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    Value of Volunteering

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    After reading "The Value of Volunteering‚" it made me realize how important it is to give back to the community. By doing something as simple as helping someone read gives you a very rewarding feeling and makes you an overall better person. Robin Ferguson‚ the author of "The Value of Volunteering‚" knows exactly what it feels like to lend her time to a great cause. When Robin first started working as a literacy volunteer she was doing it solely for the community service credit‚ but when Robin

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    Prescription Abuse Seen In U.S. Nursing Homes Powerful Antipsychotics Used to Subdue Elderly; Huge Medicaid Expense By LUCETTE LAGNADO December 4‚ 2007; Page A1 In recent years‚ Medicaid has spent more money on antipsychotic drugs for Americans than on any other class of pharmaceuticals -- including antibiotics‚ AIDS drugs or medicine to treat highblood pressure. One reason: Nursing homes across the U.S. are giving these drugs to elderly patients to quiet symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease and

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    Nursing Homes from the Resident ’s Point of View Introduction In this interview project‚ I chose to interview a nursing home resident. She is an old lady who experiences short-term memory loss and is aware of her current mental condition. She has many loved ones who are close to her‚ and despite not knowing each of their names‚ she seems to be happy knowing that she as a lot of loved ones‚ especially her loving daughter. She loves to share stories of her life‚ and I was delighted to conduct the

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    Emotional abuse is reportedly the top form of abuse documented by the residents in nursing homes according to study done by the Journal of Adult Protection. In their study‚ there were more than five patients that had reported being emotionally abused by their caregivers (Goergen 131). Keep in mind that this number may seem small but this is one nursing home we are talking about. If every nursing home did this study‚ thousands of residents could be affected getting the same treatment every day. Surveillance

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    Case Study Nursing Home

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    1. What trend in citations do you find in this nursing home or home care agency? In the last three years‚ the nursing home occurred several violations with some violations being repetitive over the three years upon inspection. The inspectors report deficiencies in the quality of care‚ resident assessment. and their rights. This includes nutrition and diet‚ pharmacy services‚ environment and administration. 2. What causes do you think led to the identification of deficient practices cited here

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    UNC Lenoir. This week I actually did a complete discharge from beginning to end by myself. At our patient care plan meeting on Wednesday my patient and her husband agreed that it was not safe for her to return back home. They decided that they would like to have a skilled nursing home placement near the Kinston area. We were able to have her placed at Signature Healthcare in the heart of Kinston by the hospital. She and her husband were very pleased that she was able to stay nearby. The discharge

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    Often people look at nursing homes as a place where older adults go to live out their final days‚ I honestly believe this is the way society perceives nursing homes because of how older adults were cared for in the past. According to the book Community Care for an aging society. “Since the colonial period‚ the primary provider for the care of the elderly adults has been family.” (pg.42) (Cox) An older adult having to go to a nursing home does not necessarily mean that they are going there to live

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    Nursing Home Case Study

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    Caucasian male‚ who resides in a nursing home. He has no children and his only close living family member is his sister. William was admitted to the nursing home three months ago‚ after having suffered a stroke and subsequent left side weakness in his leg and arm. Currently‚ William is undergoing physical therapy at the nursing home to improve his left side mobility. William was referred to the Nursing Facility Transition program by his social worker in the nursing home‚ after stating he did not

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    Healthcare organizations such as nursing homes continuously attempt to pursue quality performance to improve clinical outcomes and patient experiences. Patient safety is an essential and vital component of quality nursing care. This paper discusses many important quality measures such as health inspections‚ medical and behavioral standards and staffing for Mecklenburg Health & Rehabilitation Center‚ nursing home. Quality of nursing home care is a major deciding factor for recovering from illness

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    Nursing Home Case Study

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    Nursing homes‚ however‚ are designed for persons in need of 24-hour nursing care (Allen‚ 2011) Even though they provide almost the same residential components of other long-term care options‚ which includes housing‚ personal care‚ protection‚ supervision‚ and sometimes therapy‚ the availability of on-site medical staff is the edge they have over the others. Nursing homes have custodial care‚ which a person with Alzheimer’s disease will need. The custodial care which includes assistance with all of

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