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The following are research questions that could be asked of staff members regarding whether the program is needed: * Are there pat...

Integrity in this sense is about wholeness as opposed to how we often use the term (to mean honesty) (Johansson, 2002). It is abou...

there is no cure either for Alzheimers disease or the various forms of dementia on the horizon, healthcare practitioners should "i...

p. 29), as stated in its title. Mean age was 81; 218 participants completed the study. The researchers evaluated the differences...

Many of the physicians on staff had graduated from Harvard Medical School and tended to think themselves superior to everyone and ...

being examined from the physical perspective it was also necessary to look at the falls from a practical, social and a psychologic...

falls. Of course, performance measures must utilize meaningful metrics if the performance they measure is to be of any use to the ...

the staff endeavors not only to care for our residents physical needs, but also for their psychological, social, and emotional nee...

of falls in nursing homes, it was essential to collect information from as wide a variety of credible sources as possible. Title s...

-3.14 2.83 6.05 As the numbers indicate, in all but Q3 2009, the number of falls experienced exceeded the target. This suggests t...

In 2001, health care spending as a percentage of GDP was 14.1 percent, or $5,035 per capita (Levit, Smith, Cowan, Lazenby, Senseni...

have "little or no training in fundamental management skills" (Baer, 2006, p. 60). As well as absenteeism, problems with managemen...

critical matters, employee requests for information often go unanswered for too long. Results can and have been employee frustrat...

as business practices, documentation systems, process flows and lines of communication can differ (Blevins, 2001) Home health nur...

significant changes to the existing system but have not yet covered too much ground where modifications are concerned. This is pa...

to a nursing facility, it should also be understood that each situation is unique. When both the family members and the staff of t...

been in operation for some time, and it currently is building a retirement community of duplexes for those over 55 who do not yet ...

as sadness. My Dad quickly smiled and patted me on the back, but in my heart I knew that my decision would forever change the cou...

Furthermore, if the ulcers end up in hospitalization, the nursing home is responsible for those costs as well. Even if the patient...

over the age of 60 years in 1995, and that number will probably increase to about 1.2 billion (2002, p.1094) in 2025. Informatio...

field of nursing and in particular for nursing home facilities. Valid data could put pressure on nursing homes to hire an adequate...

Medical Center, 2002). It is estimated that 13 to 18 million adults suffer from incontinence at some time or other (Mercy Medical...

Social Security Act of 1935. In simplest terms, the Social Security Act of 1935 designated nearly $50 million of federal funds to...

This book regarding the degrading treatment of senior citizens in nursing homes is reviewed in five pages. There are no other sou...

In twenty pages this research paper discusses management practices as they pertain to nursing homes in a consideration of ideologi...

In five pages detecting and preventing elderly abuse in nursing homes are considered in a top down healthcare model examination. ...

In eight pages this paper contrasts and compares hospital and home nursing in terms of role similarities and differences. Eleven ...

In eight pages this research paper discusses the serious problem of controlling senior citizen infection in a nursing home setting...

In twenty eight pages this paper discusses nursing homes and the importance of safety programs with OSHA's role, health considerat...

surgery. Preventing such intense pain often requires less drug use than does alleviating the pain once it has begun (Siwek, 2001)...