205B-01 American InterContinental University Unit 3 DB The nursing structure that exists within a nursing home facility and a general acute care hospital is different due to the skills and professional staff that are required to treat patients. These differences are necessary because of the type of illness or injuries that a...

Contents 1. Definition 1 1.1. Relationship and differences between Home Care, Home Health Care and H2H: Summary of several literatures and websites 1 1.2. Discharging process 3 1.2.1. Planning for the Patient's Discharge 3 1.2.2. The Procedure for Discharge 5 1.2.3. Chart the Patient’s Discharge 6 1.3. Some basic questions on post-hospital health care: 6 2. Societies/Associations: 8 3. Conferences: 9 Fig1. Hospital to home: The social ecological framework.[1]...

The home health care in the United States was developed in the year 1796. Thus, two changes in Medicare reimbursement have provided the greatest incentive for growth of home care services. First, passage of the Medicare and Medicaid. Amendments to the Social security act of 1965 allowed for limited reimbursement of home therapies including respiratory therapy, physical therapy, and home total parenteral nutrition (TPN) solutions. Second, Medicare’s implementation of the prospective payment...

HOME HEALTHCARE TENCY THOMAS AMERICAN SENTINEL UNIVERSITY HOME HEALTHCARE Home health care helps seniors live independently for as long as possible, given the limits of their medical condition. It covers a wide range of services and can often delay the need for long-term nursing home care. More specifically, home health care may include occupational and physical therapy, speech therapy, and even skilled nursing. It may involve helping the elderly with activities of daily living such as...

Today in North Carolina and around the country nurses are in high demand and low supply. Many states have made legislation and incentives to help alleviate the problem. The best way to solve the problem is raise salaries and give hospitals and health care facilities more federal money to help pay wages. In most markets including North Carolina wages are determined by supply and demand, e.g. if the need for a particular position is great, wages will rise in order to attract more workers to...

Patrice L. Donald (426-41-5435) / Application Essay 429 Hillandale Drive / Jackson, MS 39212 During my childhood years I can vividly remember the cold, late nights my mother was called upon to help save lives. Without the time to find a baby sitter and due to my father’s occupation as a truck driver, she was forced to take me along with her to work. Although I was told to stay in the nurse’s lounge and watch television – I found the hospital corridors intriguing. I often would sneak out...

Hospice in the Home and Home Health Care If an individual was recovering from an illness and needed continued support at home, what type of care would be needed? Home Health Care (HHC) focuses on patient rehabilitation and traditional medical management. With HHC, the patient, family, or friends are educated and trained how to care for the patient at home with anticipation of recovery. Hospice focuses on the quality of life and patient comfort. Hospice care is meant for the time when treatment...

In-home Care In-home care is more convenient for the elderly, so they can continue to live at home and have the care givers come to them. There are many different companies that will provide the in-home care. It is an alternative that is, more cost effective then nursing homes. Many have elderly family members, who are unable to take care of themselves. The toughest choice is trying to decide who is going to provide the care they need. According to the article “Public Policies Should Help...

Veilstone Care Home Calum Flatt People with Learning disabilities were being locked in an unheated, unventilated “quiet room” overnight. One of the worst incidents of abuse of vulnerable adults in residential care. Seven people were involved, four men and three women. One of the alleged victims was previously subjected to horrific abuse at Bristol’s Winterbourne view private hospital. The vulnerable man was transferred over 100 miles away to Veilstone Care home, Bideford, Devon. Only to be...

Analysis of External environments for Residential Care Home Some of the external environments that are important in determining whether or not to open a Residential Care Home are as below: Social Forces The Canadian population is growing older and is more ethnically diverse. Numbers of people older than 65 years will more than double in the coming decades. For certain provinces such as Ontario, Alberta and British Colombia where most of the immigrants settled, the population is quite...

Home Health Care Marketing Plan Marketing Management– MM522 Home Health United is a home healthcare agency working with physicians and hospitals in the Chicago, IL area. This company’s mission statement is the following: “To be the best and most efficient home health agency, delivering the best services to all our patients who are homebound and need the healthcare.” The company will start out as a small agency with two administrative individuals handling the scheduling and the medical...

