Care Springs Case Study

On this date worker visited Walker Rehabilitation Center in Carbon Hill, for the purpose of monitoring Ms. Blankenship's placement. Worker spoke with Ms. Ana Dyer and learned the family was getting assistance with housing and transportation from a local church. Ms. LaVone Yarbrough and her husband run a ministry that helps family reunite. However, Ms. Dyer is concerned about discharging Ms. Blankenship to the home with narcotic and according to Ms. Dyer, Crimson's boyfriend lives with them. Worker has not been able to conform. Ms. Dyer stated when Ms. Blankenship discharged from the NH she would need a doctor and transportation to the doctor appointments. The nursing home would only discharge Ms. Blankenship with enough for medicine for a few

On this date worker received a message from Misty Jenkins, social worker for HealthSprings Insurance. She stated Mr. Duncan was not doing well and someone needed to do a safety check on him. Worker returned Ms. Jenkins call, learned Mr. Duncan went to the ER on Friday 2/12/16, and was diagnosed with a UTI. HIs doctor Dr. Brassfield refused to admit Mr. Duncan to the hospital and sent him back to Laurel Gardens (Mr. Duncan was discharged from the hospital on 2/9/16 and returned three days later with a UTI.) Ms. Jenkins believes Mr. Duncan's discharge to Laurel Gardens was a bad discharge from the hospital. Worker explained to Ms. Jenkins that Dr. Brassfield refused to state Mr. Duncan was mentally or physically unable to care for himself. Therefore,

D-The patient arrived on time for her scheduled appointment. According to the patient, she wants to increase on her dose, but needs more time to think about it without feeling pressured. The patient reports that she hasn't used any cocaine or THC for the past four days, at which this writer commends the patient for her effort to not using any drugs. The patient appeared to be very emotional discussing her husband's death and struggle with coping with the loss. This writer and the patient discussed coping skills whereas the patient is coping by being a grandmother to her grandchildren. The patient then discussed briefly about how her husband's death affected the family to the point that her son, who lives in Kenturky attempted to suicide at least 4 times. The patient tends to stay in communication with her son to ensure of his safety and well-being. As for the patient's daughter, the patient was again emotional discussing her daughter using heroin and being influenced by her boyfriend. The patient reports about talking to her daughter about her lifestyle, but nothing has prevail. This writer discussed with the patient about continuing to be a supportive mother and reaching out to her daughter to abstain from illicit drugs. This writer learned that the patient lives with the daughter in the home.

We discussed the recommendations for therapy 5 days a week. Dr. Vanderjadt agrees that home therapy is not going to get it, she needs equipment and extra people to work with her due to her weight. He recommends Weaver PT. He did order the chair since she needs help just trying to get to a standing position. The replacement service and the attendant care were renewed. He increased the hours back to 12 hours per day. I reminded him again that Dr. Taunt will not do a knee replacement until she gets her weight down. I also explained this to the son and the rate of failure, that is why she has to get some weight off, we are now up to an even larger amount. Dr. Vanderjadt really got very serious with her and what her future would look like if she did not get more active and get the weight off. After the appointment, I went to the physical therapy location and gave them a copy of the FCE. I stressed to them that if there are any attendance issues to let me know asap. I have faxed and spoken with Homelink regarding the chair, they will get several

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Receiving treatment for illness can be expensive and even unattainable if you don’t have health insurance, which is why the professionals at Hurley Care Solutions know Medicare and Medicaid are so important. For years, the company has been providing clients throughout Rochester, Greece, Brockport, and Pittsford, NY with all they need to know about these programs to make informed decisions regarding elder care.

Since the last reporting period I have spoken several times with Mr. McDonald and also Jeff the personal trainer. The personal trainer has not billed through an insurance company before and did not know what forms to use or how to proceed. Mr. Eberly and I have both tried to offer some suggestions so he could accomplish this. At this point I am not sure how he will proceed since it is his responsibility to do his billing. I have spoken with Mr. McDonald regarding this. One of Mr. McDonald’s concerns with physical therapy is the lack of one on one attention. I have advised him of the different educational levels of a physical therapy versus the personal trainer. I spoke with Dave his physical therapy regarding those concerns. I was told

