The Convalescent Home Analysis

Many seniors need help with some of their daily activities. After having a conversation about senior home care with your loved one, you may be ready to start looking for the right senior care agency.

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

Centuries ago as people aged and needed assistance with care including hygiene, meals, toileting and moving around, were given assistance from members of their family within the home. Most of these cares were provided by elderly patient daughters to care for them so they can continue to live home. The number of females in the workforce has increased over the years however the increase of females in the workforce is affecting the age females are having children therefore parents are entering their elderly years when their daughters are in their prime of their work years making it difficult to be available to provide care. Life expectancy has increased which means there are more people living longer and entering the age when they may need care. People who need assistance with care tend to find it hard to seek help, as they believe this is a sure sign they are getting old as they can no longer effectively care for themselves and sometimes takes a toll on the self esteem. Children of elderly patients tend to reluctant to admit they can no longer care for their parents as this may imply they no longer care to their parents. As older people we often pride on our independence and privacy and the thought of giving that control someone else is very scary for many elderly patients. This does hinder elderly patients from starting the process of seeking long term care (LTC).

Nonetheless, the current program lacks many group activities that bring family members to the center frequently. Many events held there are typically only for the resident themselves and cannot accommodate family members joining. Residents often say that their relatives only typical visit on the holidays, but they want to see them more often. Employees are frequently over-worked and they have a tendency to act rudely due to exhaustion. Therefore they rely heavily on volunteers to help around the building however the efforts of the volunteers is still insufficient. Providing extra staff would help to balance daily tasks and facilitate more interactions between residents and employees. In addition, employee space is cramped and considerably small. Staff, such as Terry Edwards shares a small room with three other employees and this could possibly create a negative environment thus materialize into a less than optimal experience for a

According to a study conducted by researchers at John Hopkins University, four percent of the American population qualify as "hoarders". By age 55, that number jumps to over six percent.

The creation of Long-term care facilities transpired back in the early centuries as a shelter for the aging population. Compared to as very similar to the types of long-term care facilities we have today, those who resided in these homes were aging, had no homes of their own, or had disabilities that prevented them living on their own.

For those who are not familiar with nursing homes , nursing homes is occupied by residents of all demographic 65 years and older with low function morbidities on their activities of daily living like eating, bathing, dressing, toileting ,transferring and continence. However, nursing homes provided other services like skilled nursing ,this are services that provided for non-permanent residents .non-permanent residents are patients that come for a short period of time due to need of medical services. Usually, the length of stay Lange from 90days and above depend on their prognosis. The main reason these patients are admitted to the nursing home facility for short stay is to receive post hospitalization and post-operative care like intravenous medication, physical and occupational therapy. Each year, millions of older people 65 and older fall. In fact, more than one out of four older people fall each year. One out of five falls causes a serious injury such as broken bones or a head injury. Each year, 2.8 million older people are treated in emergency departments for fall related injuries. (CDC,2015).Fall in the nursing home is a huge problem .Elder people living in nursing homes die every year due to falls related injury .These falls cause so many injuries leaving our patient with permanent injury each year. Fall prevention in the long-term care it can be very challenging, especially when you are dealing with older patients with cognitive impaired, especially when you don’t

As we age, our health declines and tasks that we used to perform alone, we now need help with. The elderly is the fastest growing population, with little to no one to support them. The dilemma is who cares for the elderly when they have no one? Even those with family support may find that they need extra assistance. When cost is such a big factor on the type of care one may receive, is a nursing home or assisted home care the best option for my loved one?

The older adult population has increased and will continue to grow as medicine and technology advances improve overall health. Medicine advances have also contributed to the maintenance of chronic illness however older adults age sixty-five and older account for most emergency room visits. It is estimated that ninety percent of adults over sixty-five have one or more chronic condition, such as diabetes, heart disease, arthritis, depression, and hypertension (Center for Disease Control and Prevention, p. 11). As the needs of geriatric care increases the demand for specialist will become more evident. Not only does this population have to adjust to social environmental changes the increased access to health care has complicated some process in obtaining proper care. In order to fulfill the goal of providing holistic care nurses must be informed of issues that hinder proper medical maintenance, be effective communicators, knowledgeable of secondary recourses, and have the ability to advocate when necessary.

