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to a nursing facility, it should also be understood that each situation is unique. When both the family members and the staff of t...
been in operation for some time, and it currently is building a retirement community of duplexes for those over 55 who do not yet ...
nursing shortage has meant for SNFs that they have fewer RNs available to them and that recruiting and retention has become more c...
report the trouble. Sometimes they have no family or nobody to report the abuse to. Many nursing homes have no background check ...
over the age of 60 years in 1995, and that number will probably increase to about 1.2 billion (2002, p.1094) in 2025. Informatio...
field of nursing and in particular for nursing home facilities. Valid data could put pressure on nursing homes to hire an adequate...
Medical Center, 2002). It is estimated that 13 to 18 million adults suffer from incontinence at some time or other (Mercy Medical...
as business practices, documentation systems, process flows and lines of communication can differ (Blevins, 2001) Home health nur...
significant changes to the existing system but have not yet covered too much ground where modifications are concerned. This is pa...
for all persons in Medicaid certified facilities within the US. This instrument entails over 350 different data elements ranging f...
or state agencies may seek and implement studies. II. Nursing Home Care for the Elderly Whenever nursing home care is an...
and every individual as the beneficial employee he or she truly is, is the most effective way for a change-agent project to achiev...
and arranging transportation; and ensuring that physician orders for residents are met and followed. Beyond these duties ar...
physical restraints. The authors own views combined with the findings of current literature reveal that the use of physical restr...
every 30 minutes for protection, safety and placement. This was a two-part citation in that there is no evidence that staff...
That freedom and responsibility can improve the nursing home experience for all involved. Definition and Clarification...
blatant display of irreverence, with some of the worst infractions found within the health care industry. The cramped, dark and u...
surgery. Preventing such intense pain often requires less drug use than does alleviating the pain once it has begun (Siwek, 2001)...
nursing home chains. As a result, there have been a number of highly publicized defaults such as that of Integrated Health Service...
the nursing homes as well as greater accountability. Accountability is achieved through the requirement for the nursing home to su...
In seven pages this paper discusses how meeting JCAHO accreditation can be sabotaged by the resistance of staff in a narrative fro...
44% involved strains and sprains, with most involving the back (Fragala 22). Of that number 10.5% of back injuries experienced in...
In five pages this paper examines the benefits of pet therapy in a nursing home setting in terms of memory stimulation and positiv...
In ten pages this paper discusses the growing nursing home industry and the need for planning change. Eleven sources are cited in...
dependency upon others for assisted daily living skills, and institutional care. Rockwood (1997) defined frail elderly people as t...
In eight pages this research paper discusses the serious problem of controlling senior citizen infection in a nursing home setting...
there is no cure either for Alzheimers disease or the various forms of dementia on the horizon, healthcare practitioners should "i...
The following are research questions that could be asked of staff members regarding whether the program is needed: * Are there pat...
Integrity in this sense is about wholeness as opposed to how we often use the term (to mean honesty) (Johansson, 2002). It is abou...
p. 29), as stated in its title. Mean age was 81; 218 participants completed the study. The researchers evaluated the differences...