 Business Proposal Home care is the assessment of services which are coordinated to fit the individual who is receiving the care and families in a home setting in which it helps to improve their health and well-being. Services in the home, ranges from maintenance and preventive, this helps to support clients to live independently because it helps to prevent to their health situation from deteriorating. Welcome to Personal Touch Home Health Care, we...

Home Health Paper Assignment The topics discussed in this paper are an overview of the basic foundations of home health. Home health nursing is a unique field that requires an understanding of certain nursing procedures and the ability to coordinate the services available to the patient while effectively providing the greatest amount of care possible at minimal cost. Difference between Home Health and Traditional Hospital Nursing The obvious difference between traditional hospital nursing...

Introduction Home Health Aides(HHA) are healthcare professionals, who visit the homes of the ill, disabled, elderly, socially disadvantaged who are unable to perform basic tasks and so HHAs provide a wide spectrum of personal and home making assistance. The people who receive care usually need help with basic daily tasks such as meal preparation, medication reminders, laundry, light housekeeping, errands, shopping, transportation, and companionship (Wikipedia, 2007). There are several...

Old Age Homes in India Q1- How many old age homes in India? Ans- Old Age Home refers to a multi-residence nursing home for old people, which is also known as retirement home. Each couple or person lives here in a room which is either apartment style or is a set of matching of rooms. Under one roof or in a one building old people are served with different facilities like gatherings, meals, health or sanatorium care, and recreation activities. Levels of these facilities differ from each other....

LIST OF OLD AGE HOMES IN INDIA (STATE WISE) ANDHRA PRADESH 1. Aram Ghar, Hyderabad-500252 (Head Office: Indian Council of Social Welfare, Red Hills, Hyderabad-500004) Association for the Care of the Aged: Jakarta Haven, 1-8-526, Chikkadapally, Hyderabad500020 Association for the Care of the Aged: 16-1-21, Digumarthi Ramaswami Marg, Maharanipeta, Vishakapatnam-530002 Association for the care of the Aged: Ashram Sravana, 8-14-1, Red Cross Street, Gandhinagar, Kakinada, East Godavari...

Philosophy Assignment Template ***************** THIS IS AN OUTLINE******************** THIS IS AN OUTLINE ************************ THIS IS AN OUTLINE *********** Health One cannot achieve overall health unless they are physically, mentally, emotionally, and socially well. All of these aspects must be at optimal best allowing one to function well in life. Physical health is obtained by following a healthy diet, exercising regularly, and limiting exposure to toxins (drugs, alcohol,...

Home Health/Care Aide or Personal Care Assistant Jacqueline Caldwell Continued Issues Trends Health Law Ethics in Health and Human Services HHS435 Elizabeth Kane March 14, 2011 Home Health/Care Aide or Personal Assistant Our elderly population is living longer than ever before and not all of them are entering into a nursing home. They are choosing to stay in their own home or their caregiver is choosing it for them. Some caregivers are choosing to move their...

When choosing my career I have reviewed my interests and what I enjoy doing, this is why I chose Adult Nursing, it is a job which consists of working with people that have different illnesses or conditions which may vary, causing different levels of dependence. Working with adults is a challenging and rewarding job as everyone is an individual with different needs and it is important to be able to develop relationships, talk to and care for them. This is what I enjoy doing as I discovered after...

 Abuse Where We Least Expect it: A look into the Hidden Lives of Nursing Homes Composition II Wednesday 2 pm – 5:40 pm Professor Ill Brittany Guilfoil Baker College Cass City Position Statement: Elderly family members are not any better off at a long-term care facility where they are often mistreated and neglected. I. Introduction A. Attention Grabber: Close your eyes imagine yourselves fifty years from today: Your family decides to leave you to your peace in...

A Day Being a Nursing Assistant For the past five months I’ve worked as a nursing assistant. It all started my senior year in high school. I went to LCCTC and I attended the nursing assistant program. In nine months I graduated and started working as a nursing assistant at a nursing home. Being a nursing assistant is hard. You have to have patience, love, caring, and do your job right. The nursing home I work at is called Willow Valley Retirement Home. They have a lot of buildings,...

