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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...
In five pages detecting and preventing elderly abuse in nursing homes are considered in a top down healthcare model examination. ...
In eight pages this paper contrasts and compares hospital and home nursing in terms of role similarities and differences. Eleven ...
In twenty eight pages this paper discusses nursing homes and the importance of safety programs with OSHA's role, health considerat...
In ten pages a tutorial review on the article 'Discharge Teaching Work Strategies for Patients and Families for Care in the Home'...
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...
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...
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...
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...
report the trouble. Sometimes they have no family or nobody to report the abuse to. Many nursing homes have no background check ...
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...
nursing home chains. As a result, there have been a number of highly publicized defaults such as that of Integrated Health Service...
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...
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)...
and how this equipment should differ for this population: Bariatric patients are typically defined as those who are extremely obe...
number of patients, in other words) and the incidence of injury at nursing homes, making this correlation a worthwhile problem to ...
of falls in nursing homes, it was essential to collect information from as wide a variety of credible sources as possible. Title s...
provided in their own home. Services offered include, but are not limited to, general nursing services, physical and occupational ...
p. 29), as stated in its title. Mean age was 81; 218 participants completed the study. The researchers evaluated the differences...
a "collaborative quality improvement project" that focuses on PUs in nursing homes as its primary focus (Lynn, et al, 2007). QIOs,...
This paper consists of the speaker notes for a PowerPoint presentation that pertains to the a student's volunteer experience. The ...