Jeanne is able to complete LE dressing in sitting position. She is able to put on her socks with moderate assistance while using a easy pull sock aid while seated and button her shirt using a Button hook with built up handle with minimal assistance while standing. She is able to complete grooming activities such as brushing teeth and washing face with one handed techniques. She is able to complete UE/LE sponge bath with minimal assistance with the use of adaptive equipment such as shower chair and long handle sponge. In standing she is able to prepare snacks and small meals with moderate assistance. She is demonstrating AROM in her thumb and fingers; and gentle AROM in her wrist in flexion and extension, radial and ulna deviation, and supination

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.

About two years ago, my Oma started getting sick. She was going downhill fast and could no longer get around her apartment by herself. My dad and his sister decided it was best to put her in a home. The book mentions that sometimes elders will resist care and my Oma resisted going into a nursing home. She hated every nursing home that was shown to her and acted as if she could care for herself. She eventually settled on a nursing home since she realized she was getting to weak to get around on her own. My dad lived in Ohio and his sister and mom were in Vancouver, Canada, so my dad could not help care for his mom and visit while she was in the nursing home. This means, since his sister lived closer and was able to help that she had to handle most of the care. Just like the book mentions, a woman is usually in charge of care work and is willing to help especially if they live close by. His sister was a social worker who had the personality for care work and the book states that women tend to be more caring and able to handle care work. His sister would go to the nursing home on almost a daily basis and often took my Oma out of the home to attend her family events. My Oma was difficult because she did not enjoy being in a home but my aunt did not have the ability to care for her and her house.

When my group and I entered the facility we were in awe, they had the grand entrance that just made you feel like you were somewhere grand. When walking to the elevator we actually met our interviewee without knowing it. She greeted us with a smile in the elevator and asked us if we were the students from Hofstra and we immediately responded with confirmation. The elevator stopped and a worker came into the elevator. She waved at us and then look over at Rosa and said “Hello Ms. Rosa how was your day?” This interaction showed me that the workers actually do care about the residents, and how they are supposed to build relationships with the residents to make them comfortable enough to talk to them about anything that is troubling or bothering them. We went to the top floor of the building and walked into this open kitchen with lots of sunlight, we were greeted by one of the workers and some residents with friendly faces. They told us that they had a bingo game very soon so they would have to leave at three. That part made me happy to know that they had things to look towards and something they enjoyed doing, playing bingo also gives them the chance to become more social with the other

Growing old is something that no one ever wants to talk about but unfortunately in the end it happens to everyone. Growing up away from most of my extended family I never had an older presence in my life, besides my parents which some would argue were still kids themselves. With this grey matter in my mind about what it was like to be an older member of society I began to look into senior living homes. It always intrigued me where the line was drawn and in what circumstances should someone be put in a senior living residence and who made that distinction. Any given day you are guaranteed to see one of these older citizens doing everyday functions, for example shopping, exercising, interacting with others, the list goes on so why are some men and woman of the same generation in assisted living homes when others are not. When touring some of the senior living agencies in my area the distinction between the seniors in theses programs and the seniors I saw in public became evident. The seniors in these programs in one way or another needed help with everyday affairs. Whether it was something minor like having trouble with mobility and moving around to something a little more serious like having certain disorders or diseases. These men and woman needed help leading a stereotypically normal life. This is what drew me to The Benchmark. This agency’s staff was trained in a wide variety of caregiving tactics as well as having trained nurses on duty to ensure

The Senior Citizen Nursing Home that I view is called “Liberty House Nursing Home.” The Nursing Home is located 620 Montgomery St, Jersey City. The Home have 5 floors, 180 beds and they have a median size area on each floor for the people that live there can hang out to watch TV and talk to each and play little games. They also have a roof display where the people can go to but they can only go there with their visitors or guest and only for a few hours. The home had a parking lot but it was only for employs and visitor had to park in the street. In front of the home there are pay mentor so visitor had to pay for two hour and then leave so they would not get a ticket on their car. After asking the one of the family member of one people