Assisted living

A major role of practicing healthcare professionals in today’s society is their moral and ethical approaches to a patient’s overall care. In this specific case, Martha Rogers, an 85-year-old gerontology patient, was admitted to a psychiatric unit of the hospital due to confusion and increasing irritability. Following evaluation, healthcare providers found she was dehydrated which may have caused some of the symptoms that she was undergoing; Mrs. Rogers, however, became calm and cooperative with…

in are nursing homes or assisted living facilities. Both of these residencies have their own types of services, but they also share some common characteristics. First, you may want to understand the definition of a Nursing home and Assisted Living facility. Nursing Homes are a facility staffed by health professionals 24 hours a day that provide services to residents who can’t stay at home because of disabilities, chronic disease, or cognitive impairments. Assisted Living Facilities are…

homes and assisted living facilities have intrigued me and made me wonder about what goes on behind the closed doors. For years, I have heard about how the elderly are lonely and often mistreated when put in these facilities, but once actually talking to workers from these facilities, I learned that this is very untrue. Residents are given more opportunities and better care than ever before according to the workers I talked to from these facilities. Both Nursing homes and Assisted living…

error. The many families that were effected by this issue could have not gone through such travesties if there was not a lack of care. After watching both videos, I now realize that there are significant differences between nursing homes and assisted living. Having a family member nearing the age where they will need these services it definitely makes me think that these issues need to be addressed. There were several things I found that Emeritus lacked. Specifically, the workers did not…

absolutely needed to do. Since this happened my family had to take her to a hospital. After she went to hospital she had to go to a rehab center. She just got released from the rehab center, and now is living in an apartment building that is like an assisted living place. Even though she is in the assisted living place she still has our family come up there to help her a lot. We had to adjust our schedules a lot in order for us to be there for her. Thankfully I had some traits that helped me get…

Assisted Living VS Nursing Home When I compare assisted living to a nursing home; generally speaking, I think that assisted living is better. In this paper I will be comparing the cost, service, and quality of each facility. When it comes to cost, assisted living is less expensive than a nursing home. The cost for one month in assisted living is $3,950, whereas the cost for one month in a nursing home is $6,800, this is because residents in a nursing home require more attention than someone in…

Worldwide, there are masses of elderly people living either in assisted living or in nursing homes. By the vast number of care types and styles of the living community, it is very easy to feel over whelmed with so many available options. If you have any seeding involvement for you independent elders for their security and health, it will be the moment to begin seeking toward assisted living or nursing home opportunities. Although the accommodation may be heartrending, knowing that the elderly…

what to do with an aging parent about elderly care, assisted living or maybe even a nursing home. Their parents may disagree that now's not the time, or just simply may not ever want to go. Additionally, some elderly parents may no longer have the capacity to understand the issue. There may also be other family members that have different opinions; obviously, the topic can…

Physician-Assisted Suicide With the recent popularity of the book and movie, Me Before You by Jojo Moyes, the already controversial topic of physician-assisted suicide has been brought back into the limelight. The story follows the love story of a permanently paralyzed man and his caretaker. Overwrought with pain and suffering, the quadriplegic chooses to end his life through the assistance of a physician, much to the despair of his caretaker. Minus the love story, part of my life is…

physician-assisted suicide, five states have already legalized this assistance, which is causing a huge ethical debate in the medical world (“State-by-State Guide to Physician-Assisted Suicide,” n.d.). People who are in favor of physician-assisted suicide are arguing for the respect of autonomy, individual liberty, and compassion. In contrast, people who are not in favor of physician-assisted suicide are arguing for the sanctity of life, fear of abuse, and professional integrity. Physician…