Home care

baby boomers grow older and are no longer able to care for themselves, the need for a nursing home will increase. Not only is oral care in a nursing home a problem, several reputable authors have labeled it as “deplorable.” Regardless of the legislation declaring that residents receive oral care, there has not yet been a system put in to place to monitor this. There have been many reports in the US describing how horrific “the delivery of oral care is, including lack of toothbrushes and other…

Barriers and Facilitators to Implementation and Adoption of an EHR in Home Care 2011 The impact of implementing EHR’s in hospital and ambulatory care settings has been studied, but little research has been done on implementing EHR’s in the home care settings. As demand for home care services increases to support the health care needs of the aging population, more home health agencies in the United States our implementing electronic health records, to have better quality records for their…

of a ostomy education session, participate in case review for the home care teams and partake in a rehab team meeting. January 12: Though this day was not a clinical day, I was given to opportunity to be a part of the rural/suburban home care manager meeting. January 16: Attended three team meetings and a new employee interview. Specifically, the one experience that has impacted me the most was during the rural/suburban home care manager meeting. In the meeting, a time slot was…

Palliative medicine and Hospice care have become increasingly important in the age of modern medicine. That said the transition to hospice care could be a confusing, emotional, experience for both the patient and the caregiver. There has become increasing awareness of this issue, which is evident in the amount of hospital readmissions of hospice patients. Researchers addressed this issue with an article titled “Rehospitalization of Older Adults Discharged to Home Hospice Care,” (Goldenheim et…

Presbyterian Home Healthcare Services Program in New Mexico is facing some issues as presented in the case study. The main issue, which also faces the majority of US hospitals is the prospect that shortage of beds is expected to increase as the population in the home ages. The issue is to look for creative ways to take care of the patients. The key issue is therefore improving quality of care and patient satisfaction while reducing costs. The challenge is facing the “hospital at home” strategy…

Home Health Care is form of health care administration that help people who needs day to day nurse care while at home. Some people who are on home health care are not able to do things on their own such as the following: make sure they complete their proper hygiene {bath, brush their teeth, and put their clothes on}, make sure their house is clean; make sure they take their proper medicine at the right time, and more. Home health care workers can play an important role in a person life. They are…

when it comes to receiving proper care (Counsell, Callahan, Clark, Tu, Buttar, Stump, and Ricketts, 2007). They have little to no know about their health conditions, chronic medical issues and limited access to the health care (Counsell, et al., 2007). Poor older adults have high medical expenses in which they cannot afford preventative care and most likely does not receive the standard care that they need (Counsell, et al., 2007). When managing a home health care firm the issue arises of what…

Workers provides discharge planning service to any patient needing support. The Via Christi social work department creates a care discharge plan, considering the patient’s strengths, the patient’s current level of care, and patient current resources, such as available caregivers, if appropriate. Discharge plans can include, but not limited to, a referral to a home health care agency, a direct-admit referral to a long-term facility, a direct-admit to a rehabilitation facility, or help obtaining…

good condition, I would look into at home services, to keep my relative in their own home as long as possible. It has been proven best for their mental health if they are kept in familiar surroundings for as long as it is reasonable. At-home services can include another relative caring for them, trained staff doing so, or a combination of both. If their mental health is declining at a fairly rapid pace, and it is no longer reasonable to keep them at their home I would look into moving them to an…

The health care setting for this research project is long term care / nursing homes. The health care team in the long term care setting provides a range of services and support that one may need to meet their personal care needs, such as Activities of Daily Living (ADL) and Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADL). ADLs are bathing, dressing, using the toilet, transferring (to and from bed or chair), caring for incontinence, and eating. While IADLs are housework, managing money, taking…