Nursing Home Analysis

“The Palace” is located in the heart of the gables. It is one of the top notch awarded nursing home facilities for seniors stated by many families. Currently being an employee at this facility, I am learning the frightful stories of senior living. Even the Palace one of the most expensive, awarded senior living is actually a terrible place for the elderly. Especially, working at the Front Desk as the receptionist, I have seen firsthand how these poor seniors are forced into these haunted “luxurious” homes. The marble of the building has been often a misleading reason for placing their parent or grandparent in such terrible care. Most humans tend to judge by the appearance of the nursing homes rather than further investigating any violations that the facilities may have. From my own experience with my grandmother, I know it can be very difficult to take care of a senior citizen, especially when they suffer from various conditions and are just not safe in their home. Once adults become seniors, they require a lot of attention and assistance, which is hard when running a whole household and a career. But placing your loved one in one of these facilities can just shorten the amount of time they have to live. Also, it can be very expensive. Lastly, nursing home makes seniors feel the lack of freedom.

They discovered that over the last 3 years Emeritus has had more instantiating complaints by consumers per bed than any one of their major competitors (Byker, 2013, "Life and Death in Assisted Living Facilities"). It was also found that authorities in other states has cited Emeritus for numerous legal violations from a shortage of staff to accepting residence that are too sick to legally live in assisted living. They also reported finding more than 2 dozen non reported cases of questionable deaths. For example, the case of Mabel Austin, a dementia resident who wander outside on Christmas night and froze to death in the Emeritus’ Texas facility. Another case that stood out to me was the case of Merule who was living in Emeritus’ Jackson, Mississippi residence. She was another dementia patient living at their facility, but after reviewing her case officials stated that she belonged in a nursing home and not assisted living. Family stated that the director of the facility came to their home to “evaluate” her and they accepted her promising them that she was in good hands. They admitted her that Thursday and visited her on that Sunday just to see that she was drugged and in the same clothes they brought her in. Later the next week, workers reported that she pried open the window on the second floor of the memory

Nursing homes are now subject to a five-star rating system called Nursing Home Compare, described on the Medicare Web site. Simply inputting a nursing home’s name or area code allows a user to compare the quality of care at various locations. According to the article “Aging well” written by Athan Bezaitis, he states that this is “an important first step” but “it’s not always a choice system.” Discharge agents at hospitals often make decisions regarding where older adults will go following discharge.

Team B chose to cover Emeritus at Harbour of Pointe Shores, a senior community located in Ocean Shores, Washington. The team was interested in learning more about an assisted living and rehabilitation facility. It is also an opportunity to uncover the differences from an assisted living community and a skilled nursing facility. Emeritus at Harbour of Pointe Shores provides retirement and assisted living, respite services, and on-site rehabilitation. Similar to other long-term care facilities, the facility and staff are required to follow specific guidelines and regulations to maintain licensing and accreditation. However, these

regards to the dining room safety measures, the facility must make sure that the nursing home

The Araville Residential Care Home III is a senior care home located in South San Francisco, California, which is in San Mateo County. The scenic area is surrounded by the beautiful San Francisco Bay. The charming bay area is known for the mild winter months and the cool dry summer. South San Francisco is a lovely place to live with warm friendly atmosphere for friends and family members to visit at time of the year.

More than 5 million Americans currently have dementia in the United States and this number is projected to rise to between 8 and 13 million by 2050 (Alzheimer’s Association, 2015). Dementia is known to become more prevalent with age, increasing from 5 to 10 percent in people over 65 years of age to almost one half of people over the age of 85 (Alzheimer’s Association, 2015). Although family members provide the majority of care for people with dementia, increasing needs over time often lead to placement in a long-term care setting. Dementia is the most common reason for entry into long-term care facilities (Zimmerman, 2013) and nearly 90% of persons with dementia will have at least one stay at a nursing home in their lifetime (Grunier, 2007).

Friendship Home Health and CareAll Home Care Services are the two home health agencies that I picked for comparison. Both agencies are located in McMinnville, Tn. The first

Working with a dedicated team and family oriented professionals, Sumiko spends her professional time assisting the community members when there is a medical emergency. Sumiko always wanted to be an emergency medical technician and a firefighter; she realizes that an EMT gets to work closely with other professionals that care about the people in the community and professionals that are always willing to risk their life’s to keep everyone also safe.

With the hopes and dreams of eventually having my own Long-term care community, I hope that we make our LGBT nurses/CNA’s comfortable as well as the residents in the community. There are a few different ideas that I would like to implement into the community in order to make them feel more comfortable. First, I would like to make an awareness group to better educate others in what LGBT is and how to properly treat others. I will not only make it specific to the LGBT community in how to properly treat them but other ethnicities, diversity, and races as well. Something that needs to be worked on in our time is how to better treat each other and realize that people can have their own opinions, that of which, should not make such a large impact

to develop an economical facility that provides universal care. I’m placing a request for Assistant Living (Adult Nursing Homes) in royal areas of Columbia, South Carolina. Quality of care nursing home provides help on a continuous bases, most patients that are seriously ill prefer home strucThey’re several type of healthcare facility such as; Independent Living Communities, Assisted Living Facilities, Residential Care Facilities and Continuing Care Communities. As a medical organization we strive ture facility. The nursing home will provide care for elderly patient that needs continuous care for long standing assistant living. These facilities offer 24-hour supervision, nursing care, and social activities.

“I believe that the key to a successful Nursing home is quality focus, open and honest communication and partnership working.” – Hannah Parry

Assisted living facilities are one of the fastest growing long-term care options available today. In 2000, there were only about 1,000,000, aged 65 and above living in assisted living or residential care (Munn, Hanson, Zimmerman, Sloane, Mitchell, 2006). Since then assisted living facilities have blossomed to over 36,000 licensed facilities providing for more than 9,000,000 residents (Hernandez, 2005-2006). The boom is due to affordability and the homelike living arrangements offered.

When someone pulls into the Parkview Nursing Home’s parking lot, the first challenge they will face is picking which of the three doors to go in through. Hoping that they pick the main entrance, they will then be walking into their second challenge: go straight, or go down the hallway to your left. Hopefully, they will find a map of the building and realize the Parkview Nursing Home is like a giant, hollow square. There are four different hallways, two lined with resident’s rooms, one attached to the dining room and one hallway that is for the administration offices. In the middle of this big squared building, is the Courtyard. The Courtyard is an enclosed outdoor area that the residents can go enjoy the weather without the fear that someone

Senior living communities involve a various level of care and offer different services among the assisted living, independent living, Alzheimer’s and memory care, Continuing Care Retirement Community (CCRCs), active adult, nursing and long-term care, and respite care services.