Case Study on Castle Nursing Home

Hello Dr. Ullom, majority of the long term care facilities are under staffed. There is usually one registered nurse in charge to manage a 240 bed facility, with LPN's  and nursing assistance. I feel that these patients would benefit from having one RN to every six -eight patients with a nursing assistance. Not only would this benefit the patient but the nurse as well. Patient are placed in long term care facility with a certain problem, but ends up with additional condition such as UTI, MRSA, pressure ulcers, and etc. These issues are related to poor care they receive because of unstaffing. I'm not placing blame on the LPN or nursing assistance, but with a RN and low nurse to patient ratio, they will receive better care.

One of the hardest moments for not only the person with dementia, their caretaker, and their family, is deciding the appropriate time to relocate to an assisted living facility or a skilled nursing home. Like the variety of the disease symptoms and durations, the question of when to accept outside help also has different answers depending on the situation and the caregiver’s abilities and resources (Smith, J., 2016). Many caretakers may view the idea of placing their loved one in a home as a sense of failure on their part; however, it does not have to be this way. With the increasing demand for assisted living facilities and nursing homes, improvements in the standards of care for dementia patients as well as a shift towards more “patient-centered

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.

Howard Terry Newman is 67 year old retired printer who suffered from Parkinson’s disease as well as arthritis, voice impairment, hiatal hernia, and heart trouble. Mr. Newman, the appellee, is contesting his stay between September 19, 1968 and November 11, 1968 at the appellant’s facility, Big Town Nursing Home. The plaintiff was admitted voluntarily by his nephew to the facility with the ability to leave as he pleased. However, on September 22nd, when Mr. Newman attempted to leave the facility, he was told that he could not use the phone or entertain visitors without the administrator’s permission. He proceeded to walk out; he was brought back and restrained on Wing 3 with “senile patients, drug addicts, alcoholics, mentally disturbed, incorrigibles and uncontrollables” according to the administrator testimony.

In any continuous quality improvement effort, measurement is the key element (Sollecito, & Johnson, 2013). “Measurement and statistical analysis are used to assess the impact of an improvement effort” (Sollecito & Johnson, 2013). To Measure the impact of the program, the hospital utilized a departmental quality improvement assessment with a scoring matrix for self-assessment (McLaughlin, et. al., 2012). The scoring matrix consisted of five category ratings which each department head had to complete. Univer4sal Charting and Resource Utilization were also used for measurement (McLaughlin, et. al., 2012).

For my nursing home field trip I chose Woodbridge Nursing Home Pavilion, Ltd. 2242 North Kedize Blvd, Chicago IL 60647 (773) 486-7700, it is located on the North Side of the Logan Square neighborhood of Chicago IL. I chose this nursing home because this is where my mother worked for 31 years until retiring in July. On the day of my visit I was to speak with Director of Nursing Yesenia Gonzalez, but she was in meeting all day, but I was able to speak with the Licensed Nursing Home Administrator Patricia Correa. It was a brief encounter, but I was able to get some important information from her. Ms. Correa has been a Licensed Nursing Home Administrator with Woodridge for five years; she has been an active Administrator since 10/31/08.

Patient will demonstrate ability to use adaptive device for feeding for the duration of this shift.

Fifth grade students from Munson Elementary spent months getting to know someone from another world, even if it was just a few miles away -- at the Heather Hill Nursing Home. The students were participating in a special biography project, arranged by fifth grade teacher Leigh Ann Ferguson. Ferguson received a grant from the Chardon Schools Foundation to have her students partner with the nursing home residents to write and publish their biographies. So thirty Munson students partnered with eleven Heather Hill residents over several visits to get to know each other. The students spent time talking, playing board games and eventually interviewing the residents about their lives. In the process they discovered that the Heather Hill residents

There are currently 139 Sunrise Assisted living CNA jobs near Mclean Virginia. Sunrise Senior Living is an assisted living community with their headquarter located in Mclean Virginia and was founded by Paul and Terry Klaassen. They started the company with a clear mission: to champion quality of life for all seniors. The company operates over 300 centers worldwide offering a range of senior services that are individualized which are based on the needs of today's seniors.

After researching Brookdale Senior Living Center I was very impressed to learn of your organization's partnership with Wish of A Lifetime. It is nice to see companies provide a helping hand in making their residents’ dreams come true. With granting more than 270 lifelong wishes for Brookdale senior residents, I am astounded by your company's accomplishments to serve seniors and raise awareness about the importance of helping to keep older adults daring, dreaming,and discovering. As an Occupational Science major with an ample interest in helping others, I would like

After using the Medicare website to compare nursing homes in my area, I chose to compare Brooklyn Queens Nursing Home and Jamaica Hospital Nursing Home. To my expectations, it was unexpected to find the results lead to Jamaica Hospital Nursing Home, having a higher rating than Brooklyn Queens Nursing Home. Both of these nursing homes are participators in the Medicare and Medicaid program. However Jamaica Nursing Home is non-for profit organization while the Brooklyn Queens Nursing Home is a for profit organization. The overall rating of both facilities were 5 star rating and 4 star rating respectively, out of a 5 star rating system. Categories that were attributed to the overall ranking of both nursing homes included both health and fire safety

Our mother recently went through a difficult time due to the loss of a friend. The Bickford Director, Nurses, and entire staff went far and beyond to help her. Robin, Deb, Cheryl and Cindy all looked for different ways to help the situation. Because of their efforts, mom has improved and is once again enjoying her Bickford family. The Bickford staff goes above and beyond to assure their residents are receiving the best care! It takes special people to provide assisted living care and everyone at Bickford is just that!

Some of the tangible strategies Cowan utilized to transform this underachieving nursing home into one of the most innovative organizations

I’ve always felt most at home in a local nursing home. It became a place of solace, I felt that I could make a difference there more than I felt I could at my own school.I know it sounds a bit odd, but caring for others has always given me a sense of satisfaction. At first my visits were mundane, I was mostly concerned with racking up community service hours. I had been apathetic for some time until the coordinator told me that I would have the opportunity to actually interact with the elderly who suffer with Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of Dementia.

Kathleen and Ray said that Grandview Manor was not home; however, they both agreed it was better than a nursing home. Everyone that lives at Grandview Manor is in the same predicament. They both talked where they grew up at and their homes before coming to the Grandview Manor. Kathleen says she locks her apartment door even she is in the sitting room and Ray doesn’t lock his.