workers in this process is attributable to the significance of their professional practice in a multidisciplinary palliative care team in hospice and hospital settings (Watts, 2013). Since the death of elderly individuals occurs in a variety of conditions and settings, social workers need to plan for end-of-life care. The planning and delivery of end-of-life care helps in helping the elderly cope with serious illness, face mortality or manage the process of dying in an effective manner.
One of the major functions of social workers in their role in planning for end-of-life care is providing psychosocial and practical support to individuals who are approaching the end of… Continue Reading...
have good comprehension of the LTC care categories. Discussed below are some of the LTC care categories.
· Palliative Care
Palliative care can be defined as expert/dedicated medical care for the people who have serious illnesses (GetPallicativeCare.org, 2019). Palliative care focuses on relieving the sick patient from their stress and symptoms caused by the acute illness (GetPallicativeCare.org, 2019). The objective of palliative care is to enhance life quality for the patient and their family. This type of care is provided by specialized and highly trained nurses, doctors, and other health experts (GetPallicativeCare.org, 2019). The experts work hand in hand with other doctors to offer layered professional support (GetPallicativeCare.org,… Continue Reading...
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• Emergency Medicine
• Family Medicine
• Neurology
• Ophthalmology
• Cardiology
• Palliative care
• Laboratory and Pathology
• Surgery
• Radiology
Sanford Medical Center is a not-for-profit rural health facility. The facility does partner with the community to bring health and healing to the people living and working across its region. At the core of the facility is ensuring that healthcare benefits reach the communities broad needs. The facility does offer discounted or free medical services to patients who the facilities eligibility requirements. The community care program was developed to ensure that healthcare services are available for all who need irrespective… Continue Reading...
to be rendered to the patient. The nurse is expected to provide palliative care with the main objective of relieving the suffering of the patients through the extensive examination and treatment of bodily, spiritual, as well as psychosomatic symptoms faced by patients. However, the nurse may face conflict from the family who necessitate aggressive patient care during this time rather than palliative care (Rome et al., 2011).
The illustration above is a concept map that delineates an instance of nursing ethical dilemma. It is imperative to note that nurses within their everyday medical care responsibilities are faced with moral and ethical dilemmas… Continue Reading...
all healthcare settings but primarily in hospice and palliative care environments, including nursing homes. A survey of nine nursing home residents and their relatives showed that residents generally defer to relatives and staff and few have formal advanced care planning directives (Bollig, Gjengedal & Rosland, 2015). Healthcare administrators should start mandating advanced care planning directives to avoid legal and ethical conundrums. Moreover, offering patients the ability to plan helps them to psychologically contend with mortality, which can also improve relationships with family members. Extending life indefinitely and for no reason is not necessarily beneficence, just as physician-assisted suicide… Continue Reading...
life events can also include palliative care, perhaps one of the most daunting thresholds for a patient to cross. Different people react to the notion of their own mortality in different ways: some are at peace with the inevitable. Others are terrified or riddled with sadness. Nurses can be a priceless source of comfort during this time. Nurses can advocate for the patient, ensuring they have as many family or friends in their room during this time (Matzo &Sherman, 2018).
The final reason that being a nurse is so important to me is a… Continue Reading...
the patient eligible for physician assisted death is presumably already in palliative care; that is, the patient is terminally ill and death is inevitable (Chochinov, 2016). Arguments in favor of physician-assisted death focus on patient autonomy above all, but also on the beneficence of alleviating unnecessary suffering. Beneficence is in fact one of the pre-eminent moral objectives of the medical profession. Likewise, respect for patient autonomy and the right of the patient to dignified treatment have led to the “death with dignity” movement that precipitated the Oregon Death with Dignity Act (Death with Dignity, n.d.). If autonomy, dignity, and… Continue Reading...