Patient abuse in nursing facilities is becoming more prominent. Abuse is not only physical, but emotional, sexual, neglect and financial exploitations. The elderly are the most vulnerable and least likely to complain, so unfortunately they are the targets. Most families research in depth about the nursing facility that they will place their loved one, in hopes that abuse doesn’t occur. Although the research is done, families should still look for signs and symptoms of abuse since they are...

GNT 1 – 724.2.4-01-07 Contemporary Nursing Issues Mary Purvis Healthcare Issues In order to determine the safest and most appropriate discharge plan for this patient the case manager will work closely with the interdisciplinary team who is directly caring for the patient; together they will come up with the most effective, appropriate, and safest discharge plan. In this case study, there are several important healthcare issues the case manager needs to address with the team prior...

Change on the Horizon at Parkway Nursing Parkway Nursing Care is a large, regional chain of skilled nursing care centers. Established in 1972 with just two homes, it has experienced exponential growth due to a large infusion of money from an investor and now consists of over 180 facilities. The business’s core values are: providing outstanding care and dignity to all patients it serves. Although the business has remained true to these values, a number of challenges have developed as a result...

 Programme Name: MSc. Nursing Module: Advance Research Methods Module co-coordinator: Gillian Paul/ Catherine Clune Mulvaney Assignment title: A Qualitative research on nurses perceptions on delivery of quality nursing care in nursing homes in Ireland. Student no. :13120999 Submission Due Date: 14/11/2013 Date submitted:13/11/2013 Word Count: 4000 Royal College of Surgeons...

Explain what is meant by the term “community based nursing practice.” Community nurses work across various areas, providing health care to people of any age. They provide nursing to assist in all areas of health needs to people anywhere in the community from community health centres, health clinics, schools and universities and client’s homes. This essay will focus on three aspects of community nursing, firstly, aged care nursing; secondly, the organisation ‘Silver Chain’ and finally, Holyoake;...

Proposal to: Mayor and Chief Medical Officer Proposal Title: Nursing Care Center Introduction Please accept this proposal for the new Riverview Hospital Nursing Care Center. Key healthcare directors have contributed to this plan. Each director’s perspective is shared as related to his/her department. The following pages of this proposal contain their ideas and touch on the following considerations for the planning of this new facility: 1. The specific department services provided...

Transformational Vs. Transactional Leadership In Professional Nursing Introduction Leadership development in the nursing profession is important because it directly impacts the care that is delivered to clients. Transactional and Transformational leadership styles are two very different methods of leadership in the nursing profession. This Essay will compare and contrast these two styles and support that transformational leadership style inspires quality care, job satisfaction and improved...

Sarah Baldwin MR. Fisher ENG 090-G20 11/1/12 Staying Home When I get old, I want to live at home until the very end. I have worked in many settings for elder care and I believe that home health care is the best option. Having the opportunity to work in home health/hospice as well as long term care, choosing home care or hospice as opposed to long term care can be the most appealing option. I believe the quality of life, comfort level and costs exceed any care given in a long term care...

Putting elderly parents in a nursing home verses keeping them at home. Theresa Burroughs Composition I – 6 Instructor: Elaine Childs January 1, 2010 There will almost absolutely come a day when your parents will need you. When this time comes, they will probably not admit that they need you or anyone else for that matter, but in reality, they will definitely need someone. If you look back to your childhood it’s quite similar to those days they had to care for you. They took care of...

To Sent Senior Citizens To Old Folks Home Nowadays, the percentage of sending senior to Old Folks Home is increasing all over the world. People are thinks and cares about themselves rather than other people especially to senior citizens. Many people believe that they will be considered cruel, irresponsible, unfilial if sending a senior to Old Folks Home. Filial piety is an important in our culture and if the senior citizens lives in Old Folks Home, his or her children are considered to...

Long Term Care Facility vs. Home Health Care Nursing By: Ronald L. Bowling English 125 J. Shackleford 11/02/2012 Abstract: The decision of whether or not to place an aging parent into a long-term care facility, or to try and to keep them in their own home or yours is one that many American families are facing each day. Factors in dealing with this decision are too numerous to count but we will address a few of them in the following paper, like the financial aspects, psychosocial, and...

Financing Long-Term Care in Nursing Facilities Long-term care in nursing facilities is very expensive and is paid for by both public and private payer sources. Long-term care is defined as services needed by a person when their ability to care for themselves has been diminished by an illness, aging process, or a disability. Most persons living in the U.S. at sometime or another will require some sort of long-term care whether it is given in a facility or at home. It is estimated that there...

