Long-Term Care: The Impact of the Elderly Providing accessible‚ affordable‚ and high-quality long-term care services to an aging population presents a growing challenge to long-term care providers. As the oldest members of the baby boom generation approach retirement‚ federal and state policy‚ makers are exploring policies to care for the increasing number of elderly and to finance expanding long-term care needs. Other concerns include how to provide an adequate mix of institutional care and home
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MANAGEMENTS ASSESSMENT SUMMARY Risk Managements Assessment Summary Health care organizations use risk management methods to guard their assets against likely threats brought on by legal liability. An important component of risk management programs inside the long-term care setting is the ability to reduce the amount of avoidable accidents and injuries and to reduce the financial severity of claims. Long-term care facilities offer a wide array of services to residents‚ and possible injuries is
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The Health Care delivery services for Long-Term Care Vida R. Mobley HCS 310/Health Care Delivery in the U.S. 01-31-2011 Martha Plant “Everyone wants to get older‚ but no one wants to be old” so the saying goes. Many people approaching retirement age look forward to having more time and fewer responsibilities. Yet‚ they are afraid of becoming aimless and useless. They also fear isolation‚ unhappiness and diminishing health. What then‚ is the secret of a happy life? Good friends and a loving
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Answer 1. At-will employment is a doctrine of American law that defines an employment relationship in which either party can break the relationship with no liability‚ provided there was no express contract for a definite term governing the employment relationship and that the employer does not belong to a collective bargaining group. Employment‚ according to doctrine‚ is an “at-will’ relation that comes into existence when two parties willingly enter into an agreement and the relation continues to
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The Employer – Chapter 25 An employer is a person or firm who hires others. i.e. Employees‚ to work for them in return for payment. An entrepreneur is a person who comes up with an idea and sets up a business to develop that idea at a profit. Right and Responsibilities of an Employer RIGHTS RESPONSIBILITIES To set up and run the business. Obey all employment laws. Hire the most suitable people to fill vacancies. Treat all employees equally. Sack employees due to poor standard of work
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Looking for Home I remember when they kicked us out. It was only a couple of weeks ago. We Indians were minding our own business when the troops first came. They dragged us out of our tents and sent us walking with only the clothes on our back. My family decided to go to the Oklahoma region along with our tribe. And so here we are‚ walking through forests‚ woods‚ and plains on The Trail of Tears‚ looking for our destination. We have been walking since‚ and our clothing can do nothing against the
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With regards to alcohol has many long term effects. The bloodstream transports blood all over the body. As soon as alcohol is consumed‚ it goes into the bloodstream and spreads throughout the body. It can affect the bones; it was said in‚ “Effects of Heavy Drinking‚” that alcohol can make arthritis more painful by inflaming the joints that are affected. Another example of liquor affecting the bones is gout which is another form of arthritis that harms the foot. The consumption of alcohol makes this
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Introduction: ‘Effective Long-Term Cost Reduction: a Strategic Perspective’ is a study by Michael D. Shields‚ and S. Mark Young‚ that deals with the Cost Reduction Programs that were employed in the late 1970s‚ and throughout 1980s. The study further sets forth a more viable basis for effective long-term cost reduction. The study concludes with the findings that the long-term controllable costs are caused by employees‚ individually and in groupings that matter to the entire organization. The study suggests
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and practices are personal rather than being identifiable with a particular establishment or special interest group. The following principles appear elemental to postmodernists: • There is no absolute truth - Postmodernists believe that the notion of truth is a contrived illusion‚ misused by people and special interest groups to gain power over others. • Truth and error are synonymous - Facts‚ postmodernists claim‚ are too limiting to determine anything. Changing erratically‚ what is fact today can
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listen‚ they do not only show interest but caring and respect as well. Unfortunately‚ many older adults are viewed as if their opinions or ideas are not worth listening to. The research article‚ the experience of being listened to: a qualitative study of older adults in long-term care settings‚ explored the experience of being listened to for older adults residing in long-term care settings. Throughout the study‚ certain themes emerged from the participants’’ interview statements which were collected
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