Nursing Home Observation Paper

An assisted living facility, or nursing home, is a long term senior care option that provides personal care services to geriatric or injured patients. Assisted living communities provide basic medical monitoring as well as activities of daily living (ADLs). For this field work assignment, I visited ManorCare Health Services, an assisted living and rehab facility located in Towson, MD. This specific location specializes in ensuring vital medical care and rehabilitation in a warm and caring environment by providing individualized post-hospital skilled nursing care based on your needs, interest and ability. During my visit to this assisted living facility I observed the care being given and the environment I was in. I paid close attention the the strengths and weaknesses in the areas of the type of care given, the time spent with each patient, as well as the professionalism and respect between the patient and caregiver. My observations toke place observing what a morning shift looks like. The nursing assistants usually work hours from about 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. morning shifts, 3 p.m. to 11 p.m. evening shifts, or night shifts from 11 p.m. to 7 a.m. After the transition from night to morning the certified nursing assistants (CNAs) wake the patients from their sleep and bring them breakfast. If they are unable …show more content…
Yes, there are some skills that the patient completely needs assistance with but there are some that they can do with little to no assistance. Due to impatience I have observed a problem with the the caregiver completing tasks that could be completed by the patient. Because the patient is weaker it takes them longer to complete certain tasks which people do not like to sit and wait for. Therefore, the patient is not exercising their ability to complete a task which then leads to lose of that certain