Elderly care

include the administrator, a nurse, a physician, social worker, activity director, and others as necessary (Singh, 2016). When you make the patient comfortable by trying to accommodate to their needs and preferences they will be satisfied with their care. The decisions that are made in the end are up to the individual such as family or staff members Family is important to make sure that…

they are keeping elderly inmates in prison who are bedridden? The elderly population in prison is increasing at a staggering rate and its becoming a nightmare. “The Justice Department’s internal watchdog analyzed that the Bureau of Prisons has been most often unable to provide adequate and humane housing and care for elderly inmates” (Price). The result of mass incarceration and strict sentencing strategy at the federal and state level. Elderly prisoners necessitate more expensive care at a time…

Barriers to the Sustained Treatment of Geriatric Depression in Black Older Adults Similar to detection, there also exist racial disparities in the sustained treatment of depression in older Black adults. One study found that compared to elderly Whites, elderly Blacks with depression ha a 47% reduced of odds have having their depression actively managed (Gallo et al., 2005). As previously mentioned, although studies have not consistently found a significant racial difference in the prevalence of…

In the US, the health care system is under much debate, at one extreme, there are people stating that the US has the best system in the world, while at the other, there are people that state it is inefficient and excessively costly. The US spends almost double the amount of money on health care when compared to its superpower counterparts such has Great Britain, Japan, Germany, and other up and rising countries. The health care system of these countries are observed and data is collected to see…

many valuable experiences by working a Skagit Urgent Care Clinic during my underserve rotation. some enjoyable and some stressful. One memorable positive experience was with a mother who brought her son because of an asthma attack. She was frantic and too emotional to communicate with us. I worked closely with my preceptor to calm the mother down and proceed with treating her child. We had all the tools needed to treat her son at the urgent care clinic. After successfully treating her son, we…

What Safety Can Do For Nursing Safety can affect every aspect of nursing and without it there could be harmful consequences to the patient and staff may result. Research shows that that safety is directly related to staffing ratios and the result of poor staffing is related to burnout in nursing. Safety is Directly Related to Staffing Ratios There has been many studies that show that nurse to patient rations. Are there related to the time constraint that we face when we have more patient to see…

of the elderly, homeless, disabled, and immigrants. While researching about Baltimore City it has become apparent the biggest barrier to resource retrieval by vulnerable populations is their understanding of available help. These barriers vary by group and include reduced visual and audible abilities, lack of education leading to illiteracy, language barriers, and lack of access to information sources. This problem manifests constantly in the city as it prevents people from receiving care…

bedsores in health care facilities by the elderly. Background and rationale for its significance a). Poor nutrition may lead to bedsores b). Inadequate staffing may potentiate the development of bedsores a. Poor nutrition may lead to bedsores i. Incidence of the elderly with poor nutrition. ii. Relationship of long term hospitalization and poor outcomes. b. Inadequate staffing may potentiate the development of bedsores i. Incidence of bed sore acquisition in hospitalized disabled elderly…

Healing One Village at a Time is an article written by Rosenberg Tina in the New York Times on the 22nd of July 2012. This article talks about neuropsychiatric diseases such as depression and post-traumatic stress that affect elderly people in the low-income and low- middle-income countries. According to Rosenberg, one may think the disease is the middle-class family, but rather is of people from troubled places; low-income families, those that experience violence through wars, high rate of…

A nurse practitioner is a registered nurse with advanced education. According to the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN)(n.d.), they “provide initial, ongoing, and comprehensive care, which includes taking health histories; providing physical examinations and other health assessment; and diagnosing, treating, and managing patients with acute and chronic conditions” (p. 7). “Advanced practice nurses actually predate the founding of modern professional nursing” (Joel, 2013, p. 3).…