The Nursing Home Setting

“The Palace” is located in the heart of the gables. It is one of the top notch awarded nursing home facilities for seniors stated by many families. Currently being an employee at this facility, I am learning the frightful stories of senior living. Even the Palace one of the most expensive, awarded senior living is actually a terrible place for the elderly. Especially, working at the Front Desk as the receptionist, I have seen firsthand how these poor seniors are forced into these haunted “luxurious” homes. The marble of the building has been often a misleading reason for placing their parent or grandparent in such terrible care. Most humans tend to judge by the appearance of the nursing homes rather than further investigating any violations that the facilities may have. From my own experience with my grandmother, I know it can be very difficult to take care of a senior citizen, especially when they suffer from various conditions and are just not safe in their home. Once adults become seniors, they require a lot of attention and assistance, which is hard when running a whole household and a career. But placing your loved one in one of these facilities can just shorten the amount of time they have to live. Also, it can be very expensive. Lastly, nursing home makes seniors feel the lack of freedom.

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.

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 chose to complete my ASL hours at Margaret Tietz Nursing Home in two days. I helped the recreation team made a few friendly visits, transported the residents, and helped them with the catholic mass services.

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.

Looking for a nursing home within 25miles of where my great-grandmother will live in Aiken, SC, there were 10 results. This included Azalea woods rehab & nursing center, Pruitt health of Aiken, Pepper hill nursing & rehab center, Anchor Health & Rehab of Aiken, Pruitt health of North Augusta, NHC Healthcare of North Augusta, Trinity Mission Health & Rehab of Edgefield, Pruitt health of Augusta Hills, Golden living center, and Stevens Park Health & Rehabilitation Center. Only one nursing home was rated as much above average for their quality measurses. This was demonstrated with five stars. One nursing home was rated as above average, three of the nursing homes were rated as average, four were rated as below average, and one nursing home was rated as much below average. These ratings were also demonstrated with stars. Therefore, I narrowed my search down to the top three. This included NHC Healthcare of North Augusta, Trinity Mission Health & Rehab of Edgefield, and Azalea woods rehab & nursing center.

As I walked through the doors of the nursing home I noticed most of the residents were sitting in the hallways in their wheel chairs. Some of the residents were rolling down the hall with no destination while others were carrying on conversations with other residents that had no idea they were even talking to them. The aroma of the nursing home wasn’t pleasant, it smelled like a place that was quite familiar to me. My grandma’s house, it smelled musty and as if every resident had mothballs in their rooms. I also noticed the distinct smell of food coming from the kitchen I don’t know why, but all I could smell was what seemed to be broccoli. My sense of smell was defiantly being tested by all the smells coming out of the rooms in the

When one advances in age and can no longer run their daily life in their own home or with family members, they need care. Many people look to an apartment in an assisted living establishment, where there are aides who help with care giving throughout the day (and night, if need be). Regardless of the specifics, care is not cheap, period. this is especially so for eldercare. The type of care and one’s geographic location within the US dictates the cost of senior care you will meet. At this moment, perhaps the urgent concern is this: "How will I fund this living?"

Concerns about poor quality care in long-term care facilities have dated back to at least the 1970’s. One question that is asked when a loved one is put into any long term care facility, such as a nursing home, are they receiving the best quality care? Are our loved ones receiving healthy, adequate meals, being bathed, getting exercise, and the help that is needed? Some people may be surprised to find out the answer to these questions. The ideal nursing home is a place where people live their lives with as little physical or psycho-social discomfort as possible, with dignity and good quality life. Also, suggested the life of the nursing home resident should be as similar as possible to the life he or she would

A person is said to have anemia when they have a lower than normal red blood cell or hemoglobin count. is less than normal. According to U.S. National Library of Medicine, males should typically have a hemoglobin level over 13.8 gram/100 ml and women should be over 12.1 gram/100 ml. Anything less than these numbers is said to be anemic.

I really enjoyed the section about Beatitudes nursing home. It is so uplifting to read about a nursing home that is focusing on learning about their residents and finding out unique ways to provide comfort to each individual. It is great that simple things such as placing fake bus stops outside of nursing homes has kept patients from wandering; brightening the lights in dementia facilities, has been found to decrease the loss of functional abilities, depression, and cognitive deterioration; and that distress and behavior problems in people with Alzheimer's has been found to be diminished by creating positive emotional experiences. It is even better that there are nursing homes out there, such as Beatitudes, basing the structure of their

The research problem was not clearly stated, but it was stated that the intended goal of this metasynthesis was to form qualitative studies on the elderly’s experiences in nursing homes and the care that they receive. No criteria was described using original research investigations; however an ancestry search was carried out. Reference lists of eligible studies were used, as well as a hand search in journals that issue pertinent studies on the topic. Databases such as CINAHL, MEDLINE, Scopus, Ovid, Wiley Online Library, and ScienceDirect were attempted using the following keywords: old, nursing home, experience, nurse, and qualitative. The search strategy provided an excellent sample of studies, totaling 12,952. Out of that number, only 299

As you get older you will notice that your brain functions will decrease in certain places. Your cognitive function will decrease because your blood vessels will shrink and that reduces the amount of oxygen to your brain, which causes memory loss.

The name of my nursing home is called Sun Shine in the Valley. My nursing home supports the age of 65 years or older. Sun Shine in the Valley is located in Clearwater, Florida, since this city is the second largest older adult populations. Sun Shine in the Valley can take in a hundred residents at a time. In my nursing home, I have designed programs that will help each of my residents improve on their changing sensory loss, physical, health, cognitive, and social abilities.

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