A Brief Note On Business Management For A Nursing Home

Management is important in any environment, but especially so in the healthcare field.  As the health care system continues to evolve, sound management is critical to the survival of health care institutions (Johnson, 2005). The management team in a healthcare environment must always aim to improve the efficiency of the day to day activities and constantly plan for ways to improve the productivity and efficiency. Every manager’s main duty is to succeed in helping the organization achieve high performance while utilizing all of the organization’s human and material resources. On a daily basis health care managers must recognize performance problems and

The health care system in the United States is known for being one of the most costly systems in the world. In 2010 the Affordable Care Act, (ACA) was implemented with the hopes of reshaping the system and decreasing the healthcare cost, (Mason, Gardner, Outlaw, O’Grady, 2016). . Somewhere along the way our country made healthcare a business. Understandings our country healthcare finances can be quit complex. In order to be successful the Chief Nursing Officer, (CNO), business owners and directors must understand the business principles. These individuals are placed in leadership role and therefore must have the characteristics of a leader, (Huber, 2014)

During my time with them, I was able to differentiate between the functions, roles, and responsibilities of healthcare managers, while working with the following managerial positions. I was able to view them carry out various management functions of planning—closing of a pharmacy, getting annual goals for annual merits, discuss implementation of FY18 strategic planning, staffing--interviews, directing—manager/leadership meetings and staff meetings, controlling—weekly safety huddles addressing patient safety events, addressing staff concerns, and addressing staff behavior, and decision making—completing daily tasks and going to

The healthcare system in America started as a predominantly volunteer system where patients were required to pay little to nothing for treatment. Since it began, the healthcare industry has seen tremendous changes that have transformed it into a business entity which has operations like financial management, strategic planning and functional specialties to keep the industry viable. The industry is one of the largest in the country employing 15 million people with a projected increase of jobs with 3 million jobs annually. As the healthcare industry continues growing, services and personnel are changing, and various dynamics are coming into play to accommodate changes (Smith, Saunders, Stuckhardt, & McGinnis, 2013).

Health care administrators play a critical role in demanding medical field. There are many challenges and benefits within the administrator role. A great health care administrator can transform the healthcare organization. Within this in mind, Dionne Epstein agreed to conduct in-person interview to discuss her insight regarding the healthcare industry. Ms. Epstein has a unique background experience in healthcare and administrative services for over ten years. She even worked at Charity Hospital during and post-Katrina here in New Orleans, Louisiana. Ms. Epstein was a perfect candidate to discuss about the healthcare industry because of her educational background and experience.

As a recent graduate from the Health Care Administration and Planning (HCAP) program at Tennessee State University my desire for Health Care Administration has grown tremendously. My passion has always been Long Term Care, from observing family members being admitted into a facility with high abuse rates, sitting with the elderly at a young age, to completing an internship at National Healthcare Corporation (NHC) during the summer of 2016 under the Regional Director, Mr. Tim Shelly. I have always had a love for the aging population and wanted to work in an environment that believed in producing the best quality of care for the aging population.

Humanity is living longer these days creating the need for long-term care facilities. Today’s families need to work outside the home forcing their loved ones to enter the dependency of the extended care and long-term care facilities. More and more of the retirees are seeking better facilities for themselves because there are more options. There are more than meets the eyes in the nursing and long-term care that involves families and personnel in the decision making for their loved ones.

Fit Adult Care Home LLC is a residential care home located in the beautiful city of Gresham, Oregon, which is Multnomah County. Our historic community is the fourth largest in the state with wonderful restaurants and shops. Gresham is a wonderful place to live with lots of events and activities for family and friends to enjoy when visiting.

The information contained in this report was gathered in a private nursing home over 2 weeks that for the sake of this essay, be called “facility x”

I first walked into the building with my class through the dining hall. The coherent elderly, who could transport themselves, occupied three-fourths of the college lecture room-sized dining hall. Since my classmates and I were in unfamiliar territory, we delivered awkward greetings, but my instructor who frequents this nursing home saluted half the dining hall elderly exuberantly. After storing our belongings away, my instructor assigned all eight of us to a CNA who works in the nursing home. Somehow, she placed my classmates with talkative extraverts, but she paired me with a stoic and passive CNA. How exciting. We introduced ourselves with a rather brief and cliché greeting, and we started working immediately. I assisted my CNA with picking up trash and cleaning the rooms. Due to these simple tasks, I presumed that the day would not be too challenging, but the difficulty elevated when breakfast time for the bed-bound elderly occurred.

A current job opening summarizes the role of the business manager in an ASC setting; “This is a position of high responsibility and high pressure. The scope of responsibility includes but is not limited to: coding, insurance and patient billings, collections, cash management, Accounts Payable management, Accounts Receivable management, Payroll, Medical Records, and management of the business office staff. The reward comes in offering outstanding care to our patients and in developing our staff. This prestigious position at our well-respected ASC is available to the right person. This growing and evolving industry can provide an exciting and rewarding career for a graduate in healthcare

I visited Evergreen Senior Living in Chillicothe, IL for my job shadow. There, I followed Kylie Vinson, a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA), and observed one of the many opportunities available to those wanting to work with the elderly population. Kylie’s job as a CNA is to make sure that the residents are as comfortable and as possible. I also followed, Jackie Russell, the Activities Director. She works with the residents to keep their brain and body stimulated and healthy. They both work in the dementia and alzheimer 's, assisted living part of the facility called Legacy.

The Balanced Scorecard of the nursing home needs to take many aspects into account for the environment is fast-paced and potentially stressful and providing care involves drawing upon a complexity of technological and interpersonal skills.

Early in the morning as I enter the nursing home to provide service to Ms. Velasco, the smell of roasted coffee from the cafeteria and the load giggles of seniors watching a funny movie just steps away from her room brighten my day. When I enter Ms. Velascos room load rock music welcomes me along with the smell of fried bacon and fresh cut strawberries. As she makes breakfast I mope the floors within that time period the maintenance people come in to ask her if she needs any repairs in her room. It makes me happy how she is well taken care of. Ms.Velasco gets very excited when other elders create flea market Committee day. You might be wondering what is that? Well let me tell you a story first. I can recall a time when I enter the cafeteria

Healthcare management is a great, complex, and dynamic field. Like any business, healthcare requires exceptional administration to keeps its operations effective and smooth. Notably, the healthcare field is constantly growing, calling for the expertise of skilled administrators with the capacity to manage hospitals. Since my childhood, I have enjoyed solving problems, helping people, caring about the community and individuals, and having an excellent compensation and growth opportunities.