The purpose of this report, is to determine whether or not I should hire Jill for the position of “floating” Administrative Assistant, to work any of the three shifts; day, night, or graveyard when the regular assistant is absent. Jill has been diagnosed with having multiple sclerosis, which is currently in remission. The director of operations is telling me not to hire Jill, because if she becomes ill in the future, her medical condition may impact the firm financially. Jill states, “She is currently not suffering from any symptoms and is able to perform her duties, but will need two hours off monthly from 3:00p.m. to 5:00p.m. to make doctor visits.” Jill never gave the dates she would need off only the time frame. The director’s advisement is based on the firm’s new policy. This policy requires all employees to take a medical exam, after a job offer has been made. The policy was put in place because the firm was having problems, with new hires that they discovered had health problems. As a supervisor I will comply with the director’s directive, while ensuring that all federal guidelines for hiring anyone with a disability are being upheld. This will be being done to avoid the firm receiving any future lawsuits.

The case “CareGroup” prepared by the Harvard Business School recounts an astonishing tale of how the health-care company CareGroup’s leading state-of-the-art information technology (IT) systems had abruptly collapsed for three and a half days, what actions they took to recover, and the invaluable lessons learned through them.

At today’s visit she is seen in her room at Tiffany hall SNF where she is a long-term resident. She is awake, alert. She is a poor historian due to her dementia. The staff reports that the patient has had multiple falls over the last month. She had a fall yesterday and was sent to the emergency room for evaluation. After her return from the ER she had another fall. The patient frequent tries to get out of her chair and out of bed without waiting for assistance.

Before Hospira lost the GPO pricing we was paying $75.00 per box. And once they lost the GPO we was paying $111.50 per box. So, B.Braun told us to order direct until Medline could stock the item in there warehouse which costed us $ 1.93 and not $1.11 after reviewing our invoice. I notified Katie (B.Braun rep) of the overcharge and she credited our account. Since we have to order directly from Medline the charge will be $1.40 plus mark up due to them being our distributor.

SC completed HV with Pa on 1/22/2016. Pa’s aide Kim and friend Sarah were present. Pa was in her wheel chair when SC arrived and her aide was cleaning the bath tub. Pa reported that she is doing ok. She appears to be well and no signs of injures. Pa reported no falls (no recent falls) ER visit, hospitalizations, change in health status or medications. Pa was appropriately dressed and groomed. SC observed Pa's apartment which appeared to be free of clutter. SC observed Pa sitting in chair at table. Pa reports she is satisfied with services. Pa reports that her aide continues to assist with bathing, dressing, and grooming daily as well as meal prep, light housekeeping and laundry. Pa receives agency model PAS via-SarahCare as provider. Pa receive

During this reporting period, I met with the occupational therapist, Ms. Thomas and Axio bionic representative Philip Muccio to evaluate the bionic sleeve on July 11, 2017. I did confirm with Axiobionics that this was still scheduled. Ms. Thomas was in her wheelchair. I inquired about if her wheelchair was repaired she believe it was but has notice other pieces missing on her wheelchair. She believes she has had this wheelchair for 4 years and is entitle to one every 5 years. I noted that a hub cap was missing on her wheelchair and two black prongs that connect the plastic wheel disc to the metal roller wheel were broken office. Ms. Thomas also reported that her filling had come out one day prior to the apartment appointment. I contacted Ms. Thomas’s mother to inform her that her daughter reported a filling had come out and she needed to see her dentist. I inquired about if she has noticed any changes since receiving the growth hormone injections and she replied she has noticed that she doesn’t have the urgency sensation to urinate like she did. I asked if she had received my emails and she replied she might have but didn’t recognize my email as she only has one email address and receives over 100 emails. Ms. Thomas is contemplating on obtaining an additional email

She was immediately put on pain medications, however, during our interview, she rated her pain 7. Mrs. K mentioned that she is positive that she will be discharged soon and I shared hope with her by telling her that, “I believe that she will face her situation (especially pain) because I have seen her courage.” I observed that she likes discussing about her children and grandchildren, consequently, our discussion was centered on her family living in different states in the country. My goal was to care for her and not to add to her

I went to Altru specialty center (Rehab Center) to do my observational hours. In there I absorb a physical therapist Jonathan Beck on March 16. At time he is working with patient who recently had a cardiac arrest and he helping her to improve in her balance and walking. Patient I was observing was sixty-nine year old woman, who currently was in a wheelchair she was unable to walk by herself and she cannot speak English. However, I am multilingual in five different language, coincidently I was fluent in her language and able to interpret her. Patient has difficulty moving one side of the body because she had pace maker on the left side of her body. Severely limited movement or stiffness in the arms and legs also has balance problems. She is