Case Analysis Report: WATERGATE NURSING HOME RECOGNITION OF DECISION REQUIREMENTS (1) Watergate Nursing Home is a 178-bed private‚ not-for-profit nursing facility (NF)‚ located in Washington D.C.; it is owned by a not-for-profit corporation‚ headquartered in New York City. a. The corporation owns and operates 10 other units throughout northeastern United States. b. Watergate is the only one in Washington‚ a large minority market; it is the second largest facility owned by the
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In a nursing home‚ there are many case – sensitive‚ optional‚ and occupational aspects. Some case – sensitive parts refer to: reasons for being placed in a care facility‚ temporay stays‚ types of care offered‚ the amount of residents‚ outings‚ and the different types of precautions taken to ensure safety. A few things fall into an optional category such as: choosing between care and if pets are allowed. An occupational side is the types of jobs offered and what each does in a day’s time. All of these
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What are the key functions of education from a Functionalist Perspective? Ever since the education system was invented‚ there have been a lot of ideas and criticisms of how it should work. The most famous sociological groups‚ functionalists and Marxists‚ were part of this and still are today. They both think that their views are best for society. Talcott Parsons believes that the education system has three main functions. Firstly it socializes young people into key cultural values such as equality
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Nursing homes are where families send their elderly‚ trusting that they will be taken care of. The elderly are not always capable of taking care of themselves. Weather it is remembering to take pills‚ to forgetting how to do basic things. The nurses in the nursing homes are supposed to help them and take very good care of them. In most nursing homes the nurses are mistreating the elderly by not being gentle with them‚ not paying attention to them and giving them what they need‚ and not keeping them
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The Nursing Home Administrator Leslie K. Wood HCS/531 05/06/2013 Georgetta Baptist The Nursing Home Administrator The Nursing Home Administrator is the head of operations at a nursing home. The position requires licensure to practice in a state. Individual states have different requirements for licensure but generally people have proof of adequate education‚ experience‚ experience of guidance under preceptor. The licensure examination requirements covers basic topics
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care for nursing homes. This legislation also changed the expectations and the quality of care that patients should receive in long term care facilities. This Nursing Home Reform Act passed by congress specifically stated “that each residents have the right to be free from any physical or chemical restraints imposed for purposes of discipline or convenience and not required to treat the resident’s medical symptoms”. While there may be some benefits to using restraints in nursing homes‚ however
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Preface People who have to leave their homes and families and move into a nursing home experience lots of grief and loss. This article is designed to help the family members and friends to better understand these losses and how they are expressed in words‚ actions‚ and/or emotions. During this time of change these people are experiencing one of the most difficult periods of their lives. Not only is it difficult for the person making the move‚ but also for that person’s family and friends. Handling
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When asked “What is a nursing home?” one should be able to respond with “ A nursing home is a private institution residential accommodations with health care‚ especially for elderly people.” A nursing home can also be stated as a home for mostly elderly people to be better taking care of because their love one cannot give them the care that they need. A nursing home is not only for those who are getting older and needed to be taking care of. A nursing home also take care of those who are rehabilitating
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A few days ago I took New York City public transit subway system and I visited Mary Manning Walsh Nursing Home (MMW). MMW is located on the Upper East Side of New York City. MMW provides residents with skilled nursing care 24 hours a day. They also provide short-term rehabilitation and a small‚ 10-bed Hospice unit. Mr. Joseph is one of the nursing directors and was kind enough to extend professional courtesy to me providing me with information and a tour of the facility although he made it clear
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This paper will focus nursing home health care disparities among the LGBT elderly. Throughout the paper‚ there will be research to identify the problem and support the factors that contribute to the identified problem. This paper looks at the issue of nursing home disparities among the LGBT community at a micro‚ mezzo‚ and macro level by identifying how the problem is engulfed in all levels of practice and how the problem can be solved by addressing all levels of practice. The solutions to the health
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