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In seven pages this paper discusses the appalling accusations of abuse of senior citizens in nursing homes in a consideration of v...
In twenty eight pages this paper discusses nursing homes and the importance of safety programs with OSHA's role, health considerat...
In eight pages this paper contrasts and compares hospital and home nursing in terms of role similarities and differences. Eleven ...
In five pages detecting and preventing elderly abuse in nursing homes are considered in a top down healthcare model examination. ...
In five pages this paper considers issues of incompetence and incapacitation as they relate to nursing home industry workers in a ...
In ten pages a tutorial review on the article 'Discharge Teaching Work Strategies for Patients and Families for Care in the Home'...
as business practices, documentation systems, process flows and lines of communication can differ (Blevins, 2001) Home health nur...
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...
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...
44% involved strains and sprains, with most involving the back (Fragala 22). Of that number 10.5% of back injuries experienced in...
In seven pages this paper discusses how meeting JCAHO accreditation can be sabotaged by the resistance of staff in a narrative fro...
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...
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,...
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...
the prevalence of UI was high in this region of the country and particularly high among African Americans in two of the states, wh...
Many of the physicians on staff had graduated from Harvard Medical School and tended to think themselves superior to everyone and ...
and how this equipment should differ for this population: Bariatric patients are typically defined as those who are extremely obe...