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of the U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH), define an "Advance Directives," as "l...
been in operation for some time, and it currently is building a retirement community of duplexes for those over 55 who do not yet ...
Many of the physicians on staff had graduated from Harvard Medical School and tended to think themselves superior to everyone and ...
Furthermore, if the ulcers end up in hospitalization, the nursing home is responsible for those costs as well. Even if the patient...
Medical Center, 2002). It is estimated that 13 to 18 million adults suffer from incontinence at some time or other (Mercy Medical...
The Clinical Workstation Application of the 3M(tm) Care Innovation Expert Applications system focuses on providing clinicians and ...
being examined from the physical perspective it was also necessary to look at the falls from a practical, social and a psychologic...
falls. Of course, performance measures must utilize meaningful metrics if the performance they measure is to be of any use to the ...
In 2001, health care spending as a percentage of GDP was 14.1 percent, or $5,035 per capita (Levit, Smith, Cowan, Lazenby, Senseni...
In five pages this paper considers issues of incompetence and incapacitation as they relate to nursing home industry workers in a ...
Social Security Act of 1935. In simplest terms, the Social Security Act of 1935 designated nearly $50 million of federal funds to...
This book regarding the degrading treatment of senior citizens in nursing homes is reviewed in five pages. There are no other sou...
In twenty pages this research paper discusses management practices as they pertain to nursing homes in a consideration of ideologi...
field of nursing and in particular for nursing home facilities. Valid data could put pressure on nursing homes to hire an adequate...
In five pages detecting and preventing elderly abuse in nursing homes are considered in a top down healthcare model examination. ...
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Paul Starrs (1983) book, The Social Transformation of American Medicine, provides insightful vision into the changes that had occu...
In eight pages this research paper discusses the serious problem of controlling senior citizen infection in a nursing home setting...
In twenty eight pages this paper discusses nursing homes and the importance of safety programs with OSHA's role, health considerat...
Fifteen pages and 14 sources. This paper relates the fact of the increasing discontentment with the universal health care system ...
report the trouble. Sometimes they have no family or nobody to report the abuse to. Many nursing homes have no background check ...
and every individual as the beneficial employee he or she truly is, is the most effective way for a change-agent project to achiev...
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)...
of many elderly patients. The failure of the policy to realise real benefits was seen in many areas. This is not to say...
In ten pages this paper discusses the growing nursing home industry and the need for planning change. Eleven sources are cited in...
and arranging transportation; and ensuring that physician orders for residents are met and followed. Beyond these duties ar...
every 30 minutes for protection, safety and placement. This was a two-part citation in that there is no evidence that staff...
physical restraints. The authors own views combined with the findings of current literature reveal that the use of physical restr...
have "little or no training in fundamental management skills" (Baer, 2006, p. 60). As well as absenteeism, problems with managemen...