Geriatric care management

When it comes to long-term care for the elderly there are two types’ custodial care and skilled care. Custodial care is a care for the elderly that is a non-medical care facility, which provides help with daily activities such as bathing and dressing (LTC Staff, 2012). In some circumstance the custodial care will provide assistance in cooking and household upkeep (LTC Staff, 2012). In contrast, skilled care for elderly is within a medical facility that can only be provided by or under the…

The topic that I am interested in is Data Mining. This is interesting to me because it can help in various areas of society. This includes the medical field, elderly care, and commerce. This is controversial because of the amount and type of personal data that is being collected. We are living in the “Big Data” era where there are many ways to collect data. It could be from your watch, phone, light bulbs or your car. Even your television collects data. I will explain and define the usage of…

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 care profession. That growth has brought with…

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…

Geriatric-Related Medical Access (A) Introduction to the Problem Aging is a fact of life. When you are born you are destine to age. One well known fact is that with aging comes more complicated lives. Older adults operate slower, struggle with the loss of friends and family, and their body start to betray them. One major factor in aging is health. The health of an older adult is a complex web of deficits and needs that are ever changing as the individual further ages. Beall, Baumhover,…

to provide exceptional healthcare services to the elderly population. The organization provides essential services, as it is the only well-established corporation in the area offering a range of health care services that include memory care, assisted living services, independent and long-term care, assisted living services as well as guidance, counseling and meals-on-wheels services (Ross, MacLean, and Fisher, 2002). According to Sauvé, Renaud, Kaufman, and Duplàa (2015), the company…

However, there is a gap in current practice and older adults are not screened by primary care providers (PCPs) for fall risk and very few older adults use evidence-based fall prevention strategies (Phelan, Mahoney, Voit, & Stevens, 2015). After the completion of the literature review, a search for updated guidelines were conducted to find the…

Collaboration with health care providers, public health officials and government officials should provide some sort of prevention and education. Promotion, education and information is vital in these situations, family and loved-ones of these elderly must be involved in their care and aware of the risk associated with CAP and elderly in community settings. Community-acquired pneumonia is preventable; it…

the seniors due to factors such as death of family members or friends, changing family structures, increased probability of living alone, compromised health status and retirement from the workplace. Retirement homes, residential care homes and nursing homes or long term care homes are some kinds of facilities where most of the seniors…

to Choosing Your Senior Care Services Deciding which senior care services you or a family member may need is not always a simple process. Everyone has a unique combination of issues, and those issues will change over time. Some seniors can live in their homes with minimal care, and others have health conditions that require continual monitoring. The purpose of this white paper is to help seniors and their families establish a process of selection when considering proper care services. The…