Assisted Living Case Study

Assisted Living Concepts Inc., hereafter referred to as ALC, was a Nevada corporation formed in 1994 with its principal place of business in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin. ALC provides senior assisted living residences that provide multiple personal services for their residences. ALC was purchased by Extendicare Health Services, Inc. in January 2005. In 2006 ALC was spun off from Extendicare as a publicly traded company. As of December 31, 2012 ALC had 211 assisted and independent living residences in 20 states totaling 9,348 units with 4,600 employees. ALC generated revenues in excess of $228 million dollars for year-end 2012 (Assisted Living Concepts, Inc. 2013). In July 2013, ALC was acquired by the private equity firm TPG Capital, L.P. for $278.3 million dollars (Boulton 2013). In March 2014 ALC changed their name to Enlivant (Enlivant 2014).

The first author of the article, Medicaid Funding for Assisted Living Care: A Five-State Examination, is Eric Carlson. Carlson is the directing attorney under the National Senior Citizens Law Center (NSCLC). He graduated summa cum luade from the University of Minnesota, and obtained his law degree from Boalt Hall School of Law at the University of California Berkeley. Most of his career has been spent advocating for older adults in nursing homes and assisted living facilities. Carlson is very knowledgeable on these topics, and frequently presents to other attorneys and social workers at conferences nation-wide about these issues (NSCLC).

Vicki, I spoke to Lisa and she refused the offer for an Assisted Living long term move; in addition to the room size, the rooms in ASL were not inviting enough. As per Lisa, she does her mother’s pill box, Ms. Shilling eats all of the groceries that she brings in weekly, Ms. Shilling is clean and free of odor and Lisa does her laundry. Lisa is not concern about her mother’s falls, she feels she will fall wherever she is. Essentially, Lisa feels her mother is not at the point to move to ASL at this time.

The Topic of my research paper is How to Start Your Own Assisted Living Business. I choose this topic because I have some experience in the health care field. I am a certified Medical Assistant and I wanted to take my education to the next level. The Health care job market is on high demand and is one of today’s most dynamic fields with a wide range of opportunities. I came to realize that the older you get in this country options for housing, health and personal care services become limited.

The CPUC is requesting to contract with the California Foundation for Independent Living Centers (CFILC) to run a statewide trial/pilot for the Deaf and Disabled Telecommunications Program (DDTP) Speech Generating Devices (SGD) Supplemental Telecommunications Equipment (STE).

Ask a senior citizen what they want most, and many will state they wish to make their own decisions concerning every aspect of their life. Allowing them to do so can be hard on children, especially when thee children see their parents need extra help. If you find your parent wishes to stay in their own home, but you are worried about their safety, assisted living may be a compromise you can agree on. With this option, your parent retains some independence, yet can have assistance when needed.

On this date worker visited Golden Living Nursing Home in Winfield, for the purpose of monitoring Mr. Smith's placement. Upon arrival worker realized, Mr. Smith had been moved since last visit. Worker asked the nurse passing out medication but she did not know whom worker was talking about. Worker then asked the nurse at the nurses’ desk and she stated he was now on the other hall. While looking for Mr. Smith's new room worker was stopped and asked who she was looking for. The NH employee directed worker to Mr. Smith's new room. The new room only includes Mr. Smith and one other person. The previous room included three residents.

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In deciding how to treat the issue of the eldercare facility bankruptcy information, it has been determined that Grass Man has an error in his previously issued financial statements due to the timing of available information. One might argue that an error in estimation would be appropriate; however the bankruptcy of the Eldercare Facility was not new information, but rather an, “… oversight or misuse of facts that existed at the time the financial statements were prepared.” ASC 250-10-20 [Emphasis added]

Patient is a 71 years old female who is from assisted living who presents in the Emergency department due to tachycardia and chest pain. Her symptoms started before going to bed and she felt like her heart rate was racing and felt short of breath. EMS was called and patient states her shortness of breath improved after 12 mg adenocard was given by the EMS. Patient has a medical history of senile nuclear sclerosis, anxiety, hypertension, diabetes, heart disease, asthma, heart attack, copd, renal insufficiency, palpitations and cataract removal. Patient is taking 22 medications in the assisted living. She was then admitted in our telemetry unit with a diagnosis of chest pain. Upon arrival in the unit, patient was Alert and Oriented to name,

The duty of nursing homes is to exercise that degree of care, skill and diligence used by nursing homes in the community. A nursing home does not have to apply the same standard care as a hospital. "Consequently," what is considered negligence in a hospital does not necessary mean it apply to a nursing home. The duty of a nursing homes depend upon the patient's condition. The patient's physical and mental ability is determined by the court (Alcoy v Valley Nursing Homes, Inc., 272 S E 2d 301 (Sup. Ct., Va. 2006). Although treatment of a patient is the physician responsibility, a nursing home can be held liability for transferring a patient that require special precautions to a hospital without informing the hospital of the special supervision.

Having defined the term AAL, it is imperative to mention that AAL technology could be broadly be divided into low -tech devices and high-tech devices. Low-tech devices could be as simple as eyeglasses or walkers while high-tech devices includes software, hardware and peripherals that could be of immense assistance to the aged to achieve independence and some level of health stability in other to be able to interact with the environment and continue with the day to day activities [15]. At the initial stage, the term was just assisted living, that is, without the word “Ambient”. Thus, it was then thought to be individual devices assisting with one task or activity of daily living (ADL). However, the continuous interest and full introduction of

The place where this case study occurred was in a nearby senior care facility. I was to do the worship service with communion for the residents. The church I pastor is responsible for two senior care facilities and they alternate each week. Because of my schedule I do not do the services on any regular basis. I was off for reading week from school so I could volunteer. There are a few women who go to the facility. One of the women used to come to our church. She told my senior pastor that she did not like my being a pastor so she stopped coming. She also attends the pastors Bible study occasionally.

Memory loss problems in senior citizens will jeopardize their normal lives due to several difficulties. The memory impairment patients need special care in order to stimulate their living conditions. An assisted living home mainly focuses on providing excellent support to dementia, Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s patients with modern amenities. It also aims at increasing the skills of elderly people with expert caregivers to live an independent life. There are several homes that offer assisted living services for families to fulfill the needs of their loved ones with latest features. On the other hand, it is imperative one to make a study on them from the internet before

Society is becoming a rapidly aging world and the pressure as well as need to care for elderly citizens is rather high. The problem associated with this on going pressure is that is has produced a business market for assisted living facilities. When the ability to make a profit comes into play it brings about a rather major question: Is the care in assisted living facilities adequate, and does it effectively provide a safe and comfortable environment for the world’s elderly population? The documentary Life and Death in Assisted Living Facilities uncovers the ugly truths associated with what goes on behind the closed doors of assisted living facilities.