Case Study: Director Of Care

Mrs Gale is a 70 year old widow and retired unskilled worker. The patient lives alone and relies on her son to provide basic care, medication and meals. Mrs Gale has a history of weight fluctuation owing to lifestyle but is currently at risk of malnutrition due to Parkinson’s disease. Mrs Gale shows signs of early dementia and suffers from poor mobility and pain caused by arthritis. Mrs Gale also has mild depression triggered by loss and has become socially isolated. All names have been changed as per the Nursing and Midwifery Council confidentiality guidelines (2008).

Case Managers have a challenging job, often dealing with patients, community agencies and facilitating their hospital discharge to the next level of care. They collaborate and communicate with the entire healthcare team and mostly with the patient during the hospitalization process. They act as support for all stakeholders to achieve positive patient outcomes. In this paper, I will be interviewing Ian Mopas, who is a Patient Care Coordinator at Kaiser Permanente in Redwood City about his education, work training, goals, and objectives as a Care Coordinator, and his responsibilities in his organization.

Nursing care is a dynamic field of practice. The way it looks today is far out greater intense and very structured. It advances itself by the use of nursing theories and evidence based practice. Policies and procedures constantly change with the advancement of technology and science. While caring for the patient in the given case studies, a nurse involved utilizes practical knowledge, a culture care model and transpersonal caring relationship to attain a caring environment (Smith & Parker, 2015).

The reporting party (RP) stated her brother, resident Luis Gallegos DOB: 8/26/70 was transferred to the facility from a skilled nursing facility (Premier Care). According to the RP the resident was admitted to Premier Care on July 13, 2016. The RP stated prior to her brother's stay in Premier he was able to make his own decisions and therefore didn't require a POA or a conservator. Consequently, Premier transferred her brother without notifying his authorized representative, his sisters. When the RP and her sister attempted to visit the resident they were refused. A caregiver named Jessie informed the RP that she had no authority to remove the resident. The RP stated her sister Chelsea visited the resident was not allowed to visit in private.

Correct Care Solutions, LLC. (CCS) is contracted to provide medical, dental and mental health services to the correctional population housed at the Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO). The SOW agreement between MCSO and CCS is dated November 1, 2008. Per the agreement, a quality assurance plan requires an “outside” correctional health professional to conduct a peer review of inmate health care services with documentation of deficiencies and plans of corrective actions on an annual basis. The American Correctional Association (ACA) was contacted to conduct a compliance audit of the inmate health services operation for SOW agreement between MCSO and CCS.

which sets out the future for health and care services in Morecambe Bay through a population

Member stating she was discharged home from Hanover Health and Rehab on 03/14/2017 with home health services in place. Member stating she had requested Encompass Home Health Agency but Bon Secours Home Health came out on 03/18/2017 and she stated she told Nurse she did not want that Agency. CM placed a call to Hanover Health and Rehab and spoke with Discharge Planner and she stated that Encompass could not take the case because of a shortage of staff. Member stated she would agree to have Bon Secours Home Health. Discharge Planner stated she would send the referral back to Bon Secours Home Health. Member stating she had post hospital follow up with PCP yesterday with no new changes. Member stating she reported the pain she is having to PCP

:01 PM-3:00 PM SC received a telephone call from Pa states that she was discharged to home on 1/22/2016 from PowerBack Rehab, and she wants her services to start again. SC asked Pa when she was discharged from the hospital. The Pa reported that she was discharged to rehab on 12/22/2015. The Pa stated that she needs someone to help her with her personal care and home management. SC asked Pa where Quintella is (Pa’s DCW/dtr). The Pa reported that she don’t know but she is gone and not coming back. SC informed Pa that the SC spoke with the DCW/dtr Quintilla Bentley on 1/14/2016 and she reported that she (Pa) was scheduled for surgery on the same day 1/14/2016. The Pa exclaimed that whatever she reported was not true. The Pa reported that she had surgery on the 12/14/2015. The SC

This assignment will focus on the holistic assessment and care plan of a patient who was cared for during practice placement. It aims to discuss how the care planning decisions were made and relate these decisions with the relevant literature. The setting was an emergency trauma and orthopaedic ward and the care plan was developed in order to meets the patient’s needs after 1 week admission. The care plan was compiled by the student nurse and his mentor and aimed to identify the patient’s needs and the necessary interventions to meet these needs.

Based on what we have learned thus far with regard to ethics, regulations, and federal mandates, what are the challenges faced by healthcare executives and direct care providers such as physicians, nurses, pharmacists, and healthcare organizations in general.

Michael escorted patient #1974 to Supervisor office as the patient appeared to be upset with regard to her recent HOLD. According to the patient, she complained about her assigned counselor placing her on HOLD for unscheduled sessions and this has occurred on two separate occasion. The patient then reports that on 05/8/2017- an appointment was schedule, but the patient cancelled and was told by Michael that she will receive a phone call to reschedule the appointment but no call was made. In addition, the patient shared that her assigned counselor did not fax her UDS result to DCF/Housing Worker. The patient requested to be reassigned with a new counselor. This information was relayed to Michael pertaining to the patient response. According

The first section to be filled out on the CMS 1500 form in boxes one through 13 include patient demographic information as well as insurance information. This information is captured to ensure the proper claim is associated with the correct patient.

The proposed qualitative study will identify factors that contribute to pregnancy amongst youth-in-care. The intent of this research study is that the identified factors that contribute to pregnancy amongst youth-in-care will be known to social workers and foster parents to therefore better assist preventing pregnancy. The proposed research study will gather information from the youth-in-care themselves to positively assist in preventing pregnancy and addressing the unique needs and factors that contribute to pregnancy.

SP discussed future care with client daughter and advise Cindy that client needs to follow up with doctors as recommended immediately after she is discharged. Cindy also discussed with SP that Mrs. Figueroa may be discharged into the NF for short-term rehab and she wanted to know if this would interfere with her CO waiver or MA. SP explained that no interference would occur with CO waiver and MA if client remains in the NF for less than 30 days. After 30 days, Mrs. Figueroa MA will change from STC to LTC. SP is in the process of requesting additional hours from DHMH since client health is significantly declining, SP is waiting to obtain client discharged summary as medical documentation to support the request for 63 hours of personal assistance

Hello Rachel, you did a very good job in your post by explaining Mr. Jones care coordination planning in detailed. As you explained that his daughter can assist him in using diabetic log application and app to manage his communication with his doctor’s appointments. Since Mr. Jones has a memory problem, this is very good method that will help him to keep logs of his medication and appointments.