THE ELDERLY SHOULDN'T LIVE IN OLD FOLKS’ HOMES Lately the trend of sending the elderly to the old folks’ home is increasing tremendously from time to time especially those who are bed-ridden and weak due to sickness. Moving an elderly parent into a residential care or old folks’ home is a major decision and not one to be taken lightly. There are financial, welfare and psychological aspects to be considered and very often it is a last resort. Sending elderly parents to a care or nursing...

Hospice care: the differences between home and a facility. Com 155 February 24, 2013 Hospice care: the differences between home and a facility. There will come a time where the selection on how to spend the last days of your life will need to be addressed. The most common option to consider is hospice care. Hospice care will ensure the most thorough comfort when you are no longer able to care for yourself and your body begins shutting down. Hospice care can be carried...

Introduction My placement with the Nursing home and Residential care home was to help me understand the concept of growing old in this country and what different family values have when it came to caring for their elderly, in comparing with what happens in southern Africa. My home fulfils my needs and holds some of our family memories and reflects my priorities and taste. The placement gave an insight into the necessities of the existence of care homes, as to balance a full life cycle of some...

Identify reports into serious failures to protect individuals from abuse. This is a recent report of evidence of neglect at Partridge Care Centre, which is a residential nursing home specialising in looking after people with a range of...

SeniorCare@Home Business Plan Online Service and Training for In-home Senior Care Johnny July 19, 2013 Mission statement To meet the market growing demand for non-medical and skilled nursing in-home care, primarily to exploding market of those over the age of 60. SeniorCare@Home provides online and training service both for the elderly and workers who intend to work on senior care. Key Market: Seniors / Home Care & Service Contribution: Information, opportunities and...

Introduction: While being employed in Corporate America for over 20 years and in the United States Air Force for over 10 years has been extremely valuable experience, I don’t feel like I’m fulfilling my purpose in life. After losing my grandmother 2.5 years ago, it finally dawned on me what my purpose is, and that is to care for our aging population. I am one of 65 grandchildren. My grandmother and I always had a special bond. She raised me for a big part of my childhood, and was more of a...

Description of problem to be solved TASK 1 Scenario: ABC Care Home is situated in London and caters to care needs of vulnerable people. The service users come from diverse ethnic and religious background and have varied physical and medical needs. (You may choose the category of service users you work with). Assuming you are a care worker working in this Care Home providing care services to the service users: 1.1 Explain how principles of support are applied to ensure that service...

 Charlisa Moore LTC 315 Making Choices Guide Part 1 October 21, 2013 Rick Johnson A Guide for Aging Adults, Their families, and Caregivers As people get older there will be decisions made by them, their families, or even caregivers. Many aging individuals live in their homes and would want to continue to do so. However, there may be stipulations to them doing this because of their health. There are many factors to consider such as finances,...

Sundance HealthCare Systems Painted Valley, USA Street Address Patient's Name Dare, Jane V. Hospital Number 8032 Hao Jung Street Birth Date Age 10/31/xx City 73 Sex Phone Number San Francisco Marital Status F # 822999 823 762-3673 State Married Zip California Soc. Sec. # County 85321-9626 Calaveras 773 Race Religion 101-87-3546 Room Taoism Asian Ethnicity Patient's Occupation Retired Non-Hispanic Notify In Emergency Name Relationship Jade Dare Responsible for...

Licensing Requirements and Accreditation Affecting Long-Term Care Michael E. Puckett University of Phoenix HCS/443 August 5, 2006 Licensing Requirements and Accreditation Affecting Long-Term Care The world of health care is changing from the needs of individuals due to changes in expectations of the health care organizations. One steady component of long-term care is the need for regulation in the industry that serves the public. Regulation is provided in several ways that includes...

Inpatient and Outpatient Hospital Services Hospitals provide different services, for example inpatient and outpatient. Although both services are provided within the hospital and have obvious similarities there are also major differences. The codes used within each service are affected by the differences between the services. Inpatient hospital services are services that provide patients a place to stay overnight. Inpatient care facilities can also be provided for special services. A couple...

