Nursing Home Project Analysis

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.

Roles of Administrator and Case Managers in this facility vs. roles of Administrator and Case Manager in other facilities

In reviewing the article you referenced, “Affordable Care Act Initiative Builds on Success of ACO’s”, one could recognize that the Centers for Medicare & Medicare Services (CMS) has identified issues with their original plan for Accountable Care Organizations (ACO). As you have stated, they have decided introduce a newer version called “The Next Generation ACO Model” (HHS, 2015). This “next-gen” model aims to “create greater coordination and close care relationships between ACO providers and beneficiaries” (HHS, 2015).

Although institutionalized living facilities aim to meet the physical and emotional needs of their residents, the structure of most facilities also marginalize the older adults who live in them (Shentow-Bewsh, 2016). One example of such a living facility is the Terraces of Baycrest, a nonprofit retirement home for older adults aged 80-100+. This paper focuses on a change effort that could be implemented at the Terraces to reduce the marginalization of its residents.

The passing of the Financial Services Modernization Act of 1999 repealed the Glass-Steagall Act, and the rescinding of the 1956 Bank Holding Company Act. “The legislation spurred a flood of mergers and acquisitions” by permitting banking, insurance, and securities firms to be affiliated/associated with one another, as a result it became extremely profitable and advantageous for financial institutions to consolidate and diversify their holdings. In doing so a financial firm was capable of offering a multitude of financial products and serviced through one encompassing entity.

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

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 information contained in this report was gathered in a private nursing home over 2 weeks that for the sake of this essay, be called “facility x”

Advertisements in television, movie, drama, and every aspect of entertainment requires a series of action that appeals the audience, influences, or affects them. Various animal care centers and foster homes advertise an emotional appeal to influence the audience to visit or help the centers. Humors, sarcasms, and metaphors are the other techniques that helps the mass to influence or connect with the product. Most of the advertisement, movies and even political campaigns use a great amount of emotional (pathos), logical (logos) and ethical (ethos) beliefs to influence its audiences.

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.

Both of the gentlemen stated they had been in other homes and that this was the nicest home they had been in. Kenneth complained of his first home ¡°smelling more like a zoo than a nursing home.¡± John told me that his last home was on the South Side and that the neighborhood was filled with gang bangers and hoodlums. When his family visits here though, they wheel him through the Lincoln Park neighborhoods and it¡¯s nice. For all of the questions that I asked these two men, they had just as many questions for me. Heading in to this assignment, I hadn¡¯t really considered that someone would be asking ME questions. In the midst of all that happens in nursing homes, it¡¯s important to remember that these residents aren¡¯t just dependent, older people, but that they are still people just like you and I.

The need for effective health care and incidence of chronic health conditions are expected to increase considerably with the aging of the baby boomers’ population. It is estimated that number of Americans with chronic health conditions will reach 150 million by the year 2030 (Joseph 2006). Furthermore, current long-term care facilities designed decades ago are lagging behind the legal regulation that were established, while not accommodating the needs of the staff and the clients comfortably. Some the facilities are facing regulatory challenges that emanate from the original design and intended use. Subsequently, the requirements for cost-effective long-term care facilities must be carefully considered and planned for to accommodate current and emerging needs of all stake holders. We need to redesign our facility to meet regulatory challenges, emerging technological needs and future health care needs of the consumers and other stakeholders. Successful and effective design in long-term care originates with a master plan. In this paper, I will focus on renovation of existing long-term care facility, summarize my research findings including explanation of the need for the facility renovation and summarize the research findings and describe the types of facilities and services offered in my local community, and explore the role of health care administrators in facilities planning decisions to meet legal and regulatory challenges while including the anticipated

1. Address the cognitive difficulties people experience as a result of dementia by creating environments and products that build on the remaining strengths and abilities.

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.