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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…

In 2012, a private room cost an average of $248 daily, or more than $90,500 annually and the average nursing home stay is 835 days, or more than two years(Mullin, 2013). Medicare only covers about 100 days which is rehabilitation time not long-term care. If someone does not have enough savings they could…

Ohio Centers for Assisted Living (OCAL) is a state-wide organization aimed at helping the geriatric population of Ohio. OCAL was one of the first organizations in Ohio for assisted living and they are still growing today. OCAL strives to ensure that senior citizens of Ohio have access to quality assistive living services available and that those citizens have the means to acquire them. Their mission statement is as follows, “Assisted living is one of the fastest growing sectors of the long-term…

Eastmont Towers Community is a Continuing Care Retirement Community (CCRC) here in Lincoln, Nebraska. Eastmont is a not-for-profit Christian community who strive to provide exceptional services covering all aspects of senior care while promoting diversity and being responsible stewards to residence, their families and the community. Seniors age sixty-two and older can choose from one of the following living options: Independent Living, Assisted Living, Long-Term Care, Palliative Care and…

Assisted Living Facilities: One of the hardest choices a family will ever make is to decide whether or not to put an elder of the household into a care facility, seemingly sending them away as most people see it. Though in reality the accommodations are unlike any of the myths, all of the horror stories, every one of the misconceptions that are out there about assisted living are not as they seem. In reality “assisted living [is] a long-term care option that combines housing, support services…

The article used for the purpose of this assignment is “Building Relationships in Residential Long-Term Care.” The authors responsible for this work are Gaugler, Joseph E, and Ewen, Heidi H. The article was published in September 2005. It was found in the Journal of Gerontological of Nursing. This article was chosen in response to the question I imposed in the previous assignment.What is the effectiveness of family visits with loved ones in a residential long-term care? Hypothesis/Problem The…

Long term care facilities continuously undergo strengths and weaknesses. Nursing homes, being one of the most popular choices for long-term care. A major strength of a nursing home is the mental health services commonly equipped to deal with conditions such as, dementia, depression, Alzheimer’s and many others. In addition, the social support patients receive in order to cope with stress related events. In other words, social support in a nursing home is viewed as a sense of community. Seniors…

USAFA/CWPH Function: The CWPH office serves as an advisory staff to the Commandant of Cadets on all USAFA CW Human Relations Climate (HRC) and Human Relations Training and Education (HRT&E) related programs. The program’s primary objective is to foster an equal opportunity environment that develops leaders of character, who respect the dignity of all human beings, and who use human relations skills as an integral part of effective leadership. The program also works to integrate AF EO and…

Scott Anderson’s novel, Triage, portrays the different effects that war and death can have on people. Mark, Joaquin, and Elena endure different experiences with war and death and are affected in different ways. Mark’s traumas originate from his time as a war photographer. His ability to capture war’s most grueling moments grants him the opportunity to shoot in many war-torn areas such as Beirut, Sri Lanka, Kurdistan, and Uganda. Mark’s first experience of war is in Beirut. He describes the…

According to chapter 8, Healthcare, “the health care issue exploded in 1999 when the U.S. Supreme Court in the Olmstead, required states to offer services outside of a medical facility setting (Pg. 201).” Based on Disabled World, “about 1 – 5 people in America have a disability. Over a billion people, about 15% of the world’s population have some form of a disability”. I agree with the statistic, because more, and more people are finding themselves suffering with some form of health issues,…