Working your whole life, supporting your family, getting the children through school and college, walking your daughter down the aisle, entering retirement, and having saved enough money to travel the world and enjoy new experiences are the goals many of the elderly have dreamt of much of their lives. Instead of living their dreams, the elderly – those 65 and older – have become a target of crime. The United States Department of Justice reports that “persons 65 or older experienced about 2.1...

VanNiman 1 A1. Viability of the product of service that the business offers in an online environment. Going online with this type of business allows doors to open to possible customers who wouldn’t otherwise have knowledge of its existence. The type of service that this business offers is usually searched once due to the nature of the expected outcome. When looking for a home, expected buyers look for the one that fits all of their requirements. Most home shoppers have a...

 Demand versus Supply Rodderica Coleman HCS/552 May 04, 2015 Amy Shoales Demand versus Supply: Home Health Care Supply and demand play an underlying role in economics. According to Getzen (2013), the choices made by buyers constitute demand, whereas the choices made by sellers constitute supply. Most people are active on both sides, exchanging money for goods and services as demanders and exchanging labor and other assets for money as suppliers (Chapter 2). In the health...

SWOT Analysis Grace Oba BUS/210 October 10, 2011 Aslam Modak The business plan I choose is a nursing home titled Bright House. Bright House is chartered as a nonprofit 501(C) (3) corporation in Middletown, CT, with the goal of providing holistic and respectful assisted living and skilled nursing home care to a small group of elderly residents (Nursing Home, 2011). Wayfield Bed and Breakfast which is located on Farmer’s Road is being converted into Bright House which will be a two building...

Running head: RISK MANAGEMENTS ASSESSMENT SUMMARY Risk Managements Assessment Summary Health care organizations use risk management methods to guard their assets against likely threats brought on by legal liability. An important component of risk management programs inside the long-term care setting is the ability to reduce the amount of avoidable accidents and injuries and to reduce the financial severity of claims. Long-term care facilities offer a wide array of services to...

Sofna Bibi 56 Coopersale road Hackney London E9 6BA 0208 9857516/07830708839 Sugarhouse1@hotmail.co.uk Profile: I am an enthusiastic, caring and self-motivated individual who enjoys working with children’s and adult from all age, cultural, language backgrounds. I find it very easy to get along with others which make me a good team player as well as the ability to work well using my own initiative. I have cache level 1 certificate in working with children and I have just completed...

 Concepts of Long-Term Care Vanessa Lewis HCS 437 September 1, 2014 Rick Johnson Concepts of Long-Term Care At some point in the past even places like nursing homes were similarly affected politically. For example in Texas there was evident in a case called Summit Care. The case is also called Mendoza vs. Summit Care, the case took place in 2006 located in San Antonio, Texas. According to Marks Firm (2006), the case accommodates a few people a suspected that not all nursing homes are...

Resident Rights in Long Term Care Facilities GEN/200 August 22nd, 2011 Resident Rights in Long Term Care Facilities A number of people in society feel that as people begin to age that they need to be placed into a long term care facility. While some caregivers believe that residents should have limited rights, resident rights are a necessity in a long term care setting and incorporate values and ethics. Resident rights provide privacy and confidentiality for the resident they...

Title: What makes for good quality care in residential settings? What actually is residential care and who we care for? Residential care is for people who can not continue living in their own home, even with support from home care services. You can stay in residential care for a short time known as respite care, over a longer period or permanently. There is a wide range of reasons for needing this type of support, for example, if a person has significant physical disabilities, learning...

This paper will describe the Long Term Acute Care Hospital (LTACH) which is affiliated with Carson Tahoe Hospital (CTH). Long Term Acute Care hospitals were essentially non-existent in 1979. Now, there are over 450 facilities nationwide that are licensed as LTACS (McDaniel, n.d.). The discharge plan I will be describing is for a 66-yr-old female who was admitted to (CTH) for revision of a chronic enterocutaneous fistula which was draining from her abdomen through a very large open wound. This...

Pauline Vaillancourt Rosenau with the assistance of Paul Newhouse Management , Policy, and Community Health School of Public Health University of Texas Health Science Center Houston, Texas, USA I. Types of post-acute, institutional, residential, and community-based settings for older adults II. Types of clients served in select settings III. Facility and patient demographics IV. Payment and cost of long-term care V. Community Living Assistance Services and Supports program (CLASS...

