Nursing Home Executive Summary

2. I am a current employee at Nationwide Children's Hospital and once I graduate from Harrison I will like to advance within my company and become a program manager or Coordinator for the hospital. My ultimate goal is to one day own a nursing home, so that I can be a nursing home administrator.

One thing every living organism has in common on this planet-- age. No one wants to age or face the fact that aging is inevitable. However, since it’s impossible to beat the never ending time clock that is life; everyone wants to be as comfortable as possible when age finally does catch up with them. When the majority of people think of comfortability in old age, they think of living in their own homes and being surrounded by their loved ones. Not many individuals want to be placed into a nursing home type facility because they can’t imagine themselves being comfortable that way. Nonetheless, even though being placed in a home does take away some of an elderly person’s independence, usually the independence lost is in activities that person can no longer do for themselves. Indeed, nursing homes do have their own set of scary stories behind them; life lost, independence lost, and privacy lost, yet many of those stories are outdated. Upon investigation, it would be easy for anyone to scare themselves out of a nursing facility due to the stories that are out there. Yet, upon even further research people would be able to see how far the United States has come in their development and evolution of nursing care facilities. The care of the elderly in the form of nursing homes has faced a tough evolution starting off with a harsh past, to what nursing homes are like now, and what people can expect for the future of these homes.

Congress. Codified as section 1819 and 1919 of the Social Security Act, the landmark legislation declared that every nursing home must protect and promote the rights of each resident, including, “The right to be free from … any physical or chemical restraints imposed for purposes of discipline or convenience and not required to treat the resident’s medical symptoms.” When the Nursing Home Reform Act was adopted it was widely accepted to use restraints as an acceptable and widely-used option to manage the behavior of residents who wandered; were agitated; or who in the view of treatment staff, simply needed to be restrained. However, the standard use of restraints was not supported by a body of research that found that physical restraints had

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.

First, I want to thank those that were able to make it out today to the meeting. Your attendance was a progressive step towards completing this Healthcare fair's mission. For further meeting dates, a link will be sent out in the next few days to take votes on the most convenient dates and time for us all. To build great teamwork, there must first be people. I envision unity amongst this team and I hope we all can come to an agreement on the next meeting dates.

Aging is a natural part of life. However, many people struggle to stay active in their golden years. The attentive staff at National Church Residences is committed to the health and overall well-being of their clients and residents. Their senior living community in Chillicothe, OH, has provided safe, affordable, and comfortable housing to seniors for more than 50 years. As innovative leaders in home and health care for the elderly, they work hard to fulfill the social and human needs of older adults.

Culture change, changes the long-term care from a regulated care, to an encouraging, supportive living environment. Nursing homes should be a second "home" for residents. "Culture change is a movement that seeks to create a different type of environment for residents" (pg.420); meaning that a long term care provider must shape their facility to "resident-centered care". A resident must feel welcomed and not like a burden. A resident must know that their desires and cultural beliefs are put into consideration. The Eden Alternative is an international non-profit organization committed to providing balanced care for the any of their residents. An intimacy based community setting is essential with residents. Changing culture may increase life

I conducted interviews with individuals from the Department of Health and Human services that focused on the aging population, vulnerable adults and their residency in long term care facilities. The DHS has different branches that cater to the needs of older adults as well as regulations and laws aimed at protecting residents in long-term care facilities. The regulations include, the Adult protection statute, and general statutory guidelines for home and community-based services under Medicaid. Minnesota and the federal government share responsibility for enforcing the “Nursing Facility Bill of Rights” which explains the rights afforded to residents of nursing facilities.

When I heard about Generations during one of my AMS First Year Intern meetings, I quickly found myself connected with the club’s motive to integrate and support the Kingston senior community through one on one interactions. Specifically, I was excited to hear about the opportunity for the club to assist seniors at Providence Manor. Being highly interested in the medical field as well as with my experience working with the elderly, I believe that I am an excellent candidate for the Facilities Coordinator position. Starting off, throughout high school and my current years at university, I have collaborated and assisted with seniors on multiple occasions. For example, I was the club President for an organization named Junior Civitan, during which

Before hospitalists were introduced into healthcare, the primary care physician provided care for patients in the office, hospital, and, when necessary, the skilled nursing facility (Blount Senior Care Partners, 2014). “Even though the patient’s clinical circumstances were changing, a caring advocate with full knowledge of the individual 's needs and goals could smoothly transition the care of the patient” (Blount Senior Care Partners, 2014). Much has changed in the healthcare field, leaving behind a fragmented system for the vulnerable geriatric population. Blount Senior Care Partners aims to recreate this level of continuity for the patients and families in Blount County and the surrounding area (Blount Senior Care Partners, 2014).

Succinctly summarize the author’s argument and how the social issue/problem is defined by the author; In this op-ed the authors argue the impact families in caring for their elderly verses the governmental influents that are imposed “families, not Government agencies, provide most services and care for the elderly. For every institutionalized senior citizen, there are at least two equally disabled elderly people receiving care at home.(Smyer&Plantz)” It is in the author’s opinion that elderly citizens should be given that choice to decide on where they want to spend the remainder of their years, the author also stress that most elderly prefer to remain in the care of someone they trust; such as family, close friends, neighbors, or

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.

The Balanced Scorecard of the nursing home needs to take many aspects into account for the environment is fast-paced and potentially stressful and providing care involves drawing upon a complexity of technological and interpersonal skills.

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.

For my volunteer learning project, I decided to volunteer at the Victoria Park Personal care home. I was able to help out the activities coordinator in running daily games and exercises along with assisting and helping many of the residents in their daily activities. I found this experience to be humbling and eye opening for many reasons such as, for one, I did not know that there were so many people in the personal care home that had a main reason for being there, other than their families thinking it is safer to be there than be alone at home. Another reason would be that one day, it could be me in that position that they are in, which made me more understanding of their situation. During my time at the personal care home, I found that things aren’t always how they seem on the outside and that a lot more is going on inside that you can’t always see.