The elements of a good nursing home are numerous. Among basic procedures in care, Healthy Digest reports that the “overall cleanliness of the home is important” (Seniors Nursing Home Essentials 2011). While most individuals search for a facility that is clean and friendly, quality nursing facilities should offer residents more than a clean restroom and friendly staff. In addition to providing the standard atmosphere, Redondo Nursing Home aspires to exceed average expectations through accessibility and transparency. The nursing center will offer friendly staff, several nutritional plans, and support to family members to make the transition from independent living to assisted living bearable. The Facility Redondo Nursing Home is a small facility located in Fremont, California. Certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility, Redondo has thirty residential rooms and one dining hall. The facility was donated by the Sherri and Brandon Richardson upon the death of Aunt Matie Richardson. While half of the residential rooms are reserved for single living, the other half is for double occupancy. Triple occupancy is not available since such living conditions have the potential to lead to sanitation problems. The rooms consist of a living area and restroom. Living areas are composed of bedrooms, televisions, dressers, and lamps. A limited number of hand and bath towels are provided to residents by the facility. Furnishings and towels are provided by a company called Resident Essentials who specialize in nursing home furniture and offers “a variety of nursing home furniture and room furnishings perfect for any nursing home” (Furniture and Room Furnishings 2011). While there is not rent or mortgage associated wi... ... middle of paper ... ...f all residents and family members in preventing such action. References Furniture and Room Furnishings Residential Essentials. Retrieved June 4, 2011. Seniors Nursing Home Essentials (2011). Health News Digest. Retrieved June 4, 2011. Planning for Nursing Home Care (2006). New York-Presbyterian Hospital, 1-6. Retrieved June 4, 2011. The Fundamentals of Running a Senior Living Home (2007). Forbes Magazine. Retrieved June 4, 2011. References Furniture and Room Furnishings Residential Essentials. Retrieved June 4, 2011. Seniors Nursing Home Essentials (2011). Health News Digest. Retrieved June 4, 2011. Planning for Nursing Home Care (2006). New York-Presbyterian Hospital, 1-6. Retrieved June 4, 2011. The Fundamentals of Running a Senior Living Home (2007). Forbes Magazine. Retrieved June
The cost of Medical equipment plays a significant role in the delivery of health care. The clinical engineering at Victoria Hospital is an important branch of the hospital team management that are working to strategies ways to improve quality of service and lower cost repairs of equipments. The team members from Biomedical and maintenance engineering’s roles are to ensure utilization of quality equipments such as endoscope and minimize length of repair time. All these issues are a major influence in the hospital’s project cost. For example, Victory hospital, which is located in Canada, is in the process of evaluating different options to decrease cost of its endoscope repair. This equipment is use in the endoscopy department for gastroenterological and surgical procedures. In 1993, 2,500 cases where approximately performed and extensive maintenance of the equipment where needed before and after each of those cases. Despite the appropriate care of the scope, repair requirement where still needed. The total cost of repair that year was $60,000 and the repair services where done by an original equipment manufacturers in Ontario.
Evidently, the healthcare management discipline has interests that overlap (and can be used to study) the Green House nursing home model. The Green House Project offers unique insights regarding changes in nursing home management philosophies that can improve both, the health of residents, as well as the job satisfaction of CNAs. Since nursing home budgets, residents’ healthcare and CNA turnover rates, are important factors in nursing home management, the Green House Project is an excellent case study for the field of healthcare management, as
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Long-term care facilities that have implemented a high degree of culture change (as scored from a survey derived from a 2009/10 national nursing home survey) have had a significant decrease in the use of restraints, tube feeding, and pressure sores. Culture change is also associated with an increased number of residents on bladder training programs and a small reduction in the number of hospitalizations/resident/year (Miller, Lepore, Lima, Shield, & Tyler, 2014).
care to the residents suffering from dementia. Banner et al (2009 as cited in Lee J.et al.2012)
Huntsville Hospital (HH), located in Northeast Alabama, part of the Huntsville Hospital Health System, originating in downtown Huntsville, Alabama in the late 1800’s. As the not-for-profit, public hospital system developed, HH became the second largest employer in Madison County, Alabama with an estimated 7000 employees, 2000 nurses and 1000 physicians.
When a member of someone’s family goes ill or is no longer able to live on their own and take care of themselves; it is up to the family members to decide the best course of action for them to get the best care that they can. There several different options that need to be considered when looking at long-term care facilities for older adults. In this paper, I will briefly discuss two of the most common options that people choose between when looking at long-term care options. One option is home care and the other is assisted and/or independent living facilities. These two options are some of the best ways to take care of ill elders.
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...ng stressed. Option 1 may lead to excessive pressure on doctors, and hence poor performance in service delivery. In medical field, it is necessary to allow the doctors to perform accurately on a consistent basis.
Nursing homes who receive federal funds are required to comply with federal laws that specify that residents receive a high quality of care. In 1987 Congress responded to reports of widespread neglect and abuse in nursing homes during 1980’s, which enacted legislation to reform nursing home regulations and require nursing homes participating in the Medicare and Medicaid programs to comply with certain requirements for quality of care. The legislation, included in the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987, which specifies that a nursing home “must provide services and activities to attain or maintain the highest practicable phys...
70% of the patients with Alzheimer’s disease and other types of dementia live at home. Patients who are living at home typically receive help from their family members and friends; they also get community–based services, homemaker services, and adult day care centers. Many people with dementia end up in long-term care facility or a nursing home because they need 24-hour care and hand-on assistance with even the simplest of tasks. These patients struggle with eating, bathing, dressing, and using the restroom, which can be very difficult if the assistant has not had training. It would be very difficult to treat patients with high-grade dementia in the regular
The purpose of this paper is to examine the Heritage Valley Medical Center case study. The paper will start off with a brief background of Heritage Valley, along with a summary of the major problems and issues faced there. Next, the author will explain the role that was chosen while addressing the challenges of Heritage Valley and their reasoning in doing so. The author will then identify the strengths and weaknesses of Heritage Valley and offer to select the best alternative and recommended solutions, which will be followed by a brief description of the evaluation plan that could be used to measure the effectiveness of the recommended solution.
To give quality nursing care to patients, I will give good personal hygiene care by assisting patients who need it and promoting the independence of patients that can see to their personal care. I will also assist with eating and drinking when required so patients can get the right nutritional requirements needed. I will meet the toileting needs of patient and show patients respect and dignity at all times.
Organizations use financial statements and ratio analysis assess financial performance viability. The ratio analysis are used to identify trends and to perform organizational comparison (financial) with other companies within same industry. Ratio analysis, using data reported on the financial statements, are divided into five major categories: common size, liquidity, solvency, efficiency, and profitability. This paper will assess the financial stability of John Hopkins Hospital (JHH) using the five ratio analysis.
It was a pleasant day at the Dementia unit and I was assigned to care for a lady whom we can call Miss K. She is a lovely, warm and nice lady who was recently admitted to the Dementia unit two weeks ago. I went to her room to meet her, I introduced myself, greeted her and gave her a hand shake for me to establish rapport. She was very cooperative, participative and independent with her cares. From my observation, I noticed that she is very organised and very particular when it comes to cleanliness. She also wakes up early in the morning and makes sure that all of the things that she needs for morning care are neatly arrange in the bathroom. When having a shower, she cleans her body very well. She also brushes her teeth and cleans her dentures very well. She always likes to wear red coloured clothes and red floral nighties. Before leaving her room, she makes sure that her glasses are clean before wearing it, her used clothes are neatly kept in the empty drawer and she wants to have a handkerchief in her pocket. I also noticed that there is always a glass