Long Term Care As the baby boomers generation is aging‚ a growing number of the elderly population needs to be cared for. When the person needs help with physical or emotional needs for an extended period of time‚ it is called long term care. The required care might be as simple as walking‚ bathing dressing‚ using the bathroom‚ feeding‚ administering medication‚ and doing the laundry. An elderly might need the different cares mentioned for various reasons. It could be because of a disability‚
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Living in various places brings different experiences. Assisted Living Facilities (ALFs) refer to homes whereby one lives under the supervision of medication or administration‚ or observation of trained staff. Patients who have various conditions can live in such units. People who have sustained injury or have chronic illness will require assisted living residence. In fact‚ a skilled nursing facility can provide supported living requirements for particular patients. Additionally‚ long-term care‚
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Use of Psychologists in Geriatric Brain Injury Rehabilitation Facility The term brain injury conjures fear any person who has even vague understanding of its meaning. Could greater fear exist among the elderly as they approach age related vulnerabilities due to degenerating physical ability‚ creating higher risk of falls and other circumstances potentially affecting neurological functions? Highlighted here is information related to the benefits of psychological practice within rehabilitation
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Question 1: How should the geriatrics team handle the issue of decision making for Mr. G? An essential element of valid informed consent is sufficient cognitive and emotional capacity on the part of the person making decisions to make a claim of autonomous decision making legitimate. Legally relevant criteria for decision-making capacity include a person’s present ability to (1) communicate (indicate) any preferred choice‚ (2) understand (grasp the fundamental meaning of) the relevant information
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Generations‚ 29(4)‚ 61-63. Dauenhauer‚ J. A. (2006). Mindfulness theory and professional family caregivers in long-term care facilities. Journal of Aging Studies‚ 20(4)‚ 351-365. Gingrich‚ N.‚ & Kerry‚ B. (2006). Report calls for change to long-term care. Geriatrics‚ 61(12)‚ 9. Gregory‚ N.‚ Widmer‚ T.‚ & Gesell‚ S. A. (2007). Improving Assisted Living Care. Journal of Nursing Care Quality‚ 22(1)‚ 50-58. Hernandez‚ M. (2006). Assisted Living in All of its Guises. Generations‚ 29(4)‚ 16-23. Levin‚ C. A.‚ & Kane
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Assessment and Planning of Discharge Needs in Geriatrics Elderly patients have unique discharge planning needs. As such‚ the hospital nurse and case management team may find themselves challenged to not only identify the needs of each patient‚ but to also address those needs when planning the patient’s discharge. In the case of Mr. Trosack‚ a 72-year-old widower being discharged following a total hip replacement (THR)‚ careful assessment of his home situation needs to be completed prior to discharge
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Critical Review of Quantitative Research Successful Aging for the Geriatric Population GizetteKhamphong Washington Adventist University NURS 370 Cheryl Robertson MSN CRNP-A December 16‚ 2013 Successful Aging for the Geriatric Population This review will compare and contrast two related nursing research papers: a cross-sectional descriptive quantitative study by Kozar-Westman et al.(2013)‚ which examined the suitability of using the Successful Aging Inventory (SAI) to
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com/viewarticle/430554 [5] Izal‚ M.‚ & Montorio‚ I [6] Weeks‚ S. K.‚ McGann‚ P. E.‚ Michaels‚ T. K.‚ Penninx‚ B. W. (2003‚ Second Quarter). Comparing various short-form geriatric depression scales leads to the GDS-5/15. Journal of Nursing Scholarship‚ 133-137. [7] Beers‚ M. H. & Berkow‚ R. (Eds.) (2000). The merck manual of geriatrics. (3rd Ed.). Whitehouse Station‚ NJ: Used by permission. [8] Source: Agency for health Care Research and Quality‚(AHRQ)‚ Depression in Primary Care (1993)‚ volume 2‚ 29
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Caring for the Elderly A local thirteen year old boy‚ Jesse Van Norman made the news on June 21‚ 2007. His story was on the Channel 10 nightly news. He had organized a group of young people to make and deliver lap blankets to local nursing homes and spend time visiting with the residents as they handed them out. He is an exceptional young man and deserved all of the accolades he was being given. The blankets created by kids were greatly appreciated‚ but the time moves slowly in a convalescent
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It is generally accepted that elderly people fare best when care is provided in their own homes. However‚ some conditions require more intensive management than can be provided in the community. The admission of elderly patients to hospital‚ their treatment and subsequent discharge can prove challenging. Whilst self-sufficiency depends a lot on the underlying condition‚ delivering a package of care to an acceptable standard can make the difference between an individual who is a self-sufficient functioning
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