higher quality, cost-effective, and more coordinated care for patients. Kindred Healthcare also offer many of services to its patients and they are Transitional Care Hospitals, Nursing and Rehabilitation Centers, Home Care, Hospice, Subacute Units, In-patient Rehabilitation centers, In-home physicians care and Contract Rehabilitation centers. This organization has a list of categories from regular Aging all the way to chronic diseases for…
nurse for Wanda Youdelman, our nursing home team manager, and covered multiple nursing home patients. I heard during a team meeting that our patient satisfaction scores in nursing homes had fallen significantly, and our management has requested Wanda to investigate and put together a plan to mitigate this issue. As a first step, Wanda discussed the issue with the team and requested each member of the Inter Disciplinary Team (IDT) to suggest improvements in the process of hospice care that…
is whose hands are so gnarled by arthritis, she cannot dress or turn the knob on her kitchen stove. She is keenly alert, but she may wind up in a nursing home anyway, at a tab of $60,000 a year, because there is no way she can live alone. The widow and her grown children are shocked to discover that Medicare won't pay for her care in a nursing home. Only when she impoverishes herself,…
Libby Faffler, LNHA, got interested in healthcare administration during her undergraduate education at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. Originally, when she began her college education she had wanted to be a nurse. After transferring to the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire during her sophomore year, she realized that nursing was not the path she wanted to take. However, Libby was still interested in the healthcare field and wanted to pursue a career in that direction. When she looked at…
remain in their 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…
Running Head: PICOT and Scholarly Project - Elderly Falls in the Nursing Home 1 PICOT and Scholarly Project - Elderly Falls in the Nursing Home NSG- 603: Application of Nursing Research Maneca Jean-Baptiste, MSN, FNP-C Wilkes University PICOT and Scholarly Project - Elderly Falls in the Nursing Home 2 PICOT and Scholarly Project - Elderly Falls in the Nursing Home Introduction One of the major issues faced by healthcare organizations is…
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…
My keen interest in midwifery came from being inspired by a midwife from the Eden team. Her friendly and encouraging nature, brought real comfort to me when I wasn't feeling my best, that experience has got me to where I am today, it gave me the confidence to be able to pursue my career in midwifery and one day become an inspiring midwife and give other women a positive experience throughout their pregnancy, birth and postnatal period. I understand that the role of a midwife is to provide care…
I actually had to work to get a spot on the team. Luckily in tryouts, I do not try to hit home runs and actually made solid hits. I have always excelled in my position, right field, with zero errors; I was slightly cocky. I would have been fully cocky if my throwing was a good as my ego was. Although I made the team, I was surrounded by amazing…
With the increasing cost of medical care, the US health system have been working tirelessly to find ways to reduce the cost and at the same time improve quality of care. Current US medical payment methods have continue to fail to support the system, which is apparent through the cost of care. For so many years the most dominant method for physician payment in the US is the fee-for-service method. In this method, payers reimburse for all services; meaning payment is based on the quantity of care…