Introduction In an attempt to demonstrate the Principles of Health & Social care and based on the ABC Care Homes case study, this essay would explain how the principles of support are applied in a care home setting as well as outline the procedures that could be used in protecting service users and colleagues as well from harm while analysing the benefits accruable to a adopting a person-centred approach when dealing with services users. More so, the essay would explain ethical dilemmas as well...

Kady kabalo BTEC levels 4 and higher nationals in health and social care Unit title principles of health and social care practice There are many department in health and social care, there are provides health care practices in various different of organisations by considering the philosophy of care that provide the rights of the patient. The care practice provides the great support to the patient by providing their protection and make sure they are safe in all aspects of the care...

Long-Term Care: The Impact of the Elderly Providing accessible, affordable, and high-quality long-term care services to an aging population presents a growing challenge to long-term care providers. As the oldest members of the baby boom generation approach retirement, federal and state policy, makers are exploring policies to care for the increasing number of elderly and to finance expanding long-term care needs. Other concerns include how to provide an adequate mix of institutional care and...

 Long Term Care Facility Study Outline Long Term Care Facility Study Outline I. Introduction Team B chose to cover Emeritus at Harbour of Pointe Shores, a senior community located in Ocean Shores, Washington. The team was interested in learning more about an assisted living and rehabilitation facility. It is also an opportunity to uncover the differences from an assisted living community and a skilled nursing facility. Emeritus at Harbour of Pointe Shores provides retirement and...

Expected Lifetime Costs of Significant “Aging Shocks” for a 65-Year-Old Today Population Needing Long-term Care If we also look at another issue as to why long-term care could be a large burden is the rapid inflation in expenditures for long-term care in recent years. Medicare and Medicaid expenditures on nursing home care were $9 billion in 1980, more than doubling to $25 billion by 1990, and doubling again to $54 billion by 1999. Likewise, Medicare and Medicaid expenditures on home...

Policy Topic Search and Selection The topic chosen is Medicare, and the affected stakeholders are the elderly. This population is directly affected by Medicare and its possibilities. Those who are covered by Medicare are named as beneficiaries. Medicare is a federal program that provides health coverage to over 41 million Americans, including virtually everyone age 65 and older and over 6 million younger adults with permanent disabilities ("Medicare," 2011). The elderly are directly affected by...

Demographic Paper Preshious Dunham HCS/490 March 5, 2012 Jeinnie Avera Demographic Paper The age of population is one of the challenges the United States faces. The shift of demographics may have an effect on the needs and services of this particular population. In this paper it will be discussed how the demographics may have an impact on the health care market, how changes will affect health care such as increase in health care cost and increase in prescription...

 Inpatient care/hospital care and Outpatient/ambulatory care Jacynthia McGill-rice HAD/553 November 2, 2014 Nakia Henderson Saint Joseph University Inpatient care/hospital care and Outpatient/ambulatory care Inpatient and outpatient care are very different services, which inpatient facilities prepare for patients to receive more invasive treatment and stay overnight if required.HH Nursing home and long term care facilities are inpatient services...

Exam 2 * Question 6 * The Sandwich Generation is where many caregivers are taking care of an elderly parent, while at the same time caring for their own children, and sometimes holding down a full-time job. As a concerned social worker the suggestion of better social support assistance I would suggest is a certified nurse that stays with the elder person to help with mobility as well as actual personal needs if needed. The nurse would have to stay for at least a half a day whether it is...

Barriers that prevent Nurse Practitioners from practicing in Long Term Care Facilities Nancy Marshall A thesis presented to the School of Graduate Nursing Mountain State University In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree Master of Science in Nursing 2012 1 Chapter 1 Introduction Nurse Practitioners (NPs) play a key role in long term health care by ensuring provision of holistic healthcare services particularly in remote areas and in those areas that have...

 Getting Older Crystal Scott Soc304: Social Gerontology Instructor: Barbara Carter March 24, 2014 Introduction Math and numbers are used in every aspect and in every part of our daily lives. Everything is numbers. This is no different with people. Humans start as newborns and, if they are blessed, become elders. Numerical order is also used in determining our ages. The longer you live the older you become and the more things change....