Aging & Later Life Issues As people age, life brings issues of economic, health, and functional concerns. Retirement for some may mean a life of freedom, but for most people, it presents a series of issues as social security payments are not eno Continue Reading...
Long-Term Care Administration Long-term care refers to the wide range of medical activities designed to assist the needs of people living with chronic health issues. Debates concerning hospital quality, and nursing care often occur independently to Continue Reading...
The nurses are however trained not to get too intimate with the patients as this is against professionalism Braithwaite, Makkai, & Braithwaite, 2007. They also offer informational sup-port giving the resident the right information and guidance Continue Reading...
Just because people grow older does not mean they abandon their dreams and desires, and it is important to help find ways that the elderly can continue these pursuits. Table 2 Interview No. 2: "Ron D.": Interview Question Response What do you s Continue Reading...
Japanese-American Attitudes on Long-Term Care Scheppersa, Dongenb, Dekkerc, (2006) defines the use of healthcare services as "the process of seeking professional health care and submitting oneself to the application of regular health services, with Continue Reading...
Health care [...] long-term care, and its' affect on the health care industry today, and in the future. Long-term care is becoming much more prevalent in our society because people are living longer, and as the Baby Boom generation ages, there will Continue Reading...
Long-Term Care in South Korea: Strengths of the Korean Long-Term Care Insurance Scheme (LTCI) Adopted in 2008, the South Korean Long-Term Care (LTCI) Insurance seeks to advance care to the elderly, and assumes the social insurance format (Rhee, Done, Continue Reading...
Long-Term Care Sustainability as a Major Issue Affecting Canadian Healthcare System The Canadian Health Act (CHA) provides that provincial governments should cover the entire cost of hospital and physician services. There are however two components Continue Reading...
Advising Parents on Long-Term Care Options Advising Parents on long-term care (LTC) Options Long-term care refers to the services or support that one might need in their cognitive impairments while either at home or in an organisations facility. Lo Continue Reading...
Long-Term Care on the Family Social Factors Affecting Care Giving Effects of Divorce Effects of Abuse and Neglect Effects of Women in the Workforce Proximity and Other Factors The Long-term Care Shortage Factor Involved Future Trends Formal Continue Reading...
Ethics in Long-Term Care Administration When it comes to offering options to competent adults who are able to make their own health care decisions, there are several things to consider. The main consideration is that these people are indeed adults, Continue Reading...
Standard of Care in Place for Treatment of Diabetic Foot Ulcers in Long-Term Care Patients Known as "the silent killer" because its symptoms can go undiagnosed until the condition becomes deadly, diabetes mellitus remains a major public health care Continue Reading...
Family Communication There is a lot of information on dementia, and even a lot about the concerns that families may have about the treatment of their loved ones in facilities, however there is very little if not any research regarding communication Continue Reading...
Strengths of the Korean Long-Term Care Insurance Scheme (LTCI) As Kang, Park, and Lee (2012) point out, “with the rapid aging of the population, Korea introduced public long-term care insurance for older people in 2008.” It is important t Continue Reading...
Long-Term Settings The health of the person usually starts declining with every passing day after 65 years of age and as Mrs. Smith is 82 years old, she is also suffering from some problems. She is in mid stage of dementia because of which she suffe Continue Reading...
(Toro, 2008) Toro states that policy makers have only recently begun to recognize the needs of these youth after aging. Statistics show that in the area of employment: (1) most respondents had worked since leaving foster care; (2) on average respond Continue Reading...
Long-Term Nursing Facility Management Risks FACILITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS Long-Term Nursing Family Management Risks The major risk management issue of our hospital is the spread of nosocomial infections, more popularly known in the medical circle a Continue Reading...
Often home-based caregivers, either a spouse or adult child, rely on institutional care only as a choice of last resort, and this is often reported only after their own health and well being begins to be perceived as degraded by caring for the indiv Continue Reading...
Bed and Chair Alarm in to Help Reduce Falls in Short-Term Care Facility In long-term care facilities (e.g., assisted living centres and nursing homes), a fall is one of the single most devastating category of unpleasant events. In consequence, there Continue Reading...
It is critical that NHAs are first qualified nurses, as their ability to relate to other nurses is essential to the organizational success of the nursing home ("Nursing home administrator jobs," 2011). Career paths for an NHA are rooted with educati Continue Reading...
These grants were to provide community planning and services and for training through research, development or training projects. Its 10 objectives were aligned with the major areas of federal programming. These were an adequate income in retirement Continue Reading...
To start with, finances have to be availed for the institution of long-term care that is responsive to challenges that the frail Baby Boomers contend with. A viable and affordable community-based delivery system must be built. To achieve lower disab Continue Reading...
Health Care Changes Over the past two to three decades there have been dramatic changes in the healthcare system globally, largely due to the improvements in technology, stakeholder expectations and increased globalization and access to care. Many o Continue Reading...
Summary & Conclusion There are many considerations when attempting to make a decision between assisted living facilities and nursing home care for the individual who is of an advanced age because depending on the medical limitations of the ind Continue Reading...
Staffing Problems in the Nursing Field Within the U.S., nursing represents the largest health care profession. With 2.7 million nurses currently fulfilling roles within the profession there remains a widespread need for nurses to enter the career in Continue Reading...
S." (Liu, 2008) the actual solution to the challenges facing the health care system in the United States is one that makes a requirement of three components: implementing tort reforms; mandating the use of best practices; and driving systemic proces Continue Reading...
The service provider should then be able to assess the specific needs of the elderly person and give advice about the best option for living facilities. Becoming older and more frail often also means being the victim of not only increasing financia Continue Reading...
The emphasis is on normal, everyday activities provided for residents. According to the authors, however, little research has been conducted to investigate the actual effect of such activities and settings upon residents. The assumption is that such Continue Reading...
Suicide Rates Among Geriatric Persons The causes of death among the elderly are traditionally associated with the normal aging process or what would be called natural process, diseases associated with age and the debilitations it can cause. Yet, oth Continue Reading...
Ethics in a Long-Term Healthcare Business Ethics in the health care industry spans a wide spectrum of activities and most of the obligations are cast by law on the professionals and the second by the common practice and morals of the profession. Bot Continue Reading...
Lee is only the first step in the process of building a team that is able to cover all aspects of Mrs. Lee's care. The team approach involving a social worker, nurse, physician, pharmacist, and physical therapist affords Mrs. Lee a full range of pro Continue Reading...
Aging and Russian Culture In order to understand and relate to an older Russian in the context of providing psychological care, it is first important to understand the context of Russian society. Russian society has been marked by a transition in re Continue Reading...
Registered nurses are both qualified, educated, and certified to provide a high quality of various care services that an individual may need in a home setting or elsewhere. Hence, providing these practitioners with the power to certify and provide h Continue Reading...
Diversity of Aging Population -- Innovative Healthcare Over the past several decades there has been an avalanche of research and scholarly narratives focusing on the aging of millions of Americans -- among them the "baby boomers" that were born betw Continue Reading...
One study examined the gender roles associated with social supports in nursing home residents. The aim of the study was to link the connection between gender identity and willingness to engage with social supports. The study surveyed 65,838 nursing Continue Reading...
health care industry has undergone fundamental change over the last decade. Most of the changes have occurred within the underlying business operation of the healthcare industry. These changes will ultimately effect healthcare agency administration Continue Reading...
Health Care in the U.S. And Spain What Can the U.S. Learn About Health Care from Spain? In 2009, Spain's single-payer health care system was ranked the seventh best in the world by the World Health Organization (Socolovsky, 2009). By comparison, th Continue Reading...
