Geriatric care management

orientation. We talked with the staff and toured the facilities as we learned more about the community. I was surprised at how nice the facilities were and the degree of freedom the residents had. As I have never been to a memory care facility for the elderly, my idea of elderly care was formed by what is shown in the media. In Happy Gilmore, Happy’s mother is in a prison-like retirement home where the staff is rude to the residents and they are constricted to a prison-like schedule of meals and…

activities. Taking care of the elderly is an increasing difficulty among many American homes, since the majority of America's population consists of the elderly. Thus, being one of the reasons why the convalescent hospital was created, so that the elderly have a place to go and live out their days in peace. When a person becomes old and needs assistance the children often send their parents to a convalescent hospital, or nursing home, so that their parents can be well taken care of. Although it…

I have decided that I want to continue on my education in the social work field. I want to pursue this career, because it is exciting to know that I will be able to help a lot of people. I will be there resource person when it comes to helping them with their goals at bettering themselves, and their situation. It is also exciting to meet new people, and being there for them as they make their transitions in their lives. I will get to meet them during their worse and hoping to bring out their…

Listening to the Voice of the Voiceless: Family caregivers. The attitudes and perceptions of family caregivers towards their oral health care experience with geriatric family members living in Quebec-Canada. Aging has now become a major global burden. Nations around the world are encountering population aging. The number of senior citizens worldwide is growing by 2 per cent each year, to a great extent more rapidly than the the world’s younger population. During the twentieth century in…

Healthcare Trends. In the 1980’s there was a shift toward privatization of health care as corporations began not only to integrate the hospital system, but also entered many other health-care related businesses and consolidate control (Evashwick, 2005). In 1981, the first assisted living opened in Portland, Oregon as an alternative living options for older adults who were unhappy with nursing homes. It provided a type of elderly care that offered a level of attention and independence less than a…

living situations or even in nursing homes should be a must in today 's society. Teresa A. Allison said, "Over the last 20 years, we have seen a growing interest in creativity and aging." (Allison 1). Sometimes older people do not have families to take care of them or visit them in nursing homes. There are…

Elderly Abuse Abuse is a serious crime that happens every day, but little do many realize that there is such a thing called elderly abuse among us. We tend to think that the staff and the elderly patients in the facilities, as we call them residents, wouldn’t create any harmful attacks on a resident that one may love the most. There are multiple types of abuse such as physical, sexual, neglect, financial, and emotional. Any type of these abuses can cause a resident to become depressed and make…

negative effects to their mental and physical health. The decline in well-being may plummet to a level which warrants attention. This can lead to a reverse effect situation as new demands for services may exceed those initially. The intension of The Care Act 2014 was to dispel the disempowering effect of previous laws which focused on what authorities could provide, rather than what the individual felt was needed (Lamb, 2014). Although, according to Johns (2014:83) it has contributed to ‘a…

We have an epidemic of older patients requiring care, ill equipped facilities, a culture which denies the reality of aging and the inevitability of death, and a failure to address the ethical issues relevant to elder care. This failure could be caused by pragmatism, or even a lack of imagination, but the actual answer is not that simple. The problem has arisen from the fact that medical science, which largely decides how elders should live out their final days, and puts a premium on preserving…

homes as long as possible. Staying in their homes where care is readily available, the aged will neither be exiled from their homes as they search for residential aged care. This translates to more reconnection with the relatives and the loved ones thus eliminating adverse impacts of social isolation such as stress (Bernoth, Dietsch & Davies, 2012). Deriving from the experience with the aged in the chosen community, the aged who are taken care of from their homes without having to go in exile…