Geriatric care management

Continuing Care Retirement Community (CCRC) located in New Braunfels, Texas. EdenHill began as a charitable home for older adults in 1910, and by the 1980’s EdenHill evolved to include a large skilled nursing unit, a rehabilitation center, assisted living apartments, and cottages for independent living (2016). Today, EdenHill Communities has a large campus with a number of buildings for independent living, and one large building with separate areas for assisted living, skilled nursing, memory…

The hope is a multidisciplinary approach to care would produce a more comprehensive assessment and plan of care for the individual. Sometimes this is the case and other times it’s not. It really truly depends on the team members. Recently, we had a discharge planning meeting for a resident at our facility. The resident’s daughter is the Director of Admissions at our facility. Our social worker called her to explain that her father was making very little progress and she did not expect him to…

The Islamic Elderly and Western Care Practises: Are we Ready for a change? Almost every religion and culture has a unique perspective on ageing and that perspective guides the care that the elderly receive from their prospective culture. However, as we as a society are becoming increasingly multicultural, there needs to be some understanding as to how western society can do a better job in creating a comforting environment for our aging based on the religious and cultural backgrounds of our…

Introduction The purpose of this review is to synthesis the literature pertaining to safe transition of care for older adults with dementia. As the number of adults age 65 and older continues to increase, the prevalence of dementia is expected to rise worldwide. In the United States alone, more than 5 million adults over 65 years old and more than 14% of those over age 70 have dementia (Alzheimer’s Association, 2015). Although dementia is considered a terminal illness (Mitchell, Teno, Kiely,…

Table 1. Understanding of home care and ‘9073’ care combination Concepts Sources Familial care ‘Jiating Yanglao’ Home care ‘Jujia Yanglao’ Community care ‘Shequ Yanglao’ Residential Care Combination Ministry of Civil Affairs in China (policy document) Care exclusively provided by family members Centred on the family, relied on the community, supporting by professional services; Providing socialized services to older people who are living at home to solve their difficulties in daily life;…

Home health care and hospice workers that are highly skilled, compassionate and care for the aging society. There are numerous hospice and home health care available throughout Mobile country that provide excellent service to all people from all various culture and Socioeconomics status to assist families and the person. For Example Alacare, Gentiva Hospice, and Aseracare. One organization that stands out is Aseracare, which is part of a larger organization called Golden Living Corporation that…

family members are increasingly associated with influential decisions and that of placing a relative in a nursing care home or living with a family caregiver. Current literature primarily focuses attention on the negative effects of family caregiving on elderly persons. Nonetheless few direct attention to their positive impact. As a result, this paper will explore the issue of nursing home care and benefits for elderly people living with family caregivers. Family or informal caregivers pertain…

The “gold standard” of a nursing homes needs to meet the highest quality of service, environment, and care. Also with the care of the residence, there needs to be a certain standard of care for the family of the resident. I believe that a “gold standard” nursing home would give emotional, physical, and spiritual support. Emotional support may include activities that bring the residents together…

health nurse can provide care in a variety of settings such as, home visits, community nursing centers, and public health departments and also be an educator in the home and community. In this paper, I will discuss these facilities in my community, access to these resources, how families in the community benefit, and three ways a family health nurse may be useful in community resources. There are a variety of settings where a family community/public health nurse provides care and in order to…

marketisation represent in the field of care for older people. The market provision empowers service users to ‘exercise consumer sovereignty’ (Greener, 2008) through greater opportunities of choices (Daly and Lewis, 2000; Drakeford, 2007). For example, Glendinning (2012) demonstrates that local governments in England emphasize individual choice and personalisation of service recipients. While offering greater opportunities to…