worked in a nursing home for nine years‚ and I have seen some residents that have come into the nursing home with a disorder in their speech. It isn’t easy to understand them‚ but if you make the effort you can communicate with them whether it is through making a flash card or just slowing down how you talk to them‚ and stopping and listening to what the resident is saying.
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Regarding Henry The film Regarding Henry (1991) directed by Mike Nichols attempts to shed light on the phenomenon of amnesia or a loss of memory. Hollywood’s portrayal of memory tends to focus on the idea that‚ through rehabilitation‚ memory can recover. Memory is not something that can be pulled out of remission. Hollywood also emphasizes that memory is split up into different regions‚ a point furthered by the fact that Henry knows basic skills but fails to remember his family. Henry
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Vulnerable Population Paper Community settings are comprised of different types of populations. Some communities may be comprised of a population of middle-aged individuals‚ retirees‚ or single families. No matter where one lives there are also vulnerable population integrated throughout. Vulnerable population is defined as persons with diminished autonomy‚ those who are compromised in their ability to give informed consent. Groups often identified as vulnerable include children‚ homeless individuals
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Hospice use is increasing but less than half of nursing home residents with advanced dementia receive hospice care. The focus of care should always be the comfort of the person with dementia. Physical comfort is a paramount human need‚ yet pain is experienced by at least one-third of nursing home residents with advanced dementia in the last year of life. This is frequently undetected and undertreated. Person-centered care honors preferences in social‚ emotional‚ spiritual‚ and physical care (Kuhn
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happy to see her. She was getting better we thought but then about 3 weeks ago she was leaning to her left side‚ and my mom thought she had a stroke. She asked the nurse that night at the nursing home if she could figure out what was wrong with her but she said "I’m
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Who is Vulnerable? Older People An individual with a learning disability or mental heath problems. A disabled individual Pregnant women Anyone who is different Who may abuse? Paid staff or volunteers Family members Neighbors‚ friends or others in the vulnerable adults/children network. What may make you suspicious? A change in an individual’s behavior‚ such as withdrawing‚ self harm‚ aggressiveness‚ conflict of stories‚ fear or abusive towards others etc. Unexplained
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service‚ or any other business affecting them and their family members. Once everything on the agenda was covered‚ I took my cue to highlight the topic of activities within the Nursing Home. This was a good opportunity to ask family members if they had any new requests for activities for their relative living within the Nursing Home. Almost instantly the manager chairing the meeting replied that she thought there was more than enough being done in
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Vulnerable Population: The Poor “A vulnerable population is a group or groups that are more likely to develop health- related problems‚ have more difficulty accessing health care to address those health problems‚ and are more likely to experience a poor outcome or shorter life span because of those health conditions.” (Maurer & Smith‚2009‚ pp. 533) Poverty is linked with marked deprivation of well-being of an individual due to inability to meet basic needs. It could be due to lack of income or
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“Siobhan‚ we’re late!” When my mother called me‚ I was already running across the road to the reddish‚ brick-walled building that jutted out from the street corner. At the beginning of December‚ my mother had wanted me to volunteer at a nursing home. Instead of relaxing on the couch‚ I’ll be spending most of my winter break entertaining and keeping the elderly occupied. However‚ today I wanted to play the piano‚ instead of my usual BINGO game with the Smith’s. The Rosemary Heights Senior Village
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The style of writing I m presenting is a persuasive intent‚ in the form of a letter expressing a point of view. I m writing this piece from the view point of Michael Gallagher‚ to demonstrate that justice and truth is vital in resolving conflicts. The reason I chose this particular character is because Michael is the main personality in the context. I choose Michael’s best friend to write this letter to because he would not be uncomfortable expressing his feeling of loosing his son Aiden. My target
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