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Quality Improvement/Pressure Ulcers

a "collaborative quality improvement project" that focuses on PUs in nursing homes as its primary focus (Lynn, et al, 2007). QIOs,...

Nursing Homes and Abuse of the Elderly

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...

Review of an Article on Nursing Home Residents and Hospitalization

field of nursing and in particular for nursing home facilities. Valid data could put pressure on nursing homes to hire an adequate...

Proposal Regarding Nursing Homes and Elder Incontinence

Medical Center, 2002). It is estimated that 13 to 18 million adults suffer from incontinence at some time or other (Mercy Medical...

Nursing Homes and Elderly Abuse

report the trouble. Sometimes they have no family or nobody to report the abuse to. Many nursing homes have no background check ...

Sunnyside Manor Nursing Home Changes

and every individual as the beneficial employee he or she truly is, is the most effective way for a change-agent project to achiev...

Reform and Ethics As They Relate to Nursing Home Care

or state agencies may seek and implement studies. II. Nursing Home Care for the Elderly Whenever nursing home care is an...

Annotated Bibliography on Patient Restraint

physical restraints. The authors own views combined with the findings of current literature reveal that the use of physical restr...

Restraints and Education Needs Assessment

and arranging transportation; and ensuring that physician orders for residents are met and followed. Beyond these duties ar...

Orthopaedic Nursing Journal Article Reviewed

In ten pages a tutorial review on the article 'Discharge Teaching Work Strategies for Patients and Families for Care in the Home'...

Long Term Nursing Home Care

In eight pages this paper discusses nursing homes for long term care in a consideration of choices, features, and transitional rec...

Nursing Home Industry Employee Issues

In five pages this paper considers issues of incompetence and incapacitation as they relate to nursing home industry workers in a ...

Nursing Home Industry and the Effects of 1935's Social Security Act

Social Security Act of 1935. In simplest terms, the Social Security Act of 1935 designated nearly $50 million of federal funds to...

Carobeth Laird's Limbo A Memoir About Life in a Nursing Home by a Survivor

This book regarding the degrading treatment of senior citizens in nursing homes is reviewed in five pages. There are no other sou...

Abuse of Senior Citizens and Care in Nursing Homes

In seven pages this paper discusses the appalling accusations of abuse of senior citizens in nursing homes in a consideration of v...

Nursing Home Industry and Patient Care Costs Determination

In six pages this research paper examines the nursing home industry and considers the increasing costs of patient care due to an e...

Overview of Home Health Nursing Field

as business practices, documentation systems, process flows and lines of communication can differ (Blevins, 2001) Home health nur...

Mental Health Industry Audit

significant changes to the existing system but have not yet covered too much ground where modifications are concerned. This is pa...

Nursing Homes and Safety Programs

In twenty eight pages this paper discusses nursing homes and the importance of safety programs with OSHA's role, health considerat...

Difficult Decision Making

as sadness. My Dad quickly smiled and patted me on the back, but in my heart I knew that my decision would forever change the cou...

Analysis of Costs of Decubitus Ulcers in Elder Care Facilities

Furthermore, if the ulcers end up in hospitalization, the nursing home is responsible for those costs as well. Even if the patient...

Nursing Home Admissions' Perception versus Reality

to a nursing facility, it should also be understood that each situation is unique. When both the family members and the staff of t...

Shannondale Nursing Home and Its Historical Development

been in operation for some time, and it currently is building a retirement community of duplexes for those over 55 who do not yet ...

The Elderly and Alternative Care Choices

runs $127 on average (Cummings, 2002). The goal of the ALF is to help senior citizens maintain as much independence as possible wi...

HHH Strategic Plan

reporting and administrative reporting so that the owner can have confidence that HHH is providing superlative patient care and me...

Overview of Respiratory Therapy

regards to lung function. If patients cannot breath on their own, RTs are trained on how to intubate patients and connect them to ...

Home Health and Hospice Company Business Requirement Analysis

critical matters, employee requests for information often go unanswered for too long. Results can and have been employee frustrat...

Recent Economic Effects on Home Health

In 2001, health care spending as a percentage of GDP was 14.1 percent, or $5,035 per capita (Levit, Smith, Cowan, Lazenby, Senseni...

Nursing Homes and the Financial Crisis Confronting Them

nursing home chains. As a result, there have been a number of highly publicized defaults such as that of Integrated Health Service...

Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations' Resistance

In seven pages this paper discusses how meeting JCAHO accreditation can be sabotaged by the resistance of staff in a narrative fro...