Nursing Home Community Analysis

At community level, the social worker plays the role of advocacy. She is persuasive, assertive, and patient in her day-to-day encounter with patients. She is a community organizer; she coordinates financial aid to long-term residents without sponsorship and serves as a liaison to some of the patients she cares for. It is vital for the human service professional to provide information about social issues that are likely to affect the public (O'Hagan, 2007).

Julie W. Goodman received her Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work from the University of Mississippi in 1996. She was a social worker at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee for nine years. Ms. Goodman has been employed for 10 years as a social worker and in the position of Community Relations at Belmont Village Senior Living. She is the president of The Professional Network on Aging, is on the Speaker Committee for the Alzheimer’s Association, and serves on the board for the Case Management Society of America (CMSA). Ms. Goodman is a member of the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) and hosts “Lunch and Learns” every third Thursday of the month at Belmont Village

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.

As a MSW student at a long term care home, I get an opportunity to take on many duties and activities. For starters, I get to do a lot of administration work including filing, faxing, photocopying, writing thank you letters for those who came for the tour of the home, mailing care conference letters to families to let them know when it is and making phone calls to family members as well as different agencies such as Community Care Access Centre (CCAC). One of the main duties and most important I find is visiting residents and addressing any concerns they may have. This can include issues that they may be experiencing with another resident and connecting them with different services such as Amy’s Helping Hands and transportation services. To

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

This was the second time coming back to the nursing home visit. I was excited that I get to chat with the resident again. My resident was eating breakfast when I walked into the room and she had no idea that I was coming back that day. I got very anxious because she might not want to be bothered, but I was wrong. She was very welcoming and happy that I came back to visit. We had long conversations about her life and new things that came up since the last time we met. I also did an assessment on my resident this time around since I was not able to during our last visit. I explained the whole process to her while doing the assessment and make sure she knows everything that I am doing. Compared to the first visit, I was much more comfortable.

I am currently placed at an assisted living facility in La Grande, Oregon. Assisted living facilities are governed by the Department of Human Services Aging and People with Disabilities. Specifically, the Oregon administrative rules, Chapter 411, Division 54. Like NCSBN, The Department of Human Services Agency provides rules and guidelines for the Assisted living facilities in Oregon. The purpose of these rules is to set standards for assisted living facilities. These standards and guidelines are designed to offer a wide range of services for the elderly and persons with disabilities, in a homelike environment. These administrative rules are designed to enhance the client’s dignity, independence, individuality, and decision-making ability while

The reading that stands out the most to me personally for Week 8 is ‘Dementia: stigma, language, and dementia-friendly’, because I have members in my family who suffer from severe dementia. Moreover, it relates to the issues that I discussed in my AE3 essay. Hence, I think it will be really insightful in terms of broadening the knowledge I attained whilst writing my essay. It may also inform me of ways in which some of the issues raised in my essay may be combatted, specifically the stigma associated with dementia for sufferers and their families/ caregivers, as it explores the concept of a dementia-friendly community; a resolution mentioned in many of the readings I came across during my essay research, but did not explore with depth. In addition

Modern social workers participate actively in helping people to obtain rights, services, benefits and opportunities that they might not otherwise obtain through micro policy advocacy, ?often prioritize the needs of vulnerable populations when they engage in advocacy? (Jansson, 2016, p. 21). Through community immersion, the social worker gains an understanding of the community attributes and desiderata, requiring them to utilize their experience and expertise to advocate policies that will satisfy the client?s needs (NASW, n.d.). Furthermore, when social workers immerse themselves in the community, it becomes an act of care and concern to serve the community. Compelling them to implement new changes, depict workable intervention schemes, and generate attainable treatment plans to satisfy the needs of the individuals, families and community.

One of the hardest situations someone can endure is death. The death of a loved one, friend, and even an acquaintance can be tough for most. Healthcare professionals are told from day one not to “Not get too close and attached.” however, that is easier said than done. I currently work as a CNA in the memory care unit at an assisted living facility. In this home, we assist with any and ass activities of daily living, such as bathing, feeding, and dressing our residents. Working so close with these residents, it is difficult not to get to know and adore them, anyone in this particular field will tell you that I myself have a few of them. One resident in particular really held a special place in my heart. I would start my shift and head straight

Making decisions for our loved ones as they get older are not always so easy. A decision that seems to always be the most difficult comes when searching for assisted living for your loved one. After all, you want to make sure that you find the best place for them. When searching we look at the standard requirements such as, is the facility clean, great management staff and within your price range. Along with the standards you want to make sure that you get a good feeling for what each assisted living community is actually like, what they advertise about.

Assisted Living Facilities (ALFs) have transformed tremendously over the past 10 years. ALFs provide outstanding services for seniors who wish to remain independent but still need some assistance with daily living. They are now designed to be more homelike and equipped with many features. Some of these features include libraries, computer labs, fitness centers, dining rooms, beauty salons and even indoor swimming pools. About one million Americans reside in ALFs across the country. This number is projected to almost double by 2030.

Opportunities which can be addressed though senior care includes the increasing of staff including geriatric nurses. This can be done by local long-term care facilities, partnering with community colleges in training nursing staff and staff having the ability to gain the necessary accreditation needed. Long-term care plans can become apart of the services which are provided within the community by social workers who are employed by the state. They can partner with case managers and their individuals to derive long-term care plans, and this takes some of the strain off of case managers. Advocacy groups such as non-profit organization can bring forth the issues of long-term care to local and state level governments, so programs and initiative can be set forth. This is important for people to start looking at long-term care early, and avoid future cost which can become a burden on their loved ones or an unmet need for care.

The reading text for this week discussion is quite interesting and the concept behind all the programs shows that so many different organizations and individuals are really contributing in their own little way to assist the aging population.

The book As We Are Now, written by May Sarton, targets those concerned with the care of elderly individuals in nursing homes. In the book, Sarton artistically highlights the plethora of ongoing issues social workers face in their work as they attempt to provide quality care to the elderly population. The book is written as the memoirs of a very thoughtful elderly woman, Caroline Spenser, as she spent part of her life in a nursing home; and brings to light the lack of quality of care that elderly individuals received when living in such a facility in the 1970’s.