Nursing Home Meeting Report

As Executive Director, I will provide staff leadership for Better Health Association. Our goal for the company is to improve the well-being of individuals. Audiences of all ages will be able to take part in learning about living a healthy lifestyle and developing the skills needed to make healthy choices to prevent diseases and ameliorate conditions for those already afflicted with illnesses. Over the course of the next year, It is my responsibility to develop and lead the staff, management structure, dedicated to achieving the mission for Better Health Care Organization. I plan to make significant changes to our organization, to help guide individuals in Central Ohio, to living a better and healthier lifestyle. My goal is to empower the staff with the training needed to meet our company’s standards.

When a patient is first admitted into a long term facility, family members often have questions about what the next steps will be for their loved one’s care. Many of the answers involving their family member’s care are provided through care plans and care planning conferences. Each nursing home resident has a care plan that is essentially a roadmap to their care. And care conferences are routine event for all types of providers such as long-term facility nursing homes. Patient care conferences are a highly effective way for all the health care professionals to come together in order to discuss and solve complex patient care problems in hopes that this collaboration will lead to high quality outcomes for the patient (Registered Nursing Org.,

Article 6: Nursing Home Perspectives on the Admission of Morbidly Obese Patients from Hospitals to Nursing Homes. By Felix, H. C., et al. (2014). Journal of Applied Gerontology, 35(3), 286-302

I hope you are having a wonderful day! I am emailing you in hopes that you could help me put together our final nurse club event of this semester. Dr. Almonte and I spoke together yesterday, as we have had this event in the making for a while now. However, we realized as we were conversing and planning that we need to up our game! It would be extremely helpful and beneficial for each of us nursing students to have the opportunity to connect with a nurse specifically from each duty station that we will be checking into this summer. I am hoping that between you, the other DUINs students, and Dr. Almonte we can find at least one person currently working at or recently (within the last year) at Balboa (you would be a great

Learning obtained from this project, how to organize an event and coordinate to provide a community event with other health care providers and present to the community. Effective leadership and effective communication skills. The health fair broaden the understanding of disparity and understanding of culture. Learn community resources available to assist with the lack of access to health care. Team building skills working with the organization. Learn what it’s like from the perspective of the person with a chronic conditions and barriers to access. The knowledge of the community about health. It will assist me in future roles to determine health disparities in the community and different way to educate on disease prevention, promoting a healthy

On this date worker visited Golden Living Nursing Home in Winfield, for the purpose of monitoring Mr. Smith's placement. Upon arrival worker realized, Mr. Smith had been moved since last visit. Worker asked the nurse passing out medication but she did not know whom worker was talking about. Worker then asked the nurse at the nurses’ desk and she stated he was now on the other hall. While looking for Mr. Smith's new room worker was stopped and asked who she was looking for. The NH employee directed worker to Mr. Smith's new room. The new room only includes Mr. Smith and one other person. The previous room included three residents.

10. The group determined to also bring out volunteers from the American Heart Association and American Diabetes Association to inform residents on staying healthy, and to assist with the fair. Water, fruit and vegetable trays will be available for those that attend. There will also be games and prizes for all

Melody uses paper mache to make what Ross calls “intricate critters.” So far she’s created a Happy New Year frog, an owl, a bird and a cat. The charming featherweight figures are glazed to look like fired pottery.

Recommendations for the health fair encourage participants to explore all the booths to promote healthier lives. The health fair is a place to learn about resources, treatment options to increase health. The knowledge obtained by the participant can assist their families. Follow up calls for participants who had positive testing that need to seek further treatment or confirm a diagnosis. Follow ups can also consist mailings of health information. Health fairs would have a greater benefit to the public if more health care professionals such as physicians, dentists and nurses got involved. The coordination of medical programs with organizations would assist with the reduction health disparities and improve prevention and screening. Health fairs

I really enjoys the presentation since it is about elderly patients, especially dementia/Alzhemina patients. I work at a ADH program and we have a couple of clients that have dementia. Some of them have either mild or severed dementia. With the dementia clients, you really have to have a lot of patience with them because they are basically a little kid. Some of them need help with ADL because they do not remember when they would need to go to the bathroom or simply how to feed themselves. We have one specific client who always states that she is over 100 years old whenever we ask her how old she is, but she is only around mid 90s. Although she has dementia, she can walks really fast and even push people. She is very strong for

For many elderly, the nursing homes are their only primary option. As Americans age with extended life expectancy, more people will become residents of nursing homes. A report cited by the "Baby Boomer generation" shows that aging will require more long-term care services in the future. The number is "expected to increase from 15 million in 2000 to 27 million in 2050" for individuals requiring these services (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2003). The growth of the "Baby Boomer" population has brought concern for their well-being since they are the most at a disadvantage.

Monday, September 28th: Today I was part of the outreach team so I made home visits. We had six clients to see, two returning, and four new. Of those, we ended up seeing only two clients, one new, and one returning. The first client we saw was new, and her primary concern was getting a new mask for her CPAP machine. She had previously contacted the company who supplies the machine several times tells them that the mask causes her eczema to flare up and she needs a new mask, but with no luck. My plan was to get the number from her and try to call of her behalf, but the more I talked with her, the more I came to understand that this required a doctors order for a new mask, and even then the company may not accept that without the doctor saying she needs a new machine. There was not much I could do for this client in this regard except to talk through the situation with her and help her come up with some alternative methods such as switching medical supply companies to that which she gets other medical supplies from. The other thing we discussed was for her to increase the amount of times she checks her sugar from once a week, to a few times a week.

On this date worker visited the residence of Mr. Danny Phillips, for the purpose of monitoring his environment. When worker arrived, Mr. Phillips was in bed. He was dressed appropriately but had on dirty clothing and poor hygiene. Worker and Mr. Phillips talked about possible nursing home placement and Mr. Phillips stated he was not interested in going into a nursing home. Mr. Phillips stated his sister takes care of him. Worker noticed some antibiotic cream lying on the table beside Mr. Phillips. According to Mr. Phillips, he has a small sore on his bottom but he is able to doctor the sore and it is getting better. Worker tried to get Mr. Phillips to go to the ER and have the wound evaluated but Mr. Phillips refused. Worker informed Mr. Phillips

During the summer before high school, I was visiting my grandmother in Florida. I would go everyday to work at the nursing home where she worked as an occupational therapist. I was allowed to observe and occasionally help the occupational therapists with their patients. Interacting with the patients was always my favorite part of my day. I loved to listen to their stories.

“Daddy” I heard Tia yell as the entry door opened. When I walked around the corner I saw Trent standing there holding Tia. “It sure smells good in here. I can’t wait to eat but I should shower first. I smell like embalming fluid. Can you believe we got in three bodies today from the same nursing home?” he said, as he took his shoes off. I wanted to add a fourth body to the count and slap Trent upside the head with a skillet but I hid my evil thoughts with a smile. After I kissed Trent on the cheek, I thought I smelled perfume on him.