Long-Term Care Facility Study Team B HCS/437 January 19, 2014 Rick Johnson Long-Term Care Facility Study La Costa Glen Carlsbad La Costa Glen is a retirement community that is also a continuing life community. Seniors can join the community as active adults and live independently knowing that if and when the time comes where they may need further assistance of even skilled nursing care they can remain in the same community.…
Long Term Care also known as Skilled Nursing Facility’s (SNF’s) focuses on residents with chronic diseases and illnesses. Long term care can be provided at home, in the community, assisted living facilities and/or nursing homes. Nursing homes or SNF’s, provide their residents with round the clock nursing care and assistance with their activities of daily living. Skilled Nursing means that care is given by Registered Nurses, Licensed Practical Nurses and Certified Nurses Assistants 24 hours a day. Each resident care must be individualized, so this facility has interdisciplinary…
Hope is a long term healthcare facility that is currently accommodates 100 residents. Our mission is to provide high quality long term care; therefore it’s important to deal with the issues that won’t allow us to achieve our mission. As a human resource manager I would like to elaborate a few critical problems we are facing. It has been a while that hiring and retaining qualified staff remained an ongoing challenge. Our annual turnover rate is 40 percent. In addition we are dealing with aging workforce in our facility. Those with five or more years experience are 55 age and older are complaining about the high workload that is beyond their abilities.…
Outpatient care is any health care service provided to a patient who is not admitted to a facility. Outpatient care may be provided in a doctor's office, clinic, the patient's home or hospital outpatient department. Outpatient treatment in a doctor’s office or clinic, often supplemented by medications administered at home, remains the norm for most routine care. Thanks to advances in treatments and technology, many tests and surgical procedures formerly conducted in the hospital can be done in an office setting. Outpatient care also provides the norm for most mental health and chemical dependency treatment. Inpatient care is care given to a patient admitted to a hospital, extended care facility, nursing home or other facility. Long term care is the range of services typically provided at skilled nursing, intermediate-care, personal care or eldercare facilities. Inpatient hospitalization makes sense for major diagnostic, surgical or therapeutic services, where the patient’s condition or response to medication must be closely monitored. In the case of mental health treatment, a hospital stay may make sense if the person is suicidal or self-destructive or poses a threat to others. In the case of chemical dependency or alcohol treatment, a hospital stay may be needed during the detoxification stage to monitor symptoms during withdrawal. Inpatient hospitalization also allows a combination of individual care, group therapy, community meetings and activities.…
In the target area of patients requiring long-term care, the demographic area is increasing yearly due to the fact that people are now living longer due to medicine and preventative health care measures. These have a major impact on the changing demographics on the healthcare market today. It will further change due to the increasing population thus changing the ever-growing health care field. “Long-term care is when a patient has a chronic condition or disease, trauma or an illness that will prevent them from practicing their basic self-care needs.“ (Selected Long-Term Care Statistics – What is Long Term Care?, 2005) It is not meant to “cure an illness but allow an individual to attain and maintain an optimal level of functioning.” (Selected Long-Term Care Statistics – What is Long Term Care?, 2005)…
late. In order to aid nursing home residents in an effective manner, one must not only integrate preferences and options, but also refine nursing home environments (Choi et al., 2008, p. 545). The changes in the nursing home facilities may range from no longer including structured activities to making residents feel at home. In addition, adding complex tasks to residents daily life may help with feelings of unworthiness. According to Bhar & Brown (2012) reestablishing problem solving in nursing home residents produces feelings of worthiness, proficiency and significance (p. 121). Restoring problem solving in residents may be a key to preventing suicide. However, further research is necessary to effectively aid nursing home residents. Further…
Nursing homes, however, are designed for persons in need of 24-hour nursing care (Allen, 2011) Even though they provide almost the same residential components of other long-term care options, which includes housing, personal care, protection, supervision, and sometimes therapy, the availability of on-site medical staff is the edge they have over the others. Nursing homes have custodial care, which a person with Alzheimer’s disease will need. The custodial care which includes assistance with all of the activities of daily living like eating, dressing, bathing, walking and medication management. With the above explanation, Don will likely choose a nursing home for the care of his wife, Mary.…
Most everything a CNA does is resident-centered care. CNAs are there to assist the residents and comfort them. It may be hard for the residents to depend on others for basic needs, so letting them make decisions on their own is a crucial part of resident-centered care. One example of resident-centered care would be to give the residents some independence. For example, if a patient wanted to brush their teeth without assistance, I would respect that and let them guide themselves.…
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Long-term care provides a certain level of medical care that requires the experience of a skilled physician to diagnose and treat multiple chronic conditions that are generally associated with elderly patients. Long-term care provides a variety of services to individuals who suffer from chronic illness or terminal condition, including people who live with a disability and are not adequately capable of taking care of themselves over the course of an extended period of time, without assistance. The services that long-term care provides include medical and non-medical care for people who require constant assistance with physical health from injury to frailness of old age, personal emotional needs, or mental problems. Long term care could be provided at home, in the community, assisted living facilities, or nursing homes. The purpose of a Nursing Home is to care for individuals who are not able to be cared for at home. Most long-term care is meant to assist people with any support services or daily activities, such as dressing, bathing or using the restroom.…
Years ago family would care for the elderly once they reached a point in their lives when they needed additional assistance and care and became unable to care for themselves. Facilities were used mainly for elderly people, those who were mentally ill, or those who were poor and had no place to go. Today long-term care facilities are used for individuals of any age, in any financial class who need professional help in performing their ADLs (activities of daily living) for a longer length of time than a hospital is able to provide. Many times these facilities are used as rehabilitation facilities where people can go for strengthening and assistance in order to reach their ultimate goal of returning to home.…
According to "National Care Planning Council" (2012), “When a person requires someone else to help him with his physical or emotional needs over an extended period of time, this is long-term care.” Long-Term care is usually needed by people who are disabled, injured and the elderly. While some people might need assistance in many activities some people may only require minimum assistance. Long-Term care patients can usually be found in a nursing facility, retirement centers, and rehabilitation facilities.…
Title: -‘A Report Submitted to the Continuing Care Committee within NHS Blackburn with Darwen Teaching Care Trust Plus’.…
Robert Applebaum, P. J. (1997, unknown unknown). Long Term Care Resources Program. Retrieved January 31, 2011, from Duke University: http://ltc.duke.edu/occasional_7.htm…
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