patient’s condition may not allow for discharge from an acute care setting to their prior place of residence. Instead‚ the patient may be deemed more suitable for continued care in a long-term acute care facility (LTAC). I had the opportunity to care for a patient who underwent a complex discharge process‚ as he required long-term mechanical ventilation. To fully understand the intricacy of his discharge‚ it is important to recognize pertinent assessment data‚ interdisciplinary reports‚ and imperative discharge
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Long Term Care Facility Long term care facility is a place where one can access health‚ supportive services‚ personal care helping them meet the needs of the frail older people or those who have no or limited capacity and ability for self-care. The limited care may have occurred through chronic illness‚ chronic injury‚ cognitive‚ physical or even mental disability or other health-related conditions. The services offered in the long-term care facility can includes the assistance with activities of
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damage the brain of the athlete. "Proper management is essential to the immediate safety and long-term future of the injured person." (Article 3) When one
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students‚ cramming is often used as a means of memorizing and the practice of working intensively to absorb large volumes of informational material in short amounts of time. It is a widely-used study skill performed in preparation of an examination or other performance-based assessment. Best stated by H.E. Gorst in his book‚ The Curse of Education‚ “as long as education is synonymous with cramming on an organized plan‚ it will continue to produce mediocrity.” Students are often forced to cram after
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THE LONG-TERM EFFECTS OF UNEMPLOYMENT ON A PERSON In the current economic recession‚ unemployment is not only a terrible problem of the society but also the concern of each individual. Because it causes a large number of long term consequences. From my point of view‚ there are two main long-term effects which the unemployed are facing with‚ relating to their material and spiritual life. The first effect which unemployed persons are directly affected is their material life. The majority of unemployed
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Abuse and neglect in long term care facilities Arminda Carroll RES/110 9/23/2010 University of Phoenix A long term care facility is housing for the elderly and disabled that are not capable of residing in a home of their own. “There are nearly 17‚000 nursing homes in the United States with a total of 1.6 million residents‚ and numbers are expected to quadruple to 6.6 million residents by 2050”(Dehart‚ Webb & Cornman‚ 2009 p.361). Subsequently‚ there is abuse that takes place
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well as long term care‚ choosing home care or hospice as opposed to long term care can be the most appealing option. I believe the quality of life‚ comfort level and costs exceed any care given in a long term care setting. Growing old and receiving care in my home would be my first option. Right now with the economy as terrible as it is‚ cost is a huge concern to everyone‚ and comparing the cost between home health care and long term care the difference is phenomenal. A typical long term care facility
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History of Long-Term Comets Have you ever wondered who and how things were discovered? Who named Mars‚ how the names for constellations for created‚ or how long-term or short-term comets were named and discovered? Long-Term comets are comets that have an orbital period greater than 200 years and are 50‚000-70‚000 AU (astronomical units) from the sun. In this paper‚ I will tell you briefly about how long-term comets are named and seen‚ and about two major long-term comets‚ Comet West and Comet Kohoutek
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There’s four main long term causes of WWI‚ conveniently‚ M.A.I.N. The first of these four are Militarism; It’s long term because a country takes time over a long period to build up its military‚ like Germany and France for example. Because of the invasion of Germany from the time of the Franco-Prussian War‚ Otto Von Bismarck deemed it a necessity of the German state to build up its military forces in response to France in efforts to keep France as weak and isolated as possible. France‚ in return
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is part of football there are more parts to it that people don’t really think about too much. There are three points of football that come from playing the game and they are the rich‚ glitzy‚ famous part. The part that travels to away games and has long practices that keep you away from your family. Then there is the anguish and stress factor‚ which is probably the biggest effect. One obvious positive that comes from playing the game of football is all the perks that come with it. As a kid there
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