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

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    Nursing Home You could hear the harsh wind of winter over the honking cars and the traffic as Billy walked into the nursing home where he worked at and where his dad was being kept. As soon Billy walked in everyone said hello to him and he said hello back. He walked into his office and took off his coat‚ hat and his gloves. Billy is 29 years old‚ tall‚ blonde‚ and really smart. All he ever wanted to do was help people and now he’s somewhat doing that. He’s the manager of the nursing home. Everyone

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    The article "Nursing Home Neglect" is about ways someone working in a nursing home can prevent negligence from happening. Negligence is failure to do a task or a failure to do a what a reasonable and careful person would do in certain situations. These types of incidents are increasing. The article is also about how you can prevent it from happening and the warning signs of negligence. In this article‚ they go into depth on the different types of neglect. There are different primary types of neglect

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    We all know that 1 out of 3 of us will spend some time in a nursing home at some time in our life‚ and that the average stay is just over 2 1/2 years. So when is a good time to start planning? Most people play the odds‚ figuring that they may never need to go into a nursing home‚ that they will keep their independence and then die in their sleep. Yes‚ I agree that is a decent way to depart this earth‚ but what if your health starts to take a turn for the worse‚ but your life expectancy is still

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    workers‚ and speech and language pathologists. As soon as this patient is medically stable they can be discharged. The PT’s and PTA’s work with these patients a few times a day until they are safe to return to their home. The other facility I have chose is a nursing home or a skilled nursing facility. Here‚ PTA’s care for long-term patients who are usually elderly. Other health care professionals

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    Four Signs Your Loved One Is Being Emotionally Abused in Their Nursing Home There are many forms of abuse of the elderly that can occur in nursing homes. The elderly can be subjected to physical abuse‚ but also emotional abuse. They can be bullied‚ ridiculed and humiliated in many different ways. However‚ unlike physical abuse that can manifest itself in bruises and broken bones‚ emotional abuse can be more difficult to detect. The following are just a few signs to look for. Feelings of depression

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    at Saunders House nursing home. I choose this experience because it was something that I had never done before and I wanted to lend a helping hand. When I first came up with the idea of volunteering at a nursing home‚ I wanted to help out with activities and meet with some of the residents. At first it was challenging because I was extremely shy; however after getting to know the residents a little better‚ I started to feel more comfortable around them. My goal in volunteering was to bring a smile

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    Performance‚ Organizational Characteristics‚ and Management Strategy Among Rural and Urban Nursing Facilities” was conducted to understand the influence of patient care amongst beds‚ in-patient days‚ patient days‚ patient care revenue‚ nursing salaries‚ and facilities expenditures between the rural and non-rural nursing homes/facilities in New Mexico. The main hypothesis that was tested among the dataset was does rural homes have a lower average of beds? This specific study was conducted using a hypothesis

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    into the hospital in the last few years so it for the most part was a common thing. Usually after the hospital she is placed in the nursing home and after rehabilitation she is released to go home. This time after she was released she had home health care which is a nurse that comes out a few times a week to evaluate her (HHN). After this last stay with the nursing home they requested that she not drive anymore. My mom and I were in total agreement with that. My grandma is 89 years old and not

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    more day by day from my practicum experiences. Nursing home experiences has enhanced my knowledge because plan of care and coding system is different at nursing home as compared to primary care offices. Plan of care depends upon accessibility and availability of the care at the nursing home whereas at primary care office if it is not available in the office‚ we can always refer. I found out that nurses know their patient really well at nursing home. It is helpful reviewing the chart as well as talking

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