The Social Security Act Of Nursing Home Facilities

They were reluctant to raise concerns about the level of care because they do not know what the residents' rights were and the level of care they were entitled to receive. The uncertainty of rights of the residents also arose from the variations of services offered in different facilities. For seniors and families, it is difficult to raise concerns and complaints if they do not know what the rights of the residents are and what they can expect from the residential care facilities. The families did not want raise concerns about the care they were receiving in fear that it would negatively impact the care they were currently receiving. Setting the standard for residents' rights would benefit everyone working and living in the

| * Set the national minimum standards that individuals in a care home are entitled to expect

Humanity is living longer these days creating the need for long-term care facilities. Today’s families need to work outside the home forcing their loved ones to enter the dependency of the extended care and long-term care facilities. More and more of the retirees are seeking better facilities for themselves because there are more options. There are more than meets the eyes in the nursing and long-term care that involves families and personnel in the decision making for their loved ones.

The following scorecard was built on nursing practices in the various nursing homes in order to discover best practices that can be used to improve patient outcomes and experiences and to serve as matrices

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”

Nursing Home Administration is an area which specialized in medical and health services management. Nursing home administrators specialize to supervise clinical and administrative affairs of nursing homes and related facilities. They also have a working knowledge of the physical and psychological effects of the aging process. An administrator’s duties includes overseeing staff and personnel, financial matters, medical care, medical supplies, facilities, and other duties as specific positions demand. This paper will discuss different aspects of nursing home administrator and I will follow up with an interview by Kathy Kondolf, an administrator at Heartland of Zephyrhills.

However, many residents yearn to go back to previously known environment such as their homes and living their lifestyle. Many residents perceive they are stuck or trapped in a nursing home due to the lack of autonomy (Choi et al., 2008, p. 539). Many nursing

When you hear the words, “Nursing Home”, what comes to mind? Sad, helpless, elderly individuals? The smell of urine? An overall, unpleasant place to reside in? Unfortunately, this generic description is accurate amongst majority of the nursing home facilities across the United States. More often than not, the elderly suffer from inhumane living conditions while residing in a nursing facility. Quite often we hear stories on the news about cases of elder abuse in the nursing home and we automatically think physical, mental, or emotional abuse from caregivers. However, the fact that these individuals are also living amongst unsanitary, inhumane conditions, and ran by a staff that includes

Sometimes, the decision to place a senior citizen in an assisted living facility comes from sheer desperation. You, as the primary caregiver, have done all you can

The character Dorothy said in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, “there is no place like home” (Baum, 1960, p. 45). Sadly, many of our elderly live in Long Term Care Facilities (LTCF). The transition from living in their own homes, to living in a LTCF, can be a traumatic experience. Poor adaptation to a LTCF may cause depression, malnutrition and significantly reduce the lifespan of the elder. Thus, it is imperative, that nurse’s recognize this promptly.

In Being Mortal, Atul Gawande painted a little depressing picture of the realities faced by the elderly in the US nowadays: declining health status, economic insecurity, and loss of independence. It seems once the older people move into nursing homes or assisted living facilities, they lose autonomy, dignity and privacy as the institutions are not able to fully individualize care. Even though the situation has been improving, it still shocks me to see how unhappy some of the elderly are in these circumstances. Realizing senior care facilities often fail to address all aspects of well-being, I would like to explore the issues of promoting both objective and subjective component in quality of care for the older people.

Taking care of the individuals that are getting older takes many different needs. Most of these needs cannot be given from the help of a family. This causes the need of having to put your love one into a home and causing for the worry of how they will be treated. It is important for the family and also the soon to be client to feel at home in their new environment. This has been an issue with the care being provided for each individual, which has lead to the need of making sure individuals have their own health care plan.

In August of 1935 the federal Government created the social security act to help the disabled and elderly population that could no longer work. Social security act was part of several acts that fell under the New Deal programs under President Franklin D. Roosevelt that helped get America through the Great Depression. “Social security is the largest US federal program and the most enduring legacy of the New Deal” (Beland 1). From February 3, 2015 to February 12, 2015 there have been 8 people convicted of social security fraud totaling over 690,000 dollars (Office of the Inspector General). Today the Office of the Inspector General for the SSA (social security administration) website list the many different categories that fall under social security fraud, but I will cover just a few of these. The first is where individuals continue to collect SSA payments after one of their parents passes away. Second are people who use a deceased person’s social security number to collect SSA payments. Third are people who make false claims saying they are injured and can no longer work or making false statements in a claim to make their injuries to be worse than they were. There are three ways this third group can fraud the SSA: this includes returning back to work without reporting it to SSA and still collecting payments; work at jobs that pay cash; or acquiring a fake social security number so they can return to work without alerting the SSA about their employment. These people are not

“We promise to provide world-class service and lifestyle choices for 55 and better. We will promote a culture that consistently upholds the core values of candor, integrity, respect, and for our residents and employees.” This is the mission statement for the assisted living home The View. At The View they give a warm and happy welcome to anyone who steps through the front doors. But like any other facility, it has its ups and downs, and according to Heather Mongeon, the Resident Services Manager at The View, there are plenty of social issues that come about in the facility. She explains how the facility is run and how the residents go about their everyday lives at The View. She also clarifies the differences between a nursing home and an

“There is some evidence that the quality of care for nursing home residents has improved, such as the decreased use of physical restraints and psychotropic medications, serious problems continue for many residents, especially those at the end of their lives.” Some of the issues have been corrected, not abusing or neglecting the elderly patients but the services are not handling the most important part of the patients’ lives. They are still having some issues with handling the patients that are at the end of their lives, they need to focus on the end of their lives in dealing with this they need to know how deal with this part with them and the families.